A Principal's Reflections

OCTOBER 2, 2014

Public schools are attended by students from various cultural, linguistic, and socio-economic backgrounds, having different assessed levels of cognitive and academic ability. In our attempt to identify these youngsters, we hope to better serve them through our advocacy for a school-wide framework to support their learning needs.

Leadership 278

Leadership K-12 Advocacy Public School 278

Digital Promise

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Located in Mississippi, Columbus Municipal School District is committed to advancing advocacy of learners’ parents. In April 2021, the district launched monthly parent advocacy meetings focused on restorative justice, literacy, and college and career readiness.

Advocacy 168

Advocacy Public School Leadership Cultures 168

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 1, 2021

“The New Civics threatens to replace traditional civics education with Neo-Marxist ‘social justice’ propaganda, vocational training for left-wing activism, and Alinsky-style community organizing techniques,” the head of the association, Peter Wood, wrote in a blog announcing the coalition.

Civic Engagement 142

Civic Engagement Civics Teaching Middle School 142

Digital Promise

JANUARY 13, 2021

Here is a non-exhaustive list of some of these shifts in coaching and how they have contributed to cultures of continuous growth and changes in how the instructional technology coaching role is perceived: The shift to distance learning has removed many logistical and scheduling challenges coaches previously faced in a traditional school day.

Middle School 147

Middle School Artifacts Advocacy Lesson Plan 147

Dangerously Irrelevant

JULY 9, 2015

I blogged in March that it was really tough to feel positive about education politics in Iowa this year and I was proven right. Tweets and pins and blog posts and Facebook ‘likes’ are fairly easy to ignore, particularly by policymakers whom are less technology-knowledgeable. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.,

Advocacy 111

Advocacy Leadership Education Policy Teaching 111

Digital Promise

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

Superintendent Pat Deklotz and Assistant Superintendent Theresa Ewald have worked with their team to create a culture that empowers teachers and students to be thoughtful critics and advocates of their own learning and to explain and advocate for their experiences with the community.

Education 119

Education Advocacy Professional Development Middle School 119

Digital Promise

DECEMBER 6, 2017

Among them are advocacy campaigns, curriculum and resource development, professional development for teachers and administrators, and continued research. Success entails a cultural shift in which all educators value, understand, and use the practices of computational thinking in their teaching.

K-12 115

K-12 Education Advocacy Professional Development 115