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In Washington’s Most Diverse District, STEM Opportunities Provide New Paths to Success

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Each area feeds into one comprehensive high school with a variety of Career and Technical Education STEM/STEAM pathways including computer science, engineering, environmental science, health science, and manufacturing and construction. For five years in a row, TAF Academy has received the School of Distinction Award.

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Students Are Busy but Rarely Thinking, Researcher Argues. Do His Teaching Strategies Work Better?

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So how do you achieve change in any setting if that's the case? So what was the optimal way to form a group? Well, it turns out that strategically constructing the groups like we see in a lot of elementary schools turned out to be a disaster. Well, the way you affect change is you have to overwhelm the system.

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Sir Ken Robinson’s Next Act: You Are the System and You Can Change Education

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How should both groups work together? Education happens in classrooms and studios and on playing fields and in school buildings and sometimes not in school buildings—in home schools. It manifests itself as relationships and feelings and achievements. A sink school that nobody wanted to send their kids to.

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EdSurge Recommendations for What to Read, Watch and Listen to Over the Holiday Break

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Carr argues that changing the way dyslexia is diagnosed — Carr critiques the “discrepancy model,” which compares IQ to reading scores — could help lift reading achievement for many students. We had a great talk about why group work is terrible and how to fix it, so check out the Q&A if you haven’t already.)

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How K–12 Schools Can Create Flexible Seating in the Classroom

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Many teachers have begun to find that creating a more free-flowing classroom environment allows students to use the space as they see fit in order to achieve a more customized learning experience. These chairs are also good for both individual and group work and give students more freedom and comfort than a traditional desk chair.

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Caring and Curriculum Can Prompt School-Wide Change

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Whether she’s searching for standards-aligned curriculum or playing dress-up, the Tool Elementary School principal does whatever it takes to lift her students from struggling to successful. Christal Calhoun Here, Calhoun shares how the right blend of caring and curriculum transformed her Texas elementary school.