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Equity

Titled "Exploratory Friday," shows images of students engaged in activities such as biking, canoeing, on computers, and in a circle in a classroom.
Equity Flexible Pathways News Transferable Skills 

Prioritizing daily movement and experiential learning in Newark

January 31, 2023 Life LeGeros 0 Comments Kingdom East, movement, newark street school, reflection

Dillin, a seventh grade student at Newark Street School (NSS), had this to say about starting school with 30 minutes

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Grace Gilmour, "Fostering Brave Spaces"
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On Fostering Brave Spaces

June 3, 2021 Grace Gilmour 1 Comment Crossett Brook Middle School

  Audio only Resources Slides from “Fostering Brave Spaces” Annotated Transcript Hello, my name is Grace Gilmour. I’m a seventh

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Flood Brook’s Classroom Library Audit

May 19, 2021 Flood Brook Middle School 2 Comments Flood Brook School

Flood Brook School has been talking about a classroom library audit for A LONG TIME. Like, a real long time.

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Culturally Responsive Instruction and Assessment
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Culturally Responsive Instruction and Assessment

May 7, 2021April 26, 2022 Jeanie Phillips 1 Comment culturally responsive pedagogy

  At their heart, Culturally Responsive Practices (CRP) are about teaching the way students learn. It is an unfortunate truth

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Culturally Responsive Curriculum by design

April 14, 2021 Jeanie Phillips 0 Comments

If you want to know what an organization prioritizes, examine its budget. If you want to know what educators care

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The Culturally Responsive Learning Environment

March 15, 2021March 15, 2021 Jeanie Phillips 0 Comments

  Imagine a place where every person can be their authentic whole human selves. A culturally responsive learning environment is

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#vted Reads about Equity & Cultural Responsiveness in the Middle Grades

February 25, 2021March 22, 2021 Jeanie Phillips 0 Comments
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In January 2020, the Vermont state legislature proposed a resolution formally apologizing for the legislature’s role in passing a 1931

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Culturally responsive practices for equity in the classroom

February 22, 2021March 22, 2021 Jeanie Phillips 0 Comments

Equity. In Vermont and beyond, educators and administrators are talking about equity. But what does equity look like in practice?

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How to have difficult conversations in the classroom

December 9, 2020March 23, 2022 Life LeGeros 0 Comments

It’s not you; difficult conversations are a lot right now. While it’s fair to say that the history of the

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Student intervention for anti-racist education

June 17, 2020October 19, 2022 Life LeGeros 2 Comments equity, Frederick H. Tuttle Middle School, social justice

Schools are committed to bringing anti-racism into curricula and systems more than ever before. Even in predominantly white schools there

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The other pandemic.

June 3, 2020March 23, 2021 Katy Farber 5 Comments

“What is the implication for how we understand ourselves and each other in reference to our racial identities? And if

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On equity in the middle school movement

February 10, 2020March 22, 2021 Life LeGeros 4 Comments

The middle school movement has been a powerful force for positive change. It’s rooted in progressive education, with special attention

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Equity 

3 ways to ensure equity is at the heart of your work

September 9, 2019April 29, 2022 Scott Thompson 0 Comments Act 77, equity, equity audits, Equity Literacy Framework, Mid-Atlantic Equity Consortium, Paul Gorski, Teaching Tolerance, Vermont Agency of Education

VTDigger reports that Vermont Secretary of Education Dan French said “From our standpoint, we portray districts being on a journey.

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Getting personal about systemic equity

June 24, 2019March 22, 2021 Life LeGeros 2 Comments Chamberlin Elementary School, Christie Nold, equity, Frederick H. Tuttle Middle School, Hannah Miller, Jeff Novak, Kathleen Brinegar, Lamoille South Supervisory Union, South Burlington High School, South Burlington School District, Tracy Wrend

Sometimes pursuing systemic equity in education can feel a little like the carrot vs. the stick. Since No Child Left

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Equity, identity & art

June 14, 2019April 29, 2022 Life LeGeros 17 Comments equity, Frederick H. Tuttle Middle School, live performance, slam poetry, social justice

Tracing a middle level social identity unit Identity. Oppression. Social justice. Structural racism. Liberation. These are some intense ideas to

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Using protocols for equity

June 7, 2019April 29, 2022 Jeanie Phillips 3 Comments equity, norms, School Reform Initiative, TIIE dogs

So, maybe you’ve been using protocols at faculty meetings or professional learning community sessions.  Perhaps you’ve found that they make

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#vted Reads: Reaching and Teaching Students in Poverty

June 5, 2019March 23, 2021 Jeanie Phillips 2 Comments dress codes, equity, Green Mountain Union High School, Paul Gorski, poverty, social justice
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In this episode of #vted Reads, I return to my old stomping grounds at Green Mountain Union High School. I’m

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Vermont schools have a transportation equity problem.

April 26, 2019March 23, 2021 Katy Farber 0 Comments #fleetofvans, Act 77, equity, rural schooling, transportation

When I travel to schools around Vermont, I hear many versions of the same concerns: Going anywhere from our school

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equity in the school business
Equity Stories from VT Students 

Equity and the in-school business

April 15, 2019March 23, 2021 Audrey Homan 0 Comments culture, economics, equity, field trips, holiday bazaar, in-school business, Mettawee Community School

Mettawee Community School, in West Pawlet VT, loves tradition. They’re a small, tight-knit school in a rural area, and home

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Unpacking equity in Passion Projects and Genius Hours

January 9, 2019March 22, 2021 Katy Farber 0 Comments equity, genius hours, the benefits of being an octopus

Equity in education has — and needs — many lenses. The work is hard, the work is myriad, the work

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social identity and Frederick C. Tuttle Middle School
Equity Stories from VT Students 

How can students teach educators about social identity?

February 26, 2018March 23, 2021 Audrey Homan 0 Comments Frederick H. Tuttle Middle School, school board meetings, social justice

A trio of Tuttle 6th graders led educators from around Vermont through activities in bias-awareness and social identity at the

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Equity Flexible Pathways Project-Based Learning Real World PBL Stories from VT Students 

Race Against Racism VT

November 17, 2017April 29, 2022 Katy Farber 2 Comments community school, community schooling, community-based learning, Montpelier High School, social justice

It all starts with an idea. Races Against Racism have taken place around the country, and last spring, a community

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VT Secretary of Education speaks on equity in Vermont

October 12, 2016March 22, 2021 Audrey Homan 0 Comments equity, VT Agency of Education

“I don’t believe you can be an educator committed to student voice and not be a powerful advocate for equity.”

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Equity 

Equity begins with engagement

April 27, 2016April 22, 2022 Life LeGeros 6 Comments

Care about equity in education? Start with engagement Educators care about equity. We all want to bring out excellence in

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Equity 

Equity and technology in schools

December 8, 2014April 15, 2022 Audrey Homan 3 Comments equity

How do you level the digital playing field?How do you even start taking on a task like that? Equity has always

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Is extra credit an equity issue?

September 3, 2014March 22, 2021 Alex Shevrin 12 Comments equity

What is the worst consequence of our best idea? That’s a question that Chris Lehmann, founding principal of the Science

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