Here's How My Middle School Kept Kids From Failing During Pandemic Isolation

Here’s How My Middle School Kept Kids From Failing During Pandemic Isolation

As the horrors of World War II were drawing to a close, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill famously advised: “never let a good crisis go to waste.” 

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After the Last Year and a Half, We Must Never Forget How Resilient Students Are

After the Last Year and a Half, We Must Never Forget How Resilient Students Are

Kids today are too fragile. We’re raising a generation of snowflakes! It’s a universal truth: As long as there are young people, there will be older people

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When We Let Go of Assumptions About What School Should Look Like, We Can Better Support the Whole Child

When We Let Go of Assumptions About What School Should Look Like, We Can Better Support the Whole Child

The Center on Reinventing Public Education has been a leader in tracking school districts’ responses to the pandemic and in showcasing innovations that cou

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6 Ways We Can Help Reverse COVID Learning Loss for English Learners

6 Ways We Can Help Reverse COVID Learning Loss for English Learners

Twenty-one months have passed since the COVID-19 pandemic was declared a national emergency. With a new school year underway, the United States (U.S.) publ

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4 Tips to Help Parents Navigate These Traumatic Times

4 Tips to Help Parents Navigate These Traumatic Times

How many times have we heard it said that “these are unprecedented times?” That statement may have provided some comfort at the start of the pandemic, but

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Dr. Avis Williams

Q&A: Selma’s Superintendent Keeps Kids Learning, Even as COVID Rages

How did this native of Salisbury, North Carolina who joined the army right out of high school end up as a nationally recognized school leader and a member of the Chiefs for Change Future Chiefs leadership development program?

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Should Schools Offer More Remote Options?

As schools across the country return to in-person learning, parents are divided. We thought the pandemic was over and, suddenly, with the surge of the Delt

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3 Strategies To Make Your Classroom a Community

3 Strategies To Make Your Classroom a Community

We are halfway through summer and the 2021-22 school year is only a few weeks away in some communities. After countless disruptions caused by the pandemic,

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I Almost Left Teaching But Then I Remembered Why I Started

I Almost Left Teaching But Then I Remembered Why I Started

This past year, I came the closest I ever have to ending my teaching career — midyear. Between August and December, my second graders and I had four differ

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