A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 28, 2021

My week-long visit there was a follow-up from 2019, where hundreds of classroom walk-throughs were conducted with a focus on improving digital pedagogy. The week following my work with the Juab School District in Utah, I traveled to Elmhurst Community School District 205 in Illinois.

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DECEMBER 1, 2024

Source: Nature Ecology & Evolution, 2019. Source: Sustainability Science, 2019. Source: Science, 2019. Diverse Values of Nature and the IPBES Conceptual Framework Examines the incorporation of diverse cultural, spiritual, and economic values of nature within the IPBES framework.

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A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 21, 2021

Thus, since Mach 2019, almost all of my posts have been dedicated to this topic because, quite frankly, there weren’t really any applicable content or practical strategies out there. With the onset of the pandemic, new ideas began to percolate as remote and hybrid learning quickly became the norm.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2019

leadered #edchat pic.twitter.com/SqffWhOgsc — Eric Sheninger (@E_Sheninger) February 2, 2019 It seemed to resonate with many educators. When it comes to #edtech in the classroom ask yourself these two questions to determine effectiveness: 1. Are kids thinking? How are they applying their thinking?

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ED Surge

JANUARY 23, 2025

Most of the countrys 100 largest districts by enrollment have seen declines since the 2019-20 school year. Houston schools have likewise seen a drop in enrollment which the superintendent attributes partly to criticism of the states takeover of the district since 2019-20. It had about 76,800 students at the end of 2023-24.

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JANUARY 8, 2025

Her only option was to take a pay cut, a city official told her in late 2019. In spite of the fact that she earned only $35,000 a year and lived in one of the most expensive cities in the world, Funes made too much to qualify for public assistance paying for child care. She felt she had no choice but to quit her job to get that voucher.

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APRIL 1, 2025

Since the establishment of the Center for Learning, Literacy and Engagement in 2018, and the release of the Librarys 2019-23 and 2024-2028 Strategic Plans, the TPS goals are both influencing and reflecting the Librarys broader outreach goals.

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A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 9, 2020

A few district administrators and I visited classrooms in March 2019. Fast forward to January 2019. However, the principal at the time advocated fiercely that she wanted me to visit, and arrangements were made. You can read more in detail about what this looks like HERE.

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DECEMBER 2, 2024

Related Studies These studies provide broader perspectives on Neanderthal fire management, tar production, and behavioral complexity. Kozowyk, P. Poulis, J. A., & Langejans, G. A new experimental methodology for assessing adhesive properties shows that Neanderthals used the most suitable material available. DOI:10.1016/j.jhevol.2019.102671

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 20, 2024

According to the most recent NAEP results , between 2019 and 2022, student performance in data analysis, statistics and probability fell by a full 10 points for eighth grade students, representing what some experts consider a full grade level in lack of progress. Related: Become a lifelong learner.

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DECEMBER 4, 2024

Journal : Journal of Anthropological Archaeology , 2019. Journal : Nature Ecology & Evolution , 2019. Hounds Follow Those Who Feed Them: What the Ethnographic Record Reveals About Early Human-Canid Partnerships Authors : Lupo, K. DOI : 10.1016/j.jaa.2019.101081 DOI : 10.1016/j.cub.2015.10.008

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AUGUST 29, 2024

2019) discusses students’ lack of effort if they think failure or low performance is likely. Having low expectations of students regardless of their ability allows students to be satisfied with the current performance rather than continuing to strive for growth and improvement. Williams et al. Williams, Greenleaf, A. Barnes, E.

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A Principal's Reflections

MAY 26, 2019

You can see the tweet below. What specific challenges do you face in education? Please share as I am looking for topics to focus my writing on.

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JULY 19, 2020

Research has established a clear connection between teachers’ feelings of self-efficacy, their level of engagement at work, and their job satisfaction (Granziera & Perera, 2019).

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ED Surge

MARCH 31, 2025

Back in 2019, before the pandemic, Trippett paid her staff about the same wages that Walmart, Target and hospitality businesses paid their employees. Every day, Im walking on eggshells: Whos going to call off? Who do we have to cover for? Its every day. Thats the game were living in. Can we get enough bodies in the door?

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Anthropology.net

APRIL 10, 2025

If Denisovans were as widespread and ecologically versatile as this latest find suggests, the story of human evolution in Asia may be due for a rewrite. Suggested Related Research Chen, F., A late Middle Pleistocene Denisovan mandible from the Tibetan Plateau. Nature , 569, 409–412. link] Slon, V.,

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ED Surge

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Gwinnett County Public Schools (GCPS) embraced AI technology by launching a K-12 AI Ready pilot in 2019, embedding AI Ready learning across content areas through the lens of the AI Learning Framework. AI readiness ensures that students can thrive in the future as informed users and developers of emerging technologies, including AI.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 6, 2025

As we studied the results of our educational research from 2019, a colleague turned to me with a conclusion that mirrored my own personal experience: School leaders are a mess! If we want to preserve educational leaders and the schools they serve, we must make leaders a priority. This begins with helping leaders define success.

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A Principal's Reflections

DECEMBER 30, 2018

Here’s to a fantastic 2019! A question or two as a means to help self-assess where you are and if improvements can be made follows each of these areas. Thanks to everyone who has made the time to visit my blog, read posts, and provide comments.

