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Getting learning mobility right
Learning mobility is the shared infrastructure that lets what people learn open more doors over a lifetime
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Back to School: How Parents Can Set Students Up for Success
As the new school year gets underway, many parents are eager to play an active role in their child’s education. But parents also have a flurry of questions: How can…
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A Data Partnership that Supports Nashville Students Beyond the Classroom
Schools around the country are using key data on students’ performance in the classroom to inform how they can better meet the needs of individual students. In Nashville, data are…
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How Tacoma Public Schools Used Data to Track and Empower Student Growth
In 2012, Tacoma Public Schools (TPS) set out to design a data tracking system that would empower educators and students and communicate important information to parents and the community.
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National Teacher of the Year Sydney Chaffee On How “All Teachers Can Be Leaders”
Sydney Chaffee recently was named National Teacher of the Year, but she doesn’t think she’s peaked yet. “As teachers, we always want to be better,” she says. And one way…
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Celebrating Teacher Appreciation Week: Conexión Américas
Great teachers know that all students deserve an excellent education. That’s why the Tennessee Educational Equity Coalition, a network of education advocates led by Conexión Américas, is celebrating Teacher Appreciation…
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Leading change for changing leaders
The subject of leadership has long been a fascination of mine, both as an historian and as a veteran of several executive roles in the non profit and higher education…
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Math Design Collaborative
The Mathematics Design Collaborative (MDC) brings to mathematics teaching and learning high-quality instructional tools and professional support services that play a pivotal role in helping the Bill & Melinda Gates…
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Employers and Families Teaming Up on Behalf of Students in New Orleans
For busy families, navigating the education system can be intimidating. This is especially true today, because as education systems continue to grow, support for parents to understand those systems is…
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Keeping students on track: How to identify and address ‘Summer Melt’
For most students, receiving a college acceptance letter symbolizes the beginning of an exciting and rewarding journey. They breathe a sigh of relief as they head into high school graduation,…