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OCTOBER 31, 2018

history class this year, she described the American revolution and then expanded on the lesson, making connections to historical events in Mexico, Central America, the Dominican Republic and elsewhere in the Caribbean. Tapping into students’ cultures in the curriculum fits, logically, into efforts to personalize learning.

Cultures 108

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Dangerously Irrelevant

MARCH 5, 2018

When people think in terms of leadership, they’re often thinking about the kind of specific skills needed for different types of enterprises. There is no one model of leadership if you approach it that way. I think leadership is a community affair. I don’t see that. via [link].

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A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 16, 2020

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. Making people feel good is always crucial, and a critical component of a positive culture. In some cases, this might still be effective.

Pedagogy 413

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ED Surge

APRIL 29, 2022

By increasing support and creating safe spaces to openly discuss common experiences of stress, schools can establish a culture that normalizes addressing mental health, which can reduce stigma. Reducing Systemic Barriers to Getting Mental Healthcare Receiving mental healthcare in this country is no easy feat. in an interview.

Cultures 116

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A Principal's Reflections

DECEMBER 29, 2019

After that, the rest is history. Digital Leadership: Leading Change from Where You Are Leading change is about identifying intended outcomes, applying an innovative lens, and arriving at outcomes in better, more effective ways no matter your position or title. Blogging has certainly changed over the past ten years.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

These dangerous culture wars will wreak havoc on education and education policy for years to come. Earlier, the complete misrepresentation and misunderstanding of critical race theory signaled a disregard for the Black community and contempt for the importance of students learning about all people and cultures. Who suffers the most?

Civic Engagement 104

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Digital Promise

JULY 10, 2017

During the meeting, participants visited local schools and examined challenges in equity, leadership, and innovation as they learned each other’s district context, stakeholders, and obstacles. These stakeholders include, but are not limited to, students, teachers, parents, local political leadership, and businesses.

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A Principal's Reflections

SEPTEMBER 14, 2014

One just has to refer to the history books to see how this has played out across the world since the beginning of time. This is also where it is sustained to the point that it becomes an embedded component of school and/or district culture. Change educational leadership Leadership Opinion' Forced change rarely works.

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ED Surge

MAY 5, 2023

Relationships are critical in engaging students and families in meaningful and culturally appropriate ways, and are associated with increased literacy acquisition, lower dropout rates and improved attendance. Encouraging teachers to collaborate, coach and mentor others can also improve climate, culture and retention.

Social Justice 145

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ED Surge

JULY 21, 2023

Last September, I was sitting at a long table in the sunlit conference room of my school, looking around at the many new faces on my school’s leadership team. We’ve seen a cycle of new initiatives and ideas created by new leadership that disrupted our school structure and culture.

Leadership 91

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Lincoln County is rural and rugged, forged by industry and ecology and steeped in a complicated history of extraction, exploitation and economic struggle. The places where our schools are situated — the communities are a wealth of knowledge and resources, of history and culture, of science and technology. Forest Service.

Economics 84

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Dangerously Irrelevant

JUNE 5, 2020

As a history major in college and former Social Studies teacher, I am aware of the racial abuses that have permeated our nation’s history and continue to be present. I am grateful for the willingness of others to share their leadership and resources. Books: School leadership for social justice. Books: Anti-racism.

Social Justice 109

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ED Surge

APRIL 4, 2022

Depending on how you look at it, Ed Secretary Miguel Cardona’s assertion that “we’re closer to a reset in education than ever before” is either a beacon of hope at the end of a long, dark tunnel, or the opening of a new front in an increasingly polarizing culture war. One possible answer is investing in more inclusive partnerships.

Education 141

Education Tutoring Cultures Leadership 141

A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 21, 2016

We can learn many lessons from the past about change and disruptive leadership as certain organizations have embraced innovative ideas while changing the way in which they learn. By employing disruptive strategies we can begin the process of creating a more relevant learning culture for our students.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 8, 2024

Harvard University President Claudine Gay’s resignation ends the shortest tenure in the university’s history — six months. They are representative of the cultural zeitgeist at many prestigious institutions — and a political battleground for those seeking control over American ideology.

Cultures 106

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ED Surge

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

CompuGirls was founded in 2006 by Dr. Kim Scott and introduces adolescent girls to the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) through culturally responsive practices and social justice. This past spring, I had the opportunity to develop a virtual cybersecurity camp for young women and girls called CompuGirls.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 11, 2023

Everett Collection/Shutterstock At the same time, I also recognize that my privileged experience in Hawaiʻi was forged by settler culture , the effects of which still persist in the state educational system. Conversely, I also have settler students who push back and say “it is not their culture.”

Ancestry 131

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Studies Weekly

APRIL 29, 2024

Teaching about Asian Pacific American Heritage Month April 29, 2024 • Studies Weekly Asian Pacific American Heritage Month is a great opportunity to incorporate culturally responsive teaching into students’ learning experience. People of Asian and Pacific Islander descent have been a part of United States history since its earliest days.

