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In Reconnect: Building School Culture for Meaning, Purpose, and Belonging, a team of distinguished educators from Teach Like a Champion and Uncommon Schools deliver practical guidance and concrete advice for teachers, administrators, and community members who seek to dramatically improve the lives of children and young people by fostering a sense of belonging in schools. In the book, you'll find hands-on solutions to build or rebuild students' sense of shared work and community in an era of increasing isolation and disconnections. The authors draw on extensive experience with high-performing schools to show you how to build environments that allow young people to thrive and socialize. You'll also get: ● Actionable strategies for countering the increasing isolation of students that has been aggravated by remote learning ● Useful ways to facilitate positive and beneficial peer-to-peer interactions between students A can't-miss resource for K-12 teachers and administrators working in public, private, or charter schools, Reconnect will also prove a practical guide for parents and community members involved in the education of local children and young people.

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Hilary Lewis is the senior director of consulting and partnerships on the Teach Like a Champion team. Hilary attributes her love of education to her first and best teacher-her mother. Doug Lemov is a former teacher, principal, and consultant. Now he is a managing director at Uncommon Schools, an organization that starts and runs exceptionally high-performing public schools in urban centers in New York and New Jersey. Lemov works with leaders and teachers at such organizations as Teacher U, KIPP, Teach For America, Achievement First, Building Excellent Schools, New Schools for New Orleans, and New Leaders for New Schools. And of course the incredible people at Uncommon. He went to Hamilton College and got graduate degrees from Indiana University and the Harvard Business School. Denarius Frazier is the principal of Uncommon Collegiate Charter High School in Brooklyn, New York, and serves as a senior advisor on the Teach Like a Champion Partnerships and Consulting Team. Darryl Williams is the CEO of the Teach Like a Champion team. He previously served as the chief officer in the Office of School Leadership for Houston Independent School District. A seasoned playwright, Terrence Kidd uses his skill as a storyteller to bring life to any genre. He loves narrating nonfiction best, but Terry's engaged, informed, and warm tone illuminates everything from potboiler crime thrillers to romance. A longtime bartender, Terry now narrates from his home studio, punching and rolling, on Massachusetts's North Shore.

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