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One word, meaningful impact: Creating classroom culture through collective dialogue

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Saying Tell Us, instead of Tell me, validates each student’s role as both a learner and giver of knowledge. I want to start a conversation, but I also want the student to look at their classmates and communicate the information to them directly. It is shockingly difficult for most teachers to alter their language in this manner.

Culture 276
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How school leaders can foster a culturally responsive framework

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This framework acknowledges and values the cultural backgrounds, identities, and experiences of all students, creating an inclusive environment where every learner can thrive. By prioritizing cultural responsiveness, school leaders can foster a sense of belonging and empowerment among students, teachers, and the broader school community.

Culture 294
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3 pillars for building a positive classroom culture

eSchool News

Unfortunately, even the best educators can fall short of this if they don’t understand what positive classroom culture fully entails. Positive classroom culture functions a lot like a three-legged stool. The knowledge they gain from their lessons will go on to be applied in their future lives and careers.

Culture 293
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Building Better Rubrics: Empowering Learners Through Effective Rubric Design

Catlin Tucker

The consistent use of rubrics can help to promote higher levels of self-awareness, a culture of learning and growth, and ensure that assessments are accurate, transparent, and meaningful. This helps them to focus their efforts on the skills and knowledge that are most important.

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Why agentic AI matters now more than ever

eSchool News

Heres where traditional AI systems tend to fall short: NLP fine-tuning Improves the form of communication but doesnt understand intent or depth. Static knowledge bases Easy to search but often outdated or contextually off. Multilingual expansion Translates words, not nuance or meaning across cultures. Theyre just incomplete.

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The Effectiveness of Online Learning Depends on Design

Catlin Tucker

Activity, context, and culture are central to this learning theory, which emphasizes the practical over the abstract. Information and “ knowledge needs to be presented in authentic contexts — settings and situations that would normally involve that knowledge.” When people tackle everyday challenges, they learn.

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Why Our Trauma-Informed Teaching Must Be More Culturally Responsive

Edsurge

In order to truly address trauma, we must also consider both the cultural experiences and socioeconomic inequities that impact our students. In my experience, teachers who have the most success with their Native students take into consideration these cultural strengths during their planning and instruction.

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