ED Surge

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

The goal is for some of AIs earliest adopters in education to band together, share ideas and eventually help lead the way on what they and their colleagues around the U.S. It shows you the power of bringing educators together. Its driven by our students, by their expertise, by their passion. could do with the emerging technology.

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Education Charter School Civics Lesson Plan 120

A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 7, 2019

Education can seem like a balancing act between what we as adults feel is essential and what interests our learners. The struggle is real as the former is sometimes emphasized as a result of a school or district’s focus. Think of it as a school within a school. OIive High School in New Jersey has done in this area.

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Cultures Elementary School Middle School High School 419

A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 23, 2014

Over the past couple of months, the staff at New Milford High School has been diligently creating our own unique learning environments for our students. She embraced the autonomy that she was given in a position that functions as a librarian, media specialist, and educational technology integrator to push the envelop.

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ED Surge

JUNE 11, 2024

Last year, when Jayla Arensberg was a sophomore at Burnsville High School near St. Paul, Minnesota, a teacher showed her a flier saying that a program at the school could save her $25,000 on college. “I She was interested in college, but worried that the cost could keep her from pursuing higher education.

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A Principal's Reflections

JULY 9, 2014

Today is the day that I formally announce my decision to step down as New Milford High School Principal, a decision that has been most difficult to make. Image credit: [link] Almost ten years ago, I was presented with an opportunity to begin my educational leadership career at NMHS. My last day will be September 3.

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Leadership K-12 High School Cultures 419

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 16, 2021

“We would like to take this moment to acknowledge the Dena’ina Athabascan people and the wisdom that has allowed them to steward the land on which Anchorage and Service High School reside,” the high school senior said. This story also appeared in High Country News. David Paoli, who is Iñupiaq from U?alaq?iq,

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A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

While the Internet drove the encyclopedia as we knew it to irrelevance, emerging technologies are having the same exact impact on traditional schooling. This was reinforced to me recently when I met with a group of high school students in New York. Virtually any student today can access knowledge and information.

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A Principal's Reflections

SEPTEMBER 27, 2020

Educators desperately want and need support. Without a doubt, this will be and has been, more time consuming for educators. There are many strategies that educators were implementing well before the pandemic that hold more value now. The elementary school has also upped their game as of late. So, where do you begin?

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ED Surge

JANUARY 21, 2025

Its the best-kept secret in education, to be a school librarian, Rhue says with pride. Jami Rhue : I never thought of librarianship until I went to a job fair for Chicago Public Schools, and they were looking for school librarians. I had earned my masters in the art of teaching elementary education. Its a treat.

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Library Charter School Education Lesson Plan 111

The Hechinger Report

MAY 6, 2021

Even before the pandemic shunted them into online learning, many high school students failed to see a connection between their work in the classroom and their real-world futures. Young people whose education included a work-based learning experience — and with it a sampling of career opportunities they might never have imagined.

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High School Economics Project-Based Learning Tradition 145

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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High School Advocacy Research Economics 145

A Principal's Reflections

NOVEMBER 29, 2020

Early on, I used more traditional strategies since this was a new arena for me. Thus, I reverted back to what I was comfortable with in terms of what I could control and perceived that educators wanted. I recently saw the fruits of my labor in action during a keynote with over 2000 educators.

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A Principal's Reflections

JULY 18, 2021

For me, the journey began back in 2011 when we first introduced the flipped approach at New Milford High School, where I was principal, with resounding success. What you will see are traditional elements of effective instruction at the front and back end. Blended learning is something that is near and dear to my heart.

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Elementary School Tradition High School Education 545

A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 2, 2020

During a planning call prior, I was asked to work with special education, math, and reading teachers in particular. To be honest, these groups are not in my traditional wheelhouse, but I saw it as a learning opportunity to branch out and expand my level of knowledge.

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A Principal's Reflections

JANUARY 19, 2014

Social media not only helped me find my voice, but it helped me find the voices of so many passionate and amazing educators from across the country and globe. Surrounding yourself with smart people willing to share could possibly be one of the best decisions you could make whether as a leader, educator, or learner.

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ED Surge

AUGUST 14, 2024

Of the nearly 10,000 students enrolled at Brookdale Community College in central New Jersey, about 17 percent are still in high school. Some of them travel to the campus during the school day to take courses in introductory English, history, psychology and sociology. That push is evident at Brookdale.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 1, 2025

This story about eighth grade algebra was produced by The Hechinger Report , a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. It was fourth-period Basic Algebra 8 class on a gray October morning at Braham Area High School. Department of Education spokesperson Alberto Betancourt.)

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Theres a half-billion-dollar federal program that is supposed to help students with disabilities get into the workforce when they leave high school, but most parents and even some school officials dont know it exists. I just wish we could have gotten help while he was still in high school. That was the hope.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

A survey of college professors indicates that most fields of study don’t require many of the math topics that high school students learn in high school. Credit: Kevin Wolf/ Associated Press The typical ambitious high school student takes advanced algebra, trigonometry, pre-calculus and calculus.

