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From Punitive to Restorative: Transforming School Culture Through Restorative Practices

k12 Digest

The school’s culture and discipline practices were punitive and exclusionary. Our Data-Driven Strategy was intentional as we used student feedback and behavior data to refine interventions. By moving from compliance to cultural transformation, we created a safe, supportive, and equitable environment.

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

eSchool News

Having conducted well over a thousand observations of K-12 teachers over the last 15 years, I have noticed there is one piece of feedback I have given more than any other–and it involves a seemingly minor word change. I gave the feedback to a teacher who was shocked at how many times she said Tell me, when she looked back at the video.

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From Punitive to Restorative: Transforming School Culture Through Restorative Practices

k12 Digest

The school’s culture and discipline practices were punitive and exclusionary. Our Data-Driven Strategy was intentional as we used student feedback and behavior data to refine interventions. By moving from compliance to cultural transformation, we created a safe, supportive, and equitable environment.

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

Edsurge

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. Embed equity in procurement: Make cultural responsiveness a formal requirement.

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Personalized Learning, Global Citizenship: A Framework for the Modern Classroom

k12 Digest

broadened my worldview and helped me internalize the importance of cultural relevance and adaptability in educational reform—what works in one context must be thoughtfully localized in another. At the same time, I’ve prioritized integrating SEL as a core part of classroom culture—beyond isolated lessons.

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Integrating technology in CTE classrooms

eSchool News

These innovations provide instant feedback and allow students to practice repeatedly until they master the skill. Many CTE educators are themselves learning VR or AI alongside their students, and this culture of continuous learning is something CTE has embraced.

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How our district turned a sea of data into a compass for change

eSchool News

That’s just one example among many that illustrates the success we’ve had already at establishing a culture where data is prized. We recently gathered real-time data and feedback that provided us insights on our Professional Learning Community process. We look at it. We do something with it at all levels of our organization.