A Principal's Reflections
JUNE 25, 2023
Leadership embodies consistent qualities and characteristics that remain unchanged while the tools, research, and societal shifts influencing the work have evolved. Leadership combines artistic and scientific elements, aiming to mobilize people toward a shared objective. Despite my extensive writing on the subject, I continuously seek additional insights to assist others, including myself, in excelling in this role.
History Tech
JUNE 27, 2023
I’ve been spending some time over the last few weeks doing some research on a writing project and happened to run across on old post of mine from several years ago. The post is based on some comments made by the late Grant Wiggins.
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NCHE
JUNE 25, 2023
The National Council for History Education stands in support of history teachers in Florida. Teachers are professionals and experts in their field, and their subject-matter knowledge and understanding of how to accurately and adequately teach a complicated past are critical to student comprehension and achievement. The social studies standards focused on African American history, recently approved by the Florida Board of Education, sanitize historical acts of violence against Black Americans.
Digital Promise
JUNE 30, 2023
The post How the Inclusive Innovation Process Amplified the Voices of Students in a School District appeared first on Digital Promise.
The Hechinger Report
JUNE 26, 2023
SODUS, N.Y. — Daniel Bennett’s office at Sodus Intermediate School is a haven for kids in crisis. When fourth, fifth or sixth graders here are fed up, ready to fight, or exhausting their teacher with their unfocused energy, they can visit Bennett’s office to jump on the mini trampoline, bounce on the balance ball chairs, or strum out their frustration on one of the guitars that hang on one wall.
ED Surge
JUNE 26, 2023
As they make their way through the colorful hallways of The Children's Guild School of Prince George’s County, Maryland, teachers and roommates Curt Cruz, Rachelle Evangelista, and Richard Sagun exchange waves and greetings with the other school staff. However, they didn’t always feel this warm welcome. “It was very challenging. We didn’t receive much guidance from the school initially,” Evangelista recalls.
Education Elements
JUNE 27, 2023
As we reflect on the past school year and prepare for next year, it is helpful to evaluate the Social Emotional Learning (SEL) practices and how they served to shape the culture of learning and development in your schools. According to the CASEL’s (the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning ) framework, “SEL is the process through which all young people and adults acquire and apply the knowledge, skills, and attitudes to develop healthy identities, manage emotions and achieve
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The Hechinger Report
JUNE 29, 2023
Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Early Childhood newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes every other Wednesday with trends and top stories about early learning. Email Address Choose from our newsletters Weekly Update Future of Learning Higher Education Early Childhood Proof Points Leave this field empty if you’re human: Parents are under a lot of pressure these days: They need to support children’s emotional development after a traumatic few years of the
ED Surge
JUNE 28, 2023
Everyone has a memory about feeling lost on the first day of school — figuratively or literally. Whether it’s trying to find your first-ever locker at the start of middle school or stepping onto a giant college campus for the first day of classes, studies have documented how that sense of isolation can go on to diminish students’ ability to succeed academically.
Strange Maps
JUNE 30, 2023
One of my favorite childhood books was The Discovery of America Before Columbus. Extrapolating from scant archaeological and ethnographic evidence and building on oblique references found in ancient myths and manuscripts, its author postulated a host of pre-Columbian visitors to the Americas: not just Vikings ( whose visits have indeed been attested ) but also the Irish, Welsh, Etruscans, Romans, Africans , Japanese, and Chinese.
Digital Promise
JUNE 27, 2023
The post Using Micro-credentials to Empower Learners In and Out of the Classroom appeared first on Digital Promise.
The Hechinger Report
JUNE 26, 2023
If asked to assess the current posture of higher education leaders across the nation, it would be reasonable to describe it as a “defensive crouch.” Brought sharply into focus during the 2007-8 Great Recession — and seemingly every month since in the news and on social media — the U.S. higher education debate circles around whether college degrees are worth students’ and their families’ investment of time and money, or whether marketable, job-friendly skills can be more efficiently acquired else
ED Surge
JUNE 27, 2023
Justin Reich now teaches digital media at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, but his first job was teaching a short wilderness medicine course. It was a hands-on course where a volunteer pretended to have, say, a broken leg — complete with stage makeup blood and bruises to heighten the effect — and students had to improvise a splint from available materials.
History Havoc
JUNE 29, 2023
Recently I had the chance to visit Gettysburg for the first time. This was one of the best trips I have been on in my life, partly because I got to share the experience with my father who is a huge history buff. I will save the stories from the road for another post, but today I want to talk about Pickett’s Charge. This was one of the most incredible things that has ever been tried on a battlefield.
Digital Promise
JUNE 28, 2023
The post Driving Change Together: New Badging Coalition to Develop Open-Source Solution appeared first on Digital Promise.
