3 Ways Music Educators Can Help Students With Autism Develop Their Emotions

3 Ways Music Educators Can Help Students With Autism Develop Their Emotions

Many children with autism struggle to find the words to express how they feel. But when it comes to music, it’s an entirely different situation. Evidence s

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Meet Two Teachers Learning to Center Their Students' Identities Without Losing Sight of Their Own

Meet Two Teachers Learning to Center Their Students’ Identities Without Losing Sight of Their Own

Lindsay Singer and Ashley McCall are both third grade teachers at Cesar Chavez Multicultural Academic Center in Chicago. Lindsay teaches mathematics and in

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We Have No Idea What This Year Has Been Like for Our Kids

We Have No Idea What This Year Has Been Like for Our Kids

One year ago, my now-kindergartener left his bustling and diverse transitional kindergarten classroom with sensory learning areas designed for academic and

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Parent Partnerships Are Key to Student Success

Parent Partnerships Are Key to Student Success

The Center for Universal Education at Brookings recently released survey results about parents’ beliefs and goals for their children’s education. Almost 25

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Black Students Are Not 'Marginalized,' They Are the Center of Our Work

Black Students Are Not ‘Marginalized,’ They Are the Center of Our Work

So many headlines these days are about how Black students are “falling behind” during the pandemic. They’re “missing” and “lost.” But the truth is, Black s

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Reopening Schools Requires More Than Vaccines, Students Need Trauma-Informed Education

Reopening Schools Requires More Than Vaccines, Students Need Trauma-Informed Education

Why is trauma-informed education not on the agenda at today’s National Safe School Reopening Summit? U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona plans to ho

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Want to Build Anti-Racist Schools? Start With the Adults.

Want to Build Anti-Racist Schools? Start With the Adults.

The past year has put an intense spotlight on the racism and inequities that plague American schools. It has also inspired leaders and educators to embrace

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Restorative Justice Isn't Just for the Students, It's for the Adults Too

Restorative Justice Isn’t Just for the Students, It’s for the Adults Too

Let’s face it: Our public schools are, in the main, alienating and repressive institutions whose function it is to provide our society with an army of doci

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School Discipline Explained: Why It Harms Students of Color and How We Can Fix It

School Discipline Explained: Why It Harms Students of Color and How We Can Fix It

Over many decades, America’s disciplinary policies, from preschool to high school, have disproportionately affected marginalized students. This difference

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