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Coffee Break: Why Mark Rynone Left Corporate to Help Kids With Special Needs

Mark Rynone considers his passion for education as an outgrowth of family values. After all, his mother, brother and a handful of other relatives work as teachers and education issues have dominated...

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Achievement Gap

We Need to Meet in the Middle to Build on Education Reform Success

Twenty-five years ago Massachusetts launched its own education revolution and emerged as a national public education leader. Now it’s time to reassess our achievements and find a fresh approach to...

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Diversity

I’m Sick of Seeing Black Women Silenced in School Leadership

"Aggressive," "strong-willed," "passionate." Those words have been falsely labeled as simple descriptors. In actuality, they are evidence of the continued sexism and racism that plagues our society....

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Achievement Gap

Want to Fix the Achievement Gap? Reconsider How You Teach.

There seems to be a sentiment amongst some educators that culturally responsive education is merely an optional “best practice.” Well, of course, any trainings or professional development examining...

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bias

This Teacher With a White Nationalist Podcast Is Outrageous But She's Not Alone

Two days after a Florida middle school teacher named Dayanna Volitich was outed as this White nationalist podcaster, the teacher is now denying that she is a White supremacist and called her podcast...

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student achievement

We're Kidding Ourselves If We Think 90 Percent of Teachers Are Effective

A while back I sat through a professional learning community (PLC) meeting where the other science teachers and I listened to a YouTube lecturer discussing strategies of "highly-effective teachers."...

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