A five-step exercise on identity and belonging helps middle school students appreciate differences—in themselves and in their peers.
One way to become an exceptional teacher is to focus less on traits like humor and charisma and more on self-awareness and interactions with students.
Setting a goal of positive contact with every student’s family helped a middle school teacher deepen relationships and boost her own morale.
A study reveals students prefer low-effort learning strategies—like listening to lectures—despite doing better with active learning.
How much background knowledge is needed to understand a piece of text? New research appears to discover the tipping point.
Helping students regain their calm after misbehavior doesn’t mean there are no consequences—it ensures that the right lesson is learned.
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PovertyUSA is the domestic anti-poverty program of the U.S. Catholic Bishops. An initiative of the Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD), PovertyUSA seeks to educate and promote understanding about poverty and its root causes.
Child Trends improves the lives and prospects of children and youth by conducting high-quality research and sharing the resulting knowledge with practitioners and policymakers.
National Network of Partnership Schools (NNPS) Established at Johns Hopkins University in 1996, NNPS invites schools, districts, states, and organizations to join together and use research-based approaches to organize and sustain excellent programs of family and community involvement that will increase student success in school.
Census Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE) The U.S. Census Bureau’s Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates program produces single-year estimates of income and poverty for all U.S. states and counties as well as estimates of school-age children in poverty for all 13,000+ school districts.
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