A Principal's Reflections

MAY 20, 2018

A great deal has changed since Digital Leadership was published in 2014. What I have described above only accounts for a small subset of the changes we have seen since 2014. Research has shown how crucial digital leadership is to organizations. I would love your feedback after reading this post. What should be removed?

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

They can be a part of society, said Maureen McGuire-Kuletz, co-director of the George Washington University Center for Rehabilitation Counseling Research and Education. Credit: Yunuen Bonaparte for The Hechinger Report Before 2014, state vocational rehabilitation agencies primarily worked with adults. That was the hope.

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Anthropology.net

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

By directly comparing the stone tools (lithics) of these two cultures for the first time, researchers have found no meaningful technological connection between them. Châtelperronian sites are compiled from Pelegrin and Soressi ( 2007 ) and Soressi and Roussel ( 2014 ) modified. 2014 ) modified. 2020 ) and Douka et al.

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A Principal's Reflections

OCTOBER 2, 2014

Second, we advocate for the development of an action plan for educating the not-so-common learners that is research-based, achievable, and reaches beyond any current educational reform initiative for school improvement. Why we have chosen to title this work Beyond Core Expectations is twofold. Who Are the Not-So-Common Learners?

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Anthropology.net

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

Led by a team of international researchers, this large-scale genomic analysis, recently published in Nature 1 , analyzed nearly 6,000 Greenlandic individuals—an astonishing 14% of the adult population. Their findings not only rewrite the history of Inuit migration but also challenge the Eurocentric lens of modern genetics and medicine.

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Anthropology.net

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

But a new study, conducted by researchers at the University of Ferrara and published as a preprint on bioRxiv 1 , challenges this oversimplified account. Instead, the researchers found that the first light-skinned individuals did not appear until the Mesolithic period (~12,000 years ago), and even then, they were rare.

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A Principal's Reflections

MAY 7, 2017

Branding matters in the changing world of learning, fueled by powerful digital resources (Sheninger, 2014). A great workplace is created through organizational credibility, respect, fairness, and a foundation of trust (Mineo, 2014). Research Management Review, 20(1), 1–6. It’s time to make a choice – define or be defined.

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Anthropology.net

MARCH 26, 2025

For decades, researchers have debated the evolutionary forces behind these differences. To track these changes, researchers compared skulls from 128 modern humans, 13 Neanderthals, and 33 chimpanzees. Related Research Neanderthal Facial Growth and Adaptation Bastir, M., & Rosas, A. A byproduct of powerful biting forces?

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Colleges and universities, on average, are admitting a larger proportion of their applicants than they did 20 years ago, new research by the conservative think tank the American Enterprise Institute finds. That’s up from 68 percent and 65 percent, respectively, since 2014. That’s the message we’ve been trying to get out for years.”

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Anthropology.net

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Credit: Uni Halle / Markus Scholz Their research presents an unexpected reality: despite being bred separately, two lineages of German domestic pigs— Deutsches Edelschwein (DE) and Deutsche Landrasse (DL)—have evolved strikingly similar skull shapes due to shared industrial selection pressures.

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Anthropology.net

DECEMBER 2, 2024

. “The structure aligns with theoretical models predicting the use of specialized heating techniques for birch tar production, a hallmark of Neanderthal ingenuity,” the researchers note. Journal of Archaeological Research, 22 (4), 563–602. How Did Neanderthals Make Tar? Bentsen, S.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 1, 2017

A team of Vanderbilt University researchers spent two years gathering the data used to prove that these actions worked. said Farran, the associate director of Vanderbilt’s Peabody Research Center. “It Dale Farran, Vanderbilt researcher. The study ran for two years, from 2014 to 2016, and covered a total of 840 children.

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ED Surge

DECEMBER 10, 2024

In 2014, the district pushed algebra to ninth grade from eighth grade, in an attempt to eliminate the tracking, or grouping, of students into lower and upper math paths. Researchers have shown that districts around the country dont use the same criteria when grouping students into higher or lower math classes.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 6, 2022

Oft-cited research from a high quality preschool in Ypsilanti, Michigan concluded that 58 low-income kids who attended in the 1960s were more likely to hold a job, earn more money, own a home and less likely to commit a crime than similar kids who didn’t go to preschool. Credit: Lillian Mongeau for The Hechinger Report.

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Catlin Tucker

APRIL 20, 2020

Research indicates that using media, beyond text comments, positively impacts the students’ perception of the quality of feedback. Online students who received audio feedback perceived that feedback as more thorough, detailed, and personal than text feedback (Voelkel & Mello, 2014). Henderson, M., & Phillips, M.

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Anthropology.net

DECEMBER 4, 2024

By comparing the DNA of these ancient canids to that of modern dogs, wolves, and older Siberian wolf populations, the researchers uncovered genetic relationships. Alternatively, some wild canids may have been kept as pets and others hunted,” the researchers noted. Journal : Science , 2014. lupus/familiaris ).

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Researchers have studied what has happened at public universities in Texas and California, which have banned the use of affirmative action since 1996. Researchers say that tiny increase was probably due to demographic changes in the state and not because the plan was working well. Two states could provide valuable information.

