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Readers are Leaders
Positive Behavior Support Update
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Upcoming Events
September 3: Labor Day
September 11: Chip Wood visit (schedule to follow); Staff Meeting @ 3:15 p.m.
September 14th: Leadership Team @ 8:10 a.m.
September 21: Author's Visit (Paul Reynolds)- schedule to follow
September 24th: Early release (11:30)
September 26th: Open House @ 6:00 p.m.
September 28th: Picture Day
This Week in Ed News
“At that moment, I realized I didn’t really know my students at all.”-Jennifer Gonzalez on learning that one of her students was homeless
“Students now spend hours a day interacting with texts, tweets, and social media. At the very time when newer standards demand that students think and read texts more deeply and carefully, your students come to you with less practice doing so… They have been trained to swipe as soon as they get bored.” John Scudder in “Making History Relevant for the Social Media Generation” in Education Week Teacher, August 22, 2018, https://bit.ly/2LpSx9l
“[W]e must remember that standards are only words on paper if they don’t inspire stellar instruction in the classroom.” Amber Northern and Michael Petrilli
“What if unions mounted a ‘children’s campaign’ aimed at ensuring all young people have access to health, mental health, dental care, stable housing, safe neighborhoods, and various other essentials for well-being? What if unions campaigned for all children, irrespective of wealth, to have access to early-childhood education, after-school and summer learning, athletics, the arts, tutoring, access to tools of technology, internships – in short, all the enrichment opportunities that those of us who have privilege routinely provide for our children?... Unions could fully embrace the new, grass-roots organizing for better pay and school funding, while at the same time prioritizing a children’s equity and opportunity agenda, thereby becoming leaders in the fight for universal student success.” Paul Reville in “Teachers’ Unions Must Decide Their Future” in Education Week, August 22, 2018, https://bit.ly/2wonhlr; Reville is at paul_reville@gse.harvard.edu.
“Even if guys is widely regarded as gender-neutral, there will still be a sizable contingent of conscientious objectors.” Joe Pinsker
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Location: 3 Dexter Street, Orange, MA, United States
Phone: 978-544-6080
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