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Culture in the Classroom

Educators today hear a lot about gaps in education – achievement gaps, funding gaps, school-readiness gaps. Still, there's another gap that often goes unexamined: the cultural gap between students and teachers.
Professional Development Topic
Classroom Culture
July 6, 2009
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Being Culturally Responsive

We are all born, raised and enveloped in culture, and it is central to learning. It informs how we communicate with each other, the way we receive information and helps shape the thinking process of groups and individuals.
Professional Development Topic
Classroom Culture
July 12, 2009
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Arrowwood Elementary School Mixes It Up on YouTube!

As part of Mix it Up at Lunch Day, Arrowwood Elementary School in Highlands Ranch, Colorado provided students with a series of ice-breakers to spice up the conversation and help create new friendships. The Douglas County School District’s video of the event shows what Mix It Up is all about!
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Issue 52, Spring 2016

Toolkit for "Begin Within"

To facilitate difficult conversations with your students, equip them with strategies they can use to persevere when emotions run high. Let’s Talk, the publication from which “Begin Within” was excerpted, includes several pedagogical approaches to help students learn to sit with their discomfort and to moderate it over time.
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Write to the Source

Where I Stand

Where I Stand asks students to demonstrate their argumentative and analytical writing skills.
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6-8 9-12
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W.6-12.1, W.6-12.4, W.6-12.9
July 19, 2014