A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 12, 2018

The underlying premise is to move learners from a state of engagement to empowerment so that they exert more ownership over their learning. Student agency is all about improving the learning experience for kids. Or maybe it is combining both elements of voice and choice through pedagogically sound blended learning activities.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 24, 2018

Thomas School has built two dedicated spaces to bolster STEM education, and plans to build a two-floor, state-of-the-art learning space called the Center for Leadership Innovation by 2020. Thomas School Dedicates Space to Bolster STEM Learning. Need advice for starting a #K12 #STEM learning lab? For its part, St. Pull Quote.

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EdTech Magazine

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

The nonprofit broadband advocacy group found nearly 45 million students enjoy in-school access to high-speed internet connectivity, up from 39 million in 2017. According to the group, 98 percent of public schools have next-generation fiber infrastructure, and 96 percent have enough connectivity to support online and digital learning.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 19, 2021

Even before the pandemic, broadband and mobile technology was expanding connectivity across the globe, hybrid and virtual classrooms were gaining steam in providing personalized learning to students, and project-based learning was proving to be an effective, engaging and increasingly popular pedagogy.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

And while the increase in states requiring computer science education is encouraging, millions of students still lack the access necessary to learn, and most states have yet to make it a graduation requirement. “The data is clear: computer science equips students with essential skills for future careers in all industries.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 10, 2024

In 2014, the district pushed algebra to ninth grade from eighth grade, in an attempt to eliminate the tracking, or grouping, of students into lower and upper math paths. The district hoped that scrapping honors math classes and eighth grade algebra courses would reduce disparities in math learning in the district.

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EdTech Magazine

MARCH 27, 2020

VR headsets and software can provide lifelike simulations that allow students to repeat behaviors multiple times before applying their learning in the real world. You can really tailor and change up the scenarios,” she says.

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EdTech Magazine

MARCH 26, 2020

VR headsets and software can provide lifelike simulations that allow students to repeat behaviors multiple times before applying their learning in the real world. You can really tailor and change up the scenarios,” she says.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Between Seattle, Naples, and the Bahamas, there are advocacy villages everywhere, filled with educators like Hannah Irion-Frake, a third-grade teacher in Pennsylvania who spends her career advocating for and creating readers. “I Literacy advocacy can come in many shapes and sizes. Literacy is not coloring, worksheets, and workbooks.

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Digital Promise

JANUARY 13, 2021

When suddenly propelled into distance learning last spring, educators rose to the challenge to meet the needs of students and families. Even in schools outside of the Verizon Innovative Learning network, coaches reported that they were valued more by teachers and administrators than prior to the pandemic.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

As teacher shortages have become more severe in early learning settings since the pandemic, previous workarounds to staffing holes have become less reliable. Nicole Lazarte, now the policy and advocacy communications specialist at NAEYC, was recently working as an infant teacher at an early childhood center in northern Virginia.

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Digital Promise

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

Digital Promise recently started a coding working group for the League as a forum to share best practices and address challenges in implementing computer science. From this group, we’ve gathered insights on what the computer science movement looks like in these districts. Community Engagement and Advocacy. Relevance to Students.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 3, 2022

A national group that seeks to curb student absenteeism is sounding an alarm after finding that the number of chronically absent students continued to surge even as pandemic closings abated. Absenteeism matters, of course, because students don’t learn as much when they’re not in school. This story also appeared in Mind/Shift.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Approaches we use, like Universal Design for Learning , embrace, rather than punish, diversity in learning styles and personality. But a personalized, adaptable teaching and learning culture also requires significant resources and supports, which are often unavailable to public school teachers. You are never alone.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Founded at Brookline High near Boston in 2009, the group now works with roughly 1,000 students from 14 nearby districts beginning in the summer after seventh grade to help them complete advanced math classes like calculus before they finish high school. When you see that, you need to throw certain student groups the life jacket,” she added.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 5, 2020

and since learning inside was deemed dubious at best, the classroom was moved outdoors, where group gatherings were considered safe. Neither insufficient money, limited outdoor space, nor inclement weather should stand in the way of a school doing outdoor learning. In June, the group mobilized.

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Digital Promise

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

How does this affect adult learning providers? It’s important to inform hard-to-reach and undercounted groups and communities that the 2020 Census process can be quick, easy, and safe. The National Literacy Council’s website also has an extensive list of helpful resources for teaching and learning, programs, and advocacy.

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Waterford

APRIL 10, 2020

Because teaching is such an intensive job, educators can greatly benefit from learning about and practicing self-care. Now that you’ve learned why self-care can be one of the best stress management strategies for teachers , it’s important to find ways to incorporate it into your daily life. Self-Care Ideas for Teachers. and Molina, M.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

DECEMBER 17, 2018

Every day I learn with P-12 and postsecondary educators who are doing amazing things in their domains. We hear less often about the numerous ways to use “Good Twitter,” professional blogs, YouTube channels, Instagram accounts, Pinterest boards, Facebook groups, and other platforms in ways that are productive and empowering.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Last summer, not far from the doorsteps of Oakland Unified School District, a group of parents came together to build an academic program from scratch in an effort to close the gap between the education their children were getting in school and the education they deserved.

