Dangerously Irrelevant

NOVEMBER 1, 2015

My keynote for the 2015 K12 Online Conference is now available. This keynote focuses on transformative leadership mindsets and features exemplary schools from around the world that are ignoring the ‘yes, buts’ to make amazing things happen for children and youth. – Leadership Day 2013. – Leadership Day 2014.

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Digital Promise

OCTOBER 14, 2015

Today, we are thrilled to announce 16 stellar winners in the 2015 DILAs. We founded the DILAs last year to share innovative education practices and raise the bar across teaching, leadership, and development. And with that, meet the 2015 winners! Educator Winners. Busting Boundaries. Katherine Mussachio. Parents as Partners.

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Museum Elementary School Middle School Leadership 103

A Principal's Reflections

SEPTEMBER 17, 2017

This then became part of a set of strategies and competencies that guided our overall digital transformation efforts – The Pillars of Digital Leadership. The SWOT activity is done in the very early stages of development of a mission so that the brand strategy can be assured of success (Armstrong & Kotler, 2015). & Kotler, P.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

MARCH 30, 2015

Here are my notes from today’s 2015 Iowa STEM Summit … Welcome , Lt. Sioux City CSD – opening a K-5 STEM specialty school in Fall 2015. STEM, Teacher Leadership, MTSS) together in better ways? Kim Reynolds & Mary Andringa. STEM should be a catalyst for active learning. Exploring Iowa Archaeology ).

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Dangerously Irrelevant

MARCH 17, 2015

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. Scott McLeod, J.D., Register here! Related Posts.

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 11, 2018

Image credit: whitealliesintraining.com/2015/10/05/big-idea-change-narrative/ In today's engaging, digitally empowered school setting, questions arise as to whether schools are best suited for educating their learners. The bottom line is that if you don't tell your story someone else will.

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Political Science Now

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

His African Realism: International Relations Theory and Africa’s Wars in the Postcolonial Era (2015) was a Choice “Outstanding Academic Title.” He published Race, Politics, and Education in Brazil in 2015. He received his Ph.D. in political science from the University of California at Berkeley.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 6, 2025

” In 2015, Maxis completed a bachelors degree in math through the Bard Prison Initiative, an accredited college-in-prison program. The organization was started in 2015 by Christopher Havens, who was then incarcerated at Washington State Penitentiary in Walla Walla. He knew that he needed to have a plan for when he got out.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

In a 2017 study by the American Council on Education, a higher education association, researchers found that individuals who identified as something other than white held just 17 percent of college and university presidencies in 2016, while representing 42 percent of students enrolled in 2015.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 5, 2020

In Alabama, principals can attend a unique leadership academy to learn about how to support teachers working with young children. A 2015 survey found only 20 percent of early-career principals in schools with pre-K classrooms felt “well-versed” in early ed.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

JUNE 1, 2016

I’m pleased to note that Digital Leadership Daily is now reaching over 1,000 daily subscribers via its SMS, Facebook, and Twitter channels. Fifteen months ago I decided to send out one high-quality technology leadership resource per day through this new dissemination channel. – Leadership Day 2013. I bet you do!

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Leadership 56

Digital Promise

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Leadership must be local. It requires listening to community, acknowledging harm, and making changes—across partnerships, leadership, culture, funding, and programming. Since 2015, the EdCluster network has included more than 50 organizations in 20 regions across the country. Establish responsive, reflective infrastructure.

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Education Leadership Government Learning Science 143

Digital Promise

MAY 29, 2015

That’s why we’re excited to announce we are accepting applications for the 2015-16 cohort of the League of Innovative Schools! To apply for our 2015-2016 cohort, superintendents must complete and submit the new member application form on behalf of their districts. PDT on July 2, 2015.

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Private School Leadership Public School Teaching 121

Dangerously Irrelevant

MAY 18, 2015

I hope that you will read the standards yourself and also share some thoughts with CCSSO about whether you feel that they adequately describe an effective school leader for today and tomorrow… — Please list any additional dispositions that you believe educational leaders need that are not listed on page 9 of the ISLLC 2015 standards.

