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A Thousand Tiny Moments in a Thousand Tiny Communities: The Narrative on Rural Poverty

Often I am irked by books and scholarly articles on closing the achievement gap because they tend to focus on …

The Myth of Meritocracy: Reframing the American Dream

Given the theme of “Equity” for this year’s annual Rowland Conference, I thought it appropriate to write about the hidden …

A New Era of International Student Exchanges

Virtual Intercultural Avenues is a multi-faceted global campus that uses 21st century technologies to give students and teachers the virtual mobility …

To Build a Better Question

AASL’s Standards for the 21st-Century Learner mandate that we equip our students with the skills they need to pursue lifelong …

JSEP as a Model for Learning

There is no limit to the number of strategies, techniques, and technologies that tout successful educational moments, but learning derived …

Embracing New Educational Technologies: Keeping Up and Keeping Track

“The world’s next generation of leaders has a responsibility to take advantage of the growing opportunities that have come with …

Trust as a Cultural Expectation in Schools and in Classrooms

I was recently fortunate enough to have the opportunity to visit several Finnish schools. Maybe I expected to see something …

Going Beyond Challenging the Educational Myth: Using relationships to combat the deficit theory

Scores of books, blogs, and articles have challenged the deficit theory, which was defined by Collins in 1988 as a …

The Equity Traps within Act 77: Flexible Pathways and Personalized Learning Plans

In Vermont we are actively working as a state to adopt a number of exciting and meaningful school transformation initiatives. …

Elijah Hawkes: Defining context for graduation standards

This year, most Vermont schools are in the process of solidifying the standards by which the next generation of graduates …

The Complexity of School Change

We talk about the education system all the time. When we do, our mental images can look like organizational flow …

Why a Paradigm Shift Around Classroom Grading Practice is Necessary: Moving Towards Standards-Based Grading and Reporting

by Andrew Jones Introduction This issue brief focuses on (1) the problem with the “traditional” grading system in K-12 schools, …