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Racism is a subtle, silent enemy of STEM classrooms

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This thread of inequity continues through other groups of students such as English Language Learners and Students with Disabilities. We as educators can also serve as gatekeepers to either advanced studies, special education, counseling, etc. We are clearly not serving our Black students.

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Why Old Arguments for Earning a Diploma Don't Resonate With My Students — and Which Ones Will

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What Happens When Students Don’t Receive a Diploma Culturally, graduation is a right of passage and a source of immense pride. Admittedly, I find it hard to counsel them when the value of a diploma and the future of society keeps moving before I have time to adjust. How will it shape their self image and how their loved ones see them?

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What Public School Teachers Want: Less Disruption

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Brick and mortar charter schools have been known to use questionable (and unethical) recruitment techniques and “counseling out” poor standardized test-takers. Teachers want the focus off of the flawed standardized data culture and back on the children as developing human beings who deserve more than test prep and basic skills.

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We Need to Make Schools Human Again. That Means Treating Teachers With Respect.

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Go beyond “checking-in” to building a culture of relational trust. In fact, educational leadership experts say that culture is always at play in a school’s success or failure. The picture at the top of this article is a 1997 band photo of my husband who is now a high school English teacher.

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How Schools Are Holding Edtech Products to a Higher Standard

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We had representatives from technology, student services, administration, counseling and curriculum in the room for the district meeting. We then categorized these resources by subjects like English, math, behavioral or foundational wellness, and further broke them down into the setting each product serves: Tier 1, 2 or 3. [The

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Racism is a subtle, silent enemy of STEM classrooms

eSchool News

This thread of inequity continues through other groups of students such as English Language Learners and Students with Disabilities. We as educators can also serve as gatekeepers to either advanced studies, special education, counseling, etc. We are clearly not serving our Black students.

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These Community Colleges Are Still Fulfilling the American Dream

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As a Hispanic and former English language learner, my path to success was not easy. Additionally, low-income, first-generation, and English language and adult learners lack the financial resources to attend college and often believe that college is not for them, despite community colleges’ unrestricted open-door policies.

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