ED Surge

JULY 10, 2024

Ethan, a high school junior studying to become a secondary history teacher in our Academy for Teaching and Learning, was presenting findings from his extensive research to the staff at our school. To close the skills gap, there are a number of practices, strategies and ideas that any high school can draw from the CTE model.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 13, 2024

Like many high school chemistry teachers, Angie Hackman instructs students on atoms, matter and, she says, how they “influence the world around us.” But very few schools currently integrate effective literacy practices into content classes, according to experts on reading.

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ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

A growing number of high school students are looking for opportunities to do academic research, hoping to add ‘published author’ to their list of achievements when they apply to colleges. But experts say that the trend of high school research, while well-intentioned, has plenty of pitfalls. They may be playing sports.

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A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 8, 2013

It virtually gave every New Milford High School teacher two to three, forty eight minute periods a week, depending on the semester, to engage in growth opportunities of personal interest. English Teacher Sue Michels read numerous books, such as Drive by Daniel Pink and Fair Isn’t Always Equal by Rick Wormeli.

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A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

I vividly remember the first World Book Encyclopedia set my parents bought for the house in the early 1980’s. Housed in the dining room for ease of access by all, the copper and cream books with gold trim were a staple resource for my brothers and me when we had to do any research for school work.

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A Principal's Reflections

JULY 9, 2014

Today is the day that I formally announce my decision to step down as New Milford High School Principal, a decision that has been most difficult to make. New Milford High School has been my second home, which on some days could even be considered my primary place of residence. My last day will be September 3.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

JANUARY 5, 2022

I read some great (and not so great) books in 2021! Here are my top few (and why)… My top book for 2021 is Difference Making at the Heart of Learning , by Tom Vander Ark & Emily Liebtag. We need more learning opportunities like these because they help our learners find meaning and relevance in their schooling experience.

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A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 2, 2023

To help you get started, I've compiled ten specific strategies that I used during my tenure as a high school principal and now help other leaders with during coaching cycles. I personally taught a high school biology class during my first few years as an administrator, which is an excellent example of leading by example.

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 8, 2020

The Book Professor blog provides the following perspective: How often have you heard the saying, “Experience is the best teacher.” Dr. Hynoski used humor and showed compassion in high school chemistry and anatomy. I vividly remember the food and atmosphere, but not the score of each game. I never had Mrs. McDonald or Mrs.

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Zinn Education Project

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Thanks to a donation of 25 books from the University of North Carolina Press, we can offer you a copy of historian Kate Masur and illustrator Liz Clarke’s new graphic history, Freedom Was in Sight: A Graphic History of Reconstruction in the Washington, D.C., Region , for your story on teaching about Reconstruction.

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A Principal's Reflections

SEPTEMBER 28, 2014

The summer of 2013 was probably one of the most important hiring years during my seven-year tenure as a high school principal. Outdated books filled the stacks, food and drink were not allowed, student devices were prohibited, and senseless rules were consistently enforced. It needed a digital age and pedagogical reboot.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 20, 2025

Imagine youre a student in high school or college. She had the high school students watch a recorded lecture. Afterward, they all took the same exam graded by teachers at the school. And a 2010 book chapter documented positive associations between writing words and being able to read them.

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ED Surge

MARCH 2, 2022

When high school senior Cameron Samuels started attending school board meetings in the Houston suburb of Katy last year, they were typically one of only a few voices—and at times the only voice—speaking in support of student access to LGBTQ materials. He adds that book distributions are taking place in Texas and Virginia.

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A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 2, 2020

IXL (paid personalized learning tool) Educreations (create mini-lessons for students to watch/refer to and then practice concepts) Khan Academy (videos for supplemental support and practice) Knowledgehook (formative assessment tool for grades 3 – 9) Patrick JMT (short instructional videos for middle and high school) Hooda Math (K-12 math games) CK-12 (..)

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ED Surge

JULY 5, 2022

If you ask middle school and high school students these days the most important skills they’re learning, they’re likely to name something they picked up on their own, outside of normal school hours. Evans says these students’ eyes light up when they talk about the self-directed learning they’re doing.

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A Principal's Reflections

JUNE 8, 2014

For many years New Milford High School was just like virtually every other public school in this country defined solely by traditional indicators of success such as standardized test scores, graduation rates, and acceptances to four year colleges. Online courses through the Virtual High School implemented in 2010.

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A Principal's Reflections

JUNE 28, 2015

During my tenure as New Milford High School Principal our district cut wood and metal shop. Over the years I have also seen recess time dwindle for my own kids and others who attend the New York City Public School System. Read about what the makerspace did for Chris HERE.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 29, 2023

Aléshah Brown wasn’t yet in high school when she started having doubts about college. This story also appeared in The Washington Post “Even in middle school, you’re feeling all this pressure and stress about going to college, but no one’s asking you, ‘What do you want to do?’ ” said Brown, of San Antonio, Texas.

