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20 Types Of Questions For Teaching Critical Thinking

TeachThought

or ‘Why was this event important?’ It’s not very scalable in a classroom with one teacher and 34 students, which is where the Socrative Seminar comes in–a ‘built-for-the-classroom structure to bring learning-through-questioning’ into traditional educational spaces.

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The Ever-Evolving Leadership Lens

A Principal's Reflections

These events served as catalysts for challenging the status quo and working to usher in more innovative practices that were more aligned with preparing our learners for current and future success. For growth to be the standard, ongoing and job-embedded professional learning is needed as opposed to drive-by events and one-off PD days.

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US History Projects

Passion for Social Studies

Projects push students beyond memorization by enabling them to analyze historical events, people, and issues. They can investigate primary sources, create timelines, produce presentations, or even re-enact historical events. Each project goes beyond traditional lectures and textbook assignments.

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Strategies to Accelerate Family Engagement

A Principal's Reflections

A focus on solely traditional methods will not cut it, unfortunately. Any tool with video capacity can be used to push out infomercials that highlight both positive aspects of current school culture or pain points. As I write this post, leaders are still currently dealing with these issues.

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5 Ways to Unleash Your Leadership Potential

A Principal's Reflections

While you might not be able to control the actions of others fully, you can work to ensure that you are fully present during conversations, meetings, and professional learning events. Curious leaders inspire while also breaking down traditional barriers when it comes to transforming culture.

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Professional Learning School Leaders Need and Deserve

A Principal's Reflections

I attended many of these events just to meet the required hours of professional development. It is uncommon to leave PD sessions with applicable ideas and strategies that we can implement immediately to positively change school culture. ICLE and Scholastic Achievement Partners break the mold of traditional PD.

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Climate and the First South Americans: How Ancient Environments Shaped Early Human Settlement

Anthropology.net

Using Bayesian chronological modeling and data from over 150 archaeological sites, the study examines how two major climatic events—the Antarctic Cold Reversal (ACR) and the Younger Dryas (YD)—influenced early human dispersal across the continent. This event, however, appears to have played a different role in human settlement.