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ED Surge

APRIL 12, 2022

Fourteen years after its founding and with a misinformation landscape many magnitudes more dire than anyone could’ve predicted, the News Literacy Project will herald in a new CEO this summer, marking a transition in leadership but not a change in direction for the education-focused nonprofit.

Education 105

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A Principal's Reflections

DECEMBER 17, 2011

It is hard work to change cultures, systems, and perceptions that have been firmly entrenched for a long time. The transformation taking place at New Milford High School to create a 21st Century culture of teaching an learning would fit this bill. Change Leadership Students Stakeholders' Perna and Ms.

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Anthropology News

JUNE 27, 2024

Dave’s 1968 dissertation summarized brief excavations and surveys of several Morelos Formative sites, but the archaeological data led him to question the conventional culture-historical presumption of Olmec “influence” in the highlands. There were also many articles on Chalcatzingo and the place of Olmecs in Mesoamerican history.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 20, 2021

By recruiting and then mentoring new teachers of color, listening to these teachers’ requests, supporting the development of culturally responsive curricula and promoting educators of color into administrative and district leadership positions, Phoenix Union is getting steadily closer to aligning its teacher and student populations.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Credit: Liz Willen/The Hechinger Report It also places the Rodriguez sisters on opposite sides of history: Ashley applied to college when schools in many states could still consider race, while Emily can expect no such advantage. We have so much history behind us as people of color,” Emily said. “So Of all U.S. That makes her angry. “We

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 17, 2020

The film is garnering increased attention amidst the nation’s outrage over a history of murders and threats visited on African Americans, outside of any semblance of due process. I have fond childhood memories of summer celebrations of Black community and Black culture. We commemorate Juneteenth.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 9, 2020

The coronavirus crisis has created a moment in history in which educators and administrators can shift the narrative and reality for an entire community. Fourth, weave history into your curriculum. Women’s History Month in March is a great opportunity to normalize the positive narratives and contributions of Asian American Women.

History 121

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ED Surge

AUGUST 2, 2023

As a reader, I use Black literature as a tool to reclaim my humanity, my history and my future. As caregivers of the future, it is crucial that we are aware of what and who our country does not want our students to know and help them discover the truth of their history for themselves. Two months later, Mildred D.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 5, 2022

Meanwhile, many districts and schools continue to believe they can hire their way out of the teacher diversity problem—if they acknowledge it’s a problem at all—and fail to take on the hard work of transforming school culture. “I think my voice was heard at Lusher—until it was something they didn’t want to hear.”

Leadership 143

Leadership Charter School Cultures Social Studies 143

ED Surge

DECEMBER 12, 2022

The silence from colleagues and school leadership was particularly invalidating. We talked with folks who strongly identify with their heritage ancestry, language and culture and others who navigate the complex nuances of diasporic reality. These responses—and lack of responses—were deeply troubling to many Asian American educators.

Ancestry 134

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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. Our students have rich, cultural lives and dynamic insight into their passions.

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Sapiens

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

The courage and bravery that shamanic plants offer—succinctly captured by the Spanish word valor—are prized qualities within Shuar conceptions of personhood and leadership. Shuar, like other peoples in the world, can learn from our history and past experiences,” a shaman told me when I asked what it meant to know the future.

Economics 96

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 20, 2023

Scott Ervin, creator, Behavioral Leadership model That’s ultimately the path Lubin chose. The model the Greater Dayton School used this past year is called “Behavioral Leadership.” Like other successful approaches, Behavioral Leadership emphasizes the power adults have over children’s behavior.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 24, 2021

The University of Richmond is now taking steps to mark and protect a burial ground for enslaved persons, which previous leadership knowingly desecrated. Racial reckonings are happening at many colleges and universities across the United States.

Economics 109

Economics Leadership History Cultures 109

A Principal's Reflections

JUNE 22, 2010

One of my most rewarding experiences was my involvement in the Peer Leadership Program. With this program I was able to comfort frightened incoming freshmen during orientation, raise money to assist victims of the genocide in Darfur, and attend inspirational seminars about leadership and ethical issues.

Leadership 160

Leadership High School History Cultures 160

A Principal's Reflections

DECEMBER 22, 2010

Arts & Letters, and Global Leadership. Additionally, the stage is set to offer all students a specific concentration through the development of Academies into our program of studies. These academies will include S.T.E.M.,

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 20, 2020

She said she was told that was “just physics culture,” and no action was taken to discipline the student. “It Troy Alim, who has been a social justice activist for the past several years, said he is inspired by the leadership of young Black students and agrees that most of the university statements are window dressing. “I

Advocacy 144

Advocacy Social Justice History Cultures 144

A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 31, 2010

The nine educators who visited New Milford were part of the International Leadership Program of the U.S. Jenny Eisenberg, from the Bureau of Education and Cultural Affairs arranged for the teachers to visit our school. Leadership Public Relations Ideas Best Practices Opinion' Department of Education. Department of Education.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 1, 2019

Throughout history, we have seen how educational institutions show pervasive bias toward black and brown students. Closing opportunity gaps, especially among new majority populations, can be facilitated by the availability of well-trained, culturally responsive and resourced school counselors and college advisors.

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