Cultural Proficiency in education is the level of knowledge-based skills and understanding that are required to successfully teach and interact with students and to work effectively with colleagues from a variety of cultures by holding all forms of cultural difference in high esteem; a continuing self-assessment of one’s values, beliefs and biases grounded in cultural
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Family and community engagement greatly increases the likelihood that students will learn and thrive. Students are more prepared for school, more likely to achieve, and more likely to graduate when they are supported by schools, families, and communities working together in a coordinated manner. Schools will be more effective at engaging families and communities when
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The Office of Entrepreneurship + Innovation at Arizona State University (ASU) is reaching out to all teachers with an opportunity to apply for the Verizon Innovative Learning Grant. Here is a Video Overview of the program. Note: There is an Early Decision Deadline of Friday, August 18 The Verizon Innovative Learning Design Thinking Program is
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A student from California who was born with several developmental challenges, both physical and emotional, placed first in the nation in one of the competitive events held earlier this month in Anaheim. How does a student who qualified for an Individual Education Program (IEP) outperform students with no disabilities? I asked his mother, and here
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