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" PRE4CLE, a plan that began in 2014 to provide high-quality preschool to all children in Cleveland, was developed through a public-private partnership created to address major preschool challenges and complement the district's education goals."

"Sprinkled throughout the newly reauthorized version of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act are references to an instructional strategy that supporters think has enormous potential for reaching learners with diverse needs."

"What he found was a pattern of districts taking a big hit in grades when they had students take tests online, while also having great success when students took them with paper and pencil."

"Critical thinking is thinking that assesses itself. To the extent that our students need us to tell them how well they are doing, they are not thinking critically. Didactic instruction makes students overly dependent on the teacher. In such instruction, students rarely develop any perceptible intellectual independence and typically have no intellectual standards to assess their thinking with. Instruction that fosters a disciplined, thinking mind, on the other hand, is 180 degrees in the opposite direction."

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"What is self-assessment? The ability to be a realistic judge of one's own performance."

"Intentionally involving your students in the assessment process helps students to become lifelong learners.  Peter Senge (2000) says, "A cornerstone of lifelong learning is the capacity for objective self-assessment - the ability to judge for yourself how well you are doing."  Similarly, William McKeachie (2011) relates the importance of helping students become lifelong learners to faculty members who intentionally involve students in self-assessment:"

"The Employability Skills Framework is a one-stop resource for information and tools to inform the instruction and assessment of employability skills."

""Skills to Pay the Bills: Mastering Soft Skills for Workplace Success," is a curriculum developed by ODEP focused on teaching "soft" or workforce readiness skills to youth, including youth with disabilities."

"The number of infants who die before their first birthday is much higher in the U.S. than in other countries. And for African Americans the rate is nearly twice as high as for white Americans. Even well-educated Black women have birth outcomes worse than white women who haven't finished high school. Why?"

"The Color of Fear is an insightful, groundbreaking film about the state of race relations in America as seen through the eyes of eight North American men of Asian, European, Latino and African descent. In a series of intelligent, emotional and dramatic confrontations the men reveal the pain and scars that racism has caused them. What emerges is a deeper sense of understanding and trust. This is the dialogue most of us fear, but hope will happen sometime in our lifetime. (1994, 90 minutes)  To purchase this film in DVD format, please visit the StirFry Seminars Store."

"The Courageous Conversations protocol is one of the most impactful dialogues an educational system can engage in. Sankofa means embrace the past, but stay focused on the future. A Courageous Conversation About Race has four steps: notice, engage, understand, and empathize."

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STANDARDS FOR BUILDING INCLUSIVE SCHOOLS: HOW WE WILL KNOW WHEN WE ARE THERE. Validated Practices Committee Louisiana Department of Education, Division of Educational Improvement and Assistanc

"Improving Postsecondary Outcomes for All Students with Disabilities Welcome to NTACT's website! NTACT's purpose is to assist State Education Agencies, Local Education Agencies, State VR agencies, and VR service providers in implementing evidence-based and promising practices ensuring students with disabilities, including those with significant disabilities, graduate prepared for success in postsecondary education and employment."