A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 24, 2012

I attended a session at the 2012 ASCD Annual Conference early on Saturday morning entitled Common Core and Curriculum 21: Global Competency in Literacy, Math, and Science. 21st Century Skills ASCD 2012 Common Core' The session was facilitated by an organization called Facing the Future. Download free curricular resources HERE.

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 18, 2012

This past week I was fortunate to attend the NASSP 2012 Annual Conference as a presenter, 2012 Digital Principal Award recipient, and most importantly a learner. On Friday morning I attended a session facilitated by Dr. Gary Stager , a progressive educator whose work I have come to know over the past couple of years.

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JUNE 17, 2018

Goodwin & Miller (2012) provided this summary: In Marzano, Pickering, and Pollock's 2001 meta-analysis, McREL researchers found an effect size for feedback of 0.76, which translates roughly into a 28-percentile point difference in average achievement (Beesley & Apthorp, 2010; Dean, Pitler, Hubbell, & Stone, 2012).

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A Principal's Reflections

SEPTEMBER 23, 2018

2012; Erwin, Fedewa, & Ahn, 2013; Browning et al., The bottom line is not only is physical education an absolute must in the K-12 curriculum, but schools need to do more to ensure that movement is being integrated into all classes.

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A Principal's Reflections

MAY 13, 2012

This was the first of three in a series presented by the 2012 Digital Principal Award winners. Last week I had the honor of presenting a webinar for NASSP, my national association.

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A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 28, 2016

In the book Gordon presents the No Complaining Rule, which is comprised of essentially two components: Don't complain If you do complain, present two solutions to solve your problem or issue After reading this book over the summer in 2012, I began the school year by implementing the No Complaining Rule with my staff.

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 1, 2012

Administrators in 2012 must understand how to implement new technologies, not just “infuse” technology the easy way. Technology needs to facilitate student collaboration, problem solving, and communication to enhance learning, rather then a “smoke and mirrors” approach like providing electronic worksheets.

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A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 15, 2012

On this Leadership Day 2012 I would like to remind all school leaders and educators that it is never too late to jump on the bandwagon. In recent weeks and months I have seen a dramatic rise of educators in my home state of New Jersey who have embraced social media as a legitimate professional tool.

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A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 20, 2013

News STEM Summit 2012. "Women drop out of engineering programs with higher average grades than the men who stay in engineering programs," reported CEO of the Society of Women Engineers, Betty Shanahan, at last summer at U.S. And of the women who do earn STEM degrees, the U.S

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A Principal's Reflections

MAY 7, 2017

Relationship building is a never-ending process, and in education it is not a part of a “sales cycle” (Connick, 2012) but is instead a part of an “awareness cycle.” Focusing on relationships is a cornerstone of any leadership effort and one that supports a brandED strategy. It's time to join the brandED conversation. Connick, W.

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A Principal's Reflections

JULY 18, 2012

We decided to shoot for the stars and established the following goal: By June 2012 seventy-five percent (75%) of the students taking an Advanced Placement (AP) exam will score a three (3) or better. The last change was the development of an action plan by my HS Administrative team and me focusing on bringing up our overall scores.

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A Principal's Reflections

OCTOBER 17, 2011

Edscape will once again be held at New Milford High School on Saturday October 13, 2012. (A This is the type of reform that I want to be a part of. Thankfully, this is my reality. MARK YOUR CALENDARS NOW!!!! A special thank you goes out to Teq. Without this educational partner, Edcape would not have happened or been a success.).

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A Principal's Reflections

MAY 17, 2012

On Thursday May 17, 2012, I was fortunate to attend the Adobe Digital Publishing Summit in New York City. I was accompanied by NMHS Adobe guru Walt Pevny, who consistently integrates technology in his classroom to allow students to create artifacts to demonstrate learning.

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A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 5, 2011

So what do you think about our academy structure for 2011-2012? The challenge I have made to my students is that their lives at NMHS should not be about finding themselves, but instead creating themselves. Are there any components that you suggest we change, add, remove? Change Innovation New Milford High School'

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A Principal's Reflections

SEPTEMBER 11, 2016

The entire SGP issue is a nightmare as in some cases they rely on arbitrary numbers Refused to fully fund the public pension system that he committed to in 2012 while pushing all the blame for the state’s economic woes on teachers, policemen, firemen, and other public sectors committed to the well being of all.

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A Principal's Reflections

OCTOBER 29, 2012

Below is an email that I recently received from Amanda Howell, a 2012 graduate of New Milford High School. The feedback we sometimes receive provides us with a sense of whether or not we are doing a good job preparing them for success at the next stage in their lives.

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A Principal's Reflections

SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

In the days following December 14th, 2012 school administrators, educators, law enforcement personnel and parents have undertaken the most comprehensive look at school safety since the Columbine massacre of 1999. The following is a guest post by Erik Endress.

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 24, 2012

I attended another session on the Common Core State Standards today at the 2012 ASCD Annual Conference entitled Educator Readiness for the Common Core: ASCD Findings from Select States. The two facilitators shared input from educators in four states about the standards and the assistance needed to integrate them into schools and classrooms.

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A Principal's Reflections

JULY 12, 2012

Throughout the entire 2011-2012 school year, we worked to refine our approach, implementation, and learning outcomes for the program. After a semester long pilot program with the senior class during the spring of 2011, we rolled out our Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) program to the entire student body in September.

