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This Is Your Brain on Math: The Science Behind Culturally Responsive Instruction

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As a math educator at the high school and middle school levels, I lived for the moments when students’ furrowed brows ever-so-slightly began to unfold and smiles emerged. Many of those luminations surfaced because the lessons my students engaged with were designed to promote student inquiry and prioritize cultural relevance.

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What SEL teaches us about safety

eSchool News

The core SEL competencies help develop good mental, emotional, and social health — three elements that can contribute immensely to dismantling safety issues such as bullying and creating safe learning spaces. For one, social-emotional learning helps students understand how their decisions will impact others.

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Outdoor classrooms should outlast COVID

eSchool News

I credit my old high school Spanish classroom for my discovery. In Durango, a mountain town with a hearty outdoor recreation culture, most parents were happy for us to be outside. For these schools, let’s do two things. In parallel, let’s do the longer work to ensure these schools have safe, nearby nature spaces.

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5 Best Practices for STEM Education Spaces

EdTech Magazine

Research from School Library Journal indicates that maker activities at elementary and middle schools increased by 4 percent from 2014 to 2017. Thomas School has built two dedicated spaces to bolster STEM education, and plans to build a two-floor, state-of-the-art learning space called the Center for Leadership Innovation by 2020.

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Competency-Based Learning Puts Students at the Center. It’s Perfect for Now.

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Twenty-year-old Asmaa is an example of how constant change and upheaval were hallmarks of the previous school year. in just over 10 months, she became a wife, mother and a high school graduate. A student of mine in an accelerated program for new arrivals to the U.S., Access to computers and Wi-Fi at home was woefully inadequate.

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Teaching ‘Digital Native’ College Students Who Understand TikTok — But Not Microsoft Excel

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They’re building lessons about computer tools directly into their courses, offering support services through learning centers and video tutorials, and generally trying to destigmatize asking for help with technology. But that type of learning doesn’t always lend itself to the technical digital skills needed in higher education.

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8 Keys to Designing Tomorrow’s Schools, Today

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Our new book, Learning Transformed , published by ASCD, outlines eight keys to intentionally designing tomorrow’s schools to prepare today’s learners for success far beyond earning a high school diploma. Here’s where we start: Key #1: Leadership and school culture lay the foundation.

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