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February 22, 2019 6:51 PM
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November 11, 2018 3:15 PM
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Here one activity you can use to build a positive school culture. Community Circles allow students to celebrate everyone's work and share their feelings. It's a great way for new students to integrate into the school, as well as allow all students to grow together.
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August 26, 2018 4:43 PM
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We
need to bifurcate the message that students’ intelligence and appearances are
related.
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August 6, 2018 1:41 AM
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Artist Titus Kaphar makes paintings and sculptures that wrestle with the struggles of the past while speaking to the diversity and advances of the present. In an unforgettable live workshop, Kaphar takes a brush full of white paint to a replica of a 17th-century Frans Hals painting, obscuring parts of the composition and bringing its hidden story into view. There's a narrative coded in art like this, Kaphar says. What happens when we shift our focus and confront unspoken truths?
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July 29, 2017 3:03 PM
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Most people's lives are nuanced and complex, resisting a single narrative. When educators can amplify the stories of "limitless potential" they can help break
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July 22, 2017 4:41 PM
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January 22, 2017 8:02 PM
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Providing students with opportunities to make choices in their learning process can improve their long-term decisionmaking skills, says Thomas Armstrong.
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November 20, 2016 11:44 AM
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Define students by what they contribute, not what they lack -- especially those with difficult upbringings, says educator Victor Rios. Interweaved with his personal tale of perseverance as an inner-city youth, Rios identifies three straightforward strategies to shift attitudes in education and calls for fellow educators to see "at-risk" students as "at-promise" individuals brimming with resilience, character and grit.
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October 22, 2016 2:07 PM
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PBS LearningMedia Video for The Arts for 6-12
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September 12, 2016 12:02 AM
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Taking attendance shows which students are physically present, but asking an attendance question stretches students' minds toward actively learning as part of a classroom community.
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September 11, 2016 11:53 PM
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August 13, 2016 5:10 PM
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The Shadow a Student Challenge encourages school leaders to spend a day walking in a students' shoes. Watch as one assistant principal follows a 9th grader through all of his classes. What does she learn?
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August 9, 2016 7:59 PM
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February 22, 2019 6:15 PM
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By Erin Okuno I want to share a quick project: A colleague is collecting books written by Asian and Pacific Islanders to share with the folks at the Stafford Creek Correctional Center. Folks there created a group, Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Awareness Group and even created their own API curriculum. We’ve put together an Amazon wishlist…
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August 26, 2018 6:22 PM
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When invested and empowered, students
can be equal partners in creating a productive and meaningful learning
environment. This toolkit provides an inventory to allow you to reflect on how
student voices and input are integrated into your classroom and school
community.
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August 6, 2018 10:25 AM
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A video project helps students hone their multimedia storytelling skills, while developing greater self-awareness and empathy for their peers.
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August 1, 2017 6:00 PM
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July 29, 2017 2:53 PM
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July 22, 2017 4:09 PM
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As a student, my parents would inevitably hear the same thing at every Parent-Teacher conference—some variation of: “She sure is a spirited one!” o
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December 6, 2016 12:34 AM
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Schoolchildren aim to counter the things they hear about Muslims, African Americans, Latinos, Asians and girls: “I’m not a thief.” “I’m not a terrorist.”
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November 2, 2016 12:36 AM
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September 16, 2016 1:07 AM
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Among the many things young people have to do to succeed in school is learn to respect procedures they haven’t created or approved. Just think: A teenager sitting in class follows a lesson formulated by her teacher and a curriculum written by distant policymakers. On the walls, posters she didn’t choose inform her of her school’s goals and values. Throughout the day, she eats, talks, and even dresses according to rules determined by her principal. Her day begins and ends at times the school board and superintendent established.
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September 11, 2016 11:57 PM
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August 14, 2016 2:56 PM
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When asking teachers to take responsibility for changing the way curriculum is organized, move from information delivery to research and problem solving, not only is training required for teachers, it is also required for leaders.
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August 10, 2016 10:48 AM
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As racial violence and protests upset the nation, it feels disingenuous (and will likely be impossible) for teachers to avoid the subject or miss the chance to provide support. But when the moment comes, educators may realize that they’re unsure of the right words to use. How do you talk to children about race so that they are prepared for the future, and not just mindful of the past?
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