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Student Motivation: Praising Competence Instead of Natural Ability
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Students are more likely to do something if they feel like they have the ability to be successful doing it.
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To Introduce Yoga and Mindfulness in the Classroom, This District Starts With Its Teachers
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Cambridge Public Schools in Massachusetts is working to incorporate yoga and mindfulness into classrooms to help both students and teachers manage their stress and regulate their emotions. (June 7, 2017)
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Student Motivation: Helping Students Relate to Others
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Building relationships with peers and teachers helps students feel cared about by people they respect.
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Is 'Hardening' Schools to Prevent Shootings Really the Answer?
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In the wake of the Parkland, Fla., school shooting, districts are grappling with how to keep students safe. We look at how a Texas district hopes to do that. (April 10, 2018)
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How Media Literacy Can Help Students Discern Fake News
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How can teachers help students tell fact from media fiction? Educators and media literacy advocates in Washington state are working together with legislators to address the problem. (June 6, 2017)
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Parents of Students With Dyslexia Have Transformed Reading Instruction
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An effort to help students with dyslexia has now changed reading instruction for every child in Arkansas. Parents led the way, forcing changes in laws around reading education. (May 1, 2019)
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New York City’s Debate Over Race and Equity in Public Schools
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New York City’s public schools are highly segregated by race. In its elite high schools, black and Latino students comprise just 10 percent of the student body even though they comprise about 70 percent of overall enrollment. (May 9,2019)
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What Are Your Worst Professional Development Stories?
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Education Week asked teachers to tweet us examples of professional development activities that were bizarre, boring, or just didn't work.
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Voices of History: Sylvia Mendez
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Sylvia Mendez was 9 when her father became a plaintiff in a lawsuit that forced the Westminster school district, in Orange County, Calif., to allow children of Mexican descent to attend schools with white students. (May 13, 2014)
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Cleveland Schools Use Incentives, Parent Outreach to Reduce Chronic Absences
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Seven million children in the U.S. are considered chronically absent, which puts them at greater risk of dropping out of school. In Cleveland, school officials offer incentives to encourage students to show up to school (March 23, 2018)
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Snapchat and Schools - Monitoring What Students Post Online
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Schools are paying attention to what students post online, concerned about school safety and culture. Critics say this may violate free-speech and privacy rights. Here’s the view from one district. (June 20, 2017)
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