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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Q&A With Alicia Dixon: Mutual Accountability Is a Stepping Stone on the Path to Justice

Q&A With Alicia Dixon: Mutual Accountability Is a Stepping Stone on the Path to Justice

Alicia Dixon is executive director of the Marcus Foster Education Institute (MFEI). Since 1973, MFEI has been committed to improving educational opportunit

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We'll Never Agree on CRT, but We Can All Agree We Want to Produce Students Who Do Good

We’ll Never Agree on CRT, but We Can All Agree We Want to Produce Students Who Do Good

Our world has been forever changed as a result of the pandemic as well as the racial unrest of 2020. We learned new ways of being — how to be alone, how to

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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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Relationships Don't Come Before Rigor, They Go Hand in Hand

Relationships Don’t Come Before Rigor, They Go Hand in Hand

I’m a sixth grade teacher grappling with the reality of teaching kids who may not have darkened a school door in over a year. Many students haven’t been in

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Can We All Agree That Our Kids’ Health Must Come First?

Can We All Agree That Our Kids’ Health Must Come First?

Teachers across the country are anxiously awaiting the start of the school year and, although they are not technically “back on contract,” many have been s

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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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Expert Q&A: Focusing on Teacher Well-Being Benefits Students

Expert Q&A: Focusing on Teacher Well-Being Benefits Students

For more than 35 years, Donna Housman has been helping young children, their teachers and their caregivers build their emotional intelligence. At the Housm

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