A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 26, 2020

A recent eSchool News article highlighted that most teachers don’t feel fully prepared for remote learning. These could be a digital handout in the form of a Google Doc, articles to read, anchor charts, skeleton outline for notes, etc. With little to no training or preparation, they have stepped up to keep learning going.

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Moler's Musing

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Wednesday: Students tackled the Articles of Confederation with a Frayer Model, Justin Unruh’s template for Cause and Effect with Shays’ Rebellion, and a Sketch and Tell Comic. Thursday: Used Curipod to clarify the Articles and Shays’ Rebellion, helping students refine their Frayers and comics.

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A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 21, 2022

Adam Drummond shared a comprehensive article on developing relationships by leading through compassion, embracing vulnerability, and making connections. It is always important to remember that forces beyond our control impact kids.

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A Principal's Reflections

NOVEMBER 20, 2022

Marilyn Price Mitchell shared the following in an article for Edutopia: Research has since established resilience as essential for human thriving and an ability necessary for the development of healthy, adaptable young people.

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Zinn Education Project

JANUARY 8, 2025

Access Lesson Teaching Guide APeoples Curriculum for the Earth is a collection of articles, lessons, stories, poems, and graphics to breathe life into teaching for environmental justice. Continue reading this Rethinking Schools article by Bill Bigelow.

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A Principal's Reflections

OCTOBER 2, 2022

Jeff Hyman shared the following in a Forbes article: A number of research studies have concluded that humble leaders listen more effectively, inspire great teamwork and focus everyone (including themselves) on organizational goals better than leaders who don’t score high on humility. What doesn’t show up in routine searches is humility.

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A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 7, 2024

Brisk Teaching – A Google Chrome extension that helps busy teachers save time in the tools they already use, like Google Classroom, Docs, Slides, YouTube, and online articles. The free version allows for the creation of pictures that do not contain people.

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A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 22, 2018

A few years back the World Economic Forum came out with an article titled The 10 skills you need to thrive in the Fourth Industrial Revolution. What is certain is that the future workforce will need to align its skillset to keep pace. The image above shows the skills that will be most in demand in 2020 and probably well beyond.

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Teaching Anthropology

AUGUST 15, 2024

In the last few years, Teaching Anthropology journal has received a growing number of articles that showcase innovation in adapting to Covid lockdowns, hybrid teaching, and utilising a growing range of haptic technologies and freely accessible apps. Acceptance decision made by 23 rd Sept.

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A Principal's Reflections

JUNE 7, 2020

Cornelius Minor recently penned an article titled Why #BlackLivesMatter in Your Classroom Too. However, now is the time to examine local and state data to bring to light any inequities that may exist to ensure that all students learn in a space where they feel safe and welcomed and have access to a high-quality education."

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A Principal's Reflections

JULY 12, 2020

Every day I see new articles highlighting the millions of dollars; in some cases, spent to either begin to close or eradicate the digital divide. Most of all, the learning culture will most certainly be different, and it will be a travesty if it is not.

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A Principal's Reflections

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

Here is an excerpt from a 2014 article in Scientific American by Daisy Yuhas: “Researchers asked 19 participants to review more than 100 questions, rating each in terms of how curious they were about the answer. Brain research validates how critical curiosity can be when it comes to learning.

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

With over 200 published articles and more than 50 books on reading education, Rasinski has dedicated nearly 40 years to studying reading fluency and helping struggling readers become proficient. What got me into the notion of fluency was an article written by Richard Allington in 1983 called Fluency: The Neglected Reading Goal.

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NCHE

MARCH 25, 2024

Very few scholarly books, including those that prove to be the most important and influential, ever reach the public; journal articles remain invisible. Some of those articles are written for mass-market publications, while others focus on specific topics and outlets ranging from nursing to Black culture to material artifacts.

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A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 9, 2020

A recent Chalkbeat article highlighted the results of some surveys that alluded to this issue: And engagement with schoolwork was relatively low across the board, reflecting the challenges of keeping students engaged in a chaotic time and of teaching from a distance.

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Teaching American History

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Constitution, Article II, section 1, specifies that each state will appoint its electors “in such Manner as the Legislature” of the state “may direct.” (In Article II, section 1 of the U.S. The process for choosing electors varies according to state laws because the U.S. Here is an example of a Certificate of Ascertainment.

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Zinn Education Project

MARCH 19, 2025

She is the author or co-author of numerous books and articles on the Civil Rights and Black Power movements and the politics of race and education. On Monday, March 24, 2025 , historian Jeanne Theoharis and Rethinking Schools editorJesse Hagopian will discuss Theohariss book, King of the North: Martin Luther King Jr.s

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A Principal's Reflections

DECEMBER 31, 2023

My sincere hope is that these articles have not only resonated with readers but have also sparked meaningful discussions and inspired actionable change in educational settings. Through my blog, I've aimed to create a platform that not only informs but also empowers and motivates educators and learners to explore new horizons in education.

