A Principal's Reflections
SEPTEMBER 19, 2022
Everyone wants to feel that they belong where they work. A culture of acceptance and respect can reap the rewards for all stakeholders. Hence, we have seen an increased emphasis on workplace diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives. Now, more than ever, getting people to feel valued is of utmost importance in the face of a myriad of challenges impacting morale.
ED Surge
SEPTEMBER 20, 2022
In my first year of teaching, I was blessed to have a SMART board in my classroom. My excitement was palpable given that this fancy piece of technology was (and is) a luxury for most educators. At least that was the case for a few months before a screw fell from the ceiling and landed in the middle of my classroom. My SMART board’s projector was hanging on by a single screw, much like any hope that this fancy technology would improve my teaching and instruction.
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The Hechinger Report
SEPTEMBER 21, 2022
CAMPO, Colo. — On the long drive south, as the land on the horizon turned from mottled green to dusty brown, the college professor’s Subaru carried four cartons of doughnuts, two bags of fresh produce and a bin of children’s books. This story also appeared in High Country News. All of it was destined for rural schools. It would be a drive of nearly four hours from the outskirts of Denver to a sparsely populated corner of Colorado where the flat skyline bleeds into Oklahoma, New Mexico and Kansas
Digital Promise
SEPTEMBER 22, 2022
As we embark on a new school year, it’s a perfect time to review basic tenets of digital safety with students and staff. While those automated tactical strategies work well at the district enterprise level, digital safety and security really starts with the humans. By focusing on all students, we include individuals who are often marginalized, such as students of various racial groups; differently-abled students; and students of low socioeconomic, immigration, or English learning status.
Education Elements
SEPTEMBER 20, 2022
Graduate profiles are becoming increasingly popular in districts and can function in a multitude of ways. From formulating the basis for an instructional vision to getting started with performance based grading, graduate profiles clearly articulate outcomes for learners and provide critical guidance for staff and leaders. A graduate profile may also be referred to as Portrait of a Graduate, Profile of a Graduate, Journey of a Graduate, or Journey of a Learner.
ED Surge
SEPTEMBER 20, 2022
There’s a greater appetite to try new educational models as schools try to adjust to the social and emotional needs of students returning from periods of pandemic lockdowns and other disruptions of the past few years. But before schools can try out new models, schools have to know what’s out there. A new online library called the “Innovative Models Exchange ,” unveiled Monday, hopes to give educators an easy place to quickly consider some possibilities.
The Hechinger Report
SEPTEMBER 19, 2022
The benefits of vocational high school classes depend on the field. Construction students earned the higher incomes in their early adulthood but healthcare students were more likely to go to college, according to a Massachusetts study. Credit: Oliver Parini for The Hechinger Report. College isn’t for everyone, many argue. But what is the alternative?
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Edthena
SEPTEMBER 23, 2022
Explorations, inside the Edthena Video Coaching platform, gives coaches organizing superpowers. Here are 3 ways how you can stay more organized when supporting teachers.
ED Surge
SEPTEMBER 21, 2022
Not everyone is sold on the idea that virtual reality technology could or should bring higher education into a future of avatars and holograms. But separate from that hype, virtual reality is already being used at colleges in ways that seem more mainstream, as a tool that has the potential to enhance teaching and learning. For example, at Columbia University, professors are creating and using virtual reality tools to help students gain empathy across racial lines, learn dentistry techniques and
The Hechinger Report
SEPTEMBER 20, 2022
NEW YORK — There’s a new look to history classes in New York City schools: a curriculum in Asian American and Pacific Islander history. Its creators say they’ve felt a a surge of support, in part because the idea could provide long-term solutions to help combat the extraordinary rise in hate crimes targeting all Asian Americans seen since the beginning of the pandemic.
Digital Promise
SEPTEMBER 17, 2022
The post Announcing the 2022 Cohort of HP Teaching Fellows appeared first on Digital Promise.
Pedagogy and Formation
SEPTEMBER 22, 2022
This is a cross-post from my literacy blog ' Literacy, Families & Learning '. It wasn't intended specifically for faith-based schools, but what I say has relevance NOT just for literacy, but also in informing our pedagogical ideas on how we sustain student communities in Christian and other religious schools. One of the signs of a great book is that once it is finished you have a deep desire to tell someone about it, and perhaps even pass the book on to them.
ED Surge
SEPTEMBER 19, 2022
Real-time 3D (RT3D) is redefining interactive content. No longer confined to the realm of video games, this technology now plays key roles in industries as wide-ranging as architecture, medicine, automotive, aerospace and film. Demand is growing rapidly for developers, programmers and artists skilled in working with Unity —the leading platform for creating and operating real-time 3D content.
Civics U
SEPTEMBER 19, 2022
The Preamble to the U.S. Constitution states, “We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare , and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.
Digital Promise
SEPTEMBER 21, 2022
The post Building Systems For A More Solidarity-Driven Family Engagement Practice appeared first on Digital Promise.
Edthena
SEPTEMBER 21, 2022
Learning Coach Patty Hagan was recently featured by ISTE. Check out the highlights about how she used AI Coach to strengthen her teacher coaching.
ED Surge
SEPTEMBER 23, 2022
There was no emotion on the eighth grader’s face. No anger, no sadness, no frustration. Her body sat rigidly upright in the chair in the principal’s office, motionless. Her eyes focused on a point straight ahead, far away. “Esme,” the principal said (and this is not the student’s real name). “Can you start from the beginning? What happened at the start of P.E. class?
The Hechinger Report
SEPTEMBER 17, 2022
When single moms are college students, complications and barriers abound. The risk is great as they try to raise children, provide financially and succeed as a student. But if they earn a degree, so is the reward. The Education Design Lab, a nonprofit group that seeks to improve higher education systems and reduce equity and skills gaps, has enlisted a team of four community colleges to develop new programs and support systems that improve the chances of success for single moms at community coll
ED Surge
SEPTEMBER 21, 2022
College graduation ceremonies are big events, meant to symbolize the size of the life achievement of getting a degree. The staging is full of pomp and symbolism, with participants wearing traditional academic gowns and walking across a stage in front of thousands of spectators, including friends and family. As grads process across that space and accept a rolled up piece of paper, they’re coming out of a years-long process of study and personal growth, emerging as something new.
ED Surge
SEPTEMBER 23, 2022
For years now, there’s been a growing push to provide more and better counseling services to students at all levels of the public school system. But in the last two-and-a-half years, especially, the need for counseling professionals has been recognized like never before. Thanks to that burgeoning public awareness, plus hundreds of millions of dollars in federal relief funding for schools, districts have been able to beef up their counseling staffs and better serve the students in their care—a re
The Hechinger Report
SEPTEMBER 20, 2022
The Biden administration’s recently announced plan to forgive up to $20,000 in federal student loans for qualifying borrowers has created an uproar and an array of reactions: It’s too much; it’s too little; it won’t do enough to help the neediest borrowers. Yet there’s a less-heard-from community that stands to benefit from student loan relief, one that is rarely mentioned in discussions about the debt crisis: the 53 million Americans who provide care for loved ones managing a chronic dise
ED Surge
SEPTEMBER 19, 2022
“What do you want your teacher to know about you?” Esther considered the question, sitting in a small room with Ms. Odette, the interpreter who was working with her to complete her learning profile—a tool that helped us learn about new students and tailor instruction to meet their needs. Ms. Odette guided Esther as she wrote her answers in English. “I want my teacher to know I’m Smart in Swahili.
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