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Anthropology.net

JANUARY 8, 2025

Researchers analyzed 254 newly sequenced genomes, uncovering evidence of extensive gene flow from West Papua into the islands of Wallacea. The region, home to immense linguistic and genetic diversity, has often puzzled researchers seeking to untangle its complex history. Related Research Lipson, M., Patterson, N., Moorjani, P.,

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 25, 2017

Related : The troubling use of ‘merit aid’ at public flagships and research universities . The University of Alabama spent more than $100 million on non-need-based aid in 2014-15, which was the most of any public university that year. “But more and more they are becoming like the privates, and it’s getting worse.” .

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Catlin Tucker

DECEMBER 28, 2018

I’ve never liked the idea that as teachers it is our job to “manage” students, but it wasn’t until I was reading research about human motivation for my doctoral program that I understood why I was feeling such a knee-jerk reaction when I heard the phrase “classroom management.” Hofferber, N., Miserando, M.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 6, 2019

In 2014, the Obama Administration jolted the education world with a report detailing unfair and racist school discipline practices across the country. Leave this field empty if you're human: Early research seemed promising. At last, more sophisticated research has been commissioned, and the results are starting to trickle in.

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 13, 2016

We wanted a viable, research-based tool that would allow for collaboration regardless of hierarchy or prior knowledge. In the 2014-15 school year, we earned a 97.9% NKCSD positioned this powerful and grounding guiding mindset as the backdrop for all of our strategies and decisions. We found it in the Rigor/ Relevance Framework.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

in 2014, the most recent federal data available. There’s a general consensus among education researchers that smaller classes are more effective. (In When I have written about unrelated educational reforms, researchers often compare them to the effectiveness of class size reductions to give me a sense of their relative impact.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 12, 2023

But the latest national study from a Stanford University research group calculates that students, on average, learned more at charter schools between the years of 2014 and 2019 than similar students did at their traditional local public schools.

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Anthropology.net

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Related Research Sapolsky, R. The ability to create a more just and sustainable future, Colombo suggests, may depend not just on technological progress, but on a deeper understanding of the ancient forces still shaping human behavior. Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst. Penguin Random House. DOI: 10.1111/nyas.13391

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Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

I have anchored my own research and work in the fields of blended and online learning in the Community of Inquiry theoretical framework because I appreciate the emphasis on the role of community in constructing and confirming meaning. What decisions can learners make about their learning? Baltimore, MD: Brookes Publishing Company, Inc.

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Anthropology.net

MARCH 17, 2025

Credit: @ASOME-UAB By analyzing the production and circulation of ceramic vessels in what is now Murcia, Spain, researchers have been able to trace the shifting borders of El Argar’s influence. Perhaps most significantly, this research provides a methodological blueprint for identifying ancient borders elsewhere.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 14, 2024

View of the Tennessee State Capitol, where lawmakers were the first in the nation to pass a law in 2014 to make community college tuition free for future high school graduates. Credit: Joe Sohm/Visions of America/Universal Images Group via Getty Images The free community college movement effectively began in 2014 when Republican Gov.

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A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 2, 2017

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. One thing that Trish and I emphasize throughout the book is how the strategies presented connect to research. However, there was more to this story. Order your copy TODAY!

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Political Science Now

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Her research and teaching interests include American political development, political history, voting and elections, state politics, political geography, sovereignty, Native American political rights, political parties, partisanship, and political institutions. She specializes in American politics. Read about the funded projects.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 6, 2023

Austin Community College is one of 50 community colleges in Texas that researchers analyzed to determine how much ought to be spent educating students. The American Institutes for Research is one of the many funders of The Hechinger Report. *) The team applied the same cost analysis used in K-12 education to the community college context.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 15, 2018

National Center for Education Statistics, National Spending for Public Schools Increases for Second Consecutive Year in School Year 2014-15. more on public schools during the 2014-15 school year than in the previous year. During 2014-15, each student was educated on $11,454, on average. increase in 2014-15.) in 2014-15.

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Anthropology.net

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

By the 1990s, genetic research began to challenge the Multiregional hypothesis. However, genetic research presents a different picture. Related Research Fu, Q., Human dispersal into East Eurasia: ancient genome insights and the need for research on physiological adaptations. The Multiregional Evolution hypothesis.

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Anthropology.net

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Unlike bones and tools, words do not fossilize, leaving researchers to scour DNA for clues. Research suggests that mutations in the human NOVA1 gene may have played a role in the development of language. Research suggests that mutations in the human NOVA1 gene may have played a role in the development of language.

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Anthropology.net

MARCH 13, 2025

"Our simulations revealed that Lucy wasn’t as efficient or as fast at running as modern humans," the researchers explain. The Running Experiment: Reconstructing Lucy in 3D To test Australopithecus afarensis ’ running ability, researchers digitally reconstructed the skeleton of Lucy, the most famous representative of the species.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 26, 2021

For years, no one believed that learning to walk (a gross motor skill) and learning language (a cerebral skill) could be so intertwined but in 2014, Walle eventually persuaded the academic community that his research should be published. All of this research is young and based on small studies.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 26, 2021

Researchers from the University of Minnesota and the Bloomington, Minnesota, public schools characterized the academic benefits as “small” but the sleep increases as “large.”. in response to medical research about teen sleep. In 2014, the American Pediatric Association recommended an 8:30 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. on average.

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