Banishing bias from school

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#Podcasting Education #Like A Sponge #by GreatSchools.org

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3 года назад 32:27

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A charter school in Philadelphia rethinks their policies and practices to strip out bias. In Texas, one highly effective teacher transforms her students’ learning liabilities into super powers. In both schools, ordinary educators are finding extraordinary success in questioning old assumptions that leave some kids behind.

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Like a Sponge

Banishing bias from school

Like a Sponge

published 3 года назад

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22 эпизодов

#Podcasting Education #Like A Sponge #by GreatSchools.org

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