Education Dive: “Teachers and administrators have … implemented restorative justice practices, asking students to reflect on their behaviors, take responsibility for them, and find opportunities for resolution.”
Education Week: “Kindergarten students in 2010 started school with noticeably stronger literacy, math, and behavior skills across the board compared to their peers that started school just 12 years earlier.”
Education Week: “The nation’s schools must devote more resources and research to educating students who aren’t native English speakers.”
The Hechinger Report: “General education teachers are teaching more students with disabilities. But training programs are doing little to prepare teachers.”
The Huffington Post: “‘The strike is very consciously using a diversity of actions to talk about women’s labor, because women’s labor is most often rendered invisible, both by society and by policymakers.’”
The Huffington Post: “‘If you’re going to be horrified at visible Muslims being attacked in public spaces, you have to be prepared to step in.’”
National Public Radio: “‘A lot of schools that might be bragging about their graduation rates typically are accepting more affluent students of all races. But the real challenge, the real work is done when you’re going after low-income students and trying to bring them to a new level.’”
Reuters: “Parents who immigrated illegally to the United States and now fear deportation under the Trump administration are inundating immigration advocates with requests for help in securing care for their children in the event they are expelled from the country.”
Slate: “By misgendering [Gavin] Grimm, these briefs clearly reflect the kind of animus that moved the school board to bar Grimm from the correct bathroom in the first place.”
Teen Vogue: “As Global Minds participants, they spend their time working on activities centered on human rights, sustainable development, international relations, and diversity. Through it all, the native-English-speaking students get to learn about other students’ cultures, while the ESL students are able to practice English.”
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