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types of restorative justice (human rights framework) to be implemented in high schools to foster community and inclusivity.

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Our lives, our cultures, are composed of many overlapping stories. Novelist Chimamanda Adichie tells the story of how she found her authentic cultural voice -- and warns that if we hear only a single story about another person or country, we risk a critical misunderstanding.

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The best intervention strategy for below-grade level students in freshman Algebra 1.

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Closing the Gap with changes in educational achievement.

Racial Disparities in Education.

Addressing the African American Achievement Gap

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Increasing opportunities for students in rural areas.

Challenges faced by rural schools.

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This substantiates my thinking! I've never had the word for these professional feelings. My first school was a breeding group for professional collaboration, coplanning, and learning from one another. What I had assumed was just common curtesy and professionalism was not actually the norm in most schools I am starting to learn. I began teaching at 23, I'm still seen as very new at 31... my first school provided me the outlet to modify our units, create unique assessments, provide input on hiring committees. There is value in multiple voices, regardless of age or experience.

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These are head-spinning times for those of us who think about the best ways to lead and the most effective ways to compete. What defines acceptable personal behavior (let alone behavior worth emulating) among public officials? Why would executives at so many iconic organizations - Volkswagen, Wells Fargo, FIFA - tolerate behavior so egregious that it threatens the very future of their organizations? How should innovators with a fierce sense of ambition handle the criticisms and objections that inevitably come their way and make sure that confidence does not turn into bombast?

In a world hungry for great leadership, these are just a few of the questions that too many leaders seem incapable of answering. I don't pretend to have easy answers myself. But I do know that the best leaders I've studied - executives and entrepreneurs who have created enduring economic value based on sound human values - recognize and embrace the "obligation to dissent." Put simply, you can't be an effective leader in business, politics, or society unless you encourage those around you to speak their minds, to bring attention to hypocrisy and misbehavior, and to be as direct and strong-willed in their evaluations of you as you are in your strategies and plans for them.

I first encountered the term last year, in an intriguing interview with a CEO named Victor Ho, cofounder of a customer loyalty company that has raised more than $100 million in venture funding. Ho talked about his childhood, his college years, and the experiences that shaped his entrepreneurial instincts. He also talked about his stint at McKinsey & Company, the blue-chip consulting firm, and one subversive takeaway. "The strongest lesson I learned at McKinsey that I now share with every new hire is what they call the 'obligation to dissent,'" he told the New York Times. "It means that the youngest, most junior person in any given meeting is the most capable to disagree with the most senior person in the room."

What a powerful image. What a contrast to what usually happens in the corridors of power. The obligation to dissent is in fact a hallmark of McKinsey culture, established and enshrined decades ago by Marvin Bower, the legendary head of the world's most celebrated consulting firm. A biography of Bower describes the first encounter between the larger-than-life leader and Fred Gluck, a former managing director of the firm. Gluck bumped into Bower, who asked how things were going with his maiden assignment at the firm. Gluck answered honestly and told Bower he thought the partners were approaching the engagement all wrong.

The next morning, Gluck found a note asking him to report to Bower's office. He assumed he would be fired. Instead, he found Bower on the phone with the project leader, discussing Gluck's critique and agreeing that the newcomer was right. They scrapped the approach, refused to charge the client for the work, and started over. "This obligation to dissent, this was Marvin's principle," one senior consultant told the biographer. "It came directly from him....And very few people have the guts to dissent."

Another McKinsey alum, Robin Richards, chair and CEO of the CareerArc Group, makes it clear how he wants his colleagues to behave. "Don't have a meeting with your boss where you agree with him on everything he says," Richards explained. "If you have an obligation to dissent, then we get the best minds and we get the best outcomes. People like living in that environment. They feel valuable. People become fearless."

Truth be told, very few people have the guts to dissent, very few people become fearless, because very few leaders emphasize and celebrate their obligation to do so. Edgar Schein, professor emeritus at MIT Sloan School of Management and an expert on leadership and culture, has spent decades studying the attributes that define great executives. One of the attributes he highlights time and again is humility - the sort that invites dissent. Sadly, that kind of humility is all too rare.