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Leadership Economics Education 92

Dangerously Irrelevant

APRIL 29, 2015

He admitted that the 1.25% growth included money from the governor’s Teacher Leadership Compensation plan that was never intended to be included in SSA (what used to be allowable growth). via https://patrickjkearney.wordpress.com/2015/04/29/april-30-2015-in-iowa. I was perplexed as to what I have said that is wrong.

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Teaching K-12 Leadership Education 108

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 18, 2017

A 2015 report found only one in five principals nationally who were supervising a pre-K program at their school felt well-trained in early childhood concepts. In New Jersey, during the 2015-16 school year, 30,000 children started a pre-K program in a state elementary school.

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Elementary School Professional Development Leadership Humanities 111

Digital Promise

APRIL 12, 2019

Since 2015, Ned has contributed to the League of Innovative Schools in powerful and tremendous ways—by asking tough questions, by doing hard work, and by creating joy in places that needed it. We will greatly miss Ned’s leadership in the League of Innovative Schools. He was a remarkable collaborator, partner, and friend.

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Leadership Teaching Education 123

Cult of Pedagogy

JANUARY 21, 2024

The text of the bill contains the line, “in 2015, a typical American student took 112 mandated standardized tests across the length of their elementary and secondary education years.” Likewise, we’re better served by being as precise as possible when we discuss testing. Stenhouse Publishers. Hutt, E. & & Schneider, J. Kamenetz, A.

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Pedagogy Project-Based Learning Library Research 244

A Principal's Reflections

JANUARY 3, 2016

In late 2015 I presented at a national conference after my proposal had been accepted earlier that year. If growth and improvement are the ultimate objective it is imperative to know the difference between the two. This was the fifth time I had presented at this event and I always found the experience to be rewarding.

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Leadership 239

Dangerously Irrelevant

MARCH 13, 2015

ISTE announced its 2015 conference keynote speakers yesterday : Soledad O’Brien, journalist and news anchor. Supporting effective technology integration and implementation: 2012 ISTE Leadership Forum #isteLF12. Jack Gallagher, comedian and parent of a child with autism. I love ISTE and the ISTE conference. Related Posts.

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Leadership Educational Technology Education 100

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Erin Roberts, a teacher leadership specialist. In North Carolina, reading scores barely budged in the five years between 2015 and 2019. Hickory’s scores improved from 52 percent of students reading at grade level in 2015 to 59 percent in 2019, compared with an increase from 56 percent to 57 percent for the state as a whole.

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Elementary School Tutoring K-12 Public School 145

Dangerously Irrelevant

AUGUST 28, 2015

Thanks to Monte Tatom , I am able to share the Twitcast of my presentation to the Administrators PLN at the 2015 ISTE Conference, Beyond TPACK and SAMR: Introducing trudacot to teachers. Supporting effective technology integration and implementation: 2012 ISTE Leadership Forum #isteLF12. The video is less than 6 minutes. Happy viewing!

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Leadership 95

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 28, 2018

Even though more than half of Mississippi’s public high school graduates in 2015 were African American, they only made up 10 percent of that fall’s freshman class at the University of Mississippi. African-Americans comprised 10 percent of freshmen at Ole Miss in 2015, an 8-percentage-point drop since 2010. . More than a third of U.S.

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High School Advocacy Cultures Leadership 109

Digital Promise

APRIL 14, 2015

Five of these awards are new for 2015, including: The Parents as Partners award recognizes an educator who engages parents and caregivers in creative ways to support student learning in and outside the classroom. . Check out last year’s winning video submissions here.

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K-12 Museum Library Leadership 126

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 16, 2018

Director of Hispanic student services Teri Mora regularly accompanies members of the school’s Hispanic American Leadership Organization student group to the United States Hispanic Leadership Institute conference. OPSU students also won the National Hispanic College Quiz in 2015 and 2017.

