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Inclusion and Co-Teaching in the Personalized Classroom

A Principal's Reflections

Inclusive education also positively impacts school culture, reduces stigma, and advocates for equity and civil rights, ensuring all students have equal opportunities and contribute to a more inclusive society. Change typically only occurs with effective leadership.

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When Growth is the Only Path Forward

A Principal's Reflections

Authentic leadership is being honest and vulnerable about where you are to help others get to where they need and want to be to succeed. A standout example of this is Quest Academy Junior High School in Utah. Our entire school culture is based on always reaching for better. Why are our practices effective or not?

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Unlocking the Spectrum of Learning: The Multi-Faceted Magic of Personalization

A Principal's Reflections

The above paragraph sets Quest Junior High School apart from many other, if not all, schools across the country and the world. It starts at the top with leadership. This is yet another testament to the culture of learning that has been established.

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Better Feedback for Deeper Learning

A Principal's Reflections

While I presented the concept in my book, it wasn’t until recently that I saw an exemplary feedback log during a coaching cycle with Quest Academy Junior High School in Utah. I am still in awe of the vision and culture that principal Nicki Slaugh has worked with her staff to create. Goodwin, B. & Miller, K.

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Improvement is a Never-Ending Process

A Principal's Reflections

The dynamism of the world, driven by scientific discoveries, technological innovations, and cultural shifts, ensures that there is always room for improvement. My work with Quest Academy Junior High School (UT) validates why change succeeds or fails.

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Implementing Brown v. Board of Education: One Southern Town’s Story

Teaching American History

Still, to those orchestrating the integration process, this first year of limited integration succeeded well enough, and plans were made to send other carefully chosen black students into the elementary and junior high schools in September 1965. In 1914 he assumed leadership of the school in Belmont that would eventually take his name.

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A charter school faces the ugly history of school choice in the Deep South

The Hechinger Report

1, 1970, Higgins and Clarksdale high schools were merged in the Clarksdale building, and Higgins became an integrated junior high. A junior high principal resigned from the public school to lead it. Coahoma county schools have been under interim leadership for more than a year.