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Serving Gifted Students from Poverty Part 2: Inequity, Resources, and Equity vs. Equality
By Jo Seidel Paul Slocumb and Ruby Payne clearly define the difference between treating students as equals and treating all students equitab [...]
Reaching for Community Stability–Payday Lending Interest Rates Remain Unregulated—for Now
So long as the payday lending industry in Idaho goes unregulated and continues to be allowed to exploit people in poverty because they are in poverty, we have a lot more work to do.
Serving Gifted Students from Poverty Part 1: Key Questions About Equity
The blog entries in this three-part series will investigate sources of inequity, differentiate between equity and equality, and offer solutions that reduce inequity
Improving Educational Impact–Investing in Innovation Development Grants
By Alecia Chapman Q and A - Investing in Innovation Development Grants What are Investing in Innovation Development grants? The i3 fund was [...]
Improving Outcomes–Why You Should Use aha! Process Trainings
By Stephanie Burgevin When talking to people at conferences or on the phone, we are often asked to help them discern why they should book an [...]
Reducing Poverty–Getting Ahead and Circles Change Lives, Facilitate Success
by Lisa Stoddard Let me tell you about Heidi. Heidi grew up in poverty in a family struggling with alcohol and drug problems. She dropped ou [...]
Applying aha! Process Strategies in the Classroom–Programs for At-Risk Students
By Carrie Olson After the aha! Process training, I felt I was better at helping students navigate our school system. In particular, looking [...]
Improve Test Scores: Lowndes County Schools Show Marked Gains
Congratulations to West Lowndes Elementary (WLE) and West Lowndes Middle (WLM) in Mississippi, which have both seen tremendous growth in imp [...]
One City, Two Worlds: Transportation’s Affect on Poverty and Community Sustainability
By Bonnie Bazata One city, two worlds. That is the difference between having a car and riding the bus and community sustainability. Few of u [...]
Why Relationships Matter–Teaching At-Risk Students
By Vincent Segalini Marcus is loud, his casual register echoing off every surface in my classroom. He is looked up to by all his peers, but [...]
Educational Impact–Tucker Signing Helps Students with Speech, Learning Difficulties
Knowing they had already learned Tucker Signing Strategies from our resource teacher and from their first-grade classroom teacher, I knew I needed to get on board. I ordered the DVD and started to teach myself. I learned, but it didn't all make sense until today.
Educational Impact–Research Supports the Efficacy of aha! Process’s Work
When the U.S. Deparment of Education introduced the i3 (Investment in Innovation) grant program, there was a shift in the research expectations and terminology related to professional development providers.
The Role of Social Media in Professional Development
By Alecia Chapman I’ve recently become more aware of a growing movement of teachers and administrators using social media networks (e.g. Twi [...]
Beyond Poverty Reduction: Shared Values and Bridges Constructs Make the Difference for Community Action Partnership
By Lisa Stoddard Here at Community Action Partnership in Lewiston, Idaho, we have a vision. Our vision is our entire community working toget [...]
Relationships: Focusing on Achievement for Gifted Students
By Teresa Johnson No significant learning occurs without a significant relationship—James Comer INGREDIENT #3 – Relationships This qu [...]
K-12 News Articles 2011
TOut of poverty, but how? (SJCBridges.org) Poverty approach not working (TimesUnion.com, Jane M. Grimes) 12/28/2011 Al Calloway Says: If Ame [...]
Community News Articles 2011
Out of poverty, but how? (SJCBridges.org) 12/30/2011 Poverty approach not working (TimesUnion.com, Jane M. Grimes) 12/28/2011 Al Callowa [...]
Getting Ahead News Articles 2010-2011
Building understanding between poor, middle class (Lancaster Eagle Gazzette, Jessica Alaimo) 12/08/2011 Bridges out of Poverty graduates ina [...]
How to Improve Educational Impact with Faster-Paced Curriculum
I think I have two issues: I haven’t made the content relevant to the students, and we are dealing with some abstract concepts.
Reducing Poverty: Circles Campaign and Scott Miller Receive National Attention
By Phil DeVol Those of you who work on reducing poverty by providing Bridges and Getting Ahead™ to the Circles Campaign (national Bridges tr [...]
Mental Models, Project-Based Learning, and the Integration of 21st Century Skills
What mental models or PBL methods are you using to insure student success in our changing world? If you have not used PBL, what questions or concerns do you have regarding its implementation?
Wrapping Up the School Year–Improved Test Scores and more
By Claire Pentecost Final exams are all that remain of my first school year. Well, final exams, packing up, and end-of-year rituals and rite [...]
Is It Because I’m Black?
Five of my students were walking their dog on a recent spring afternoon. As they made their way through a residential neighborhood, a city p [...]
Progress Made at Ridgeroad Middle Charter School with School Improvement Model
In a time of change, when federal funding for education is often decreasing while expectations placed on schools are increasing, we must str [...]
Being a Mentor Every Day
I was listening to a program on NPR last week, and the host of the show was interviewing the rapper Ice-T, the self-professed “original gang [...]