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Supporting English learners with culturally responsive teaching

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Culturally responsive teaching before COVID-19 and after should focus on keeping students’ cultural norms and beliefs in mind and putting time into relating to students who have different life experiences, languages, and values than your own. Related content: How we turned around our ELL program.

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Embracing a growth mindset when reviewing student data

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As novice sixth grade math and English teachers, weve learned to approach our mid-year benchmark assessments not as final judgments but as tools for reflection and growth. A growth mindset is the belief that abilities grow through effort and persistence. This mindset shapes how we view data.

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Open English Acquires India’s English-Learning Platform enguru

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MIAMI, (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Open English , the leading English-learning platform in Latin America and the U.S. million students served, Open English successfully expanded into Spain and Turkey, and now hopes to replicate this success in one of the world’s largest English-learning markets. . About Open English.

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5 ways to support students’ access to diverse books

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Students of all races, genders, religions, languages, abilities, interests, and beliefs should have opportunities to have affirmative literary experiences, where they see themselves reflected in the books they’re reading. These opportunities still do not exist today for many children.

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How data empowers our district to align teaching with student needs

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Pierre, my high school English teacher who embodied social-emotional mastery before there was such a thing. She tapped into my untapped potential, fostering a profound sense of self-belief and cultivating my passion for learning. For me it was Ms. This same approach would work in other classes as well.

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3 best practices to create a STEM-focused school

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With the belief that STEM skills are best acquired starting at a young age, we start building foundational skills early in elementary school. You must have enough teachers, the right technology, and lessons that infuse STEM into all classes including history and English/language arts, just to name a few. Forge community partnerships.

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Excite, expand, equitize: Using data to support reading

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We’re a minority-majority district with approximately 6,600 English Learners (ELs) and 5,200 students classified for special education. Our students can choose to read digital magazines, non-English content, Battle-of-the Books texts, and books from wide variety of curated collections.

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