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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. These weren’t just different schools—they were different worlds.

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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. These weren’t just different schools—they were different worlds.

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Big Deals—Khan Academy Boosts National Civics Bee, AI Tackles Campus Safety, and Stanford Offers Online Math

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Sixth, seventh, and eighth graders in participating states are invited to submit a 500-word essay addressing a community issue. A panel of judges will review the essay submissions and the top 20 students will move on to their local competition to show off their civics knowledge. The submission period is open through January 8, 2024.

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This Future Teacher Hopes to Be a Change Agent By Exposing Students to Different Perspectives

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First up is AJ Jacobs, an undergraduate in his junior year at Winthrop University who is studying to become an elementary school educator. It was in elementary school. My mom worked at the elementary school I went to. And what motivates me is seeing the students. I'm excited to go into the schools.

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What All High Schools Can Draw From Career and Technical Education Programs

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The students in our academy are motivated, passionate and dedicated to learning more about the field they are interested in. For this project, students invite teachers, school leaders and families to engage in the conversation. As I became more comfortable, I began designing my own projects.

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Stem Education in 2020

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This approach fosters the motivation of students which tend to make use of essay help service and tutors to have work done. STEM has turned out to be appealing not only for students but for their parents as well (which lacked a STEM approach during their school years). Still, there are several facts you may want to know about.

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Assessing Creative Writing Is Hard, So Here Are Three Ways To Avoid It

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He avoids assessing creative writing altogether by assigning his students to write critical essays about their own short stories. Assess the assessment Kevin Allardice is an English teacher at Mercy High School in Burlingame, CA and the author of the novels Any Resemblance to Actual Persons and Family, Genus, Species.

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