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A Simple Strategy to Deal With Negative People

A Principal's Reflections

These are the people that constantly undermine you and others who challenge the status quo in order to create a better culture. Others are just miserable professionally and dislike their jobs. In certain situations more support in the form of time, resources, professional development, or improved communication can do the trick.

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The Best Ideas for Our Schools

A Principal's Reflections

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. We have made great strides in this area in my District through the development of the Academies at NMHS. It is our responsibility to create these environments.

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A Conference Not to Be Missed

A Principal's Reflections

The annual Edscape Conference will once again be held at New Milford High School in New Milford, NJ on Saturday October 13, 2012. Hundreds of educators from over seven different states and Canada will once again descend upon my school to learn together and network in an effort to move their respective school cultures down an innovative path.

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Developing a Recipe for Video Professional Development

Edthena

But sometimes video self reflection mixed with other types of evidence analysis can improve the professional development experience. Explorations enable all organizations to implement research-informed strategies for evidence-based learning within a professional development cycle. Explorations™ is our answer.

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

The Hechinger Report

Once the site of an Indian boarding school, where the federal government attempted to strip children of their tribal identity, the Native American Community Academy now offers the opposite: a public education designed to affirm and draw from each student’s traditional culture and language. The charter school, NACA, opened its doors in 2006.

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As science denial grows, science museums fight back by teaching scientific literacy

The Hechinger Report

Museums have largely escaped the culture wars roiling many school districts and are still seen as trusted institutions. Each year, the Manhattan-based museum trains roughly 4,000 teachers on subjects like the human body, evolution and climate change in a variety of professional development programs.

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Building better early grade math teachers: Milwaukee goes back to an old playbook

The Hechinger Report

Melissa Hedges, the math curriculum director for Milwaukee schools, shows teachers at a professional development seminar how folded paper can be used to demonstrate the solution to a fractions problem. He helped develop a “spectrum” that became the centerpiece of the program. Why am I enjoying myself right now?” I hate math.”