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  • When coronavirus closed schools, some Detroit students went missing from class. These educators had to find them.

    Erin Einhorn

    June 16, 2020 |

    NBC News |

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    Response Location: United States, Detroit, Michigan

    After the pandemic forced schools to close, educators in Detroit had to take on the role of "detectives" in order to track down missing students and help them stay on-track. After realizing the extent of the impact the coronavirus had on students and their families, educators resorted to persistent follow-ups, food deliveries, tracking families based on need, and providing grief counseling to help them cope with family losses and their changing environments.

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  • How Reflective Supervision Sessions Help Teachers Cope with the Stress of the Job

    Erin Einhorn

    June 26, 2019 |

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    Response Location: United States, Detroit, Michigan

    As schools increasingly use trauma-informed practices to teach children, one early child care center in Detroit has started to provide trauma-informed "reflective supervision" sessions for the teachers who watch trauma manifest itself in their students on a daily basis. The strategy is similar to those used to help therapists talk through all of the information they must absorb as part of their jobs and is designed to help educators manage "secondary trauma."

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  • How a doctor inspired a new way to train teachers — and how that is leading to a new kind of school

    Erin Einhorn

    July 18, 2018 |

    Chalkbeat |

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    Response Location: United States, Ann Arbor, Michigan

    To combat low retention rates and short training times for new educators, the University of Michigan - along with other programs around the country - are testing models for teacher education based off training for doctors. With the new approach, new teachers continue to receive personalized training and mentorship from veteran teachers throughout their early career instead of being "thrown into" their first classroom after only a semester of student-teaching.

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  • Colorful maps and wooden blocks have lured some skeptical parents — but can free public Montessori survive in Detroit?

    Erin Einhorn

    December 14, 2016 |

    Chalkbeat |

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    Response Location: United States, Detroit, Michigan

    Detroit implemented the Montessori Method at several public schools, despite funding constraints. The program has attracted families that might otherwise look to the suburbs and private schools for education. It has resulted in more diverse classrooms and more opportunities for students.

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