A Principal's Reflections

JUNE 7, 2020

Venola Mason , my friend and colleague at the International Center for Leadership in Education (ICLE) shared this vital perspective with me. Cornelius Minor recently penned an article titled Why #BlackLivesMatter in Your Classroom Too. Individually we all have to do more, myself included. I highly recommend you give it a read.

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Catlin Tucker

JUNE 5, 2017

Unfortunately, this traditional student role does not demand that they develop the key soft skills that people entering today’s evolving workforce need to be successful. My students’ role in the classroom has largely been to listen, take notes, and complete individual practice.

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A Principal's Reflections

JUNE 14, 2020

Digital leadership calls for a multifaceted approach using both traditional and new-age strategies to ensure that the right message reaches stakeholders in a timely fashion. With that being said, it is essential for school leaders to meet their stakeholders where they are at and engage them in two-way communications.

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A Principal's Reflections

JANUARY 7, 2014

Up until this point in my career I would say that I followed the traditional playbook for school leaders. After reading an article in the local Sunday paper on Twitter I decided to step outside my comfort zone, disregard the perception that I had, and began to use social media as a leadership tool.

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 3, 2019

From articles to blog posts to books, that subject has been covered in great detail. When it comes to innovation, I see digital leadership and blended learning as two of many ideas, concepts, or strategies where there is research and evidence to support these innovative practices. What makes something innovative?

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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. Teachers must be seen as leaders, capable of shaping the educational landscape.

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Sapiens

JANUARY 14, 2025

This article was originally published at YES! Tsamarenda, a young man wearing a traditional red and yellow toucan feather crown, was personally delivering the seeds. We achieved all that, he said, without forgetting our sovereignty, our customs, and tradition. Magazine and has been republished under Creative Commons.

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A Principal's Reflections

DECEMBER 26, 2016

To this day I still remember the article that I read about Twitter in the Staten Island Advance one cold Sunday in March of 2009. As someone who was totally against the use of social media for both personal and professional reasons, that article was intriguing to read as it essentially reinforced my negative perception.

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A Principal's Reflections

JULY 30, 2017

It was in this position that I really began to learn about effective leadership. In lieu of a non-instructional duty, teachers could request a yearlong administrative internship where they assisted with day-to-day leadership tasks. One reviewer of Digital Leadership said the book shouldn’t be published.

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Cult of Pedagogy

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Kim Marshall is the force behind the highly regarded Marshall Memo , a weekly, subscription-only summary of 8 to 10 of the most impactful articles in education. “In one of the articles we summarized, Craig Barton says we learned in teacher school that open-ended questions are best, right?” ” explains David-Lang.

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 11, 2018

In this ever-evolving world of digital communication, a world where information arrives at our digital doorstep without being invited, we have to reset traditional thinking. An article by Jonathan Gottschall in Fast Company sums it up well: " Humans live in a storm of stories. We communicate through stories and learn from them.

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Edthena

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Highlighted in the National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP) article, “Transforming Teacher PD With AI,” authors Courtney Groskin, an instructional coach, and Sandy Heiser, assistant principal of Skyline High School, share how their district is breaking the mold of traditional PD. Well show you how.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 25, 2023

As a classroom teacher, I always tried to improve my practice by reading academic and practice-based articles, attending trainings and connecting with fellow educators to share resources and troubleshoot challenges. In 2017, I formed an after-school student activism and leadership club with a small group of seventh grade students.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 27, 2022

My last article, about how teacher care is more than self care , was the most read on EdSurge for the month of November. Too many school leaders have been thrust into their positions without having support or development regarding leadership development.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

FEBRUARY 26, 2015

Two quotes from today’s article in The Des Moines Register , Iowa Poll: Common Core not so radioactive for Iowans : Ah, the good old days. Law, Policy, and Ethics Leadership and Vision Learning and Teaching Common Core iowa learning policy teaching vision' My son is 8. He’s a maker. The new bill of rights for all students.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

If your professor at a public university regularly tweets out articles like “ Are Women Destroying Academia? Protecting core principles matters — but so does leadership. Rasmusen’s boss, Lauren Robel, provost at Indiana University Bloomington, sets a fine example of the leadership we need.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 6, 2017

Our nine districts have been considering free or low-cost open educational resources alongside traditional options. All of our districts are members the members of the Digital Promise League of Innovative Schools, an 86-district coalition recognized for innovation and leadership in education.

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Anthropology News

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

In this article I consider two inflection points in my life that led me to entrepreneurship as a form of resistance. It was meant to provoke fearful submission on my part, and to maintain a previous social order that excluded Black leadership. The Gift I will never forget the day I received a gift on my desk at work.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 13, 2024

“We have kids that on our benchmark knowledge assessments are scoring what is the equivalent of second grade, first grade, fourth grade,” said Fisher, who is also a professor and chair of educational leadership at San Diego State University.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 2, 2017

Institutions including Lebanon Valley College face demographic shifts, constrained family incomes, student preferences toward professionally oriented majors over some of the traditional liberal arts, and rapid technological change. In a recent Hechinger Report article titled “ Is the college degree outdated ?”

