We haven’t spent enough time focusing on how to get students engaged and empowered as learners. This highly effective teacher understands that getting kids excited about learning is the key. By enforcing students to watch videos at home...
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Our priorities are off. College should be affordable and accessible, and high quality pre school should be free to all. High-quality child care is out of reach for all families, not only for low-income households. It affects all states in our...
Read moreThe Advantages of Bilingual Education
The many advantages of bilingual education should be obvious, but it hasn’t stopped some from opposing bilingual education. When a person is fluent in more than one language, they have many advantages such as effectively communicating with...
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Respect, responsibility, conflict resolution, compassion and honesty help create healthy school environments and promote healthy relationships. How can each school call forward these 5 qualities and recommit to developing and supporting them? ...
Read moreMeasuring the Impact of Poverty in Education
We’ve known for many years that poverty has an impact on education and student performance. This article helps to shed light on how and why. Chronic stress affects millions of children in the US today, especially the poor. It also has an...
Read moreHere’s a recent interview I did with Larry Ferlazzo
http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/classroom_qa_with_larry_ferlazzo/2016/08/excellence_through_equity_an_interview_with_pedro_noguera.html
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