A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 21, 2013

This past weekend I was fortunate enough to present at the 2013 Annual ASCD Conference in Chicago. This conference is one of my must attend events of the year and I use it as an opportunity to develop new presentations based on my leadership experiences at New Milford High School.

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DECEMBER 2, 2024

Europe's First Mega-Settlements: A Case Study To address this, the researchers turned to the Cucuteni-Trypillia culture, a prehistoric society flourishing between 5050 and 2950 BCE in what is now Romania, Moldova, and Ukraine. PDF available Introduces a process-oriented approach to interpreting material culture. McGuire, R.

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MARCH 25, 2025

The results challenge long-held assumptions about how early humans controlled tool shape and suggest that the differences in Levallois core designs may be more influenced by cultural traditions than previously thought​ Why Levallois Technology Matters Levallois technology represents a milestone in human cognitive and technological evolution.

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 10, 2013

Steve visited New Milford High School on Thursday February 28, 2013. Today I had the opportunity to meet with Eric Sheninger before he headed off to the 2013 NASSP Conference. As we navigated the hallways and classrooms, I was able to experience firsthand the school culture that is fostered at New Milford High School.

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DECEMBER 3, 2024

By reframing prehistoric creativity as an inter-generational endeavor, this study reveals that children were not just observers but active participants in shaping their cultural landscapes. Children, Metaphorical Thinking, and Upper Paleolithic Visual Cultures Author : Nowell, A. Book Chapter : Art and Human Development , 2013.

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A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 20, 2013

Image credit: [link] The fact is they can, but culturally, we may be dissuading them from doing so. This drop-off of interest in STEM subjects among young female students is typically attributed to how our culture views women who demonstrate an interest or ability in the STEM fields. Underlying the lagging performance of U.S.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2024

In 2013, people incarcerated there staged a two-month hunger strike that spread throughout the state’s prisons to protest the excessive use of solitary confinement. He was part of the 2013 hunger strike that led to changes in how the prison uses solitary. The culture has evolved, We’re like a campus now.”

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JANUARY 16, 2025

The Stones of Bornholm Between 2013 and 2018, archaeologists excavated over 600 intricately carved stones from ritual sites on Bornholm. These sites, associated with the Funnel Beaker culture, were active around 2900 BCE.

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DECEMBER 3, 2024

Cultural and Geopolitical Implications of the Findings Rock Paintings and Ritual Significance The caves of Peruaçu Valley offer more than archaeological specimens—they also contain rare rock paintings depicting crops, including maize. Maize: Origin, domestication, and its role in the development of culture.

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A Principal's Reflections

OCTOBER 2, 2014

Public schools are attended by students from various cultural, linguistic, and socio-economic backgrounds, having different assessed levels of cognitive and academic ability. Students who are not performing at grade level in the core subject matters (Dove & Honigsfeld, 2013, pp. Who Are the Not-So-Common Learners? Honigsfeld, A.,

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A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 10, 2013

The only thing though is that this day was just like any other typical day at my school as digital learning has become an embedded component of our school''s culture. Works of art and architecture, not unlike historical documents, biographies, or works of fiction, are a testament to particular cultures and historical events.

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 13, 2016

By committing to systematic integration of the model, we transformed the culture, the conversation, as well as the results in our district. A Common Language = A Connected Culture An additional benefit of deep integration of the Framework into common language was the elevated levels of effectiveness of the PLTs (Professional Learning Teams).

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DECEMBER 28, 2014

The best part of this new world were the endless possibilities to improving professional practice and school culture. Media specialist/teacher librarian Laura Fleming spearheaded this initiative in the fall of 2013 and the makerspace really hit it''s stride around this time.

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DECEMBER 4, 2024

Whether through shared resources, companionship, or experimentation, the early relationships between humans and canids reveal a dynamic interplay of culture, survival, and adaptability. Journal : Science , 2013. DOI : 10.1126/science.1256236 DOI : 10.1126/science.1243650

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A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 2, 2017

We showed that embracing innovative practices aligned to a sound pedagogical foundation could create a learning culture rooted in meaningful learning and relationships. We scratched the surface in 2013 as I worked with her to include a chapter on branding in Digital Leadership, which later came out early in 2014. Order your copy TODAY!

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A Principal's Reflections

JANUARY 8, 2017

We had a vibrant conversation on the topic of Digital Leadership with a focus on school culture, embracing change, strategic use of social media, the Model Schools Conference , and innovation. Will Deyamport’s podcast called the Dr. Will Show. You can view the Google Hangout video HERE.

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MARCH 13, 2025

The Cultural Shift: How China Embraced the Domestic Cat The arrival of Felis catus was not merely a biological event; it marked a cultural shift in how Chinese society interacted with felines. A Tang Dynasty mural from A.D. 829 is one of the earliest depictions of domestic cats in China. Image credit: Zheng H, Liu Y, Chi M.

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JUNE 23, 2020

550 billion — the investment needed to bring schools nationwide up to standard due to damage caused by postponing repairs, according to a 2013 federal estimate. Schools hold the history and culture of a place through yearbooks, trophy cases, and photo archives. Many students have fun on the playground when the school is closed.

