A Principal's Reflections

NOVEMBER 19, 2017

It was at this time that I decided to take a calculated risk and attempt to help other schools scale their digital and innovative change efforts. As I transitioned from principal to Senior Fellow with the International Center for Leadership in Education (ICLE) my work began to take me all over the country and the world.

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ED Surge

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Too often, teachers are rapidly elevated from the classroom to school leadership positions, whether to fill an unexpected vacancy, act as an interim administrator or to take on a permanent leadership role. It is essential to recognize that the premature placement of teachers into leadership roles comes at a cost.

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ED Surge

MARCH 26, 2025

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. Before that moment, I was blending in with my peers and navigating the typical challenges of elementary school.

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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.’ individualization – Interrogating our instruction: An elementary school scenario.

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ED Surge

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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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

The first schools to implement what Public Impact calls an “Opportunity Culture,” did so during the 2013-14 school year, and Edgecombe County Public Schools is set to become the first district to bring the model systemwide. Swanson said that Opportunity Culture could be transformational. “We

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Dangerously Irrelevant

JUNE 11, 2020

I especially appreciated hearing about Butler Tech’s emphasis on distributed leadership and how your resilience over the past few months was a result of earlier decisions and structures around trust, empowerment, organizational values, and creation of a culture of risk-taking. Coronavirus Chronicles 023 – Dhahran Middle School.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 3, 2023

Yet, despite the gains I made with my students, despite research that shows the substantial positive impact of teachers of color on all students, despite the fact that having just one Black teacher in elementary school makes a Black child 13 percent more likely to go to college , my career nearly ended shortly after it began.

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ED Surge

JULY 17, 2024

It was 2022 and I had recently been hired as the principal of an all-girls elementary school in New York, and it was my first visit to the school to meet students, staff and families. As a young Black queer woman in school leadership, embracing vulnerability has felt frightening at times. I was caught off guard.

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ED Surge

MARCH 28, 2023

First up is AJ Jacobs, an undergraduate in his junior year at Winthrop University who is studying to become an elementary school educator. It was in elementary school. My mom worked at the elementary school I went to. My elementary school career was pretty positive, and my mom was always there.

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Digital Promise

MARCH 3, 2015

" Shirley, Elementary school teacher. “Micro-credentials can help school leaders retain teachers, inform staffing decisions, distribute leadership, sustain initiatives, and offer a pro-teacher approach to professional development.” ” Drive Professional Growth. "I Austin, Texas.

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ED Surge

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

After grieving a complete turnover in leadership last spring—waving goodbye to our head of school, our high school director, our middle school director and our school psychologist—our outgoing head of school decided that instead of hiring externally to fill the traditional leadership positions, we should try a new approach.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 15, 2020

She also found a bright side: freedom from the constraints of public-school systems as she designed her innovative school. After leading a handful of conferences and workshops for public school teachers over the last couple years, Acera is in the first year of a three-year, whole-school partnership with the Joseph G.

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ED Surge

JULY 25, 2022

Building self-awareness positively impacts emotional intelligence, empathy, listening skills, critical-thinking skills, decision making, communication and leadership. Facing a teacher shortage, Littleton Elementary School District had to hire many new teachers from outside of Arizona.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 27, 2018

We must support teachers with strong preparation, appropriate compensation, quality professional development and leadership opportunities so they may fulfill their calling: to ensure that every child receives an excellent education. It is also crucial to recognize that thanks isn’t enough. Future of Learning. Higher Education.

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Teaching American History

JANUARY 28, 2025

To make clear that black schoolteachers would serve in equivalent roles to those of white teachers, the Human Relations Committee proposed to school officials that teachers for the entire fourth grade class during the 19661967 school year be drawn from Reid School.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

Third-graders at Alamosa Elementary School in Albuquerque practice reading with first-graders in Carrie Ramirez’s classroom. Danielle Burnett, a truancy prevention social worker in Albuquerque Public Schools, spends her days figuring out why students miss school. The culture of attendance is huge,” Burnett said. “If

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Digital Promise

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

As recently retired ACPS Superintendent Pam Moran puts it, the process of “getting to yes” has helped to build a regional culture that allows new ideas to emerge and thrive. The spirit of creation and entrepreneurship extends across the ecosystem. It’s important to find strengths and look for assets in every individual and partnership.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 24, 2024

I have a closer view of the effects of school board decisions than most school board members. Related: Do fraught school board meetings offer a view of the future? I ran for the Littleton Elementary School District governing board while I was 17, and was elected while finishing out my senior year of high school.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 30, 2017

Black primary-school students who are matched to a same-race teacher performed better on standardized tests and face more favorable teacher perceptions according to recent findings from the German economic research group Institute of Labor Economics. Is it because black teachers are better educators?

