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Critical Thinking in the 21st Century and Beyond

A Principal's Reflections

Every student in the school could not wait to take his class. Since our school was small, there was a chance you could even have him multiple times before moving up to the high school. We developed the competence to think in complex ways and to apply knowledge and skills.

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Devices Need to Support Learning

A Principal's Reflections

It really puts into perspective why we make many of the decisions that we do at New Milford High School as to why we decided to implement a Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) initiative and don''t mandate the use of one specific tool to support learning. The assessment and feedback pieces are also critical.

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Edtech Tools for SPED, Math, and Reading

A Principal's Reflections

I still vividly remember having lunch with Dave Moyer, the superintendent, where he explained in detail the vision that had been set for the district, centered around the six C's (collaboration, communication, critical thinking, creativity, character, citizenship). It was at this time that the decision was made for me to assist.

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Raising the Bar on Learning

A Principal's Reflections

It is a conversation that I relish as the students themselves ultimately discover the value of this type of learning over traditional pedagogical techniques that are mostly passive in nature and do not require critical thought. best practices inquiry New Milford High School pedagogy science Tahreen Chowdhury'

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Common Misconceptions of Educators Who Fear Technology

A Principal's Reflections

We are beginning to see some schools across the country take the lead in merging sound pedagogy with the effective integration of technology. These skill sets include critical thinking/problem solving, media literacy, collaboration, creativity, technological proficiency, and global awareness.

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This School Librarian Thinks Her Job Is the ‘Best-Kept Secret in Education’

ED Surge

Though she didnt initially see herself ever becoming a school librarian, Rhue has come to love the dynamism and variety of her job. She teaches concepts as wide-ranging as American Sign Language, critical thinking, typing, conducting research and writing in cursive. So you don't necessarily say, I'm a school librarian?

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The buzz around teaching facts to boost reading is bigger than the evidence for it

The Hechinger Report

A ‘Knowledge Revival’ A 2025 book by 10 education researchers in Europe and Australia, Developing Curriculum for Deep Thinking: The Knowledge Revival , makes the case that students cannot learn the skills of comprehension and critical thinking unless they know a lot of stuff first.

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