A Principal's Reflections

OCTOBER 23, 2022

Hattie and Timperley (2017) shared the following. Educational Leadership, 70(1), 82–83 Hattie & Timperley (2007) The Power of Feedback. It was found that feedback ranked among the highest of hundreds of education practices he studied. All feedback isn’t created equal. What are the goals?) How am I going? Goodwin, B.

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ED Surge

OCTOBER 30, 2024

My career in teaching began in the fall of 2017, right after I completed the first summer semester of my graduate program. Our principal also left a couple of months into the year, which prompted a takeover by central office leadership — all of whom were unfamiliar white faces in a school full of Black and Latino children.

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A Principal's Reflections

SEPTEMBER 23, 2018

“ More blood means more energy and oxygen, which makes our brain perform better.” – Justin Rhodes Spending time in schools as a leadership and learning coach has been some of the most gratifying work I have done. The best part is the conversations that I get to have with learners, especially at the elementary level.

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Digital Promise

OCTOBER 3, 2016

This week, as we celebrate Digital Promise’s fifth anniversary , we also welcome the districts who are part of the 2016-2017 cohort of the League of Innovative Schools. And now, meet the 2016-2017 cohort: Bristol Warren Regional School District. Compton Unified School District. Covina-Valley Unified School District.

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Digital Promise

DECEMBER 13, 2017

To really take stock of EdClusters in 2017, we first need to revisit the foundation and origin of Education Innovation Clusters — what they are, how they work, and how they are progressing. In 2017, we initiated a research project with seven EdClusters and key research partners. What are EdClusters? So what have we been up to?

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 4, 2018

Tom Murray and I have watched many book studies and Twitter chats unfold since the release of the book in June of 2017. The key to change is not telling, but showing how ideas can transform teaching, learning, and leadership. The reaction to Learning Transformed has been truly humbling. We can't stop here.

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Teaching American History

MARCH 11, 2025

I have two masters degrees, one in educational leadership and one from MAHG. In 2017, she began taking occasional courses in MAHG, realizing she needed to get some refreshers. Some groups were saying were teaching critical race theory, Messick said, explaining why the claim was baseless. Ive even taught at the college level.

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A Principal's Reflections

OCTOBER 2, 2016

The bottom line though is that the conversations and relationships that evolved thanks to a diversified network and enhanced intellectual bank unlocked leadership qualities hidden inside me. Now years later I have four published books and two more on the way in 2017. Critical conversations now occurred both face to face and virtually.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 22, 2020

The study tracked a group of 4,700 assistant principals, who constitute the main recruiting ground for principals, from 2001 to 2017 in Texas. On the contrary, Texas schools are known for having a more diverse leadership than most other states. Two thousand of these assistant principals were promoted to principal.

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Digital Promise

JULY 10, 2017

Leaders from the League of Innovative Schools, a network of the country’s most forward-thinking educators, recently convened in Mentor, Ohio, for the League’s Spring 2017 meeting hosted by Mentor Public Schools. These stakeholders include, but are not limited to, students, teachers, parents, local political leadership, and businesses.

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Education Elements

DECEMBER 27, 2017

You can read more about all of the ways we have supported districts this past year in our reflection on 2017 here , and catch up on our best blog posts below. When we started the Bring Your Own Thoughts blog our goal was simple: write good stuff to help good people do good things for kids. And so far, it's been working. and beyond.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 6, 2025

The government made a rightward shift in 2023 to the National Party, ending six years of leadership under former Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, who had an international profile. Since 2017, Evans has led a special interest section of the New Zealand Mathematical Society Education Group focused on improving math teaching.

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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 range of school leadership training opportunities : In Minnesota, principals can choose from a variety of programs, including a free online course and in-person workshops.

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Catlin Tucker

APRIL 5, 2023

Research has shown that the way furniture is arranged in a classroom can significantly impact student behavior and learning outcomes (Granito & Santana, 2016; Parks, Corno & Cozzone, 2017). This can help to build important leadership and communication skills, as well as promote positive group dynamics.

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Digital Promise

OCTOBER 5, 2017

The League of Innovative Schools, Digital Promise’s flagship network of forward-thinking leaders of our nation’s school districts, is honored to welcome 13 districts into the 2017-2018 cohort, bringing the League’s membership to 93 districts in 33 states. We also recently welcomed Kimberly A.

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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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Digital Promise

JUNE 26, 2019

To better support all educators in creating powerful maker learning programs, we are unveiling our updated Digital Promise Maker Learning Leadership Framework. Originally launched in November 2017, the Maker Learning Leadership Framework supports educators’ maker learning programs.

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Digital Promise

JULY 1, 2020

Since 2017 they have provided maker learning activity kits that were included in our free resource boxes. We hosted three Edcamps at the Department of Education, held nine Leadership Summits around the country, and presented at numerous conferences, sharing this simple and powerful idea of professional development with all types of educators.