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Digital Promise

AUGUST 28, 2019

Of the shift in school culture, she said, “In the past, we did not reflect on the semester’s academic activities, but now it is a natural and necessary practice to make changes and improve ideas.”. Teams of educators at schools across the county are examining their practices through these micro-credentials.

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Education Elements

JULY 11, 2023

One that recruits and retains the best teachers and staff, meaningfully engages with students, families, and the community, and utilizes research-based and culturally responsive curriculum. James opened Lyons Farms Elementary School during the 2022- 2023 academic school year.

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ED Surge

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Sports and Culturally Responsive Teaching My school sits just six miles from the border with Mexico, and many of my students cross that border daily to attend school in the United States. While my school’s geographic location might be unique, its student demographics are not.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 25, 2023

Equity officers should play a vital role in the funding process, providing their expertise and input to ensure that underrepresented schools receive the resources they need to succeed. Take a school with low reading scores, where an obvious solution involves creating and funding a reading program.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 7, 2023

Jenna Gros jangles as she walks the halls of Wyandotte Elementary School in St Mary’s Parish, Louisiana. Brusly Elementary School has 595 students, ranging from ages two to seven. Jenna Gros, head custodian at Wyandotte Elementary School in St Mary’s Parish, Louisiana, stops to tie a student’s shoe.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 2, 2017

Interventions at this tier might include shortened testing periods, remediation of skill deficits (intensive reading instruction, anger control), and structured school and community supports for mental health concerns. Is it easy to ensure our schools are safe places – physically and emotionally – for students and personnel?

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ED Surge

MARCH 31, 2023

His words remind me that embracing the intrinsic value of the arts is indeed possible and there is potential for great momentum when leadership understands the impact of the arts on society. When I taught in elementary schools, I was greeted by excited, engaged students.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

Audrianna Lesieur, age 11, smiles after demonstrating the strength of “Confidence” with encouragement from classmate William Maestas as her teacher Val Seamons moves on to assist Billy Sabo at Lake Canyon Elementary School. They’re among the 10 “talent themes,” or strengths, used to underpin learning in the school district here.

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ED Surge

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Today, I teach at an elementary school where more than 65 percent of the students identify as Hispanic / Latino. I set my sights on leadership roles. Teaching them is an immense privilege, one that I do not take lightly. I believed that the key to avoiding this fate was to focus on growth and impact.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Instead, these schools shared a commitment to doing three core things well: they create a culture of belonging, deliver consistent grade-level instruction, and build a coherent instructional program. Teachers in each school used the same shared curriculum.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 14, 2022

We [didn’t] want this to be a Band-Aid fix,” said Jordan Mickens, a Leadership for Educational Equity public policy fellow who served as #OaklandUndivided’s project manager until August 2021. It also added parent and student liaisons who would have a voice in the leadership of the project. Credit: Javeria Salman/ The Hechinger Report.

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Either way, the reality is that competitiveness starts early and competition shows up in many ways in schools. As an elementary school student, I remember sitting “criss cross applesauce” among my peers during the end-of-the-quarter awards ceremonies, hoping my name would be called.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

Parents and advocates have also called for more teachers who can relate culturally to black New Orleans children and make connections with the communities they serve. Black students who have a black teacher in elementary school are more likely to graduate high school and go to college. It’s not a stop.

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Digital Promise

MAY 27, 2020

Marlon Styles believes these connections are simply an extension of the “high-quality cultures that exist in school buildings.”. “We’re Staff from Creekview Elementary School in Middletown post selfies during the district-wide fire drill. We’re good at this kind of stuff in education,” he said. “I’ve

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 22, 2018

According to Berger, Crew fosters a schoolwide “culture and spirit of being on a team and looking out for each other.” That divorce rate is far lower among schools that were founded in partnership with EL, such as Casco Bay, than it is among schools that adopted the model after many years as a more traditional school.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 31, 2017

One Connecticut elementary school in which suspensions have dropped into the single-digits is the Robert J. O’Brien is classified as a high-poverty elementary school, with just over 60 percent of its students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Schram and a first-grade student. Photo: Sarah Gonser.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 6, 2016

Derrick Fields, 9, works on his assignment during a Spanish-language history lesson at Sherman Elementary School in San Diego, California. Last spring, Derrick Fields, 9, sat in his social studies classroom at Sherman Elementary School, learning about the creation of the telegraph. Photo: Lillian Mongeau.

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