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Four Strategies for Building Relationships With Students
Building relationships with students sometimes takes a back seat to achieving passing test scores. That doesn’t have to be the case, according to this sixth-grade teacher.
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An Earth Day Event for Building Community
Earth Day is still two months away, but it's not too early to start planning an event that highlights the importance of preserving the natural world—and that can draw the school and larger community together.
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Take It From Me: Auditory Processing Disorder in Class
This high school student with APD shares some classroom and teaching techniques that helped her succeed—and that can benefit all students.
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Mindfulness: Good for You and Your Students
Teachers and students benefit equally from less stress in the classroom and in their lives. Consider bringing mindfulness—one stress reliever—into your classroom.
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Life After Diversity Training
When the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights mandated diversity trainings for this school district, everyone pulled together to make some serious changes for the better.
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Investigate
As an administrator, it is your responsibility to remain calm, firm and deliberate as you gather the facts surrounding a potential bias-based incident.
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Clarity Comes After Viewing of 'Bully'
When a teacher accompanies her students to see the film Bully, she asks important questions about how adults in the school building handle the issue.
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Teaching Courage in a Postmodern World
Students need historic context to connect activism of the past to social issues in the present.
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The Treasure of Walter Dean Myers
Walter Dean Myers’ treasure to us was his gift of beautiful writing, with its poignant life lessons and heart-wrenching stories.
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Helping Temporary Students Feel Welcome
Welcoming a temporary student holds lessons in empathy and respect for the whole class.