A Principal's Reflections

OCTOBER 20, 2024

" Leadership clarity is the light that cuts through the fog of uncertainty, guiding others toward a clear and purposeful path." During my early years as a principal, I was literally flying by the seat of my pants. No one person or program can adequately prepare you for the realities of the job, as things are coming at you from every direction. While putting out fires comes with the territory, the real work lies in developing a learning culture prioritizing relationships and student outcomes.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 20, 2024

Data is now everywhere in our lives, informing our decisions about which new show to watch, what path to take or whether to grab an umbrella. But it’s practically absent from the way our kids learn. Our approach to teaching data science and data literacy has hardly evolved since I started my teaching career in 1995. Yet now more than ever, K-12 students need basic modern data science skills.

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Zinn Education Project

OCTOBER 20, 2024

Donate Today Right wing politicians and media outlets are attacking the very heart of the Zinn Education Project — teaching people’s history in classrooms across the country. Officials in at least 44 states have sought — and in many cases succeeded — to enact restrictions on what teachers can say about history and current events. Meanwhile thousands of classroom teachers refuse to be bullied into lying to children and have pledged to continue to teach the truth.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 20, 2024

College enrollment has been declining for more than a decade, and that means that many institutions are struggling to pay their bills. A growing number of them are making the difficult decision to close. In the first nine months of 2024, 28 degree-granting institutions closed, compared with 15 in all of 2023, according to an analysis of federal data provided to The Hechinger Report by the State Higher Education Executive Officers Association or SHEEO.

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Archiving High School Education 121

Living Geography

OCTOBER 20, 2024

Another cross-posting from my Fieldnotes from Iceland blog. I shall be heading out there on Tuesday next week so there will be some fresh activity there, and plenty of Threads and Instagram posts and new Flickr additions as well. Grindavik will reopen to the public tomorrow. By public that means locals particularly. I doubt that school groups will be visiting for a while.

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Life and Landscapes

OCTOBER 20, 2024

“Surrounding Fort Knox Including Southern Indiana is an extraordinary book. Its brilliant author, Ronald R. Van Stockum, Jr., is knowledgeable about history, geography, geology, archeology, plants, animals, and much else. A natural storyteller, he shares his knowledge in easily understood friendly conversational writing that conveys his joy in the places, people, and events he writes about.

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Living Geography

OCTOBER 20, 2024

A couple of weeks ago I went to see Tangerine Dream play live at the Barbican Hall. Here's a session of theirs from a couple of years ago.

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