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04/15/2024
Diving into social-emotional learning

I hated to go underwater when I was a kid. I wasn’t the most proficient swimmer, but I could make my way across a pool without panicking. But venturing under the surface? Just the thought of it made my legs conveniently cramp up, ensuring me a seat on the side of the pool. 

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03/25/2024
A decade in, teaching is still all about relationships

As students stream into her classroom at Grandville Middle School and find their seats, Courtney Gritter switches off the overhead lights and switches on a colorful disco ball in the corner of the room.  

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10/06/2023
Op Ed - Leveraging Student Voice to Improve Education

In the State of Michigan, there is currently no uniform measurement of students’ wellbeing nor a common way to evaluate student engagement and the impact of related services and interventions for students beyond standardized test scores.

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10/06/2023
Poll Suggests Standards On How To Get Students More Involved In The Classroom

Recent polling highlighted at the Michigan Association of Superintendents and Administrators' (MASA) fall conference found 75% believe school districts should adopt policies designed to increase student engagement in K-12 schools.

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10/05/2023
Public Opinion Poll Affirms Need for Student Engagement Assessment

EPIC-MRA poll data released in September at the Michigan Association of Superintendents and Administrators (MASA) Fall Conference in Traverse City, Michigan, soundly validates the need for work surrounding student engagement, ranking it as an important component of student assessment.

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09/24/2023
Leverage student voices to improve education
Traverse City Record-Eagle

In the State of Michigan, there is currently no uniform measurement of students' well-being nor a common way to evaluate student engagement and the impact of related services and interventions for students - beyond standardized test scores. 

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08/07/2023
LCUSD Gleans Room for Improvement from Survey Results
Outlook Valley Sun
LCUSD Gleans Room for Improvement from Survey Results

Executive Director of Programs and Services Karen Hurley presented the results of the 2023 annual perception survey that was administered to students grades 4 to 12, teachers, staff and parents and caregivers through the months of March and April.

The purpose of the surveys is to collect perceptions and feedback from the district’s educational partners.

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07/19/2023
Educators examine student perspectives on engagement belonging
School News Network
Young Fives student D’andre takes time to play with social worker Neah Bremby
A young fives student works with his teacher

A morning meeting in Lauren Hopkins’ third-grade class provides a glimpse of what building relationships and cultivating a sense of belonging looks like at Discovery Elementary School.

Students spend a half hour seated on the classroom rug talking about various topics. They discuss rules: everything from “doing the right thing the first time” to “not talking when the teacher is talking.”

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