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Investing in leadership capacity: The amazing, wonderful District 59

Dangerously Irrelevant

Two years ago I had the incredible opportunity to work with the entire leadership team of District 59 in Arlington Heights, Illinois for SEVEN days. They labeled it their ‘21st Century Leadership Academy.’ And we can build on all of that to start implementing new instructional and leadership paradigms in schools and classrooms.

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ISTE 2015: (Re)designing tech-infused lessons for deeper thinking

Dangerously Irrelevant

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. The one question I’m asking at ISTE 2013. Register here!

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Standardized Tests Aren’t Going Anywhere. So What Do We Do?

Cult of Pedagogy

After all, framed that way, teachers give hundreds of standardized tests a year, even those who do learner-centered assessment, project-based learning, or otherwise collect evidence of student learning in ways that are considered alternative or non-traditional. Put like that, they feel benign, almost harmless. Stewart, A.

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Innovation academies help build shared understanding, capacity, and commitment

Dangerously Irrelevant

We analyzed and strengthened our own personal and professional networks (both digital and analog), saw how connectedness is transforming both group interaction and individual relationships, and examined a number of connected learning initiatives for students and teachers. The weakest area of most school computing plans is the leadership.

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Forget civics class: Students want to make a difference in real life

The Hechinger Report

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. That’s held true in Takoma Park, a Maryland town of 18,000 near Washington, D.C.

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Most families have given up virtual school, but what about students who are still thriving online?

The Hechinger Report

They also organized an in-person component: Once a week, students would gather in reserved classrooms in a local elementary school, for activities such as science experiments, project-based learning and reading groups. SpaRRk Academy hallways are filled with art projects and classroom work from the students.