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Celebrating National Social Emotional Learning Day

Dr. Jennifer McCatharn, Senior Manager of Social Emotional Learning | March 11, 2023

This year on National Social-Emotional Learning Day, schools and districts around the world elevate the importance of social-emotional learning and rally around the theme of uplifting hearts and connecting minds.…

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Celebrating HBCUs With My Black Students

By Corey Lewis | September 23, 2021

“I want to go to an HBCU because I’m Black and these schools are run by Black people like me.” That’s what Brooke Fairley, a 5th grader, told me recently. College readiness has become the go-to buzzword in K-12 education. Schools across the country emphasize and talk about college readiness curriculum, and how it is…

20 Ways to Better Support Students with Exceptionalities when Virtual Teaching

By Krista Pupillo, Integrated Special Education teacher, Nashville | December 16, 2020

Virtual learning has been an exciting, challenging, and sometimes frustrating new frontier for students and educators. While we’ve all masterfully risen to the challenge, the needs of students receiving special education services are top of mind for teachers trying their best to reach all students. My defining philosophy as a teacher is “All students want…

Rocketship reduce la brecha en el rendimiento académico de California

por Maricela Guerrero, Vice Presidenta de Escuelas | November 8, 2019

Este año marca un hito importante para Rocketship en California – más del 50% de nuestros estudiantes alcanzaron o excedieron el estándar estatal de desempeño en matemáticas y en lengua y literatura inglesa (ELA). Desde hace cinco años que se presentaron por primera vez los Estándares Académicos Fundamentales, actualmente ni el estado ni ninguno de…

Rocketship Is Narrowing California’s Achievement Gaps

by Maricela Guerrero, Vice President of Schools | October 16, 2019

This year marks a major milestone for Rocketship in California – over 50% of our students met or exceeded the state standard for proficiency in both math and English Language Arts (ELA). Neither the state nor any of the six local districts where we serve students have yet to achieve this milestone since Common Core…

Bringing the Library to Our Students, One Video at a Time

by Kelli Medart, Special Education Paraprofessional, Rocketship Rising Stars Academy | September 27, 2019

Just before the school year ended in June, I was speaking with some of our Rocketeers about their summer reading. I heard one or two complaints, like “I can’t believe I have to read a book EVERY DAY.” I also heard the opposite of that, in the form of “I GET to read a new…

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