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Digital Promise

APRIL 3, 2019

That was the thought the Chicago Learning Exchange (CLX) had when creating their most recent report, “ Engaging Youth in a Connected World ,” in partnership with the University of Chicago’s Outlier Research. By creating an asset map of DMTT-focused informal learning programs in Chicago, CLX also hopes to inspire other cities to do the same.

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eSchool News

MARCH 5, 2024

Dozens of states are moving to align their teaching practices with the science of reading, a body of research on how children learn that emphasizes explicit phonics instruction alongside helping students build vocabulary and knowledge about the world. Other advocacy groups have laid out different priorities for reading instruction.

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Edsurge

MAY 21, 2020

The suits name publishers Cengage Learning, McGraw Hill, and Pearson Education, as well as book sellers Follett Higher Education Group and Barnes & Noble. And in February, nonprofit advocacy organization U.S. “It’s the fact that they’re working together to exclude competition that’s the problem.

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EdNews Daily

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

Advocate: Young introverts need parental advocacy for public school. Teacher training is similar to influential groupthink, focusing in on design thinking, group discussions, meetings and project collaboration. Provide students with different options for how they want to learn. Create Student-Centered Classrooms.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 26, 2017

public education these days is personalized learning. Personalized learning is something teachers do, something students do, something teachers do with students, or something students do with one another. Personalized learning is a noun, a verb, and an adjective. The corollaries of personalized learning are equally attractive.

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Digital Promise

AUGUST 29, 2017

Although low-skilled adults have minimal access to educational opportunities, I outlined in my 2015 blog post some ways in which technology has the potential to provide critical access to quality, personalized learning experiences for this underserved population.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

That’s according to the latest State of Computer Science Education report , released last week by the Code.org Advocacy Coalition, Computer Science Teachers Association, and the Expanding Computing Education Pathways Alliance. Students learn problem solving, communication and how to bounce back from failure.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 14, 2021

While the pandemic and the sudden shutdown of schools provoked fear, the teachers at this remote refugee camp in northern Iraq weren’t worried about how students would cope: They were confident their students were prepared to take their learning fully online. were struggling to adjust to remote learning. We saw it in our U.S.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 27, 2023

It’s 7:00 am, and I’m on my second trek from my car to our centralized district meeting space, lugging snacks, supplies and chart paper as I prepare to lead a workshop on best practices for technology integration for a group of 15 elementary teachers in my district. Teachers trickle in as I set out muffins and candy at each table.

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Doug Levin

MAY 18, 2015

As we look to lessons learned about how schools responded to the issue of internet safety beginning some twenty years ago, my read is that the current set of solutions and responses being advanced today to address privacy concerns can only be kindly described as ‘in need of improvement.’

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Edsurge

JUNE 12, 2024

Digging deeper, I discovered a shared passion for basketball among the boys who were expected to be a part of the group. To break the ice, we started with questions related to their favorite aspects of basketball and what the sport meant to them, fostering a sense of camaraderie and trust within the group.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 25, 2023

I love learning. The ability to learn and grow is part of what made teaching dynamic and energizing for me. Despite my love for learning, I strongly disliked most professional development sessions. PD has a bad reputation in education circles, and it isn’t because teachers are resistant to professional learning.

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Edsurge

MAY 20, 2024

and with a second location in Vermont, Mysa stresses mastery-based learning, where students have to show comprehension before advancing. The “mastery” focus means that students are grouped by ability, and so a single student can be in one group for reading level and a different group for writing level.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 1, 2021

After nearly a decade of organizing, advocacy, planning and hand-wringing, we passed a Preschool for All initiative. Their subsequent report, “ A Pathway to Success ,” which was released in September, shares keys to victory; lessons learned; and what went right when crisis, conflict and a pandemic all converged.

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A Principal's Reflections

SEPTEMBER 18, 2016

We were able to transform the learning culture of a traditional school and in the process got results while becoming an example that others emulated. Image credit: https://andrewherrick.files.wordpress.com If we are to improve learning and ultimately school-based outcomes student agency needs to be a real element of school culture.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 26, 2020

While the learning curve has been steep in terms of new technology, and there have been some expected kinks to work out, virtual learning has brought some opportunities that an immediate return to in-person learning may not have. Music teachers need your advocacy and your help. Sign up for the Hechinger newsletter.

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Edsurge

MARCH 8, 2023

Young people from organizations across the city came together to learn about community organizing, build community and develop a city-wide education justice campaign. The day after the retreat, one student shared in our group chat, “The retreat was actually really fun. Wouldn’t it be cool if our school was actually like that?”

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