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How SEL and achievement lead to academic equity

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As schools reckon with academic equity, they’re often focused on academic progress. Across the nation, district equity discussions include how schools must examine current biases from bus stops and classroom materials to educator and staff expectations. Related content: How COVID put a spotlight on equity.

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New Mexico’s Aztec Municipal School District Renews Multiyear Partnership Driving Student Engagement in Science  

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Students then explore these questions through interactive videos featuring real-world visuals fostering a sense of wonder and actively supporting student engagement in the accompanying discussion prompts. Then, students participate in easy to prepare hands-on labs that use simple science supplies commonly found in classrooms or at home.

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Hawaii’s Kihei Elementary School Selects Discovery Education’s Mystery Science to Support Deeper Student Engagement in the 2022-2023 School Year

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Each lesson begins by posing a question commonly asked by young students, followed by a series of brief videos and prompts to guide class discussion. Through these interactive professional development sessions, participants will learn best practices for integrating their new digital resources into instruction.

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Indiana’s Vigo County School Corporation Adds New, High-Tech Tools Supporting Teaching and Learning to Students’ Digital Book Bags

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Students then explore these questions through interactive videos featuring real-world visuals fostering a sense of wonder and actively supporting student engagement in the accompanying discussion prompts. Mystery Science simplifies prep for teachers, making the integration of this resource into classroom instruction simple.

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New Jersey’s Middle Township Public Schools Initiates New Partnership with Discovery Education to Enhance Middle School Science Instruction

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The curriculum and opportunities offered to district students are designed to help them see beyond the boundaries of traditional education, and faculty, staff, and students are encouraged to engage in meaningful discussions and activities that enable them to translate academic lessons into real world solutions.

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Kansas’ Shawnee Mission School District Initiates New Partnership with Discovery Education Supporting Elementary Science Instruction

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Each lesson begins by posing a question commonly asked by young students, which is followed by a series of brief videos and prompts used to guide class discussion. Through these interactive professional development sessions, participants will learn best practices for integrating their new digital resources into instruction.

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Teaching Empathy Is Powerful. This Film Made It Possible.

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The report posits the need to focus on social-emotional and academic development when educating children. As students enter high school, it appears the emphasis may shift too much on the side of cognitive development and not enough on the social-emotional side. Students then participated in a thoughtful discussion.

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