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From Testing to Transformational Change with Pam Moran

The CoolCatTeacher

Moran has served as the Superintendent of Albemarle County Public Schools since January 2006. Dr. Moran has appeared on the cover of Education Week’s Digital Directions magazine as a “National Mover and Shaker” for her advocacy of a curricular digital integration model, which will be featured in an upcoming profile by Edutopia.

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Kids Co-Creating Curriculum

The CoolCatTeacher

Moran has served as the Superintendent of Albemarle County Public Schools since January 2006. Dr. Moran has appeared on the cover of Education Week’s Digital Directions magazine as a “National Mover and Shaker” for her advocacy of a curricular digital integration model, which will be featured in an upcoming profile by Edutopia.

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Native Americans turn to charter schools to reclaim their kids’ education

The Hechinger Report

The charter school, NACA, opened its doors in 2006. Since its opening in 2006, the charter school has inspired the launch of similar schools in other tribal communities. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland, a citizen of the Laguna Pueblo in New Mexico, said at the time of the report’s release.

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SEL: A Leadership Roundtable

techlearning

Reeves, 2006) Being able to identify the “go-to” or most trusted person in a network to leverage their relationships with others to effect change is more likely to result in change than working from the superintendent down, although you need both approaches. We take a team approach, but our mindfulness initiative stems from the top.

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Final Schedule - "Wholehearted Libraries" Online Mini-Conference on Tuesday, March 10th

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

[link] Loida Garcia-Febo International Library Consultant @loidagarciafebo Loida Garcia-Febo is an international library consultant, researcher and expert on topics such as human rights, advocacy and services to multicultural populations. She is the Immediate Past President of the American Library Association.

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Nearly 750 charter schools are whiter than the nearby district schools

The Hechinger Report

Todd Ziebarth, senior vice president for state advocacy and support at the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, says that, in some parts of the country, organizations that oversee charters have started to take a more active role in ensuring that the schools enroll a diverse student body. Weekly Update. Future of Learning.

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A superintendent made big gains with English learners. His success may have been his downfall

The Hechinger Report

Those interviews suggest that the decision to force out Grimes as superintendent stemmed from a tangle of small-town politics, deep-rooted antipathy toward immigrants and a yearning for the city Russellville used to be. Heath Grimes put students first. I was not interacting with the teachers because I didn’t speak very much English.

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