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fromTODAY.com
6 days agoIdentical Twin Sisters Made History at Their School With an Incredible Graduation Feat
At first glance, identical twins Adriana and Alyssa Lyons look like Barbie dolls come to life, with sun-kissed tans, bright blue eyes, blond hair and matching smiles. But behind the picture perfect symmetry lies something even more remarkable: relentless discipline.
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fromNature
2 months agoHow I turned online misogyny about my PhD into momentum for my career
A female PhD graduate faced severe online misogyny after celebrating her degree, revealing that women academics are uniquely targeted for sharing professional accomplishments regardless of their field.
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fromwww.berkeleyside.org
4 months agoEnglish learners still behind in Berkeley schools despite some gains
English learners, particularly long-term multilingual students, lag substantially in English proficiency, math performance, and college readiness despite improvements among Latino students.
fromCbsnews
7 months agoHow one principal used debate to turn a failing middle school around
At Middle School 50 in Brooklyn, New York, principal Benjamin Honoroff and his students are pumped to start the day - a dramatic transformation from when he came in a decade ago. "We were on a list of persistently dangerous schools, and there'd been some pretty drastic enrollment decline from over a thousand students to 160 students," Honoroff said. But the former high school debate coach had an idea. He took a chance and integrated into every class, across all grade levels.
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fromPsychology Today
8 months agoIs This the End of the Growth Mindset Theory?
The basic idea behind this is that students can have either a "fixed mindset" about their abilities (thinking they are born with a certain level of intelligence which cannot be changed over the course of their life) or a "growth mindset" (thinking their intelligence can be improved by hard work). It is assumed that having a growth mindset has a positive effect on academic achievement.
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