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Catlin Tucker

DECEMBER 9, 2021

2007; Klassen, Perry & Frenzel, 2012; McIlveen & Perera, 2016; Perera, Granziera, et al., It’s critical to understand what teacher engagement is and what factors positively impact teacher engagement if we are going to attract and retain talented teachers.

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A Principal's Reflections

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

The Foundation for Free Enterprise 2012 Summer Camp was not only exciting; it provided a new perspective of the world that I lacked before. I am appreciative of such an incredible opportunity that would not have been possible without Mrs. Vicari, the Board of Education, and you.

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Sapiens

DECEMBER 3, 2024

During the first phase of our archaeological fieldwork, conducted from 2012 to 2016, we uncovered plant and animal remains, ceramics, village pavement structures, and human remains that suggested rice cultivation began only in the 17th century.

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A Principal's Reflections

JANUARY 8, 2012

Mr. Jaworski offered to assist Dr. Asa-Awuku and Mrs. Bergoffen with developing an activity for “Engineering Week” in February of 2012. The engineering students responded very well to the presentation and continued the discussion well after the class had ended.

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A Principal's Reflections

OCTOBER 14, 2012

Two of my Social Studies teachers were recently invited to Washington DC on October 4, 2012, to deliver a model lesson that illustrated the effective use of technology. The following is a guest post by Rebecca Millan who attended with her colleague Nicolette Perna. For more information on this event check out the summary provided by ISTE.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 13, 2024

This chart shows that young Black students progressed in reading for four decades, from 1971 to 2012, when the scores of Black children peaked. Achievement gaps were at their most narrow in 2004, but Black 9-year-olds continued to make progress in math through 2012. Between 2012 and 2023, 40 years of progress in math vanished.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

The drop in college graduates who majored in humanities ranges between 16 percent and 29 percent since 2012. Depending upon which fields you include in the humanities bucket, the drop in graduates is somewhere between 16 percent and 29 percent since 2012. The last time colleges produced this few humanities graduates was in 2002.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

MARCH 20, 2020

Supporting effective technology integration and implementation: 2012 ISTE Leadership Forum #isteLF12. If you and your school(s) would like to be featured in the Coronavirus Chronicles series, get in touch ! See also the complete list of episodes. Related Posts. New book chapter in Multimedia Learning Theory!

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Catlin Tucker

DECEMBER 20, 2020

My adaptation of Staker and Horn’s (2012) often cited definition is rooted in constructivist principles emphasizing the student’s role as an active participant in the learning process. Ultimately, the goal of blended learning is this fundamental shift in control from teacher to learner.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

MARCH 21, 2020

Supporting effective technology integration and implementation: 2012 ISTE Leadership Forum #isteLF12. Next week our guest will be Sugata Mitra ! Related Posts. A new adventure: Silver Lining for Learning. Time to find other employment. Education in a digital world [VIDEO]. Digital Leadership Daily now has over 1,000 subscribers.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

percentage points higher in 2022 than it was in 2012, AEI found. In fact, 87 percent of nonprofit four-year colleges in 2022 took half or more of the students who applied to them, up from 80 percent in 2012, the AEI study found. The median acceptance rate at bachelor’s degree-granting universities and colleges was 7.6

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 25, 2022

Simultaneously, reading performance around the world, which had been slowly improving up until 2012, declined between 2012 and 2018. The number of students who consider reading a “waste of time” jumped by more than 5 percentage points.

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A Principal's Reflections

SEPTEMBER 3, 2017

Having road out Hurricane Sandy in New York City back in 2012 I can say that this experience was worse. By the time I actually got around to posting this piece on my blog the Houston area is still drying out. This has now been the worst flood in the history of the United States.

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ED Surge

APRIL 2, 2024

It was an unmitigated disaster in Maine,” Eyler admits, referring to a 2012 state law mandated that schools move to “proficiency-based” grading (a flavor of standards-based grading). But the track record for such reforms is mixed. “It

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Dangerously Irrelevant

MARCH 20, 2020

Supporting effective technology integration and implementation: 2012 ISTE Leadership Forum #isteLF12. Hope you will join us for some good conversations! Related Posts. Education in a digital world [VIDEO]. Time to find other employment. Calling all bloggers! – Leadership Day 2014. Some early comments on my new book.

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Teaching Anthropology

MAY 8, 2023

I first trialed active learning strategies while teaching at the University of Oxford, where one of the challenges of teaching anthropology is the diverse background of the students (Bastide, 2012). Anthropology modules appear in programs in three programs I have taught: Archaeology and Anthropology, Human Sciences, and Music. Bierema, L.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 13, 2017

Students in 2012 working in the Yuma, Arizona, Carpe Diem charter school. In 2012, the first school, in Yuma, Arizona, posted what seemed like promising early results. The student-to-teacher ratio was unusual: 226 students to five teachers and four teacher aides in 2012 at the Yuma school.

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ED Surge

APRIL 13, 2023

An Unusual Backstory When MIT and Harvard each invested $30 million to start edX back in 2012, it was surprising news. In fact, a New York Times piece declared 2012 “ the year of the MOOC.” The founding came at the height of public excitement around free online courses known as MOOCs, which stands for Massive Open Online Courses.

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