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Top Posts of 2022

A Principal's Reflections

Unlike the days when there was no Internet, anyone can provide deeper context or supporting examples to supplement and piece of traditional written work. Below are my top posts from 2022. If you want to see these posts, I have curated them on this Pinterest board.

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Personalize: Meeting the Needs of ALL Learners

A Principal's Reflections

In March of 2022, I worked with a school system in Provo, Utah. Here is the synopsis: Not Just One Way Are you an educator stuck in the traditional teaching or leadership mold, yearning for a spark to reignite your passion? Where the rigid structures of traditional education give way to flexible, student-centered learning environments.

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When Growth is the Only Path Forward

A Principal's Reflections

Sometimes that means looking beyond traditional metrics of success to find other areas where the needle can be moved. During the spring of 2022, I met Nicki Slaugh , who serves as principal, and many of her staff at a school system where we were all there to facilitate professional learning on Personalized Competency-Based Learning (PCBL).

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Announcing the 2022-2023 Cohort of the League of Innovative Schools

Digital Promise

Digital Promise is thrilled to announce that 28 districts are joining the ranks of the League of Innovative Schools for the 2022-2023 school year. Please join us in welcoming the new 2022-2023 cohort of the League of Innovative Schools! million students served over time. Abington School District (Pennsylvania).

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A dismal report card in math and reading

The Hechinger Report

In reading, students slid below the devastatingly low achievement levels of 2022, which many educators had hoped would be a nadir. Source: NAEP 2024 The chart above shows that the math scores of all eighth graders fell between 2019 and 2022. It’s something that we hadn’t paid a lot of attention to traditionally.

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OPINION: Arts education must move beyond traditional models and embrace practical skills and hands-on learning

The Hechinger Report

Traditional arts education frequently leaves them struggling to enter commercial sectors like galleries, auction houses and publishing. art and art history education is in crisis : While 5,300 art history degrees were awarded in 2012, the number fell to just 3,500 in 2022 a 34 percent decline, The Nation reported. In the U.S.,

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The League Meets the West Coast: A Look Into the Fall 2022 League Convening

Digital Promise

Over two and a half days, district leaders explored how emerging technologies can support powerful learning, surfaced and shared innovative learnings and leadership practices, and helped us welcome the League of Innovative Schools 2022-2023 cohort. Rodriguez stressed exploring alternative pathways and assessments to traditional instruction.