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 26, 2021

At one table, the conversation turned to the growing pains of changing course from the traditional “sage on a stage” teaching model, where a teacher holds forth at the front of the classroom while students listen, to a student-focused, personalized model. “We Torres, on the other hand, said she misses a more traditional way of learning.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 5, 2016

But in short order, a whirlwind of leadership turnover — four superintendents in four years — led the partnership to a very public impasse that pitted the school district against its fundraising partner, the alliance. “We I think if you strip away the emotion, the district was saying: ‘We just want you to be a traditional school foundation.

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Digital Promise

JUNE 15, 2016

This article originally appeared on Edutopia. The following three sections detail the range of best practices found by researchers to be critical for ensuring educator growth and success: Effective Administrator and Teacher Leadership. Effective Administrator and Teacher Leadership. Job Embedded Professional Development.

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Digital Promise

AUGUST 2, 2018

Learn more about the conversation in this EdWeek article. Otis Hackney, Chief Education Officer for the City of Philadelphia, kicked off day two by talking about the kinds of culture, leadership, and practice changes required to equitably scale effective innovation for all students. CHALLENGE TOPICS AND SAFE-TO-FAIL STRATEGIES.

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Studies Weekly

MARCH 15, 2024

Preschool programs are also not subject to the same limitations as the traditional public school system, so some states can fund private or faith-based pre-K programs. Preschool prepares children for the structured learning programs, social interactions, and schedules of traditional K-12 schooling.

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Anthropology News

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Author’s note: “Aeroroute” is a composite term I introduce in this article to capture the unique material character of what Stuttgart locals call Frischluftzufuhr, Frischluftschneise, Kaltluftschneise, or Luftleitbahnen, all of which refer to a passage through which fresh and cool airs flow.

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Teaching American History

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Instead, the parties need strong leadership that can infuse public purpose into the parties and lead them to restored prominence and relevance in American politics. Given the traditional roles of parties, we must think seriously about whether a rejuvenation of the parties might be an elixir for our contemporary ills.

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Digital Promise

OCTOBER 20, 2016

This article originally appeared on Usable Knowledge from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. They described their roles in students’ lives as extending beyond those of traditional instructors, and most said they stepped into those roles willingly. To read more research-based articles on education, visit Usable Knowledge.

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Dr. Shannon Doak

JUNE 7, 2019

As I wrote in another blog post , “When considering everything done in an institution of learning we must gauge what we do including traditions with the following question, How is this serving the educational and emotional needs of the students in our current societal context? Without it, we are doing a disservice to our students.

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A Principal's Reflections

JUNE 2, 2019

Just because something has been done in the past, or is a traditional component of school culture, does not mean it is an effective practice. For some practical alternatives to dishing out zeros check out the latter portion of the article by Norrell titled Less Than Zero. Educational Leadership, 69(3), 40-44. O’Connor, K., &

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A Principal's Reflections

DECEMBER 3, 2017

Traditional Grading Practices and Homework There is a great deal of research out there that supports changes to how educators grade and the use of homework. On the one hand, some people loathe technology and fail to embrace how it can transform teaching, learning, and leadership. The fact is technology is here to stay. Get over it!

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Dangerously Irrelevant

JANUARY 31, 2021

Here is a smattering of such articles: A time for disruptive innovation in education. Now is the time to redefine learning – not recreate traditional school online. Resilience, reorientation, and reinvention: School leadership during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic. COVID-19 as a catalyst for educational change.

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Sapiens

OCTOBER 15, 2024

This article was originally published at The Conversation and has been republished under Creative Commons. ✽ In 2013, Graeber wrote an article for the obscure left-wing magazine STRIKE! Taskmasters” (such as some middle managers or leadership professionals) are people who supervise people who don’t need supervision.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 2, 2018

asked an NPR article responding to last week’s shattering decision in Janus v. With their actions, they grabbed headlines in national papers, prodded Republican leadership to action, and in some cases won long overdue concessions in their contracts. Mary Fallin. Photo by J Pat Carter/Getty Images. “Is

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 4, 2023

HISD leadership is a disaster…. Dutton didn’t respond to several requests for comment for this article.) She fears lower-performing traditional schools being turned into charters and the remaining traditional schools like Roosevelt being forced to absorb more kids in special education. It failed on a 5-4 vote.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Editor’s note : This article was produced with support from the Education Writers Association Reporting Fellowship program. According to local reporting, the campus’ “bread and butter” was non-traditional college students, including those who were looking for job changes, facing career-altering injuries or rebounding from layoffs.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

As principal, Tinker raised questions with Rainey, the assistant superintendent, over student articles in a fall 2021 newsletter, including two about race. She wanted to make it a place less about punishment and more about connecting with kids for whom the traditional school is not a fit.

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