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 16, 2014

After reading his book Drive a few years back my professional practice was significantly changed for the better. The power of social media then connected the both of us leading to him Skyping with the students at New Milford High School, a personal dialogue over the years, and his endorsement of my new book on Digital Leadership.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 22, 2021

A meta-analysis of 39 studies of children’s picture books finds that children score better on comprehension tests after reading a paper book than after reading a digital book. Digital picture books have been a godsend during the pandemic. Should they revert back to print or stick with e-books?

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A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 27, 2022

During my first couple of years as an administrator, I taught a section of high school biology. Constantly Seek Out Ways to Grow Attend at least one conference or workshop a year that is aligned to a significant initiative or focus area in your school/district (the annual Model Schools Conference is a fantastic option).

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 25, 2022

An international study by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development found that students who had more books at home reported that they enjoyed reading more. Teens who read more paper books scored higher on reading assessments. There’s a lot to like about digital books. Credit: Jill Barshay/The Hechinger Report.

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Zinn Education Project

JANUARY 8, 2025

Green New Deal Lesson for Middle and High School Students As we rebuild, we must restore the Green New Deal promise of public land and water use. #TeachClimateJustice : Invite students to listen to news about the fires and come up with their own terms for the disaster, such as fossil-fueled disaster or climate change disaster.

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ED Surge

JULY 31, 2024

Holding several new books, I was transported back to my high school years, a time before smartphones and social media, when I would cautiously approach the gay and lesbian section of my local bookstore. Reading, then, becomes a means of self-affirmation, and readers often seek their mirrors in books.”

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A Principal's Reflections

SEPTEMBER 18, 2016

When I reflect back on what we were able to accomplish at New Milford High School, I am overtaken by a great sense of pride. We were able to transform the learning culture of a traditional school and in the process got results while becoming an example that others emulated. What would you add?

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ED Surge

JANUARY 23, 2024

For a while, she actually thought she might go into the hospitality industry — and pursued a related career and technical education (CTE) pathway at her high school. In 10th grade, for some extra cash, Campbell signed up to tutor elementary school students through a literacy program in her hometown of Washington, D.C.

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Cult of Pedagogy

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

.” But if you happen to live in a place where conversations about race are allowed or even encouraged in school, or if you’ve decided that it’s worth it to try despite the risk — I’m here to recommend two books that will be incredibly helpful companions in that work. What can they do?

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ED Surge

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Angela Fleck says this was the typical scene last year in the sixth grade social studies classes she teaches at Glover Middle School in Spokane, Washington: Nearly every student had a smartphone, and many of them would regularly sneak glances at the devices, which they kept tucked behind a book or just under their desks.

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 5, 2023

A standout example of this is Quest Academy Junior High School in Utah. 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). How can we improve?

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A Principal's Reflections

OCTOBER 23, 2022

While I presented the concept in my book, it wasn’t until recently that I saw an exemplary feedback log during a coaching cycle with Quest Academy Junior High School in Utah. Having students create a feedback log solves this issue by helping them remember, retain, reflect upon, and chart their progress of improvement.

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A Principal's Reflections

MAY 26, 2019

Remember when we had to get all of our professional literature and information from journals, books, conferences, over the phone, or people that we came in direct contact with? Inspiring high school students to choose teaching as a profession. There is a considerable disparity at present in our school across all years.

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ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

The initiative, called Genius, Joy and Love: A Focus on Black Students, is the brainchild of Valerie Kinloch, dean of the University of Pittsburgh School of Education. They want to be seen, they want to be heard, they want to be taught different types of books,” Kinloch explains.

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ED Surge

APRIL 12, 2023

In an education landscape awash in technology, what impact could something as analog as a coloring book make? The “Black Girls Code the Future” coloring book was created by Nia Asemota, a New York University student and mentor with the nonprofit Black Girls Code. The interview has been edited and condensed for clarity.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 21, 2025

I was more of a periodical girl, with the magazines and the newspapers and an occasional novel or self-help book. I was hired and became a school librarian but I thought I wanted to make a bigger impact by becoming a classroom teacher. So research skills, those foundational skills, are a part of it, and that involves parts of a book.

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A Principal's Reflections

MAY 20, 2018

There are many changes I intend to make, but the most significant will be creating a book that is more “evergreen,” a book with less focus on tools and more on the dispositions of digital leaders. Society is now in the midst of the Fourth Industrial Revolution , which was in its infancy as I began writing this book.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 27, 2025

Consider the evolution of what began as an in-class essay from one of my empathetic, introverted students about the book Behold the Dreamers. Tim Donahue teaches high school English at Greenwich Country Day School in Connecticut. And how much is that hurricane or wildfire itself the result of short-term thinking?

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TeachThought

APRIL 4, 2024

The researchers hypothesize that this is a result of exposure stating that “children from higher SES families experience more literacy activities” and “exposure to books might be one mechanism by which children associate passive syntax with competence” (Corriveau & Kurkul, 2016, p. Low-SES students preferred the active voice.

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