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

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In the late '90s, I would walk to my zoned elementary school, a big red building, where the faces reflected my own. Two decades later, as an educator living in Brooklyn, I returned to visit my old elementary school, hoping for a spark of nostalgia. Let me take you back to my Brooklyn. It was home. Over 65 percent white.

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Is the Traditional Classroom Becoming Obsolete?

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Not all students have reliable internet connections or devices, creating a digital divide that exacerbates existing inequalitiesespecially for younger learners in an online elementary school setting where consistent access is critical for foundational development.

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Turning around data culture and student learning

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Demographics: Fairfield County Schools is a small, rural, high-poverty school district in South Carolina. The district is composed of five elementary schools and four secondary schools, serving more than 2,600 students.

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How we turned around our data culture and student learning

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Demographics: Fairfield County Schools is a small, rural, high-poverty school district in South Carolina. The district is composed of five elementary schools and four secondary schools, serving more than 2,600 students.

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How district communications platforms bridge communities

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Communication plays a pivotal role in fostering a collaborative environment, ensuring the well-being of students and promoting a culture of continuous improvement. It’s not just about understanding words; it’s about connecting with those words on a cultural and emotional level.

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To Close the Math Achievement Gap, We Must Recognize What Students Bring to the Classroom

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Picture the following: A student volunteers to answer a math question in an elementary school classroom. Nationally, mathematics achievement on average remains low with glaring, persistent inequities across racial and ethnic groups. As hopeful as this scenario sounds, mathematics is a struggle for many learners.

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6 findings to inform your state’s principal preparation

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Among the key findings: High-quality principal preparation and development programs can improve principals’ feelings of preparedness, teacher satisfaction and retention, and student achievement.