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What Lens Am I Seeing This Through?
Ako Mātātupu (New Zealand) trains participants to engage deeply with Maori communities. In this video from 2018, participant Jonathan Wieland shared that this training led to discovering assumptions he never knew he had and transformed his approach t
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A Closer Look at the Five Essential Components of Effective Reading Instruction
How can we teach all children to read accurately, rapidly, and with comprehension by the end of third grade? The National Reading Panel Report provides an answer to this question.
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Core Insights: Locally Rooted, Globally Informed Visions of Student Success
What is the purpose of education, and who decides it? Too often, visions of student success are imposed on students, families, and communities rather than co–constructed with them. Explore these core insights on developing a locally rooted, globally
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Kaija and Rosemary: Working Together to Build Pathways to the Future
In this video from 2019, join Kaija, a former Teach For Australia fellow, and Rosemary, an educator and community elder, as they collaborate to create pathways for a brighter future through education.
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Stories about Vision: "Why Is this Family So Satisfied, and Why Is this Teacher So Angry?"
In this article from 2019, Steven Farr shares two experiences: a dinner with a Navajo family describing their love for a school he found wanting and a classroom visit with a Navajo teacher who challenges his suggesting that her students be prepared f
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Choose to connect
In this 2013 video, Teach For America alumnus Isaac Pollack tackles the seemingly impossible task of transforming Carver High School in New Orleans. Faced with academic gaps and skepticism from students in impoverished, violent neighborhoods, Isaac g
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Trauma-Focused Teaching: Understanding our Brains (Part 2)
Over a series of four sessions, practitioners from the MedStar Georgetown WISE center shared their expertise on how we can support students and teachers through the lens of a trauma-informed practice. In this second session, we delved into understand
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Comunidad como Poder, Ejercicio Reflexivo: Polaridades
En este ejercicio, podrás reflexionar acerca de dónde nos encontramos dentro de un espectro completo de perspectivas relacionadas con esta lente. Y consideramos qué otros espectros de perspectivas se relacionan con esta lente.