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Digital Leadership is Not Optional

A Principal's Reflections

Leadership has less to do with position than it does disposition.” – John Maxwell I am currently working on a new edition of Digital Leadership for Corwin and I am very excited, as it will be in color. A great deal has changed since Digital Leadership was published in 2014. Leadership is leadership ladies and gentlemen.

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Pillars of Digital Leadership Series: Opportunity

A Principal's Reflections

This post is the seventh and last in a series that outlines the foundational elements of my new book, Digital Leadership: Changing Paradigms for Changing Times. It is set to be published by Corwin Press on January 14, 2014. Transparency through the use of social media breeds attention to programs, initiatives, and leadership style.

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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.”

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Webinar Series: Teaching the 2024 U.S. Election

Political Science Now

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). Dr. Athena M. King is an assistant professor of political science and geography at Old Dominion University.

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Racial gaps in math have grown. Could detracking help?

The Hechinger Report

In the ‘90s, the district got rid of many tracked classes in its middle school and high school, and provided significant professional development for teachers so they could properly handle students of varying levels in the same classroom. It really allowed me to really own my leadership skills,” she said.

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Coaching for Success with Verizon Innovative Learning schools

Digital Promise

During the school’s first year as part of the Verizon Innovative Learning schools initiative, Newburg coach Chelsea Haynes, with the backing of her school leadership, made sure that teachers had the support they need to explore new ideas and try new tools to better meet the needs of their students. “If If I need something, she’s there.

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Teaching Broke My Heart. That's Why I Resigned.

ED Surge

I was always completing tasks for other people—school leadership, district leadership, state officials—at the expense of the students in my care. Teachers have been accosted with endless professional development training, increased testing, and frequent surveys. In 2013, North Carolina got rid of master’s pay increases.

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