Great teaching begins with understanding each student as a learner – and as a person.
National Public Radio visits St. Louis Park High School and digs in on the BARR model's outcomes in schools across the country.
Listen to the storyBARR gives educators the tools to work together to better understand and build on students’ strengths, proactively address the non-academic reasons why they may fall behind in school and identify what they need to thrive within and outside the classroom.
Next week the BARR Center leadership team will be joining the Consortium for Educational Change in a series of open webinars for those interested in learning more about BARR. Each of these 45 minute sessions will include an overview of the BARR model and an opportunity for participants to ask…
Read MoreThe Mountain Valley High School BARR team updated their board on their first year of model implementation.
Read MoreWhen Angie Jerabek first piloted the BARR model in 1999, she knew she wanted to create a strength-based education model that responded to students’ need for kindness, care and support from their teachers—especially those living in high-risk environments. As part of the model, she developed an SEL…
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