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Anthropology.net

MARCH 17, 2025

The combination of ceramic petrography and spatial modeling could be applied to other prehistoric societies, from the Únětice culture of Central Europe to the palatial civilizations of Minoan Crete. Perhaps most significantly, this research provides a methodological blueprint for identifying ancient borders elsewhere. Micó, R.,

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MARCH 8, 2022

The country’s next generation of leaders is pushing for racial equity, economic equality, disability justice and gender and sexual liberation; to succeed they will need the observational and analytical skills that can be developed by studying ideas, historical events, aesthetic works and cultural practices.

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APRIL 19, 2024

By partnering with HBCUs, the hope is that the curriculum will be more culturally responsive to the needs of students in the rural South. Another layer of expertise the HBCUs contribute to the project is an extensive background in culturally responsive instruction.

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A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 6, 2012

The experience that someone called me a Nazi was very hard for me because I felt like people don''t understand me and the German culture. This is important to me because I can identify myself with Germany, but not with the Nazis.

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JANUARY 7, 2019

According to a 2018 study from the Center for American Progress , “if Black and Hispanic bachelor’s degree recipients were as likely to major in engineering as white students, this country would have produced 20,000 more engineers from 2013 through 2015.”. We must create an inclusive culture.

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OCTOBER 15, 2024

In 2013, Graeber wrote an article for the obscure left-wing magazine STRIKE! Graeber’s book is conversational in style, drawing on history, literature, sociology, anthropology, and pop culture to support his arguments. titled “ On the Phenomenon of B t Jobs.” He had no inkling it was about to cause something of a minor sensation.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Did this genetic divergence give modern humans a competitive advantage in terms of communication, social organization, and culture? Interestingly, Neanderthals and Denisovans lacked this specific NOVA1 mutation , raising the possibility that their vocal capabilities were different from those of early Homo sapiens. DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00397

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

The first schools to implement what Public Impact calls an “Opportunity Culture,” did so during the 2013-14 school year, and Edgecombe County Public Schools is set to become the first district to bring the model systemwide. Each school that embarks on creating an Opportunity Culture does so in a unique way, based on its needs.

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ED Surge

MARCH 12, 2024

In 2013, a little over a decade ago, the number of young people who thought a college degree was very important was 74 percent, according to a Gallup poll. Of course there are many factors, but in this same period of time there have been a growing number of messages in popular culture giving highly skeptical views of college.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 3, 2020

At Kent State University at Ashtabula, 55 black students received an associate or bachelor’s degree between fall 2013 and spring 2019. Between fall 2013 and spring 2019, university officials say, 55 black students received an associate or bachelor’s degree from Ashtabula. Very few have succeeded.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Some parents are really worried about Covid and their child getting sick, but one of the main reasons is about culture. We want them to know a lot about their culture.”. If you know your culture, if you know where you come from, you’re stronger,” she said. What we’re trying to do is revive our culture,” she said. “So

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

What is new is that we are calling them badges and microcredentials and using them primarily to certify specific skills, such as cross-cultural competency, welding and conversational Spanish. . So what are they? Microcredentials are certifications of mastery; badges verify the attainment of specific competencies.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 7, 2019

She attended Goyco as a child and she lived just a few blocks away when, in 2013, the Department of Education shut the school down. “I Dominguez is part of a neighborhood activist group fighting to retake the abandoned school and turn it into a community arts and culture center. It made me very sad to see the school closed.”.

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ED Surge

JULY 28, 2022

Linda Smith, director of the Bipartisan Policy Center’s Early Childhood Initiative Baesler explains that culturally relevant curriculum at the early childhood level makes a difference in the later success of Native students. Baesler has seen firsthand the impact that culturally relevant curriculum has on older students.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 12, 2021

The six-year graduation rate for students who participated in 2013 in a summer academic “boot camp” run by Purdue’s Minority Engineering Program exceeded the rate for the College of Engineering by 11 percentage points. Black people hold 7 percent of jobs in these areas requiring bachelor’s degrees, the Pew Research Center reports.

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ED Surge

MARCH 25, 2022

Released in 2013, e-hallpass was the first company to offer the service and is now in 1,000 schools, company officials say. Our biggest obstacle to selling,” says Tvenstrup, “is when a school isn’t culturally ready to make these kinds of changes yet.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Relationship building can create an inclusive, resilient classroom culture. Megan Olivia Hall, the 2013 Minnesota Teacher of the Year, chairs the science department and develops anti-racist social-emotional curricula at Open World Learning Community in Saint Paul Public Schools.

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OCTOBER 1, 2024

Culturally appropriate and accessible Spanish-language child care is tailored to the needs of Hispanic and Latino families, where Spanish is often the primary language. Funding has also stagnated since 2013 , and experts estimate that only 140,000 families, about 3 to 5 percent of those eligible, are actually receiving services.

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APRIL 20, 2020

Ninety-six percent of children at the Walton Avenue School, a K-5 school in the Bronx he’d founded in 2013, face economic hardship, and about a third are homeless. In 2013, the administration of former mayor Michael Bloomberg began phasing out the school. Recently, Russo had seen a little boy wrapping up some of his school lunch.

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