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What I Learned Because of School

A Principal's Reflections

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.

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The Importance of Building Connections

A Principal's Reflections

The nine educators who visited New Milford were part of the International Leadership Program of the U.S. The morning began with Collen providing an overview of our school''s comprehensive Holocaust education program; highlighting the course curriculum, the study seminar to the U.S. Department of Education. Department of Education.

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Professional Development or Summer Camp for Teachers? MAHG is both!

Teaching American History

Fans of game-based learning or historical simulations will have two options during the first week of on-campus classes, as Progressive Era and Indian Assimilation, Resistance, and Removal are both using a Reacting to the Past game alongside our more standard method of seminar discussions.

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Building better early grade math teachers: Milwaukee goes back to an old playbook

The Hechinger Report

Melissa Hedges, the math curriculum director for Milwaukee schools, shows teachers at a professional development seminar how folded paper can be used to demonstrate the solution to a fractions problem. We had such a strong leadership base,” she said. “Why am I enjoying myself right now?” she asked colleagues. “I I hate math.”

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Teachers go to school on racial bias

The Hechinger Report

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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??Why white students are 250% more likely to graduate than Black students at public universities

The Hechinger Report

Along with orientations and admission seminars open to all students, there is also an institute for leadership development specifically for Black and Latino students. “We Proyecto Pa’Lante is a program designed to help Latino students and students who are interested in learning more about Latino cultures during their first two years.

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How one university is luring coveted honors students with social justice

The Hechinger Report

Leave this field empty if you're human: HLLC admissions officers look beyond grades and SAT scores to students’ leadership qualities and their interest in the world around them. Honors College students participate in seminars and service projects and take a freshman colloquium. Future of Learning. Higher Education.