School Communities Making Changes
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  • Montessori Schools focus on the whole child and achieve high performance

    Starting as a teacher in a traditional model and working with that for over a decade, I am well aware of the many issues brought up in Race to Nowhere. It amazed us as we watched the movie to realize that a true Montessori education addresses so many of the concerns brought up. Our school, like mo...

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  • Swampscott, MA - Homework Reprieve for Local Students

      Swampscott students won't have any homework today as the district institutes the first of its eight "no-homework nights."  

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  • A School in Tampa Implements Changes

    Kevin Plummer, Head Of School at Tampa Preparatory School, implements changes after screening Race to Nowhere. Changes include "No Homework Nights" and "No Homework Weekends." "In the absence of homework, we ask the student to re-engage with one another, don't get on the internet, don't text message...

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  • Why High Stakes?

    Why does testing have to be high-stakes? Making a one-shot, once a year test count for so much leads to cheating and failing. We assess students to help them learn and get to the next step in their learning NOT to punish them and keep them from graduating. I also don't want my efficacy to depend on...

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  • Homework free breaks, completely free.

    Because our schools do not give many breaks during the school year, as some of our surrounding communities do, it is imperative that our winter and spring breaks are really a reflection of their intended mean–to be a BREAK. Giving students a chance to catch their breath is of vital importance...

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  • homework for k-5

    should we eliminate the homework given to our k-5 students or make it optional?

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  • Project based learning

    One of my favorite things we do at CHIME is the 1st grade community study- this study is truely project based learning encorporating social studies, art, math, language, politics, banking, commerce, and arts as the kids learn about creating a comminity or city.  I'd love to see more of this...

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  • Project based learning

    One of my favorite things we do at CHIME is the 1st grade community study- this study is truely project based learning encorporating social studies, art, math, language, politics, banking, commerce, and arts as the kids learn about creating a comminity or city.  I'd love to see more of this...

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  • Mission Efficiency

    Marietta, GA: January 28th, 2011:  WhyDoParents.org, Inc today announced the official roll-out of a new pilot initiative that will take place in Cobb County Georgia.  Developed over the past five years, WhyDoParents.org, Inc has aptly named their community initiative “Mission Efficie...

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  • Connecting Roots

    Roots are a foundation of growth.  Regardless of how it is used, the word root speaks to the origin or fundamental cause of something; upon which that something can develop into something else.  Trees are often used as symbols of life in that strength and durability come from what is hidde...

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