A Principal's Reflections

JANUARY 22, 2016

BYOD enhances learning, increases productivity, allows students to grow their research skills, and gives teachers the chance to teach appropriate digital responsibility. Ambitious, successful teaching and learning have become inherently intertwined with the digital world.

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Artifacts Research Skills Teaching Research 253

ED Surge

JUNE 10, 2024

So, we incorporated principles like Universal Design for Learning (UDL) to ensure cultural relevancy and inclusivity, created project prompts around climate change and mental well-being and designed professional learning and curriculum supports to emphasize our district’s priorities.

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Project-Based Learning Pedagogy K-12 Research Skills 129

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 3, 2016

Lawrence Seaway and Power Project” that I had joined with an environmental historian to teach. Reading, writing assignments, presentations and discussions covered history, cultural difference, environmental manipulation and what was technically possible. Sign up for our Higher Education newsletter.

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Economics History Humanities Critical Thinking 107

C3 Teachers

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

But as I walk by these images, I wonder how the fresh-faced teacher who promised to never “teach” Black History Month has now decorated the whole school with Black images. Frustrated, I asked myself, “how is this celebrating the richness of historically oppressed peoples and cultures?” for that matter.

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Heritage American History Pedagogy History 52

Digital Promise

JULY 20, 2015

As we talked with educators at our Research Summit and in our League of Innovative Schools , we heard a recurring theme: teachers (and innovation) thrive in a “culture of data” where research use is encouraged, and staff are given opportunities to build their research skills.

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