A Principal's Reflections

OCTOBER 29, 2017

It begins by examining the strategies in place at each school or district that support student learning with technology in the areas of rigor, relevance, relationships, engagement, and overall culture. The DPA doesn’t just look at technology and innovation.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Many of those luminations surfaced because the lessons my students engaged with were designed to promote student inquiry and prioritize cultural relevance. Though some argue that mathematics is culturally independent, I can say from experience that it is anything but.

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A Principal's Reflections

MAY 5, 2024

Among these resources stands the Innovative Practices Assessment (IPA), which was created to fill a void in moving from ideas and innovative practices to results that improve the learning culture. The IPA establishes the framework for educators and administrators, facilitating an innovative lens to underpin individualized professional growth.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2023

There were few role models who looked like me outside of my family, and the only cultural representations I saw were insulting stereotypes that mocked Indian culture. She told me that although he enjoyed the new school, it was a culture shock from his previous school. Now, I’m not so sure.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

As a writer, my Indigenous culture shows up in my poetry. In doing so, it makes me wonder, what else have we unknowingly appropriated from Indigenous culture? Taking Up and Taking Back As an educator, I want to adopt a take-back mindset that honors the Indigenous educators and historians who came before me.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2024

To help better preserve and share the teachings of his Native culture, he decided to try the latest in high tech tools — virtual reality. So for the past year, Ten Brink has been trying the approach, taking a 360-degree camera out in the field to capture key cultural practices. he wondered. How do you put somebody in that space?”

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FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Others are applied more broadly, like mentorship programs or culturally responsive curriculum. Culture Change When Cole-Ochoa was assigned to the junior high campus more than two years ago, it was with the directive to turn around its academic performance. I always think of it as Maslow's.

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MARCH 5, 2024

I became distressed about these so-called ‘culture wars’ erupting all over the place. How would you describe how these culture wars have loomed larger at schools in recent years? Initially it was around critical race theory, and then it expanded to other concerns. So the podcast I created is a place to do that.

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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.

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APRIL 29, 2022

As workplaces, schools can intentionally structure systems and provide resources that decrease some of these barriers, such as addressing the scarcity of dedicated services and supporting educators through convoluted insurance hurdles that make it even harder to seek professional help.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2022

From halted curriculums to debates at school board meetings, social-emotional learning, or SEL, has quickly become the newest target of America’s ongoing education culture wars. Educators are not alone in the belief that this work is important. This is a small sample of the stories I’ve heard in recent weeks.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Together, we navigated the cultural shock of teaching in Jacksonville, a city with a small Latino population compared to the communities we had grown up in. At KIPP Vida, I found a community of educators who believed in the potential of every student, and this environment was instrumental in my growth.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2024

This dismissal can lead students to internalize that their cultural background and language are less valuable, causing a ripple effect on their self-esteem and engagement in school. I've seen how it can enhance cognitive skills, boost cultural awareness, and improve critical thinking.

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JANUARY 22, 2025

The arts also help students of different backgrounds and cultures to be celebrated by their peers and teachers. Art as a Language and Bridge My K-12 arts education experiences, not only in the visual arts, but also in dance and theater, shaped the educator I am today.

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DECEMBER 11, 2024

Lunchtime at high school in the United States is an experience so culturally ingrained that I would wager every person who went through this school system has a vivid image of what it entails; some of the cliches that come to mind are food fights, awkward journeys across the cafeteria or eating lunch alone in the bathroom.

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A Principal's Reflections

JULY 26, 2015

An idea is wasted if it is not acted upon leading to change in culture and/or practice. It is a natural compliment to the work school leaders are already doing. It is time to do what you do better. Instead of conformity, rules, and maintaining status quo schools need to focus on choice, ownership, and autonomy.

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Jeremy Price was curious to see whether new AI chatbots including ChatGPT are biased around issues of race and class. So he devised an unusual experiment to find out.

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A Principal's Reflections

JUNE 3, 2018

Digital discussion: Allows creativity in responses (video, images, online research citations) Provides an avenue for open reflection Affords more learners an opportunity to answer and ask questions Better meets the needs of shy and introverted students Can extend conversations and learning beyond the traditional school day Welcomes participation from (..)

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A Principal's Reflections

JANUARY 8, 2017

We had a vibrant conversation on the topic of Digital Leadership with a focus on school culture, embracing change, strategic use of social media, the Model Schools Conference , and innovation. I always admired Will’s passion for educational technology and genuine interest in becoming a better educator.

