A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 30, 2012

These schools and educators, whether they realize it or not, are not only enhancing the teaching and learning process, but they are also providing their learners with essential skill sets pivotal for success in today’s society. 21st Century Education Change educational leadership educational technology Opinion'

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A Principal's Reflections

JUNE 13, 2013

In collaboration with my staff and the support of District leadership, my efforts have laid the foundation for an innovative teaching and learning culture that focuses on preparing all students for success. Change educational leadership educational technology Innovation Opinion' That and being digitally resilient.

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A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 18, 2019

While there are many digital tools to choose from when it comes to teaching and having our students create, Buncee’s versatility and ease-of-use make it a go-to tool for all creative needs. These labels can be turned on or off, which means that families can work with their children and use it as a teaching tool for review.

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Teaching American History

MARCH 11, 2025

Teaching government at Hilliard Darby High School in Ohio (a suburb of Columbus), Amy Messick helps students understand how our constitutional system works. One former student who appreciates what he learned from Messick now serves on the school board for the district in which Messick teaches. Some of them encourage her.

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A Principal's Reflections

JULY 26, 2012

As a leader this is the type of teaching and learning culture that I want to foster and cultivate, one where creativity flourishes, students find relevancy and meaning in their learning, and teachers are given the support to be innovative. A teaching and learning culture powered by intrinsic motivation will achieve this.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 21, 2025

But by the time she was heading up her own elementary school classroom in Chicago, she found herself missing the library and longing to teach media literacy again. She teaches concepts as wide-ranging as American Sign Language, critical thinking, typing, conducting research and writing in cursive. That's what I do.

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A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 26, 2013

This requires a shift in instructional techniques that focus on critical thinking, inquiry, problem-solving, authentic contexts, and technology. Edscape will provide attendees with the inspiration, strategies, and the confidence to actively pursue a transformation in teaching and learning practices.

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A Principal's Reflections

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

This requires a shift in instructional techniques that focus on critical thinking, inquiry, problem-solving, authentic contexts, and technology. Edscape will provide attendees with the inspiration, strategies, and the confidence to actively pursue a transformation in teaching and learning practices.

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Moler's Musing

JANUARY 24, 2025

Fixing a Paragraph : To practice critical thinking and writing, I gave them a poorly written paragraph (also AI-generated) about the topic and gave them 10 minutes to improve it. These quick notes laid out the big ideas students would encounter in the lesson: Washingtons leadership style. hero, mentor, trickster).

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ED Surge

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

They do this by mapping courses and activities to institutional competencies: critical thinking, analytical thinking, communication, social awareness and responsibility, creativity and innovation, and leadership and collaboration. “We

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Dangerously Irrelevant

OCTOBER 13, 2015

Two years ago I had the incredible opportunity to work with the entire leadership team of District 59 in Arlington Heights, Illinois for SEVEN days. They labeled it their ‘21st Century Leadership Academy.’ Scott was a model for how to teach. Challenging our thinking and beliefs is a wonderful experience.

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A Principal's Reflections

JUNE 25, 2017

What I believe is that the end goal of our work is to transform all facets of education to fundamentally improve teaching, learning, and leadership. The hard, but needed, work is taking a critical lens to our work before and after embracing a mindset shift. Evidence helps to quantify success. Success breeds success.

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Pedagogy and Formation

JUNE 28, 2024

In this post I want to address what I see as the tension for people of faith between three well known concepts, 'Open-mindedness', 'Critical thinking' and 'Indoctrination'. I DO believe in "truths" and clearly this is what the Bible teaches. The process of teaching a person to accept a set of beliefs uncritically ".

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Critical Thinking Leadership Teaching Education 52

ED Surge

JANUARY 24, 2024

Instead of teaching specific facts and skills, teach timeless skills that allow students to adapt to any challenge or solve any problem. Instead of teaching specific facts and skills, teach timeless skills that allow students to adapt to any challenge or solve any problem. The answer lies in zooming out.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

JANUARY 2, 2019

… you must have deeper teaching. You can’t get to deeper learning without shifting toward critical thinking, problem-solving, student agency, and authentic work. You can’t get to deeper learning without changing the types of concrete ‘look fors’ and ‘think abouts’ that you prioritize as a school leadership team.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 14, 2021

Hameed’s students are participants in various programs through Hello Future , a nonprofit organization that works with teen refugees to bridge the education gap by teaching digital and financial literacy, critical thinking and entrepreneurship. The students at the Arbat camp are Syrian refugees who fled that country’s civil war.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 2, 2023

This story also appeared in Mind/Shift This summer, teachers around the country are planning these lessons and more, in professional development programs designed to answer a pressing need: preparing teachers to teach about the climate crisis and empower students to act. “I

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Digital Promise

JULY 21, 2017

We must not only be willing to deliver these content areas in new ways, but also teach our students the skills they need to succeed academically and in life. Students must be problem solvers with deep critical thinking skills. They must be able to look creatively at any situation to generate new solutions.

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ED Surge

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

In educational settings, AR can be used in numerous ways to enhance teaching and engage students. Throughout her educational journey, she has spanned various roles, including teaching elementary math, instructing web communications for career and technical education students and serving as an edtech consultant and speaker.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

FEBRUARY 26, 2015

When Iowa Poll respondents opposed to Common Core standards were asked about their objections, some lamented the shift from traditional teaching methods such as rote memorization of facts and formulas to a focus on more critical thinking. Because we’ve learned nothing about teaching math in 50 years. Related Posts.

