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A Harvard report outlining what is essential for successful family and community partnerships with schools.

A fascinating NYTMagazine article about character education.This isn't the same brand of character education that I had in Home Ec... At Riverdale, students are learning how to learn, how to succeed, and how effort leads to success.

Principals are important in creating the environment for teacher success, and principals need support, too.

"As school boards address the overall challenge of social media use within schools, they should focus on the reality that the impact no longer lies only on the individual and local schools. Social networks include students and teachers all over the world and, therefore, teaching and coaching on digital literacy for teachers and students is where the focus should rest. Knowing how to build successful communities of learning and how to integrate social connectivity within a learning environment is a much more needed outcome than finding a way to control and monitor specific users and content."

Teachers crossing the country to identify successful practices and start their own school.

Grit: Passion and perseverance over the long term