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Charting a path forward in K-12

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After several years of disrupted learning, schools are taking stock of the range of challenges that need to be addressed—challenges resulting from the most significant disruption to K-12 education in history. Prioritizing Academic Acceleration and Achievement. Offering Hope to a Generation of Students.

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Nonprofit CFY honors innovative parents and ed-tech visionaries

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Pullinger has a rich history in leading the organization where she currently manages more than 300 volunteer practitioners globally, and oversees the operations of the organization which now has over 12,000 members in 17 locations. Ann McMullan is an educational technology consultant based in Los Angeles. 2015 ILA Honorees.

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The Future of Democracy Depends on a Quality Civics Education

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As of 2022, 38 states required a semester of civics education in high school; that same year, the federal government increased spending on “American History and Civics” fourfold. These are all great steps in the right direction, but I believe there is still a lack of respect for the importance of history and civics education.

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Supporting Students Means Taking Care of Parents, Too. Here?s How Schools Can Help.

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Our approach is rooted in the belief that all families, regardless of circumstance, can benefit from coaching. We are—thankfully—not alone in this belief. The program is offered at our school in East Palo Alto, California, where most of the community is low-income.

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Why Music Education Is More Than Learning How to Play

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If you were fortunate enough to have music education in school, what were those classes like? Did you listen to the classics and learn about the history of music? Musicians and music educators alike say that learning music is so much more than just playing an instrument, or learning about your favorite artists.

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How to Assess Inclusiveness in Teaching

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Espoused Values and Beliefs The first source of information ought to come from your espoused values and beliefs. When you go back and revisit your writing on the subject, how well does it align with your beliefs now? Ultimately, we want to determine how effectively we articulate our beliefs and in what contexts.

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To Create Safer Spaces for Students, Teachers of Color Must Reckon With Our Settler Identity

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Despite our history, we must contend with the fact that we are settlers with values and beliefs that may not align with Indigenous and Native communities. We spend years learning the histories of our social identities in an effort to level the playing field in education with similar and salient experiences.

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