A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

Several years ago, two high school chemistry teachers from Colorado shifted their teaching practice dramatically. Whereas the traditional classroom has been very teacher-centered, the use of 1:1 technology allows for a much more student-centered classroom.

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Digital Promise

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

We are excited, proud, and humbled to partner with Vista Challenge High School to develop an XQ Super School ! It is one of the 10 chosen Super Schools and a member of our League of Innovative Schools.

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 23, 2012

As I sit here writing this post, I cannot help but reflect on the positive changes that have taken place at my school and with me professionally. Through connected learning and sharing, I have become better equipped to lead change at New Milford High School and to begin to transform the teaching and learning process. technology.

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Catlin Tucker

JANUARY 13, 2020

I teach AP Psychology, blended and traditional, at a high school in the northwest suburbs of Chicago. Initially, some people at my school expressed concern about whether an AP- level course was the most appropriate choice for a blended learning pilot because of the sheer amount of content to be covered in a year.

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A Principal's Reflections

DECEMBER 22, 2010

The next week off will enable us to recharge our batteries and continue our efforts to make New Milford High School a model for innovation and student-centered learning. As we move into 2011 let’s continue to make waves, break down traditional barriers, take risks, and collaborate for the benefit of all learners.

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A Principal's Reflections

JULY 30, 2017

Three years later I became the Principal of New Milford High School. As an author of six books, numerous articles, and a blog, I am dogged by a perception that I am a good writer. Each week I labor over creating a blog post. Never did I once think that my professional life would have evolved as it has.

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Catlin Tucker

MARCH 18, 2016

I’ve been teaching 9th and 10th grade English at Windsor High School for the last 13 years. I’m beyond excited to bring all of my ideas to fruition as I work to make my perfect teaching position a reality for the 2016-2017 school year. I’ve tried to reimagine what learning looks like in an English class.

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A Principal's Reflections

SEPTEMBER 30, 2010

If you have never read his blog I highly suggest you do! This conversation led to the creation of a Twitter account exclusively for New Milford High School ( @NewMilfordHS ). After this meeting in late March of 2010, I created a Facebook page for New Milford High School. He is the author of The Tempered Radical.

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Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 22, 2016

My Twitter feed is full of articles and blogs discussing the research on homework, particularly at the elementary level, and how counterproductive it can actually be. In the long run, I think this break from academic tasks beyond the classroom will actually keep students more engaged at school. hours every other day.

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Catlin Tucker

DECEMBER 21, 2019

In a recent comment to one of my blogs, Andi Jackson shared a strategy for maximizing the short Wednesday schedule called “Power Hour.” ” As I was responding to Andi’s comment, I realized that I had to write this blog post and share some of the myriad ways that teachers can use a wonky Wednesday.

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Catlin Tucker

DECEMBER 28, 2017

This year I have posted several blogs about grading and assessment. They want to know exactly how I have managed that as a high school English teacher. I also coach teachers who teach traditional 50-minute classes and they have a four station two-day rotation.

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Let's Cultivate Greatness

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Here are some of my favorite lessons and activities for teaching the executive branch in my high school Civics and Government class. Head over to this blog post where I share this activity in more detail. You can read more about this simulation in this blog post here. But first, lets go over what the branch does exactly.

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Digital Promise

JUNE 12, 2019

In July 2018, Digital Promise launched a new Maker Learning Leadership Cohort dedicated to professional learning, peer connections, and school transformation in the Pittsburgh region. This blog post is the second in a series where participating districts share why they are committed to providing maker learning opportunities to their students.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 1, 2021

Under a first-in-the-nation law that took full effect this year, students from across the state must take part in at least two “student-led, nonpartisan civics projects” — one in eighth grade, and another in high school. Peyton Amaral, an eighth grader at Morton Middle School in Fall River, Mass., Credit: Christopher Blanchette.

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Let's Cultivate Greatness

MARCH 3, 2024

Just know that if you don’t meet within your school day, your group won’t be able to take on nearly as many things. What are the school traditions? For my full list of tips, check out this blog post: 9 Things Great Student Council Advisors Do. So, be realistic when planning your calendar. Do you have one? Where is it?

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 3, 2023

These struggles are more prevalent in schools that traditionally serve students of color and those from low-income backgrounds. I think of my former students who brought their own children to the middle/high school I would later lead as a principal. Sign up for Hechinger’s newsletter.

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Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

When I taught United States history at a high school in New York City, I had a discussion with my students about finding sources for their upcoming research projects. However, there are many underlying factors of traditional literacy which support the development of digital literacy that can be integrated with content instruction.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

SEPTEMBER 16, 2017

As I noted in a previous blog post , our information landscape is changing both rapidly and drastically. School leaders also must create safe spaces for teaching and learning about controversial topics. I’m not sure how many teachers would be willing to try this, however, given schools’ traditional aversion to anything controversial.

