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. 21st Century Education BYOD BYOT educational leadership educational technology mobile learning Opinion' Mobile learning devices (i.e. tools such as Poll Everywhere and Celly.

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A Principal's Reflections

JUNE 25, 2013

PIRG Panelist Nicole Allen discussed her work as Public Interest Research Group (PIRG)’s Textbook Advocate. For more discussion on the role of OER in education, read “The Massive Open Online Professor,” by Steve and Philipp from the May, 2012, volume of Academic Matters: a Journal of Higher Education. I hope we can do it again soon!

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Anthropology.net

APRIL 14, 2025

Drawing on data from over 50,000 ancient homes spread across six continents and 10,000 years of human history, the research team measured the economic disparities of the past through one of its most visible clues: the size of people's houses. “What this study suggests,” said Feinman, “is that we have choices. Bogaard, A.,

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 2, 2017

New research shows that levels of math anxiety have a.75 Data drawn from the PISA 2012 database, graph adapted from Foley et al, 2017.). Third, math is taught as a set of procedures and calculations, when brain research tells us that visual representations and ideas are really important for brain connections and mathematical growth.

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Digital Promise

JUNE 12, 2019

In July 2018, Digital Promise launched a new Maker Learning Leadership Cohort dedicated to professional learning, peer connections, and school transformation in the Pittsburgh region. In 2012, students in Grades 7-8 followed suit. Innovative learning spaces and equipment do not necessarily make an impactful maker learning program.

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Digital Promise

JUNE 15, 2016

Teaching quality has been defined as “instruction that enables a wide range of students to learn” ( Darling-Hammond, 2012 ), and it is the strongest school-related factor that can improve student learning and achievement ( Hanushek, 2011 ; Nye, Konstantopoulos, and Hedges, 2004 ; Rivkin, Hanushek, and Kain, 2005 ).

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Dangerously Irrelevant

JANUARY 7, 2022

I served on the initial advisory board for ISTE’s Standards for Education Leaders (back then, they were the NETS-A) and in 2016 I received ISTE’s global Award for Outstanding Leadership. Supporting effective technology integration and implementation: 2012 ISTE Leadership Forum #isteLF12. Related Posts.

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ED Surge

MARCH 1, 2024

In summer 2012, my life changed. Today, I’m a doctoral candidate in the education leadership program at Rowan University, with a focus on students with disabilities. I was a 20-year-old college student with a bright future. I was fearless and ready to take the world by storm. The most common reason is stigma.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 28, 2025

art and art history education is in crisis : While 5,300 art history degrees were awarded in 2012, the number fell to just 3,500 in 2022 a 34 percent decline, The Nation reported. Research training should include methods such as interviews and observational studies, which are particularly useful when academic literature is sparse.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 28, 2024

For nearly a decade, the New York State Youth Leadership Council (YLC) and Teach Dream , the council’s educator team, have pushed city officials for more support for immigrant students in schools. I did some research to try to find out if I would be eligible for academic scholarships. My work as an immigrant liaison is never finished.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Senior James Lopes, wearing a green sweatshirt, listens to William Frey teach a lesson on polynomials, rational trigonometrics, exponential and logarithmic functions at the Calculus Project’s summer leadership academy program at Boston University. Mims has helped develop similar models in Florida and Texas.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 16, 2025

In fact, the median acceptance rate at four-year universities was about 8 percentage points higher in 2022 than it was in 2012. Kirk] Yes, Selingo teaches higher ed leadership at Arizona State University, and he’s author of the book Who Gets In and Why. Kirk] Well, sometimes, says Jennifer Delaney.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

MARCH 17, 2015

Supporting research. is widely recognized as one of the nation’s leading experts on K-12 school technology leadership issues. After 14 years as an Educational Leadership professor, Dr. McLeod currently serves as the Director of Innovation for Prairie Lakes Area Education Agency in Iowa. Scott McLeod, J.D., Register here!

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 8, 2019

The final report, “ Principal Pipelines: A Feasible, Affordable, and Effective Way for Districts to Improve Schools ,” was released on April 8, 2018 and conducted by the RAND Corporation, a research firm that the foundation paid to do the research. RAND provided The Hechinger Report with an advance copy for review.).

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

That rate for eighth graders peaked in 2012, with about 16 percent reaching proficiency or advanced status. We had such a strong leadership base,” she said. Since the partnership ended in 2014, district leadership changed again, and there’s been more openness to collaborating with the university.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 27, 2016

Data show there is plenty of room for improvement in leadership ranks: The most recent survey of 1,662 U.S. The 2012 survey from the American Council on Education was sent to public and private colleges and universities across the U.S., In July, Pitzer welcomed Oliver, a scholar known for his research on racial and urban inequality.

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Political Science Now

JULY 11, 2024

Her research agenda focuses on political science pedagogy, campus-based civic engagement, and pop culture & politics. She is the recipient of the Barbara Burch Award for Faculty Leadership in Civic Engagement (American Democracy Project, June 2024) and the Stand Out Faculty Award (ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge, November 2019).

