Therefore, Dr. Rogers committed herself to helping students feel safe and add joy to their day. A lively theme-based curriculum that allowed the day to flow and helps make connections for children is just one approach she used to accomplish this. Believing her school’s students could benefit from staying with a teacher two consecutive years, a concept known as looping, Dr. Rogers implemented this in 1997 after undertaking a year-long study of this practice. To learn more about Betsy Rogers’ experiences at Brighton, please visit her blog, Brighton’s Hope.
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