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

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Schools embraced a broader vision of learning by nurturing curiosity, critical thinking, and emotional growth (as opposed to solely standardized test scores). Its policymakers favored the comprehensive school model that served all students equally. Every child had access to a well-funded neighborhood school. Key points: The U.S.

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When ZIP Codes Teach: How Geographic Inequity Shows Up in Our Classrooms

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I grew up in a historically underserved neighborhood in Houston, Texas, zoned to one of the lowest-performing elementary schools in the city. But due to a granted academic transfer, I ended up attending a top-performing public school just three miles away. Here’s the thing: public school funding in the U.S. Different ZIP code.

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When ZIP Codes Teach: How Geographic Inequity Shows Up in Our Classrooms

Faculty Focus

I grew up in a historically underserved neighborhood in Houston, Texas, zoned to one of the lowest-performing elementary schools in the city. But due to a granted academic transfer, I ended up attending a top-performing public school just three miles away. Here’s the thing: public school funding in the U.S. Different ZIP code.

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Research Shows Autistic People Have No Communication Deficit

Lab to Class

However, this is not a failure to communicate properly as shown by the experiment. Communication styles can stereotypically differ between culture groups, genders, and generationally. These failures to communicate often lead to intergroup misunderstanding, strife, and even mistreatment in severe cases.

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Want to Set Students Up for Success? Make Room for Vulnerability

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Boise’s One Stone doesn’t resemble your typical high school—here you won’t find classrooms, teachers or even letter grades. Since One Stone is so different from the typical high school experience, our culture is a crucial part of how we define ourselves. That’s where the culture club’s focus on vulnerability comes into play.

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Big F vs. Little f

Catlin Tucker

Learn from failure. She said that one of their most important values is “learn from failure.” ” She said that the “little fs” are the small failures that happen along the way as you create, iterate, and innovate. These are not failures to be feared but failures to be embraced.

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John King: ‘The Failure of National Leadership Is Being Visited Upon School Leaders’

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As another school year begins, the COVID-19 pandemic continues to shape Americans’ daily lives—from where they can travel to who they can see and how schools will operate this fall. So the societal issue is now being made a school issue. We all wish we could be in school under normal conditions. But we have to be safe.

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