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A Principal's Reflections

JANUARY 8, 2023

An article by Y. In particular, I see a clear connection to how path and pace can promote self-regulation, a competency that is important for students in school and all of us in our professional lives. Research provides a sound rationale for its importance and impact on learners.

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Cult of Pedagogy

JANUARY 19, 2025

Most academic subjects are taught at least in part with some kind of text, whether it be books, articles, or digital resources, and each field has its own unique vocabulary, syntax, and ways of constructing and interpreting meaning. Last year we explored the debate over early reading instruction.)

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 13, 2025

In an article published 30 years ago , Fuchs criticized the wisdom of always educating children with disabilities in the general education classroom. The articles Newman identified are barking up a different tree, he said by email. Instead, the studies focused on other outcomes like employment after high school.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 27, 2025

This published article alone perpetuates harmful rhetoric that leads to the further exclusion and mistreatment of children with disabilities despite their legally mandated right to inclusion in the general education setting. This article is the first time Ive seen this complexity well represented. Inclusion is not my priority.

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TeachThought

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

This article explores the transformative power of a collaborative, unified approach, emphasizing the need for intentional, purpose-driven collaboration. The profound impact of a collaborative approach on educational communities is explored in this article.

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 31, 2019

Below is a piece I pulled from an article titled Using Neuroscience to Make Feedback Work and Feel Better that explains why it matters so much: Feedback isn’t just a ritual of the modern workplace. Feedback can bring people together in the pursuit of a shared goal. Criticism , on the other hand, can drive people apart.

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A Principal's Reflections

DECEMBER 19, 2021

Be sure to check out this article that outlines the specifics behind Venola’s Pause & React tool. It’s meant to be simple—not another thing to add to a teacher’s plate, but an intuitive and structured way to leverage and strengthen relationships with students.

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A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 23, 2020

Check out this article from TeachThought, which outlines 27 strategies to review prior learning. Research also has demonstrated that expert learners are much more adept at the transfer of learning than novices and that practice in the transfer of learning is required in good instruction (Bransford, Brown, and Cocking 2000).

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A Principal's Reflections

MAY 31, 2020

Up to this point, the majority of conversations I have witnessed on social media, news pieces, and articles have focused on students' health and safety. I want to take my original question a step further. When schools and districts reopen will it be safe for everyone?

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Sapiens

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

This article was originally published at The Conversation and has been republished under Creative Commons. ✽ Fifty years ago, the remains of an Australopithecus afarensis ancestor, named “Lucy” by archaeologists, rewrote the story of human evolution. On November 24, 1974 , on a survey in Hadar in the remote badlands of Ethiopia, U.S.

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TeachThought

AUGUST 20, 2024

12(2), Article 16. The teacher asks students to use their judgment to determine which solution would best meet the community’s needs, considering cost, accessibility, and potential benefits. 8 Of The Most Important Critical Thinking Skills Citations Butler, H. Enhancing critical thinking skills through decision-based learning.

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Strange Maps

MARCH 3, 2025

Opposite moral universes At issue is a set of heatmaps from a scientific article exploring the moral circles of liberals and conservatives. Original article in full: Ideological differences in the expanse of the moral circle Adam Waytz e.a. Slightly conservative respondents found both equally valuable. Credit : A.

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A Principal's Reflections

JUNE 3, 2018

As I was researching for some solid pedagogical links, I came across this wonderful article that Todd Finley wrote for Edutopia titled Rethinking Whole Class Discussion. Let me take a step back now and share some insights on why classroom discussion is so meaningful.

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A Principal's Reflections

MAY 3, 2020

For more information, check out this article from Common Sense Education. The information collected must be "for the use and benefit of the school, and for no other commercial purpose." It should be noted that this can be a slippery slope for schools. Here's the bottom line.

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A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 29, 2018

The first one below pulled from an article titled Automate This: Building the Perfect 21st-Century Worker , represents the skills our learners will need to compete in a more automated world. There are two images that come to mind that represent the need to reflect on where education is at in order to move to where it needs to be.

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 24, 2019

Gwen Moran provides a fascinating take on this point in an article titled 5 Ways Being a Good Follower Makes You a Better Leader : Followers can “make or break” the leader influencing if and how goals are accomplished.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 2, 2025

By now, you may have seen the recent spate of articles bemoaning the plight of the novel, that outdated 18th-century technology that adults have long forsaken and that some schools are beginning to shrug off.

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A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 26, 2018

Plaques, banners, newspaper articles all make for powerful pictures that can be quickly shared. Artifacts : As a job-embedded coach I am always taking pictures of student work across all disciplines, assessments, what kids are doing on devices, and any tangible item that illustrates good practice.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Some observers errantly interpreted that as evidence that a knowledge rich curriculum is beneficial.

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