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AUGUST 7, 2023

And the sudden influx of migrants has made support for multilingual learners even more vital, says Manny Algarin, a senior educational consultant for Teaching Matters. Whether students feel like they belong at school is really important for academic achievement or even getting them to show up, she says.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Black Futures Afrofuturism reimagines Black history through art, music and cultural practices, acknowledging the past, present and future of Blackness. It is all a labor of love an enormous amount of time is put into designing the curriculum, examining pedagogy and making sure that we remain culturally responsive.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2024

The experiences focus on global and cultural competencies, health and wellness, leadership, research, creative and scholarly activities, and service learning and civic engagement. Communication is vital to creating a successful program.

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DECEMBER 13, 2021

Our report also found areas of opportunity in districts’ investments in education technology. And with 83 percent of educators agreeing that technology is a highly effective way to engage students, its potential to facilitate SEL makes it a core part of the learning recovery solution.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Infographic] Artificial Intelligence and Computer Science At the start, you really need leadership support and the ability, resources and culture to innovate. Recommended Resources: What Does It Mean to Be AI Ready? Having partnerships is also huge.

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OCTOBER 16, 2024

As a new college grad, I was lucky to work at a company that held an “up or out” culture and provided clear structures and routines for continuous professional feedback, networking and skill development. I learned about the massive scale of labor, human capital and strategic investment that go into making a successful organization.

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AUGUST 5, 2024

Educational technology adoption has grown significantly in the past decade, and it’s clear that K-12 schools are now comfortable with and embrace the new technology norms. Susan Uram Director of Educational Technology at Rockford Public Schools But effectively evaluating edtech products is no small feat.

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JANUARY 8, 2025

They canceled gym classes, changed classroom schedules and most of our 700 students joined us in the gym for a community celebration of identity, culture and affinity. During Hispanic Heritage Month, our colleagues came together to support two of our affinity groups.

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DECEMBER 18, 2024

As an English language learner in southern New England, she navigated linguistic and cultural barriers to build a life that nurtured her family and sustained her Portuguese heritage. Grace and Fernanda Fernanda, born on Faial, a small island in the Azores archipelago , emigrated to the United States in the 1970s with her family.

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JULY 25, 2022

“Now, because principals have Swivl Teams + Robot , they can help a teacher who needs support and have them work on self-reflection,” observes Aracely Vazquez, Littleton Educational Technology Specialist. Reflection through video can improve alignment around important initiatives.

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AUGUST 26, 2022

Now, as a teacher, Roshan leverages technology to create more equitable and empowering forums for discussion in her classroom—shifting away from a culture that praises the first person to raise their hand to one where every individual has a platform that supports them in making their ideas seen and heard.

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DECEMBER 10, 2024

Performing the Autopsy Proponents of the detracking effort see themselves as fighting against the tide of the countrys education system and, even more difficult, its culture. But is that true, and if so what would it look like?

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AUGUST 1, 2024

At colleges and universities, there's a culture of professors grabbing materials from the web without always citing them. So as teachers are learning to use generative AI tools themselves, they’re also wrestling with when and how to communicate what they’re trying.

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APRIL 12, 2024

However, such turns of phrase often betray a tendency to think of “computers” and of “LOGO” as agents that act directly on thinking and learning; they betray a tendency to reduce what are really the most important components of educational situations — people and cultures — to a secondary, facilitating role.

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Digital Promise

MAY 13, 2021

Online Teaching, Technology, and Learner Variability : Teachers with a high degree of comfort with technology are significantly less likely than others to say the pandemic has worsened their ability to work with each student’s individual learner variability.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2024

How often do you come in contact with a conspiracy theory? Maybe on occasion, when you flip through TV channels and land on an episode of “Ancient Aliens.” Or perhaps when a friend from high school shares a questionable meme on Facebook. How confident are you in your ability to tell fact from fiction?

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JUNE 12, 2024

Engaging Black boys effectively in conversations about emotional wellness requires a deep understanding of their unique experiences and cultural backgrounds. Culturally relevant approaches are essential in supporting their emotional development and fostering a sense of belonging.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

The Future of OPMs OPMs once gave university leadership a way to pursue scale without having to force cultural change on a campus, says Clay Shirky, vice provost of educational technologies for New York University. Shirky, of NYU, says that public universities have cultures in place that prevent them from focusing on profits.

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