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25 February 2021 | Ondrena Clyburn | Chalkbeat

I know what it’s like to struggle with identity. That’s why I formed a nonbinary group for middle school students.

At KIPP BOLD Academy, the Newark middle school where I work, my students and I started a nonbinary gender group to foster a safe space for students.

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16 February 2021 | Crystal Peralta | The Philadelphia Inquirer

3 ways teachers can address their students’ trauma when school is virtual

As a longtime educator, I have realized that effective teaching relies on my knowledge of how to address the many forms of trauma my students experience outside of the classroom as much as within the school.

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22 January 2021 | The Denver Channel Staff | The Denver Channel

Night school helping kindergarteners stay in school during pandemic

The evening learning program has more teachers per student than regular classes do, and there is more time for individual teachers to work with each student.

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08 January 2021 | Erin Donnelly | Yahoo

Some teachers opted to discuss the Capitol riot with students. Here’s how they approached it.

While there was some disagreement, White says the conversation was civil, noting, “we have a lot of discussions with varying viewpoints, so kids know how to disagree respectfully, and it’s always really grounded in etiquette.”

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03 January 2021 | Steven Rodas | TAPInto

The Importance of Social Emotional Wellness and How Various Camden Schools Are Tackling it

“When we shut down in March we thought this would be for a couple of weeks, maybe a month. So it took time to get long-term solutions in place for meet all student’s needs."

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01 April 2021 | Tom Wiedmann | TAPInto

KIPP Newark to Welcome 3 New Schools this Fall

“We wanted to make sure that every child, no matter where they live, had access to an excellent and affirming education,” Lewis-Griffith said.

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20 April 2021 | Chalkbeat Staff | Chalkbeat

Relief and reflection: After Chauvin guilty verdict, teachers and students look to the work ahead

After a jury found former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin guilty in the death of George Floyd Tuesday, educators across the country prepared to help students make sense of this pivotal moment in U.S. history.

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29 March 2021 | Laura Waters | The 74 Million

Analysis: New Data Show Newark’s Educators Are Driving Learning Gains That Outpace New Jersey’s Best-in-the-Nation Schools

“…A new Stanford University study shows that Newark students are posting learning gains that outpace the state’s best-in-the-nation public school system, and almost any other city they’ve studied to-date.”

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19 February 2021 | Laura Waters | NJ Education Report

Meet Newark’s Own Amanda Gorman, Seventh-Grade Poet Makayla Brown

Makayla Brown, a KIPP Rise seventh grader, wrote this poem, entitled “The Root of Racism.” A future poet laureate, perhaps?

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05 July 2021 | John Mooney | NJ Spotlight News

The Class of 2021: Their thoughts on a year like none other

“For all of us to be here today we broke through the walls of excuses; we overcame the mountains of self-doubt. We have surmounted every — and I mean EVERY — challenge and test that has been set in or on our path.\

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I know what it’s like to struggle with identity. That’s why I formed a nonbinary group for middle school students.

3 ways teachers can address their students’ trauma when school is virtual

Night school helping kindergarteners stay in school during pandemic

Some teachers opted to discuss the Capitol riot with students. Here’s how they approached it.

The Importance of Social Emotional Wellness and How Various Camden Schools Are Tackling it

KIPP Newark to Welcome 3 New Schools this Fall

Relief and reflection: After Chauvin guilty verdict, teachers and students look to the work ahead

Analysis: New Data Show Newark’s Educators Are Driving Learning Gains That Outpace New Jersey’s Best-in-the-Nation Schools

Meet Newark’s Own Amanda Gorman, Seventh-Grade Poet Makayla Brown

The Class of 2021: Their thoughts on a year like none other

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