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Digital Promise

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

Talladega County Schools is partnering with the Alabama Math, Science, and Technology Initiative (AMSTI) to deepen teachers’ content knowledge in STEM education and promote strong pedagogical and technological skills for student instruction. Forging meaningful partnerships with institutions of higher education.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 24, 2022

The concept could eventually “be a more efficient way of distributing grants than a traditional foundation, government funding agency, or corporation structure,” Werbach told EdSurge, also noting, however, that there are “a variety of concerns and reasons for skepticism about DAOs.” DAOs have popped up with various goals and functions.

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Digital Promise

APRIL 7, 2017

The district provides opportunities to its students through its emphasis on the fundamental ABCs – adapting, balancing, and collaborating – which they will highlight at the spring 2017 League of Innovative Schools meeting in late April. Adapting to create innovative environments. As a result of a $13.8

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 10, 2020

households with school-age children lack high-speed internet , including one in three households with an annual income of less than $30,000. Some studies suggest that students who lack access to a computer at home are less likely than their more privileged peers to graduate from high school.

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Digital Promise

MAY 28, 2021

When schools were forced to quickly shift to distance learning in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Verizon Innovative Learning Schools (VILS) team immediately sprung into action to provide professional learning and support to educators within the network—which grew to 264 middle and high schools across the country by late 2020.

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Digital Promise

AUGUST 14, 2019

Menlo Park City School District. Orange Unified School District. Pajaro Valley Unified School District. Portland Public Schools. Poway Unified School District. Princeton City Schools. Ridgewood High School District 234. South Glens Falls School District. Winton Woods City Schools.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 17, 2018

At a time when parents, politicians and universities all want more students to go to college and graduate on time, the idea of letting them take college courses while in high school seems a great solution. Related: More high school grads than ever are going to college, but 1 in 5 will quit. a former assistant U.S.

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Digital Promise

DECEMBER 14, 2016

One school district stands out as a model of implementation: Loudoun County (VA) Public Schools (LCPS). Since 2005, LCPS had participated in the Geospatial Semester program through James Madison University, which taught GIS to hundreds of high school seniors (and even juniors) through a project-based approach.

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Digital Promise

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

And we also recognize a need to look beyond traditional measures of academic success to consider the whole child. We found that 81% of El Segundo high school students reported feeling stress on a daily basis.

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Digital Promise

OCTOBER 21, 2019

For educator Andrea DeGette and student filmmakers, Charles Bunker and Justus Alder, farming was a great way to spread a message about their community’s commitment to sustainability practices that reflect both modern and traditional farming. The Cedar Ridge High School’s video club will capture 360?

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Digital Promise

OCTOBER 29, 2019

“We’d look at another school that has technology, and we’re like, ‘Wow … I wish we had those possibilities.’”. Those possibilities became reality for Nakia and her Chilhowee classmates, along with students at nearby Copper Basin High School, in 2017, when both Polk County schools joined Verizon Innovative Learning Schools (VILS).

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Psych Learning Curve

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

In our Psych Learning Curve blog post one year ago, we described an approach to educational testing—called dynamic measurement— that has the potential to improve educational testing practice in the U.S.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

MARCH 24, 2016

This is true even in Florida, whose educational ‘miracle’ Iowa is apparently desperate to emulate despite having better overall academic achievement , high school graduation rates , etc. If you want to ensure that students don’t leave elementary school illiterate, hire a personal tutor for academically-struggling 4th graders.

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Digital Promise

JULY 12, 2018

Challenge: Teaching with Technology / Edtech Integration | Response: Virtual Snow Days in Owsley County, Lee County Schools, and Pascack Valley Regional High School District. Challenge: College & Career Readiness | Response: Fostering Community Partnerships at Freehold Regional High School District.

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Digital Promise

MARCH 31, 2017

. — Mentor Schools (@mentorschools) February 3, 2017. Kettle Moraine School District – Wales, WI. Kettle Moraine School District has created charter schools like KM Perform within its traditional high school to accommodate student interests.

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Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Schools across the country were forced to rapidly shift to distance learning last spring due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and as the 2020-2021 school year began in the fall and teachers and students were still trying to adjust to this “new normal,” those in the Verizon Innovative Learning Schools program had an advantage.

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Digital Promise

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

Students whose parents have not attended college, or even high school, can also be at a disadvantage in school due to the lack of recognition of academic language. Children who do not hear English spoken at home, for example, rarely hear in English the words that matter in academics.

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Digital Promise

DECEMBER 18, 2018

Pew research suggests just 24 percent of US adults with less than a high-school diploma have home broadband access, while further Pew research indicates 95 percent of U.S. As aligns with our mission to promote and make more accessible free and open education resources, most of the tools needed to develop learner resilience are free.

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Digital Promise

MARCH 30, 2017

In order to graduate from high school, LUSD students must demonstrate competency in academics and in lifelong learning standards. The alignment of LUSD’s framework and state assessments has allowed LUSD’s system to be compared with traditional systems and to be responsive to local education requirements.

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