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Dr. Shannon Doak

OCTOBER 7, 2024

Emotional intelligence, critical thinking, and adaptability—things that go far beyond the technical. Here’s what that could look like: Emotional Intelligence and Empathy : Schools should introduce programs that actually teach emotional intelligence—skills like empathy, active listening, and really understanding others.

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Let's Cultivate Greatness

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Its easy to focus on just the President when teaching the Executive Branch, but its important also to stress the role of the four million other people who make up this branch of government. Here are some of my favorite lessons and activities for teaching the executive branch in my high school Civics and Government class.

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Civics Government Critical Thinking Social Studies 52

ED Surge

MAY 5, 2023

Tacy Trowbridge Lead for Global Education Thought Leadership & Advocacy Adobe What importance does creativity play when it comes to college and career pathways? And research shows that peer reviews build community among students and help them develop critical thinking and communication skills.

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Advocacy K-12 Critical Thinking Project-Based Learning 113

Dangerously Irrelevant

JULY 1, 2019

Critical Thinking. Do learning activities and assessments allow students to engage in deep critical thinking and analysis? Podcast – How to take our leadership and teaching to new levels. Yes / No / Somewhat. Yes / No / Somewhat. Problem Solving. 2 books for 2 different needs.

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Critical Thinking Leadership Teaching Education 105

Dangerously Irrelevant

OCTOBER 15, 2021

A number of educators across the country are finding great value in ‘learning science’ books such as Powerful Teaching: Unleash the Science of Learning. In Powerful Teaching , the authors focus on the potential of: Retrieval practice – “pulling information out of students’ heads (e.g., lectures)” (p.

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Digital Promise

MAY 23, 2019

Behind strong school-based leadership, the schools built sustainable systems in professional learning and IT logistics and have created innovative ways to leverage their iPads to increase student engagement, communication, problem-solving skills, and critical thinking skills. Verizon Innovative Learning schools standouts.

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ED Surge

JULY 25, 2022

In Secretary Cardona’s vision to elevate the teaching profession, he highlights three priorities: improving teacher pipeline, supporting teacher growth and investing in teacher retention. What this makes abundantly clear is that the future of education depends directly on our commitment to the success of new teachers.

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K-12 Classroom Management Professional Development Elementary School 122

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 15, 2019

Leave this field empty if you're human: The survey found that instead of moving bright kids ahead to more advanced topics, gifted classrooms are preoccupied with activities to develop critical thinking and creativity, such as holding debates and brainstorming. Researchers found a wide variation in how schools teach gifted students.

Critical Thinking 112

Critical Thinking Elementary School Research Leadership 112

ED Surge

DECEMBER 18, 2023

The second dimension pertains to teaching young individuals how to harness AI for their future careers, leadership roles and learning opportunities. Department of Education's Office of Educational Technology released an AI report: Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Teaching and Learning. Graham Glass In May 2023, the U.S.

Education 143

Education EdTech K-12 Humanities 143

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 25, 2023

It takes courage for school district leaders to turn off the political noise over what teachers can teach and students can learn, to stop obsessing over standardized test results and to focus instead on career preparedness skills and child development. Within our schools, we believe in strengthening teacher leadership development.

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Education Charter School High School Critical Thinking 119

Dangerously Irrelevant

DECEMBER 24, 2016

We discussed the idea that the global innovation economy is pushing the skill sets of creativity, communication, critical thinking, and collaborative problem-solving much deeper into the labor pool than ever before. Combine this lack of leadership and organizational support with compulsory topics of study (rock identification!)

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 20, 2020

.” Walton Avenue is what’s known as a “community school,” where educators believe that meeting students’ basic needs is as much of a necessity as teaching them to read – that, in fact, the former is a prerequisite for the latter. Russo himself has embodied the sixth: “effective school leadership.”

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Elementary School Professional Development Leadership Humanities 145

Dangerously Irrelevant

MARCH 17, 2015

is widely recognized as one of the nation’s leading experts on K-12 school technology leadership issues. After 14 years as an Educational Leadership professor, Dr. McLeod currently serves as the Director of Innovation for Prairie Lakes Area Education Agency in Iowa. 10 minutes – We will take a break! Scott McLeod, J.D.,

K-12 97

K-12 Leadership Project-Based Learning Lesson Plan 97

Digital Promise

MARCH 5, 2020

The Future Ready Librarians ® initiative has already changed the conversation about ways in which teacher librarians lead, teach, and support innovative learning in schools. Bobbie Lowe Teacher Librarian. With teacher librarians across the U.S.

Library 113

Library Artifacts Advocacy Tradition 113

The Hechinger Report

MAY 13, 2018

Ninth-graders at the Science Leadership Academy work on a group project in science class. Tamir Harper, 18-year-old senior at Science Leadership Academy and founder of a nonprofit that advocates for quality urban education. James Thomas wrote and published a novel for his senior year Capstone project at the Science Leadership Academy.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

MAY 18, 2015

For instance, creativity, collaboration, critical thinking, and problem-solving are difficult to assess with a standardized test. That’s not teaching students ‘grit.’ ’ That’s an indictment of our failure to differently imagine learning and teaching. That sounds pretty good to me. Related Posts.

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Critical Thinking Educational Technology Tradition Teaching 109

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

Our world is rapidly changing, and students need a broader set of skills to lead the future — adaptability, goal-setting, critical thinking, problem-solving, executive functioning, collaboration. Through these materials, children actually teach themselves. Personalized learning is all the rage. And for good reason.

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