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 29, 2019

She watched from the backseat in August 2012 as the city gave way to the causeway, miles and miles of concrete bridge she hoped would ferry her to the future she’d been promised. As Williams and her classmates moved away in the summer of 2012, Marcovitz expected they’d all have “a happy ending with college.”

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 29, 2020

Some school districts, local governments and nonprofit groups across the country have galvanized this youth activism by giving students opportunities to participate in leadership roles and democracy in ways that go beyond civics classes and student government. In 2012, it became the first U.S.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 6, 2022

His time in elementary school preceded both Johnson’s leadership at Collins Elementary and Duty’s in the district. Research findings leave room for debate about just how bad corporal punishment by teachers is for kids, especially in the United States. Still, researchers say they can draw parallels. And we can say yes.”.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 15, 2018

Andrea, who earned her college degree in English literature in 2012, is a temp in a law firm and drives people around on weekday mornings and through the weekends. More businesses must open their doors to students through internships, summer employment opportunities, research intensives and other experiential learning options.

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Living Geography

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

GeoCapabilities began in 2012 with a pilot project led by the American Association of Geographers. This is part of what is called curriculum leadership. It is research-informed but also practical in nature. All of these are referenced in the book. This work is summarised in the online journal RIGEO.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 10, 2021

We know that these obstacles exist, and we haven’t addressed them,” said Wil Del Pilar, vice president for higher education policy, practice and research at the Education Trust, a nonprofit organization that focuses on helping students of color and low-income students. We give students that chance that other schools won’t give them.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 16, 2016

“It’s not as if the principal had particular tasks taken away from their role,” said Ellen Goldring, professor of education policy and leadership at Vanderbilt University. 75 percent of principals think their job has become “too complex,” according to a 2012 survey. These new tasks were added. Photo: Jackie Mader.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 19, 2019

The only thing most everyone agrees on is this: The roll out of the 2012 law, LD 1422, was a disaster, plagued by insufficient funding and inadequate guidance from the top. million to train additional Alaska school districts and to create a research and development program. We’re not ready for this.”. That was my vision.”. $13

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 29, 2017

Research by the state’s 114-campus community college system showed that families and employers alike didn’t know of the existence or value of vocational programs and the certifications they confer, many of which can add tens of thousands of dollars per year to a graduate’s income.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

Richard Garrett, chief research officer, Encoura. Research suggests that consumers remain sensitive to the sticker price, however. Robert Kelchen, head of the Department of Education Leadership and Policy Studies, University of Tennessee, Knoxville. They have to look at other ways to cut costs.”

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 5, 2021

“The message is getting clearer and clearer: This is what our postsecondary population looks like,” said Alexandria Walton Radford, co-author of a new study by the American Institutes for Research that identified 67 “promise” programs across the U.S. that pay college tuition for adults. ?Valissa?White, That degree program is not free.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 25, 2023

It was the first lesson in a school week that would take her kids through memoir writing, an introduction to division and research on Indigenous history, each activity carefully curated by Snyder. The Boston Teachers Union Pilot School, where Snyder has worked since 2012, is a “teacher-powered” school.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 1, 2017

When Mary Fair became a teacher in 2012, her classes often contained a mix of special education students and general education students. Some research shows as many as 85 percent of students with disabilities can master general education content if they receive educational supports. Photo: Jackie Mader. BLOOMFIELD, N.J.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 16, 2018

The point of the public program, as it was presented to voters in 2012, is to boost long-term educational outcomes and eventually improve the citywide workforce. Pre-K 4 SA uses a research-based curriculum called High Scope, which stresses a hands-on approach to developing memory, creativity, problem solving, and self-control.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 4, 2018

Texas A&M University at Texarkana has one of the lowest retention rates of public higher-education institutions; 55 percent who started in 2012 were gone by 2016. People are talking about shortages in the workforce,” said Zoë Corwin, a researcher at the Pullias Center for Higher Education at the University of Southern California.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 16, 2021

He hired Wells to overhaul the gifted program in November 2012 even before the judge issued his ruling. The students encouraged each other to go beyond parroting research, to analyze and draw new conclusions. He said that “there’s always resistance from what I call the elite … who think that gifted children look a particular way.”

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Digital Promise

DECEMBER 8, 2016

While Hughes knew the research on how blended learning supports adult learners most effectively, the decentralized nature of RSU 3 made the face-to-face part of blended learning very difficult, if not impossible. SPICE is leading the way in transforming family literacy for rural populations.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 6, 2016

Research has documented other ways that a teacher’s race can impact student performance. But, increasingly, schools that serve high populations of minority students, such as PUC Schools, are taking note of the research showing that the race of teachers matters and have begun to prioritize diversity along with that top quality.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 11, 2017

Down the hall from Adler, English teacher William Putnam could not feel more differently about the 2012 state law requiring school districts to move to a system focused on skill acquisition rather than course completion. “Unfunded mandate after unfunded mandate is not making teaching a chosen career.”. Figure it out,’” Adler said.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

Though grounded in complex positive psychology research, the strength-based approach boils down to a simple rule: Focus on what students do well. When the district won federal Race to the Top funding in 2012, Schauer expanded the strengths program. But what is it, exactly? And Seamons weaves strengths into the sixth-grade curriculum.

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