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This paper describes what the foundation is learning across NSI grantees in order to supplement a more formal summative evaluation that is underway, with the first report expected in March 2024. While the summative evaluation will analyze school- and student-level…

Most teachers and administrators are familiar with the terms social-emotional learning (SEL) and culturally responsive pedagogy. They recognize that the concepts these terms embody and their related educational practices are essential if students are going to thrive…

Identity safe teaching is an approach and a way of creating an equitable classroom. It is not a program, nor is it a checklist of strategies. These strategies are provided to offer ideas for implementation. There are many additional effective strategies that address…

For more than a century, education providers throughout the United States have strived and struggled to meet the diverse needs of American children and families. A complex system of biases and structural inequities is at play, deeply rooted in our country’s history,…

The chronic achievement gap in most American schools has created an epidemic of dependent learners unprepared to do the higher order thinking, creative problem solving and analytical reading and writing called for in the new Common Core State Standards. One of the…