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Leadership Cultures Education High School 111

Digital Promise

MARCH 3, 2015

— Angela Estrella (@am_estrella) January 30, 2015. “Micro-credentials can help school leaders retain teachers, inform staffing decisions, distribute leadership, sustain initiatives, and offer a pro-teacher approach to professional development.” mc4pd @MJMadda : Big takeaway: Teachers need to drive their learning.

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Professional Development Leadership Elementary School Tradition 109

Digital Promise

DECEMBER 1, 2016

BCPS leadership thought educators would be better prepared to apply S.T.A.T. BCPS’ Department of Digital Learning partnered with Digital Promise to roll out a micro-credential pilot during the 2015-2016 school year focused on “S.T.A.T. principles in the classroom if teachers reinforced the skills for themselves.

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Education Professional Development Leadership Public School 109

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

After analyzing public school civil rights data from the federal Education Department for the 2015-16 school year, the most recent available, researchers were startled to find very few bright spots. As many as 3.6 million gifted children are being overlooked in school — more than the 3.3 million U.S.

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Public School Research Leadership Cultures 145

ED Surge

OCTOBER 20, 2023

In 2015, I left the classroom for a year to try something different and it completely reshaped my work. My operations team, instructional staff and leadership team have all been made stronger by turning to those who work in my organization for candidate recommendations. I’ve spent more than a decade working as a teacher and principal.

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Leadership History Public School Elementary School 113

Dangerously Irrelevant

AUGUST 4, 2015

All sports, all clubs, all leadership opportunities… Why are you angry? That bonus you didn’t get at work (aka Iowa education reform in 2015). Along with our recess cuts , that’s more time that we can allocate toward scripted reading and math lessons and additional drill-and-kill activities. We can do better! Related Posts.

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Advocacy Social Studies Leadership Education Policy 111

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

More than twice as many principals in 2017 said students in their schools were assigned some type of mobile device, like a laptop or tablet, than in 2015. It’s not that a 1:1 student-to-device ratio necessarily means more group work for students or better peer leadership. Subscribe today!

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Leadership Research High School Education 111

Digital Promise

MAY 30, 2019

HP Spotlight Schools are also characterized by a school culture in which risk-taking and instructional innovation are supported by leadership. Elizabeth Public Schools (EPS) was nominated as a HP Spotlight School district based on their recognized leadership in educational technology. District leadership nominated William F.

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K-12 Leadership Professional Development Public School 91

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 20, 2020

Torrey enrolled at the university fully aware that the student body president had been called the same epithet in 2015; she hoped things had changed. A University of Missouri spokesperson said that since 2015 it had increased faculty diversity and raised graduation rates “among underrepresented minorities.”.

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Advocacy Social Justice History Cultures 145

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

While district policies can provide opportunities for improving student achievement, our results suggest that this impact varies widely and requires strong school-level leadership and effort. We did not, by and large, see high-performing, high-poverty schools concentrated in certain school districts. No school governance model is predominant.

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K-12 Professional Development Tutoring Government 119

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 27, 2016

Data show there is plenty of room for improvement in leadership ranks: The most recent survey of 1,662 U.S. The appointments at largely white institutions come at a time when racial strife has roiled college campuses. Latino students are also underrepresented at top schools. colleges found only 6 percent were led by black presidents (13.3

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Social Justice Leadership Political Science Education 109

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 3, 2020

The collaborative improvement approach piloted in Spartanburg has been championed by StriveTogether and applied in nearly 70 communities across the country since 2015, including Central Texas , Salt Lake City and Northfield, Minnesota , with remarkable results. As in all sciences, these ideas are being tested and supported by real data.

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Education Tradition Leadership Research 119

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 2, 2018

He spent the 2015-2016 school year traveling to schools in all 50 states and he discovered that teachers, when trusted and supported, often innovate on their own. Dintersmith points to North Dakota as a place where the people at the top of the state leadership hierarchy are making room for schools to innovate at the local level.

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K-12 Leadership Tradition Humanities 107