More than three‑quarters of students from low‑income households
Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education.
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This is my first year at this school whose resources are very limited compared to what I'm used to. It's a low performing school in a socioeconomically challenged location in California. Most, a large percent, of the students come to this middle school testing below grade level, in many cases at least 2 to 3 grade levels below where they should be. But this doesn't mean they are apathetic towards learning. They are eager but just need to be engaged in a variety of ways to tap into their curiosity, which is what drives us to explore and learn. I want to create a learning environment that facilitates this.
Being an elective, my students are heterogeneous. I teach Special Education students, ESL students, and regular education students. It's a dynamic group of kids that need dynamic resources.
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This is my first year at this school whose resources are very limited compared to what I'm used to. It's a low performing school in a socioeconomically challenged location in California. Most, a large percent, of the students come to this middle school testing below grade level, in many cases at least 2 to 3 grade levels below where they should be. But this doesn't mean they are apathetic towards learning. They are eager but just need to be engaged in a variety of ways to tap into their curiosity, which is what drives us to explore and learn. I want to create a learning environment that facilitates this.
Being an elective, my students are heterogeneous. I teach Special Education students, ESL students, and regular education students. It's a dynamic group of kids that need dynamic resources.