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Council of the Great City Schools Names Congressman Bobby Scott as the Recipient of the Dr. Michael Casserly Legacy Award for Educational Courage and Justice

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billion under the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) Fund, the single largest federal investment in K–12 education in American history. As chairman, he helped craft the 2021 American Rescue Plan, which provided $122.8 To learn more about Curriculum Associates, visit CurriculumAssociates.com. About CGCS.

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Seeing the Pandemic as an Opportunity for Change

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His most recent books are The Crisis of Connection: Roots, Consequences and Solutions with Niobe Way, Carol Gilligan and Alisha Ali (New York University Press, 2018) and Race, Equity and Education: Sixty Years From Brown with Jill Pierce and Roey Ahram (Springer, 2015). About the Hosts. Dr. Morton Sherman.

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Virginia district launches summer kindergarten readiness initiative

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It has helped millions of students worldwide to improve their reading and writing skills, master increasingly rigorous academic standards, and prepare for high-stakes assessments. “We Smarty Ants is not the only Achieve3000 solution currently implemented at Virginia Beach.

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Six Steps to Project Based Learning

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In 2015, the bipartisan Every Student Succeeds Act signaled the end of one-size-fits-all instruction. The new legislation urged districts to embrace project based instruction aligned to academic standards and 21st century skills. Project based learning occurs over weeks and, in some cases, months. 3) Authenticity.

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Not enough students have mentors, and we must change that

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For instance, a 2015 analysis of Harvard law school graduates found that women who had not become partners in a firm had fewer mentors during their first five years than either women partners, or men who had not achieved partnership status. And not having a mentor can slow career progression.

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Can Individual Tests Really Measure Collaboration?

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To infuse both real-world scenarios and academic standards into the new exams, as well as topics like leadership that college admissions reps would care about. In 2015, for the first time the PISA exam—given to 15-year-olds around the world—sought to measure individual and collaborative problem solving. Their goal?

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How to help principals do a better job? Train their bosses

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A group of secondary network superintendents debrief after a visit to a classroom at a middle school in Oakland. In 2015, the University of Washington’s District Leadership Design Lab helped developed the nation’s first research-based standards for principal supervisors. Photo: Jackie Mader. Training the trainers.