Schein once asked a group of students what it means to be promoted to the rank of manager. "They said without hesitation, 'It means I can now tell others what to do.'" That's precisely the know-it-all style of leadership that has led to so much crisis and disappointment. "Deep down, many of us believe that if you are not winning, you are losing," Schein warns. The "tacit assumption" among executives "is that life is fundamentally and always a competition." But humility and ambition, he argues, need not be at odds. Instead, humility in the service of ambition is the most effective and sustainable mindset for leaders who aspire to do big things in a world filled with huge unknowns.

So here's to humility. Here's to dissent. And here's to a more fruitful style of leadership than we've seen of late.

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True Leaders Believe Dissent Is an Obligation

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These are head-spinning times for those of us who think about the best ways to lead and the most effective ways to compete. What defines acceptable personal behavior (let alone behavior worth emulating) among public officials? Why would executives at so many iconic organizations - Volkswagen, Wells Fargo, FIFA - tolerate behavior so egregious that it threatens the very future of their organizations?

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I agree with the ideas presented. Everyone should have a voice when it comes to ideas. However, we have to remember some people may need additional time to ponder the ideas, concepts being discussed before they can give their ideas.

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Check-Off List  Assignments Lists TLA 641

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I know my students always want to know why we are doing what we are doing in class, just like I to know why a new policy, etc. has been created.

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Impact of multicultural stories on the attitudes of students in the majority.

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After a background in Communications and working in marketing, I returned to school to become a teacher. I've taught for the past 13 years K4-8th grade in various schools. Currently I teach at St. Mary's in Hales Corners as the 7th and 8th grade ELA and Literature teacher. I've also been married for 16 years and we have four sons and one daughter.

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Annemarie: Bears are the coolest! I wish Cheetos would fly by and I had to catch them with my teeth the way bears catch salmon. HAHA!

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Bear Cam - live from Brooks Falls in Katmai National Park | Explore.org

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Watch LIVE as hundreds of Alaskan Brown Bears descend on a mile-long stretch of the Brooks River to feast on the largest Sockeye Salmon run in the world.

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Who doesn't love kittens?

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Kitten Rescue Cam - live video, pictures of cute kittens | Explore

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Watch live video and share pictures of cute kittens at Kitten Rescue in Los Angeles with kitten cam. Learn about adopting a kitten and more at Explore.org!

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I love this little mama hummingbird protecting her tiny nest. It looks so cozy!

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Explore.org is the world's leading philanthropic live nature cam network and documentary film channel. Our mission is to champion the selfless acts of others, create a portal into the soul of humanity and inspire lifelong learning. Watch nature unfold live right now!

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Parent bears protecting their cubs and providing for them in different environments. This was interesting to see.

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How to Overcome Our Biases

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Verna Myers: How to overcome our biases? Walk boldly toward them

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I'm not a big animal lover but I am a big nature lover. Watching the river reminds of canoeing with my parents and siblings. I reminds me of the time we would spend up north. And I like to try and find patterns in the current.

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I graduated from Alverno College in December 2019 with my BS in mathematics and secondary education. I live in St. Louis, Missouri with my two cats. We really do not like the winter! Currently I teach geometry and algebra II at Hillsboro High School, which is a rural school about 45 minutes south of the city of St. Louis.

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Sir Ken Robinson: Changing education paradigms | TED Talk

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In this talk from RSA Animate, Sir Ken Robinson lays out the link between 3 troubling trends: rising drop-out rates, schools’ dwindling stake in the arts, and ADHD. An important, timely talk for parents and teachers.

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This is not my first time viewing this talk, but I enjoy it every time. I'm personally interested in his views on the arts and aesthetics versus the anesthesia of ADHD medications. I am the daughter of a choir teacher- the arts were a big deal in my home growing up. It was often the key feature for keeping some of my mother's more "at-risk" students in school and graduating. Educational theory loves to point out the flaws in standardized testing. If they are so damaging, time-consuming, and irrelevant to a students' needs and growth, why do they still exist? Is the data that meaningful?

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Increasing Teacher Retention Through Mentorship Programs in Rural Schools