ED Surge
JUNE 23, 2023
What sports didn’t offer us was the opportunity to develop awareness and appreciation for our cultural identity. When I was nine years old, my mother enrolled my brother and me in folklorico — a traditional cultural dance that emphasizes Mexican folk culture — at our local recreation center. At first, I was annoyed.
A Principal's Reflections
AUGUST 26, 2018
It was this shift that got me thinking about how tools could be used to amplify the fantastic work of my teachers, administrators, and students to showcase efficacy in improving school culture. It all comes down to this. If you don’t tell your story, then someone else will. How good is your current strategy at taking advantage of this?
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A Principal's Reflections
MAY 15, 2011
Over the past 2 years I have worked collaboratively with my staff to cultivate a culture of learning that engages students, is meaningful/relevant, promotes critical thought/problem-solving, and is flexible in that risk-taking is encouraged in order to promote innovative practices.
ED Surge
FEBRUARY 21, 2022
Shuck: So, getting a little academic here, we would call engagement the maintenance, intensity, and direction of effort and energy that we give something. We can talk about it in terms of community engagement, faculty engagement, family engagement, relationship engagement.
A Principal's Reflections
APRIL 2, 2017
We showed that embracing innovative practices aligned to a sound pedagogical foundation could create a learning culture rooted in meaningful learning and relationships. And the great disruptors of our time are shaping the culture itself in innovative ways. If you want to change education, change the story being told."
Cult of Pedagogy
APRIL 14, 2024
I’ve had a number of kids that have come through my doors that come from different backgrounds, beliefs, cultures, religions. There’s nothing like the experience that they’ll get in a place where it encourages community engagement and equitable access to the resources that they don’t just need but that they deserve.”
ED Surge
MAY 5, 2023
Strong family and community engagement can enhance learning outcomes and help to create a sense of belonging. Relationships are critical in engaging students and families in meaningful and culturally appropriate ways, and are associated with increased literacy acquisition, lower dropout rates and improved attendance.
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