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Family. Resilience. Social Emotional Learning (SEL). Relationships. All of these terms have become mainstream during the last eighteen months, but what do they truly mean? How do we teach students and adults to be resilient by coming together to build “familial” relationships?  In my eighteen years in education I have seen teachers come and go. Many did not make it...
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I am standing here leaning over the kitchen sink like Elizabeth Lesser: “Broken Open.” I am happily healing from a back breaking wound witnessed by the sagging bellied dishwasher as I turned erratically to extract dishes that day 4 years ago.  That day I spent writhing in pain until released from the ER with a cautionary note—not to return for...
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An education-focused organization best achieves its mission and creates desired impact when every team member is connected, engaged and performing at the top of their game to get breakthrough results and make a positive difference for kids. The health of an organization—its ability to thrive—lies at the intersection of the employee experience and organizational effectiveness. This determines who decides to...
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To the new teachers out there, are you: Excited about what this year will bring and courageously making an entrance into the education arena for the purpose of serving today’s youth? Vowing personally to provide the utmost professionalism possible whether your initial, or second profession from a previous career?  With an inner desire to reach today’s youth, you’ve selected to...
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Over the past three years, Education First has been working with a diverse group of family math researchers, practitioners, parents and funders to build a movement designed to grow awareness about the importance of early math for students’ success in school, work and life. As we embark on the leadership transition of the growing Family Math movement from Education First...
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Imagine you are applying to teacher preparation programs, eager to begin impacting students. You know your clinical experience will be critical to your preparation and are searching for teacher residencies – you like the idea of a residency program because you would have a year-long clinical experience that pairs you with a highly-effective mentor teacher for immersive training in a...
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COVID-19 forced us all to make big changes, some of which are going to continue beyond the pandemic. This six-part blog series asked six different Family Math organizations how they continued to serve families during the pandemic and what they’ll keep moving forward. What is Family Math? Family Math is an emerging movement to promote math activities within the context...
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COVID-19 forced us all to make big changes, some of which are going to continue beyond the pandemic. This six-part blog series asked six different Family Math organizations how they continued to serve families during the pandemic, and what they’ll keep moving forward.  What is Family Math? Family Math is an emerging movement to promote math activities within the context...
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The significant ESSER dollars flowing to states, school districts and institutes of higher education over the next two years present a unique, urgent opportunity to address systemic barriers to more students having excellent teachers that mirror students’ diverse identities. As our colleague recently wrote in our Educator Diversity blog series, an increase in teacher diversity, specifically Black teachers, is linked...
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COVID-19 forced us all to make big changes, some of which are going to continue beyond the pandemic. This six-part blog series asked six different Family Math organizations how they continued to serve families during the pandemic, and what they’ll keep moving forward.  What is Family Math? Family Math is an emerging movement to promote math activities within the context...
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