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US Secretary of Education Arne Duncan Visits North Star Academy on "Listening and Learning" Tour  Flanked by tall navy banners, thirty chairs formed a circle in the Harvard room at North Star Academy's Clinton Hill Campus, waiting to seat some of the most prominent figures in the local and national education reform movement. As students went about their daily routines, photographers and videographers set up their equipment in the gymnasium on the top floor, North Star staff members...Click here to read more... |
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Concrete, Actionable, Practical: Taxonomy and Video Database Drive Teacher Professional Development  "That's great, but I don't know how to do that in my classroom," the early-career teacher thinks to himself, walking out after observing a veteran teacher's first lesson of the day. He had taken his instructional coach's advice, to observe a master teacher and then apply the specific actions that the veteran teacher performed in class in order to engage his students. But after... Click here to read more...
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North Star Academy Alumni Graduate from College and Respond to Call to "Give Back to Others"  Nine-year-old Ammirah Holloway sat with her grandmother in a pew towards the back of her church when a passionate and powerful male voice commanded her attention. The gentleman at the front of the congregation spoke of a brand new school opening that year in Newark, one that was committed to preparing every student for college and beyond. At her young age...Click here to read more... |
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Uncommon Introduces the Human Capital Team  "Without great people, nothing else matters." It's an often used mantra at Uncommon Schools, but one that speaks to the importance of the people behind Uncommon's work. While several critical components go into the making of high-performing urban public charter schools, the organization would not be able to accomplish its work without the people who... Click here to read more...
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