A Principal's Reflections

DECEMBER 18, 2013

Working together we are not only getting into more classrooms, but we have also developed a streamlined process using shared documents in Google Drive. Our walks over the past two weeks have reaffirmed our belief in the innovative work taking place here at New Milford High School. Be present!

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 12, 2024

If we graded schools on how accurately they grade students, they’d fail. Nearly six out of 10 course grades are inaccurate, according to a new study of grades that teachers gave to 22,000 middle and high school students in 2022 and 2023. Large discrepancies were documented. It was also more common for low-income students.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 13, 2024

Like many high school chemistry teachers, Angie Hackman instructs students on atoms, matter and, she says, how they “influence the world around us.” That said, a handful of states and school districts are starting to explore the approach. But for years, many schools relied on a curriculum that ignored or minimized those skills.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Share of new college students in the fall of 2015 who were still in high school and taking a dual enrollment class. Map reprinted from The Postsecondary Outcomes of High School Dual Enrollment Students A National and State-by-State Analysis (October 2024) Community College Research Center. Dual enrollment is exploding.

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A Principal's Reflections

JANUARY 10, 2013

The following is a guest post by Jessica Groff, an English teacher here at New Milford High School. Jessica also teachers Digital Journalism and has worked with her students to create The Lance , our school''s digital newspaper. I could easily work on a document at home OR at school. My life was saved!

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A Principal's Reflections

MAY 15, 2013

The trip involved twelve NMHS students, two students from Midland Park High School (NJ), and nine students from Bishop O’Dowd High School (CA). Learning beyond the walls of a school can and often does leave a lasting impact on our students and will never be able to be measured by a standardized test.

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World History Teachers Blog

MARCH 2, 2025

The archive includes primary sources such as images, cartoons, and documents. One of the most interesting parts of the archives is the investigations of significant issues designed for high school students. Here is a cool new online archive of 20th-century resources surrounding Winston Churchill.

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Archiving Primary Sources World History History 126

A Principal's Reflections

JANUARY 16, 2013

The culture at New Milford High School empowers teachers to develop creative pathways for students to demonstrate conceptual mastery. In your comment for both photos, you will quote the lines accurately and include the parenthetical documentation for the act, scene, and page number. So what do you think of this project?

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A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 27, 2022

As you come across research that supports the types of effective pedagogical techniques you wish to see in your classrooms, archive it in a document that you can refer to when writing up observations. I spent each summer as principal reading, researching, curating, and adapting this for use during the school year.

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A Principal's Reflections

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

MS Office), simultaneously collaborate on and edit various document formats, access your documents from anywhere in the word, and embed links to your docs in emails, websites, blogs, etc. Use the sidebar on the left to add useful links (school website, alumni groups, athletic schedules, Twitter feed).

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Teaching American History

MARCH 11, 2024

But I feel overwhelmed when I look all the documents. I can’t expect a high school student to read an entire Federalist Paper!? Document collection page featuring document thumbnails and dropdown menu with a thematic table of contents, introduction, related resources and study questions. Your website is great!

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ED Surge

AUGUST 3, 2022

million high school students take college courses each year. Additionally, access to dual-enrollment programs is less available at schools that serve more low-income students and students of color. Dual-enrollment programs help nearly 1.4 It’s even popular across the political spectrum.

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A Principal's Reflections

OCTOBER 23, 2022

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. Have students keep this log in a binder or online document and have them reflect on what they have done to incorporate the feedback.

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A Principal's Reflections

JUNE 9, 2011

A few months back Verizon Wireless visited New Milford High School and we had a fantastic meeting. The end result was the formation of a pilot program where students and a teacher would be given a tablet device and then be tasked with developing a plan to extend learning beyond the school day.

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Geography High School Social Studies Research 280

A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 16, 2020

I am fortunate to be involved in several long-term projects where I have been able to document growth over time. Other schools and districts are beginning to follow suit. During my first visit to the high school in August, I spent the entire day visiting classrooms and then providing feedback to the admin team.

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A Principal's Reflections

MAY 28, 2012

Joe Andolino (Applied Music Theory teacher at New Milford High School ) and his class routinely hit upon a subject that every teen is interested in: cellphones. Allowing students to create content not only fosters creativity, but also makes learning engaging and meaningful. You can view the book that was created last year HERE.

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ED Surge

JUNE 14, 2023

For thousands of high school students who are graduating, this time of year is all about looking to the future — namely, preparing for college in the fall. States with 1,000 or more undocumented high school graduates are shown. estimates that 120,000 undocumented students are graduating from high school this year.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 27, 2023

A troubling post-pandemic pattern is emerging across the nation’s schools: test scores and attendance are down, yet more students are earning high school diplomas. suggests bleak futures for many of these high school graduates, given the declining rate of college attendance and completion. A majority of D.C.

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Teaching American History

MARCH 11, 2025

Teaching government at Hilliard Darby High School in Ohio (a suburb of Columbus), Amy Messick helps students understand how our constitutional system works. One former student who appreciates what he learned from Messick now serves on the school board for the district in which Messick teaches.

