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There Comes a Time We Must Come Together, WE Are The World
- Authored by: Greg Cunningham

There comes a time

by Greg Cunningham The world must come together “Check your egos at the door.” This sign, inscribed by Quincy Jones, greeted 46 world-famous singers who showed up  at the A&M Studios in Los Angeles the night of January 28, 1985, to record We Are the World for USA For Africa

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Stress and Pressure: Helping Students Navigate
- Authored by: Eileen Wedegartner

Stress and Pressure: Helping Students Navigate

We need to help them manage expectations effectively. by Eileen Wedegartner, Blended Learning Specialist Growing up, I remember there were high school students around me who had either attempted to take their own life or had done so. As a teen, it shook me to think that anyone felt that

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A Jeffersonian Solution for a Jeffersonian Problem: Inequality
- Authored by: Gary Kaplan

A Jeffersonian Solution for a Jeffersonian Problem: Inequality

All people may be created equal, but all schools are not. by Gary Kaplan Inequality will be a pervasive topic in the new decade. It won’t be a new topic. It’s been a front page story ever since Thomas Piketty’s Capital in the Twenty-First Century came out in English in

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Education and Inequality, trying its level best, the “Great Equalizer” needs a lift
- Authored by: Greg Cunningham

Trying its Level Best, the “Great Equalizer” Needs a Lift

Education and Inequality The “great equalizer” of education can only nudge the scales so far. By Greg Cunningham, Blended Learning Specialist In his FY20 budget proposal, Governor Charlie Baker has waded into the discussion of fair funding for school districts in Massachusetts. He has proposed large increases for districts that

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Chpice of Present, Choose be present more than showing up
- Authored by: Eileen Wedegartner

The Choice of Presence

by Eileen Wedegartner, Blended Learning SPECIALIST Go into any classroom in any town and you’ll immediately get a taste of the teacher who presides there. You’ll see some of the latest research in education, famous quotations, pictures of important persons, findings in the teacher’s field of study. You’ll see school

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Seeking the balance; planting the seed for success
- Authored by: Cathie Maglio

Seeking the Balance

There will always be joys and tragedies. by Cathie Maglio, Blended Learning Specialist Another tragic and senseless loss. A Haverhill High student who had just graduated was shot and killed last month when he answered a knock on his door. This student participated in the JFYNet program at Haverhill High

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Toward a Theory of School Change

School reform is typically approached as an all-encompassing top-down restructuring. Though it makes sense, from a planning point of view, to take a comprehensive approach, such an approach can take a long time to implement and often spurs opposition, resentment, and even sabotage. An ingrained culture cannot be changed all

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