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How our district turned a sea of data into a compass for change

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Specifically, this has allowed us to improve in closing the achievement gap for students with disabilities over the last several years and to provide our teachers with more tailored professional learning for support. This has brought tremendous gains in student achievement. We look at it.

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Steps Toward Creating a More Accessible and Inclusive College Classroom

Faculty Focus

It is important to understand inclusive pedagogies as practices where we discern the nuance between general multicultural education or culturally responsive pedagogy and inclusive practices that specifically address the ability/disability continuum and the health dimension. 2024) in their diversity framework.

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AI can personalize learning–it can’t make students care

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What if the missing ingredient in student achievement isn’t better curriculum, tech, or teachers, but better motivation? Researchers have offered a range of explanations for this gap, from inconsistent implementation by schools to the possibility that higher-achieving students are simply more likely to stick with the programs.

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Personalized Learning, Global Citizenship: A Framework for the Modern Classroom

k12 Digest

broadened my worldview and helped me internalize the importance of cultural relevance and adaptability in educational reform—what works in one context must be thoughtfully localized in another. At the same time, I’ve prioritized integrating SEL as a core part of classroom culture—beyond isolated lessons.

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How ZIP Codes Determine a Child’s Future — and What We Can Do to Fight Back

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These disparities don’t reflect differences in ability, they reflect differences in access. Housing discrimination from the 1930s to 1960s led to generational wealth disparities , unequal access to resources and residential segregation. Gentrification adds a new layer: the displacement of longtime residents and the erasure of culture.

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Personalized Learning, Global Citizenship: A Framework for the Modern Classroom

k12 Digest

broadened my worldview and helped me internalize the importance of cultural relevance and adaptability in educational reform—what works in one context must be thoughtfully localized in another. At the same time, I’ve prioritized integrating SEL as a core part of classroom culture—beyond isolated lessons.

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New Slate of Inspiring and Engaging Standards-Aligned Content Added to Discovery Education Experience for Back-to-School 2025

eSchool News

Need to Know Series Exploring Ancient Wonders and Key Topics in Civics The popular social studies series, Need to Know, features dynamic explorations of ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt for middle school students, highlighting geography, culture, and the lasting relevance of ancient civilizations in shaping the modern world.