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Many educators believe we can increase engagement and improve attendance by expanding choice electives for their middle schoolers. But school and system wide? What about scheduling? What about staffing? Jen Schwanke walks us through her district’s transformation step by step.
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"The Classroom of Choice" is perfect for teachers seeking ways to strengthen their classrooms and curriculum using Choice Theory so students thrive as learners and humans, says MS teacher and NBCT Angela Lee. Each chapter has specific, ready to use, research based strategies.
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The deficit atmosphere in schools – unsustainable workloads, lack of resources, minimal supports, terrible pay – contributes to culling, writes Dina Strasser. Rather than seeing a complete image of our lives, the dark and the light, we're at risk of letting our empathy leach away.
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As AI becomes omnipresent in schools, Matt Renwick suggests ways to make sure it benefits you and your students. Included: current AI education research; ways to make AI use intentional, and a guide to developing a unit of study that engages students in AI tools and ethics.
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Writing goals help students identify ways to improve in their writing and set specific targets they want to work on, says author-educator Valerie Bolling. Best of all, during the process students will see the growth they’ve made as writers and as goal setters.
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