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Explicit instruction: Students need more of it

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As an assistant principal in a public school in Manhattan, I have begun to use explicit instruction more in my own teaching and have focused on explicit instruction in my professional development with the history and physical education teachers I supervise. My daughter in high school needs explicit instruction.

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Sensory spaces may help support all students

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From a small corner to a full room, sensory spaces are increasingly being implemented in schools, homes, business, and public places such as stadiums and airports. Since COVID, I have also seen an uptick in schools that are creating quiet sensory spaces for their educational staff.

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4 things innovative districts do to improve graduation rates

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As the skills expected of today’s graduates change rapidly, school districts have to overhaul their thinking on what it means to be “college and career ready.” We rounded up some best practices League members use to ensure students stay in school, get their degrees, and are prepared for success in their post-secondary endeavors.

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When It Comes to Picking Edtech, Are Schools Listening to Teachers?

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When a school or district decides to cut a check for an edtech product, the end goal isn’t about owning a shiny new piece of hardware or app. That’s been changing since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, when virtually every school and teacher were thrust into the edtech landscape. Louis, Missouri.

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With a Virtual Reality Assist, Video Games Get K–12 Students Moving

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Video Games as Physical Education. Many K–12 teachers and schools have begun to introduce exercise-friendly VR games in the classroom or at school events. . Many K–12 teachers and schools have begun to introduce exercise-friendly VR games in the classroom or at school events. .

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Editor’s Picks 2015, No. four: 4 things innovative districts do to improve graduation rates

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As the skills expected of today’s graduates change rapidly, school districts have to overhaul their thinking on what it means to be “college and career ready.” We rounded up some best practices League members use to ensure students stay in school, get their degrees, and are prepared for success in their post-secondary endeavors.

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How Online PD Eased A New York District’s Transition to Remote Learning

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Don Murphy How did a mid-sized New York school district solve some of its most pressing professional development (PD) issues with one tool? or ‘When you keep me after school to do PD, I’m missing my son’s soccer match.’ Or, 'When you keep me after school to do PD, I'm missing my son's soccer match.