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A Principal's Reflections

NOVEMBER 4, 2013

Gather 2 documents which demonstrate the systematic nature of the Nazi strategy that marginalized this group of people. Gather 4 archival photographs to provide documented proof of the specific abuse towards the victim group. Collaboration Colleen Tambuscio Common Core Joanna Westbrook Lisette Morel literacy New Milford High School'

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 11, 2025

States, on the other hand, establish high school graduation requirements and provide broad instructional guidance through learning standards. For most K-12 students, civics is a one and done single-semester high school course. Civics is a full-year high school course in only seven states. Former U.S.

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A Principal's Reflections

OCTOBER 18, 2013

Sanderling is a mobile field journal that lets teachers collect badges as they document their professional learning and take part in a lively social community based around education. An Estuary Edscape New Milford High School Sanderling' This year at Edscape , An Estuary will be running the first ever Sanderling Scavenger Hunt!

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A Principal's Reflections

SEPTEMBER 4, 2016

Below I offer ten specific strategies implemented during my time as high school principal that you can begin to adopt now. As you come across research that supports the types of effective pedagogical techniques that you wish to see in your classrooms archive it in a document that you can refer to when writing up observations.

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Leadership Lesson Plan Archiving High School 361

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 22, 2018

When Johnathan settles inside momentarily, the women, both teachers at Johnathan’s high school, ask Cannon the question that’s brought them there: “What are your hopes and dreams for Johnathan?”. Cannon doesn’t hesitate: She wants him to finish high school, get a job and maybe go to college. “I

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 8, 2018

Red states are where the annual issuance of new high school equivalency diplomas has fallen by more than 50 percent between 2012 and 2016. Their best shot at earning one is passing a high-school equivalency exam, what was known as the GED before 2014 but has now splintered into three exam options: the new GED , the TASC and the HiSET.

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A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 1, 2012

Danielle is a foreign language teacher at Ramapo High School in NJ and currently enrolled as a graduate student at the College of NJ. Now, documents are put online, where they are live, and anyone with permission has the ability to edit them, each keystroke recorded and color-coded for future reference.

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A Principal's Reflections

JANUARY 29, 2017

When I reflect upon what was accomplished during my time leading New Milford High School I think many observers would consider my leadership a success based on what we all accomplished together. Our digital transformation, backed by evidence of improved learner outcomes, has been well documented.

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Active History Teacher

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Important Documents Review – Let’s be real. Key documents can be tough for students to remember. US History Important Document Review 5. High School Middle School STARR/EOC review JOIN Thank you for subscribing! This sorting activity allows students to connect the dots and review in a hands-on way!

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Social Studies History American History Middle School 195

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 6, 2025

Math anxiety is real and contagious, documented in research around the world. One educator told us: If you say that, then the kids are like, Oh, thats an option. Its an option for me not to be a poet or a math person. When parents say they arent a math person, it gives permission to kids to check outof that subject.

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Catlin Tucker

OCTOBER 3, 2016

In an effort to do all three of these things– creating transparency, teaching self-assessment, and archiving work online– AND keep parents in the loop, my teaching partner and I developed a Google Document for the first unit of the year with 10 focus standards for each class–English, science, and technology. Grades weren’t a surprise.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Nobel Prize winning economists Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo, a husband and wife research team at MIT, documented how teenage street sellers who were excellent at mental arithmetic werent good at rudimentary classroom math. I was thinking about my old job as I read a quirky math study published this month in the journal Nature.

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Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 22, 2018

Ongoing Self-Assessment Documents. I share an ongoing self-assessment document with my students via Google Classroom. The document asks students to: Rewrite the standards in language they can understand. Provide documentation to show their work. Assess where they are in relation to mastering specific skills.

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Catlin Tucker

APRIL 8, 2015

It gives them time to “pleasure read,” which is a welcome time out for many of my overscheduled and stressed out high school students. I’ve also included a link to a Google document with a detailed explanation of the assignment for any teacher interested in using it! My students LOVE silent sustained reading.

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A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 12, 2012

New Milford High School proudly joined 37 states, 15,000 teachers, and over 2 million students on February 1 for the inaugural Digital Learning Day. This day, however, was not really much different than any other day at NMHS as we have made a commitment to integrate digital learning into school culture for some time now.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

More schools around the country, from Baltimore to Michigan to Colorado , are adopting these content-filled lessons to teach geography, astronomy and even art history. For example, a passage on farming might make more sense if you know something about how plants grow.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 15, 2025

Huge sums are also going into marketing and advertising for it, documents show. Eighty percent of Americans think online learning after high school should cost less than in-person programs, according to a 2024 survey of 1,705 adults by New America. Bittners confusion about the price is widespread.

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A Principal's Reflections

DECEMBER 16, 2012

It was these changes that took an average comprehensive high school and transformed it into the current institution that many have come to know through social media over the past three years. As I look back on our journey and the path that was taken, I have been able to identify some key elements that have driven change.

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