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These Colleges Are Betting That Culturally Relevant Textbooks Will Improve Student Outcomes

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culturally relevant textbooks? Six Massachusetts colleges and universities, alongside the state’s Department of Higher Education, are testing their hypothesis that free, culturally relevant textbooks can improve student performance. some of the principles being stripped out of the curriculum are why we’re here,” she says. “The

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From DC Chancellor to Edtech Founder: Kaya Henderson on Her New Venture in Culturally-Relevant Education

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It is an online platform that focuses on providing a culturally-affirming identity development classes for African-American young people. I want teachers and tutors and curriculum designers to be free to do the things that we think are good and right for kids. and told their schools, “I don't see myself in the curriculum.”

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How to Engage Your Students With the 12-Minute Rule and Quizzes They’re Meant to Fail

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So are most of the students taking the cultural competency quiz Professor John Branch gives out near the beginning of his MBA-level International Marketing class at the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business. Instead, I ask them to try to explore cultural differences while sitting in their armchairs at home. Why did it fail?

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A Serious Look at Game-Based Learning

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I didn't have any background in games and learning, but I did have a background in curriculum design, school design and educational technology. When I'm helping teachers design games, I always ask, "What do you want the kids to know and be able to do at the end of this game?" So, I joined her team.

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How Mentorship Has Kept Me in the Classroom

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I struggled with classroom management, curriculum design and the pressures of working in a high-poverty school. Together, we navigated the cultural shock of teaching in Jacksonville, a city with a small Latino population compared to the communities we had grown up in. I also found mentorship through identity-based connections.

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Learnings From the Front Lines on Redefining Leadership for the Age of AI

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This simple act of showing our work invited others to do the same, fostering a culture of continuous learning and a place where feedback wasnt just collected, but acted upon. We invited diverse perspectives into curriculum design, which led to unexpected partnerships and richer learning experiences. What will we adjust?

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4 Steps for Humanizing Personalized Learning

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That said, spending too much time in whole-group instruction creates a culture of dependent learning, leveraging outdated practices like lecturing or rote memorization. Complex instruction leverages open-ended tasks, specifically designed for diverse groups of learners.

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