A Principal's Reflections

OCTOBER 10, 2010

Little did I know that I would be leaving with a wealth of information that could have the potential to radically transform the learning culture at New Milford High School. Recommendations: More professional development would go a long way in assisting the staff to effectively integrate the laptops in each school.

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K-12 Elementary School Professional Development History 271

ED Surge

DECEMBER 10, 2024

When districts slot students into math classes based on ability they send conspicuous messages to those on the lower track that they are not smart enough, says Ho Nguyen, who was a K-12 math and computer science program administrator in San Francisco during the district's detracking attempt.

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TCI

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Responding to these concerns, the federal government increased funding for K-12 civics and history education funding from $7.75 It has enabled states to expand access to culturally relevant content, address equity concerns, and enhance students’ digital skills and civic readiness.

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Civics Teaching Civic Engagement Social Studies 98

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 6, 2025

Our free weekly newsletter consults critical voices on innovation in K-12 education. Credit: Becki Moss for The Hechinger Report The country also plans to devote $20 million in professional development (a little over $11 million in U.S. Who or what do you trust now? Related: Widen your perspective.

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Government Professional Development K-12 Teaching 113

Digital Promise

JUNE 9, 2021

While expanding access to technology and broadband alone will not improve teaching and learning, our new K-12 Leaders’ Guide to Successful Technology Integration shares lessons learned from several Digital Promise initiatives, including seven years of implementing the Verizon Innovative Learning Schools (VILS) program.

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Cultures K-12 Professional Development Leadership 121

Digital Promise

MARCH 29, 2022

The Kentucky Valley Education Cooperative (KVEC) provides free, competency-based flexible, professional learning opportunities for rural K-12 educators via micro-credentials. In the heart of rural Appalachia, teachers may be required to travel 3-6 hours to reach in-person professional development opportunities.

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K-12 Professional Development Economics Learning Science 156

Digital Promise

MAY 13, 2021

Efforts to enhance these relationships should include culturally responsive teaching and creating a sense of belonging to ensure that each student can participate at the fullest level. Edtech and Professional Development. The knowledge of these tenets will then be infused into other core content areas as appropriate.

Teaching 145

Teaching EdTech K-12 Professional Development 145

ED Surge

APRIL 2, 2025

This digital disconnect isnt just a result of outdated systems; its about the complex web of cultural, organizational and infrastructural barriers that leave many institutions data-rich but insight-poor. Institutions struggle with more than just technical challenges; they also face cultural and organizational barriers.

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EdTech K-12 Educational Technology Tutoring 64

The Hechinger Report

MAY 15, 2023

However, one of our greatest potential solutions is often missed in the national conversation: providing professional development for principals. Principals often lack access to professional development opportunities. Most of all, they set a school’s vision and culture.

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Public School Professional Development K-12 Tutoring 142

Edthena

MARCH 14, 2016

As a professor of teacher education at University of Washington, Morva McDonald spent years researching and designing professional development for teachers. What is your advice for other K-12 schools thinking about implementing video? This year Morva changed roles from professor to principal.

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Professional Development K-12 Critical Thinking Cultures 53

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 6, 2020

Why has this happened, and how does it affect black male students in their K-12 academic journeys? The lack of cultural competence and consideration affects black students disproportionately — hence, the severity of racial disparities surrounding certain issues, such as the school-to-prison pipeline. After the 1954 Brown v.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 19, 2024

Once the site of an Indian boarding school, where the federal government attempted to strip children of their tribal identity, the Native American Community Academy now offers the opposite: a public education designed to affirm and draw from each student’s traditional culture and language. The charter school, NACA, opened its doors in 2006.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 29, 2019

They’re known as cultural proficiency seminars and attendance is mandatory. The move toward cultural proficiency, also known as culturally relevant education or culturally responsive teaching, has been gaining momentum in urban school districts throughout the country. Am I just always going to be wrong?”.

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K-12 Cultures Library Middle School 111

ED Surge

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Research from McKinsey revealed that, on average, K-12 students lost up to four months of mathematics and four months of reading progress in the last school year. But some respondents noted that “any professional development for technology is the barest it can be to save time and money.”

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EdTech K-12 Tutoring Professional Development 145

ED Surge

JULY 25, 2022

From field placement to the critical first three years, K-12 schools and teacher prep programs must implement proven strategies to improve the quantity and quality of support that new teachers receive. She believes that this combination is not only time-saving, but also helps teachers develop autonomy.

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K-12 Classroom Management Professional Development Elementary School 122

ED Surge

MAY 30, 2023

It seems to be making a difference for both the tutors and the K-12 students. We found that the combined effect of tutors' knowledge of both reading development and culturally responsive pedagogy was significantly correlated with students' reading development,” Sodani shared in an email. They’re hooked.

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Tutoring K-12 Education Pedagogy 144

Edthena

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Check out what you need to know: Edthena’s new AI Coach has resources [for] teachers with a range of tasks including managing student behavior, facilitating group discussions, providing feedback for students and culturally responsive teaching. Teachers’ professional learning needs are changing.

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K-12 Professional Development EdTech Leadership 98

Digital Promise

DECEMBER 14, 2016

Students were prompted to find images that represent contemporary pop culture, and then to use Adobe Photoshop Elements to create their own Warhol-inspired work. In the remote village of Nanwalek, Alaska, the K-12 school was planning to improve its slow, satellite-provided Internet connection. By Maylin, Age 5.

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Education K-12 Middle School Professional Development 105

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

And they must teach from content written by authors of color that includes the experiences of children of all racial and cultural backgrounds. My education nonprofit , Teaching Matters, has always prioritized racial literacy as a means to strengthen culturally relevant teaching and reach educational equity.

