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School Leadership in the Common Core Era

A Principal's Reflections

Leaders who have deeper and more lasting impact provide more comprehensive leadership than focusing just on higher standards. Public schools are attended by students from various cultural, linguistic, and socio-economic backgrounds, having different assessed levels of cognitive and academic ability. Michael Fullan, 2002, p.

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Revisiting the Spiritual Violence of BS Jobs

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. ✽ The late David Graeber was an American professor of anthropology at the London School of Economics. His best-known writings challenged views in liberal economics about the origins of money, attempting to reconceive the historical relationship between debt and social institutions.

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It used to be a notoriously violent prison. Now it’s home to a first-of-its kind education program

The Hechinger Report

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. Because of the involvement of senior leadership,” she said, “Cal Poly Humboldt’s was the easiest by far.” Are you sure?” she said she asked them.

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What is Universal Pre-K?

Studies Weekly

Making Education More Equitable Universal pre-K can give families their economic footing. In the long term, better access to education means increased economic opportunities for families and a more equitable society. 2013, May 2). The benefits of universal quality education reach everyone. First Five Years Fund. 2023, May 23).

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Internships matter more than ever — but not everyone can get one

The Hechinger Report

In the semester-long course, volunteers from employer partners coach and mentor a small cohort of students on career skills, including leadership, problem-solving and communication. Students must apply for internships, ideally completing two in person and for pay before they graduate. “We

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‘Everything they need’: A school transformed from one of New York City’s worst to one of its best; then coronavirus shut its doors

The Hechinger Report

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. Russo himself has embodied the sixth: “effective school leadership.” In 2013, the administration of former mayor Michael Bloomberg began phasing out the school.

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Innovation academies help build shared understanding, capacity, and commitment

Dangerously Irrelevant

The focus of Day 1 was on exposure to the societal contexts surrounding school, including new literacies, economic and workforce trends, and how technology is transforming everyday life. See more details at: Investing in leadership capacity: The amazing, wonderful District 59. Related Posts. Connected Educator Month launches today.