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Future-Proofing Learning: Preparing Students for an Uncertain Tomorrow

A Principal's Reflections

Project-based learning, performance tasks, simulations, academy programs, and community-based projects offer opportunities for students to apply their knowledge in meaningful ways, mirroring the challenges they will face in their future careers and lives (Darling-Hammond et al., John Wiley & Sons. Darling-Hammond, L., Cook-Harvey, C.,

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Leading Through Windows and Mirrors

A Principal's Reflections

2017), "Toward more practical measurement of teamwork skills", Journal of Workplace Learning, 29 (2): 124-133. Be proactive when it comes to eliciting praise so that proper credit is given to those who are playing their part to ensure success for the system. Brock, S.E., McAliney, P.J., and Sen, A. Leary, M.R.

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How to Make Learning Stick

A Principal's Reflections

Emotion has a substantial influence on the cognitive processes in humans, including perception, attention, learning, memory, reasoning, and problem-solving. Emotion has a particularly strong influence on attention, significantly modulating the selectivity of attention as well as motivating action and behavior (Tyn et al., Saad, M., &

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Mapped: The strange link between obesity and corruption

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To test that theory, Blavatskyys team collected the frontal face images of government ministers of the 15 post-Soviet states in function in 2017 and used an algorithm to estimate the BMI of those 299 officials. BMIs in the lower third are labeled green; in the middle third, theyre orange; and in the highest third, they’re red.

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Lessons in Leadership: Diffusing Situations Effectively

A Principal's Reflections

Adaptability, inspiring trust, and leveraging an empathetic lens are crucial elements for a positive resolution (Kouzes & Posner, 2017; Goleman, 1988; Tannenbaum & Schmidt, 1973). As a leader, your ability to defuse the situation and restore calm can have a profound impact on the learning environment in your school or district.

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Cultivating Lifelong Learners: How to Support Personalized Teacher Growth

A Principal's Reflections

Additionally, micro-learning opportunities through bite-sized videos, podcasts, or webinars that cater to busy schedules and allow for focused learning on specific topics should be considered (Moeller & Allen, 2017). Empower Teacher Leadership Teachers are a wealth of knowledge and experience. Educational Researcher, 38(8), 649-664.

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Different Ways to Show Learning

A Principal's Reflections

Research continues to provide further evidence that the conventional wisdom about learning styles should be rejected by educators and students alike (Kirschner, 2017; Husmann & O'Loughlin, 2018; Riener & Willingham, 2010). There is little scientific support for this fashionable idea—and stronger evidence for other learning strategies.