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Teaching Social Justice Education K-12 133

ED Surge

APRIL 19, 2024

The participation of HBCUs is notable in part because they play a key role in training future K-12 science teachers. By partnering with HBCUs, the hope is that the curriculum will be more culturally responsive to the needs of students in the rural South.

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Education K-12 Cultures Project-Based Learning 132

The Hechinger Report

JULY 12, 2022

will ultimately shift the country’s power base: Nearly one in three Americans say they are extremely or very concerned that native-born Americans are losing “economic, political and cultural influence” in this country because of the growing population of immigrants. race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender). Use primary sources.

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Teaching Primary Sources K-12 History 117

ED Surge

APRIL 10, 2024

Data-driven decisions are increasingly recognized as a critical component of K-12 education, enhancing personalized learning, improving assessment and feedback, optimizing resource allocation and fostering early intervention. EdSurge: Why is data-driven decision-making important in K-12 education at the classroom and district levels?

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Edthena

MARCH 14, 2023

Listening to teachers not only helps them feel appreciated and results in better classroom practices; it also ensures that K-12 leaders are taking care of faculty needs. Focus on delivering meaningful professional development that increases teachers’ ability to ideate solutions.

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Psychology K-12 Professional Development Cultures 98

ED Surge

JULY 28, 2022

Linda Smith, director of the Bipartisan Policy Center’s Early Childhood Initiative Baesler explains that culturally relevant curriculum at the early childhood level makes a difference in the later success of Native students. Baesler has seen firsthand the impact that culturally relevant curriculum has on older students.

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Primary Sources K-12 Professional Development Cultures 104

ED Surge

MAY 8, 2023

The conversation around math instruction suggests that not that much is really known about how to teach K-12 math. That mindset reflects a broader cultural anxiety, and when teachers don’t like the subject it hinders student achievement. “I Poor teacher support and inadequate training, researchers suggest, may be contributing.

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K-12 Critical Thinking Middle School Pedagogy 135

The Hechinger Report

JULY 21, 2022

Hollander said the project, which is structured as a fellowship, is set up to look at both aquatic and terrestrial science phenomena in the state, as well as social studies elements because “there is a lot of history around that changing landscape of Louisiana and the cultural groups that are affected as well.”.

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Controversial Topics Education Lesson Plan K-12 126

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

We are so caught up in teaching the language, the curriculum, the culture, and so on, that we forget to teach refugee and immigrant students about the system of education in the United States and the paths that they can take to get to higher education. Communicate with teachers and provide professional development as needed.

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Professional Development K-12 High School Cultures 100

Digital Promise

MARCH 13, 2017

However, to the extent that we have found high quality professional development focused on helping educators understand and respond to learning differences, these efforts are almost exclusively for K-12 educators. In 2016, we had our first participant from a YouthBuild International program in Mexico City.

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K-12 Professional Development Leadership Tradition 85

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

history instruction include an Asian American and Pacific Islander K-12 curriculum. She is a high school senior, a Queens native, and a K-drama fan. of all district students) enrolled in a K-12 New York City Public School in 2021-2022. It’s about my connection with family members and my culture.

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History Heritage K-12 American History 113

ED Surge

MARCH 15, 2023

When I attended professional development courses or local conferences that were equipped with this furniture, I giddily rolled across the room in these chairs. They represent the beautiful diversity of cultures, beliefs, abilities and gifts that come with the knowledge and appreciation of our histories.

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Public School K-12 Pedagogy Private School 113

ED Surge

MAY 24, 2023

In the wake of the Atlanta Spa shootings and a surge in violence against Asian Americans throughout the pandemic, Illinois made history by becoming the first state to mandate that Asian American history be taught in public K-12 schools beginning in the 2022-23 school year. Let’s get them to recognize there is an absence.”

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Inclusive Curriculum American History Primary Sources Professional Development 104

Edthena

OCTOBER 29, 2021

This edition of noted content for educators includes how to lead more effective teacher PD, address teacher stress, and create a classroom culture of learning. The push vs. pull of professional development. But you’ve likely attended professional development sessions that felt like a slog.

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Professional Development Social Justice Cultures Classroom Management 98

Digital Promise

AUGUST 11, 2017

Through this work, we see powerful examples of innovation across education — from students creating their own virtual reality (VR) films, to researchers working with technology developers to improve edtech efficacy, to educators rethinking their own professional development with the use of micro-credentials.

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EdTech K-12 Middle School Leadership 99

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 6, 2019

We need investments in teacher preparation and professional development. We need effective, culturally relevant and inclusive curricula. This story about K-12 solutions was produced by The Hechinger Report , a nonprofit, independent news website focused on inequality and innovation in education.

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Tutoring K-12 Elementary School Professional Development 98

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

But let’s hope the future doesn’t look like the Electronic Classroom of Tomorrow, which was Ohio’s largest online K-12 school before its operators shut it down due to a drop in enrollment, stemming from an apparent lack of the human touch. Related: Youth will determine the outcome of the 2018 midterms.

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Humanities K-12 Civics Professional Development 111

Digital Promise

MAY 30, 2019

HP Spotlight Schools are also characterized by a school culture in which risk-taking and instructional innovation are supported by leadership. EPS launched their one-to-one computing initiative in 2014, and now all students in grades 2 through 12 have an HP convertible touch laptop and access to the Microsoft 365 suite.

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K-12 Leadership Professional Development Public School 91

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 13, 2022

As we look ahead to creating a new normal, students and families — especially our most vulnerable and often marginalized or excluded — deserve a range of options that affirm their identities, provide wraparound supports, attend to their interests and respond to their needs in culturally relevant and equitable ways. Ngounou, Ed.L.D.,

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Social Justice K-12 Pedagogy Professional Development 98