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Student Agency is More Than Voice and Choice

A Principal's Reflections

Educators and schools across the globe have embraced the concept of student agency. A culture that embraces student agency promotes risk-taking while working to remove the fear of failure helps students develop a growth mindset, and has students applying what they have learned in real-world contexts as opposed to just in the classroom.

Advocacy 261
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5 Conditions for Getting Formative Assessment Right

Cult of Pedagogy

Listen to my interview with Kim Marshall and Jenn David-Lang ( transcript ): Sponsored by Listenwise and Scholastic Magazines+ This page contains Amazon Affiliate and Bookshop.org links. You want to create the kind of culture where formative assessments are not intimidating. What’s the difference between Amazon and Bookshop.org?

Pedagogy 305
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An Ode to Jonathan Marks, or How I Became a Marksist

Anthropology 365

The book dismantles the idea that genetic similarity can explain what makes us humanor that genes can do the cultural and historical work of explaining behavior, intelligence, or social life. Facts dont float above culture; theyre produced within it. Jon wasnt rejecting science. Why Are There Still Creationists?

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Cultivating Dragon Fruit’s Political Power in Ecuador

Sapiens

Magazine and has been republished under Creative Commons. Over time, Salesian intrusion, brutal at first, moved away from repressive evangelization to support land demarcation, Indigenous self-rule, and cultural revival. This is seldom, if ever, discussed in the Ecuadorian media, education system, public policy, or public debate.

Economics 116
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The Place to Be

A Principal's Reflections

In terms of my own education, I always felt that I was provided with the knowledge and skills to succeed in life. The bottom line, however, was that I had passionate and caring educators who pushed me to be the best student that I could be regardless of the deficiencies inherent in an industrialized model of education.

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Why Connect?

A Principal's Reflections

I was honored to have been interviewed for Educational Leadership, ASCD's flagship magazine, on the power of Twitter as part of a Personal Learning Network (PLN). Thus, the biggest challenge I had to overcome was a fixed mindset regarding how I could use a tool like this to improve my capacity as an educational leader.

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Call for Pitches: Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Anthropology News

AI is a complex field that appears poised to impact nearly every aspect of human life, from work to interpersonal relationships, education, mental health, and beyond. We invite submissions that probe the anthropological dimensions of AI: how it affects and is affected by human behavior, social norms, and cultural practices.