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5 Ways to Create Relevant Cultures of Learning

A Principal's Reflections

Success lies in a shared ownership approach to design relevant cultures of learning. What happens in the classroom through the relationship-building expertise of teachers needs to be supported and enhanced across the entire school or district. Herein lies the vital role leaders play in designing relevant cultures of learning.

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Navigating Your Journey to Remote Learning

A Principal's Reflections

Social distancing has quickly become the thing to do and will soon be the cultural norm. In Mount Olive, school officials were initially doubtful the district could support virtual learning. Our youngest learners will need some help and guidance, especially if their elementary schools have not been 1:1 or Bring Your Own Device (BYOD).

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Knowing Where We Are Paves the Way for Change: The Impact of Coaching

A Principal's Reflections

It would be foolish of any speaker or presenter to do so, considering that we don’t really know the people who we are blessed to speak with, let alone the specific culture in which they work. Where I see the most change from my work is when I am fortunate to work with districts and schools on an on-going, long-term basis.

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

ED Surge

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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One state tried algebra for all eighth graders. It hasn’t gone well

The Hechinger Report

percent of school districts around the country, most of them in Minnesota, report having policies mandating algebra in eighth grade. Related: Is it time to stop segregating kids by ability in middle school math? At Braham Area Schools and in other Minnesota districts, an algebra-to-calculus pipeline hasnt materialized.

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OPINION: During civic learning week, let’s push for national progress toward a more perfect union

The Hechinger Report

This is the prevailing mission for the pluralistic CivxNow Coalition , whose more than 370 members span the country, and whose contributors include classroom teachers, school leaders, curriculum providers, out-of-school clubs and organizations and cultural institutions.

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OPINION: What’s missing in music education? Cultural and social relevance

The Hechinger Report

I first was assigned to an elementary school in a middle-class suburb of Philadelphia. Then I got to a middle school in the same district in a neighborhood with kids who were less economically advantaged. Here’s what is missing in music education: cultural and social relevance.

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