What Makes 2018 NBR Schools Successful?
What key practices are instrumental to #nbrs2018 awardees school success? Instruction and Student Supports lead the pack. Read all about the practices and school examples.
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New Video Profiles!
Each year, the NBRS program features videos that highlight and share successful school practices of awarded schools.
This year’s videos include:
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Bringing High School to College. Lorenzo Walker Technical High School in Naples, Florida, shares a campus and a vision for success with its partner institution, Lorenzo Walker Technical College. Educators explain how the school has flourished despite some early challenges, and students share what they love about their high school and college experience.
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Posted Videos Coming Soon
- Lusher Charter School (New Orleans, LA) – A K-12 school where teachers and artists-in-residence collaborative integrate arts across the academic curriculum and build a school culture that celebrates expression.
- Paramount School of Excellence (Indianapolis, IN) – A K-8 charter school with green initiatives, a space science center, and an urban farm that helps students understand their world through exploratory learning and embedded environmental education.
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Announcing: New Podcasts of 2018 Schools!
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Hear Dr. Alexander Ofili of Village Oaks Elementary School (MI) describe the school’s process and culture promoting core values through HEART.
Listen here.
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Principal Elliott Southard of Mount Lebanon Elementary School (SC) highlights how the school expanded on a STEM theme to create a teaching and learning culture matched to the way young students learn.
Listen here.
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The 2018 review focused on practices in: Arts Education, Civic Engagement, Extended Learning Opportunities, Parent and Family Engagement, STEM Education, Student-Centered Instruction, Student Leadership, and Whole Child Education.
The highlighted practices in the 2018 schools represent the following states: Alabama, Alaska, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Maryland, Montana, New Hampshire, New York, and Tennessee.
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Learn more about the different ways that NBRS elementary and secondary schools are providing whole child education.
Examples of specific practices include:
- Successful Mindsets and Behaviors
- Staying Fit and Eating Healthy
- POWER Time and Videos
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Current applicants commented on the NBRS application process:
- The process provided our school the opportunity to reflect on our “glows and grows.”
- It was an excellent reflective process and helped clarify and confirm the direction we should go in the coming years.
- The application process was succinct and allowed the opportunity to comment on every aspect of our school community.
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