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Anthropology.net

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

This buildup of vegetation created conditions primed for severe fires, as seen in the catastrophic 2019–20 Black Summer fires. The introduction of European land management practices during British colonization marked a dramatic shift, replacing Indigenous practices with fire suppression techniques that led to densely vegetated forests.

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Teaching Anthropology

APRIL 13, 2024

The virtual mystery web-tool: An online hybridized problem-based learning teaching tool created by students for students. Currents in Teaching and Learning , Special Issue: Digital Pedagogies 12(2), 33-43. Fukuzawa, S. A “techno-phobe’s” journey to creating a Hybridized Problem-based Learning Web-tool.

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DECEMBER 4, 2024

N'Shea Thesis : University of Malta , 2019. Link : Taylor & Francis Chapter PDF The Construct of Royal Masculinity in the Textual and Visual Sources of the Neo-Assyrian Empire Author : O. PDF Link : University Repository Using Word Embeddings for Identifying Emotions Relating to the Body in a Neo-Assyrian Corpus Authors : E. Bennett, A.

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MARCH 31, 2025

2019 Implications for Understanding Prehistoric Societies The active participation of children in creating cave art compels a reevaluation of social structures in Upper Paleolithic societies. ​ Children's footprints from Basura Cave, 14,000 years ago. Credit: Prof. Marco Romano; Romano et al.

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ED Surge

MARCH 17, 2025

Several of the schools the district shuttered in 2019 have since become sites for early learning programs. It can be a win-win if done right, says Loewenberg. From One Community Service to Another Education leaders in Oklahoma City thought so, too.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

According to the National Center for Education Statistics, the cost of college increased by 180 percent after inflation from 1980 to 2019-20. And college has become unaffordable for many students. Students are assuming historic levels of loan debt in pursuit, ironically, of economic mobility (a long-proven benefit of higher education).

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 22, 2025

The long-anticipated discharge in the early summer of 2019 was joyful, but also rushed and, as Heath recalls it, somewhat cavalier. Credit: Camilla Forte/The Hechinger Report By the end of June 2019, Heaths triplets were all at home along with their 1-year-old brother. The family had little idea of how best to support their growth.

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JANUARY 17, 2025

Related Research **Lemorini, C., & Plummer, T. Functional insights into Acheulian tool use from wear pattern analysis." Quaternary International. DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2022.03.014 2022.03.014 Faisal, M., Adaptation strategies of Early Pleistocene hominins to high-altitude environments." Journal of Human Evolution, 133 , 45–58.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2025

DOI: 10.1038/nature13810 Olalde, I., The Beaker phenomenon and the genomic transformation of northwest Europe. Nature , 555, 190–196. DOI: 10.1038/nature25738 Sikora, M., The population history of northeastern Siberia since the Pleistocene. Nature , 570, 182–188. DOI: 10.1038/s41586-019-1279-z Lin, M.,

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HistoryRewriter

JANUARY 17, 2024

One of my students doing a project for AP Environmental Science used archetypes when analyzing who was the worst villain or shadow in the history of fracking which was well laid out in Rachel Maddow’s 2019 book Blowout. Was it George P. Mitchell, Aubrey McClendon, Rex Tillerson, or Vladimir Putin?

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Anthropology.net

DECEMBER 2, 2024

American Antiquity, 57(1), 50–56. DOI:10.2307/506135 Explores hermeneutics as a method for interpreting archaeological contexts and transforming data into meaningful insights. Teixeira, Í B. A philosophical reflection on autonomy and vulnerability in the context of archaeological practice. University of Lisbon Repository.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

In 2019, just over one-third of students in the U.S. Results from the fall 2020 assessment showed that students in grades 1-8 “lost” an extra 1 percent in reading compared to fall 2019, with high-poverty students “losing” more. In 2019, Mississippi was the only state in the nation to post significant gains on NAEP assessments.

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Anthropology.net

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

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. Related Research Sapolsky, R. Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst. Penguin Random House. DOI: 10.1111/nyas.13391 Pantheon Books.

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ED Surge

MARCH 4, 2025

While math scores have stayed relatively the same since 2022, the last time the test was administered, theyve yet to hit what they were in 2019. Recent National Assessment of Educational Progress reading scores dipped to the lowest theyve ever been, falling two points on average for fourth and eighth graders.

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ED Surge

DECEMBER 4, 2024

In April 2019, we began our journey to personalize learning. We examined Battelle for Kids and the Portrait of a Graduate , among other experiences. Next, we collaborated with a thought partner on a framework around modern learning that embedded the Portrait of a Graduate model.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 29, 2025

During a call, Carr noted that these declines continue trends that predate the pandemic, going back to 2019. Meanwhile, an eighth grader scoring at the basic level can figure out the main idea from informational text: about a third of eighth graders fell below that standard, the most in the assessments history.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 2, 2024

In some states, it has continued to worsen, even while improving slightly for other students, as in Arizona, where chronic absenteeism for Native students rose from 22 percent in 2018-2019 to 45 percent in 2022-2023. AP's analysis does not include data on schools managed by the U.S.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

It is paying off: Over a five-year span ending in 2019, the number of students reading at grade level in the district grew at a rate that outpaced the state as a whole. In North Carolina, reading scores barely budged in the five years between 2015 and 2019. READ THE SERIES. 1 in the nation for growth in reading.

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