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5 Ways to Create Relevant Cultures of Learning

A Principal's Reflections

Education can seem like a balancing act between what we as adults feel is essential and what interests our learners. Success lies in a shared ownership approach to design relevant cultures of learning. Herein lies the vital role leaders play in designing relevant cultures of learning.

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Where is Your Learning Culture?

A Principal's Reflections

Herein lies one of the most prominent challenges schools and educators face, and that is perceived success based on traditional metrics and methodologies. How the structure and function of a learning culture lead to improvements in achievement and outcomes is where change efforts should be focused.

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The Vital Role of Digital Leadership in Transforming Education

A Principal's Reflections

Education will not be the same. Through all this adversity, educators have risen to the occasion and have begun the tedious process of redefining education and what real learning really should be. While educators across the world stepped up and have made it work, support now, and in the future, has to be prioritized.

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TTWWADI - A Culture Killer

A Principal's Reflections

This reason alone is why careful thought and attention have to be made as to how schools and educators are evaluated. However, there is another significant impediment to change that doesn’t get as much focus as it should and that is tradition. A question that typically will materialize is why to change if we are already doing so well.

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Hunter-Gatherer Children: Unlocking the Secrets of Cultural Learning Across Generations

Anthropology.net

A recent study led by Washington State University, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 1 , sheds light on how children in these societies acquire essential cultural knowledge. This fosters a deep understanding of cultural norms and values. “This broad network is vital to their development.”

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Black Boys in Gifted Education Deserve More — and My Journey Is Proof of It

ED Surge

Looking back on my educational journey, I recently reflected on my classroom experiences from kindergarten to fourth grade. The summer before I entered the fourth grade, my mother informed me that I would be attending a new school in my same community with one caveat: it was a class in the gifted and talented education (GATE) program.

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Empathetic Remote and Hybrid Learning

A Principal's Reflections

Throughout the pandemic, educators have embraced new opportunities that have materialized and taken advantage of a clean slate. Below I will address six specific areas that can help to create an empathetic teaching and learning culture. However, this is not all doom and gloom.

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