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Students of History

MAY 24, 2024

This prestigious scholarship, which has been awarded each year since 2017, recognizes a college-bound senior who has excelled in history education. Toyosi’s exemplary academic performance and leadership qualities were highlighted in the glowing recommendations from her teachers.

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Digital Promise

MARCH 21, 2022

Under her leadership, The Fund scaled its programs from serving 20 principals to nearly 300 over five years and leveraged its investments to grow several educator-serving startup organizations. Chaula speaks on social innovation, runs design-thinking workshops, and has served as a selector for Ashoka and Echoing Green fellowships.

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Digital Promise

JULY 16, 2019

Once an educational technology (edtech) tool is in a school, the hard work is just beginning due to a number of potential hurdles and challenges that leadership and educators need to overcome. Students on the lower end of the socioeconomic spectrum are even less likely to have used technology in interesting ways.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 16, 2018

UCF hit that enrollment threshold in the 2017-18 school year. Latino students at Hispanic-Serving Institutions typically have higher graduation rates than Latino students at non-HSIs, according to a December 2017 report from The Education Trust , a nonprofit organization that advocates for low-income students.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

The study looked at 50 pre-K centers in NYC during the 2017-18 and 2018-19 school years to see how early educators taught multilingual learners, which includes children who are learning English. At age 3 and 4, many pre-K students learn to speak a new language on top of a home language they are still learning.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 25, 2020

Limits on what most institutions offer in the summer result from “laziness and lack of leadership,” Higdon said. Limits on what other colleges offer students in the summer result from “laziness and lack of leadership. We’re still tied to an agrarian calendar that goes back to the 1700s.”.

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Digital Promise

OCTOBER 2, 2017

The 2016-2017 school year began with 100 percent parent participation in an orientation training to support parent understanding of the one-to-one Literacy Initiative. MIT leadership team provided nine monthly Parent Technology trainings to teach about the educational technology tools students use everyday. Citations. [1]

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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! So what does that mean for classrooms?

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

In September 2024, EdNCs early childhood team attended The Hunt Institute's 2024 Early Childhood Leadership Summit , which included teams from all 50 states comprised of senior elected officials, gubernatorial staff, mayors, local elected leaders, and key early childhood system leaders. For every $2 a parish generates, the state adds $1.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 18, 2017

A 2017 report found most principal certification programs “do not provide comprehensive instruction focused on children prior to kindergarten.”. 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.

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ED Surge

MAY 5, 2023

According to a report published in 2017 by the Economic Policy Institute, large urban districts spend approximately $20,000 on every new hire. Preparing School Leaders Improved working conditions and community building starts with leadership. They lost me when leadership was unwilling to listen to my voice and respect my autonomy.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 25, 2023

In 2017, I formed an after-school student activism and leadership club with a small group of seventh grade students. On the contrary, teachers want professional learning that is practical, engaging and relevant. The impact of substandard and irrelevant PD is also noticeable to students.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Those are four of the top five emotions K-12 teachers reported feeling back in 2017 — well before the pandemic and 18 months of unfinished learning, trauma and economic instability. Frustrated. Overwhelmed.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 16, 2020

According to a 2017 study by Harvard University researchers, Stony Brook — one of 64 campuses in the State University of New York system — sends more than 51 percent of its low-income students into the highest 20 percent of income levels. (The Photo by Matt Krupnick for The Hechinger Report.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 1, 2019

In 2017, while speaking at the National Association for College Admissions Counseling conference, University of Southern California’s Director of the Race and Equity Center Shaun Harper pointed out , “Your profession is 80 percent white. Does this include calling out flagrant abuse and discriminatory practices?

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 6, 2020

A change in leadership — Mississippi’s newly elected Lt. A 2017 report from the Department of Education showed that children who attended a public or private pre-K program were more likely to meet the state’s kindergarten readiness target. The push to ramp up pre-K spending and access in deep-red Mississippi is a big step.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 13, 2018

Ninth-graders at the Science Leadership Academy work on a group project in science class. Tamir Harper, 18-year-old senior at Science Leadership Academy and founder of a nonprofit that advocates for quality urban education. James Thomas wrote and published a novel for his senior year Capstone project at the Science Leadership Academy.

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Anthropology News

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

President Jokowi Widodo, more commonly known as ”Jokowi,” and Vice President Jusuf Kalla surprised the public when attending Indonesia’s 2017 State of the Union Address (SOTU) by wearing traditional attire. It also serves as a powerful metaphor for understanding this diversity as a unified whole.

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ED Surge

APRIL 19, 2023

In 2017, while teaching fifth grade language arts and social studies, I took my love of radio and started a podcast on teaching and education. Despite my hesitance, I recently took on a leadership role at my school for a few reasons. You can pursue more than one path,” I told myself.

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