The Hechinger Report
JUNE 29, 2023
Ever since the Supreme Court announced last year that it would rule on two cases involving affirmative action in college admissions, the world of higher education has been anxiously awaiting a decision. Most experts predicted the court would eventually forbid the use of race as a factor in admissions decisions, and colleges and advocates have been scrambling to prepare for that new world.
ACRE
JUNE 27, 2023
The Delta Cultural Center is a museum and educational complex that tells the story of a land and its people, capturing what makes the Arkansas Delta region unique. It is the mission of the Delta Cultural Center to preserve, interpret and present the cultural heritage of this legendary 27-county area. It is the mission of the Delta Cultural Center to research, document, interpret and present the heritage of the people of the Arkansas Delta.
Pedagogy and Formation
JUNE 26, 2023
1. Apprenticeship in the Classroom Students can be brutal to one another in school and also outside school. James Gee talks about this as ".being apprenticed to a social group " which in effect is the shaping of what we believe, accept and reject. I talk about this in " Pedagogy and Education for Life " and and offer some examples of how this occurs in everyday school life.
Digital Promise
JUNE 30, 2023
The post Empowered Leadership: Creating Conditions for Every Learner to Succeed appeared first on Digital Promise.
Strange Maps
JUNE 26, 2023
When you drive north toward Ordos City in China’s Inner Mongolia province, you can’t miss the Mausoleum of Genghis Khan. The massive complex, rebuilt in the 1950s in the traditional Mongol style, houses genuine relics and is an important sanctuary for the shamanic worship of the legendary Mongol leader. But the Khan’s tomb is properly called a cenotaph — a monument to someone buried elsewhere — because it is empty.
ED Surge
JUNE 26, 2023
In today's fast-paced educational landscape, technology plays an increasingly vital role in supporting student learning. However, districts often do not have the capacity to effectively evaluate the functional qualities of edtech products, resulting in teachers being frustrated with tools that may not be intuitive or usable vehicles for delivering instruction.
All Things Pedagogical
JUNE 24, 2023
This is going to be a much shorter post this week as I type this from a homemade sit stand desk on day I can't remember of bad pain, but day 3 of vacation time I took and my body decided that it would be awesome if that time coincided with not being able to be in a comfortable position for more than 2 minutes. How I am feeling very much coincides with what I wanted to talk about today, which is how so so many people in education are very deeply exhausted, burnt-out, and I am finding myself askin
Digital Promise
JUNE 29, 2023
The post How 14 School Districts Are Taking a Systemwide Approach to SEL appeared first on Digital Promise.
The Hechinger Report
JUNE 27, 2023
As both the surgeon general and President Biden have acknowledged, student mental health is a national crisis. Today’s kids have suffered through uncertainty and fear during the pandemic. They’re worried about active shooters and friends dying by suicide, while living much of their lives under the (often unbearable) influence of social media. Understandably, parents like me wonder what we can do, but may feel unqualified to offer help ourselves or ashamed to ask for assistance.
ED Surge
JUNE 30, 2023
As another school year comes to a close, so does another cycle of our Voices of Change Writing Fellowship — a program that brings together a diverse cohort of K-12 educators and school leaders to share their experiences. Our 2022-23 cohort included eight talented fellows who worked with our fellowship editors to publish powerful stories that exposed the myriad challenges and issues happening in schools and classrooms across the country.
ED Surge
JUNE 28, 2023
There is no doubt that our schools are in crisis. The trauma of the COVID-19 pandemic, ongoing culture wars and disappointing academic performance results have made education discourse particularly fraught. As many families have rightfully become more involved, they are often pitted against teachers, resulting in each side antagonizing the other. Across the country, we’ve seen conversations about education become charged.
The Hechinger Report
JUNE 24, 2023
Sergio Bocardo-Aguilar was hungry. A first-year student at the University of California, Davis, he worked at a fast-casual restaurant, but still couldn’t afford food. After his shifts, he would ask his friends for snacks or leftovers. Some nights he went right to sleep instead of having dinner. Bocardo-Aguilar wondered if public assistance programs could help him.
ED Surge
JUNE 27, 2023
In late April, Colorado Gov. Jared Polis sat down at his desk to make some phone calls. The governor, on this day, was calling to deliver good news. He wanted to personally congratulate some of the 22,087 families who had matched with their first-choice provider for Colorado’s free, universal preschool program, which launches this fall. A parent named Katie, in Summit County, was among those who received a call from the governor.
The Hechinger Report
JUNE 30, 2023
Millions of student loan borrowers have been waiting to find out whether the Biden Administration’s plan to forgive some federal student debt will provide them with financial relief. On Friday, the last day of this year’s session, the Supreme Court ruled the plan unconstitutional, throwing a key Biden campaign promise into doubt and denying debt forgiveness for 26 million people who had applied.
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