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The Simple Reason So Many Initiatives Fail
The Simple Reason So Many Initiatives Fail It was the best of initiatives; it was the worst of implementations. From the start, everyone seemed in love with the idea. The dream was to move leaders, teachers, and students from inconsistent patches of professional learning into well-established, consistent, and vital professional learning communities across the district.…
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How Teacher Confidence and Emotional Regulation Can Drive Student Success
How Teacher Confidence and Emotional Regulation Can Drive Student Success Houston Kraft is a speaker and kindness advocate who has spoken at over 700 schools or events internationally. Jenni Donohoo works in school divisions across North America supporting high-quality professional learning designed to improve outcomes for all students, and is the Director of the Jenni…
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How AI and Other Tech Tools Might be Used to Strengthen
How AI and Other Tech Tools Might be Used to Strengthen Family-School Partnerships One of the many challenges highlighted by the pandemic has been the lack of communication between so many parents and educators, fueling frustration on both sides. Well, back in 2018, I chatted with Heejae Lim, the founder and CEO of Talking Points,…
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It’s the End of School Year. You’re Tired. What’s a Teacher to Do?
It’s the End of School Year. You’re Tired. What’s a Teacher to Do? Jenny Grant Rankin most recently taught at Columbia University and has lectured at institutions like the University of Cambridge and University of Oxford. She has a Ph.D. in education and writes books for educators like First Aid for Teacher Burnout: How You…
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Could the Nation’s Largest District Afford
Could the Nation’s Largest District Afford to Double Teacher Pay and Triple Counseling? I find that when you tell someone a school costs $38,000, they usually picture a ritzy private school with lots of bells and whistles. Well, last month, the Citizens Budget Commission reported that New York City’s public schools will spend $38,000 per…
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It’s the End of School Year. You’re Tired
It’s the End of School Year. You’re Tired. What’s a Teacher to Do? Jenny Grant Rankin most recently taught at Columbia University and has lectured at institutions like the University of Cambridge and University of Oxford. She has a Ph.D. in education and writes books for educators like First Aid for Teacher Burnout: How You…
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Teacher Apprenticeships Are Booming in Wake of Shortages
Teacher Apprenticeships Are Booming in Wake of Shortages. Here’s What You Need to Know Corrected: A previous version of this story gave an incorrect description of apprenticeship funding from the U.S. Department of Labor. Its $100 million in grants is not exclusively for teacher apprenticeships. The number of states with federally registered apprenticeship programs for…
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Student Activists Push Congress for Action on Climate Change Education
Student Activists Push Congress for Action on Climate Change Education The resolutions, being introduced by Democratic Reps. Mike Thompson and Barbara Lee, both from California, call for the House of Representatives to support comprehensive K-12 climate change education in schools and greater mental health investments for children and teens impacted by the changing climate. It’s…
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chools Can Transform Student Mental Health
chools Can Transform Student Mental Health. Here’s How One District Leader Did It As the nation undergoes what the U.S. surgeon general has called a youth mental health crisis, school districts face an uphill climb finding enough qualified staff to help students. The Boston district was one of a small number of school systems that…
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