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From Punitive to Restorative: Transforming School Culture Through Restorative Practices

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Philip Boayue is a seasoned executive leader with a strong background in educational leadership and staff development. The school’s culture and discipline practices were punitive and exclusionary. gave students a voice in shaping their educational experience. Prompts such as “What do you want your school to feel like?”

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Lights, camera, literacy: Student-created book reviews inspire a global reading culture

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According to the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) , only 14 percent of U.S. What began as a simple classroom project to encourage reading evolved into a movement that amplified student voices, built confidence, and connected learners across cultures. The assignment?

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

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I have incorporated this particular linguistic shift into my work with other educators at Relay Graduate School of Education. I believe that this habit is deeply ingrained in traditional classroom structures where teachers are seen as the controllers rather than the facilitators of the classroom.

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From Punitive to Restorative: Transforming School Culture Through Restorative Practices

k12 Digest

Philip Boayue is a seasoned executive leader with a strong background in educational leadership and staff development. The school’s culture and discipline practices were punitive and exclusionary. gave students a voice in shaping their educational experience. Prompts such as “What do you want your school to feel like?”

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ISTE+ASCD and Pinterest Partner to Transform Digital Culture in Schools

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Today, ISTE+ASCD announced a $1 million grant from Pinterest to help school leaders create healthy digital cultures. The initiative will establish digital wellbeing task forces in 12 school districts, bringing together educators, leaders, and experts in youth mental health and digital citizenship.

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Beyond One-Size-Fits-All: How School Districts Choose Edtech That’s Culturally Relevant

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As classrooms across America become increasingly diverse, with growing populations of multilingual learners and students from various cultural backgrounds, school districts face a critical challenge: selecting educational technology that truly serves all students. million in the fall of 2011. to asking “Will it work for whom?”

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The U.S. had the blueprint for a high-class education–but abandoned it

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Ironically, Finland borrowed key elements from the United States and went on to build one of the most effective and equitable educational systems in the world, but the United States systematically dismantled its own blueprint for success. In the decades following World War II, the United States made sweeping investments in public education.

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