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High School K-12 Social Science Humanities 143

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.” Yet, by the time students graduate, he said, the goal at the secondary school is that they have “reading levels ready for college.”

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A Principal's Reflections

SEPTEMBER 28, 2014

The summer of 2013 was probably one of the most important hiring years during my seven-year tenure as a high school principal. Now don’t get me wrong, I hired so many amazing educators over the years and will forever be indebted to the incredible work they did for our students. She then got out of the way of the students.

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Library Leadership Cultures Tradition 408

A Principal's Reflections

JUNE 21, 2015

This was a natural connection to my work as a high school principal as you will not find an effective leader who is not an effective communicator. So there I was churning out tweets about everything going on at New Milford High School. In the field of education, schools are considered a brand.

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A Principal's Reflections

JUNE 28, 2015

A national focus on standardized testing and accountability has only made the experience worse for kids who only crave relevance, meaning, and value out of the hours of time spent in classrooms each school year. In many cases elementary schools have even taken fun out of school for kids by cutting recess.

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Library Elementary School Tradition Leadership 377

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 29, 2024

Ideally, teachers are supposed to base their lessons on the textbooks, worksheets and digital materials that school leaders have spent a lot of time reviewing and selecting. Related: Education research, condensed. One high school teacher in Louisiana who participated in the survey said his students needed a more advanced curriculum.

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A Principal's Reflections

NOVEMBER 2, 2014

When one looks at education in general there is very little change from over 150 years ago. Back then the education system was designed to serve an industrialized world that was in desperate need of skilled factory workers. Fast forward 150 years and you will notice that the world has radically changed, but education has not.

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TeachThought

APRIL 4, 2024

Research: The Influence of Socioeconomic Status on Learning contributed by Michael Mirra Abstract Diversity has been at the forefront of educational discussions over the last few years. Standardized test scores are a generally accepted measurement that is uniform across all schools in a specific state. The first was peer influence.

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Research Sociology High School Middle School 339

A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 27, 2022

During my first couple of years as an administrator, I taught a section of high school biology. Constantly Seek Out Ways to Grow Attend at least one conference or workshop a year that is aligned to a significant initiative or focus area in your school/district (the annual Model Schools Conference is a fantastic option).

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Leadership Archiving Lesson Plan Tradition 529

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Historically, most students forced to take these classes don’t finish , with noncompletion rates running twice as high among Black, Hispanic and low-income students. This broken developmental education model has long been a barrier to student success. Reforming it is one of higher education’s biggest challenges and opportunities.

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Tradition Research High School Education 111

A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 15, 2015

In its current form, it doesn’t tell you anything about anyone.” - Shara Senderoff via Dell Tech Page One I started to think about the value of resumes for today’s high school students after a Twitter conversation I had with New Milford High School junior Sarah Almeda.

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ED Surge

OCTOBER 17, 2024

One of Shane Woods’ favorite memories as executive director of Girlstart, a nonprofit that aims to empower girls in the sciences, was as a participant taking her own goddaughter to the organization’s back-to-school extravaganza. Parsing education data into snack-sized servings. STEM fields also have a messaging problem.

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High School Leadership Tradition Research 138

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 2, 2024

As the Watonga school system’s Indian education director, Hollie Youngbear works to help Native American students succeed — a job that begins with getting them to school. She makes sure students have clothes and school supplies. One helps students with school expenses and promotes conferences for tribal youth.

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High School Charter School History Cultures 100

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 29, 2023

Aléshah Brown wasn’t yet in high school when she started having doubts about college. This story also appeared in The Washington Post “Even in middle school, you’re feeling all this pressure and stress about going to college, but no one’s asking you, ‘What do you want to do?’ ” said Brown, of San Antonio, Texas.

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High School Cultures Middle School Economics 140

A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 5, 2023

Sometimes that means looking beyond traditional metrics of success to find other areas where the needle can be moved. Truth be told, when it comes to education, there is no perfection, no matter where quantitative and qualitative metrics reside. There is always work to be done and effective educators embrace this wholeheartedly.

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Junior High Cultures Leadership Tradition 474

A Principal's Reflections

JUNE 22, 2014

Change has become quite the buzzword in education as of late. You hear it in schools, during face-to-face conversations with educators, at the dinner table, and most emphatically in social media spaces. This is no easy feat, something that I experience each day of my professional life as a high school principal.

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Leadership Tradition Cultures High School 361

A Principal's Reflections

OCTOBER 12, 2014

My narrow focus was on sustaining a school culture focused on rules, compliance, conformity, and preserving the status quo. The end goal was to make sure standardized test scores increased (or at least didn’t go down) and traditions were preserved. I led my school in a way that I was brainwashed into thinking was the only way.

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Cultures Tradition High School Education 396

A Principal's Reflections

SEPTEMBER 18, 2016

When I reflect back on what we were able to accomplish at New Milford High School, I am overtaken by a great sense of pride. We were able to transform the learning culture of a traditional school and in the process got results while becoming an example that others emulated.

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Advocacy Cultures Government Tradition 388

A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 24, 2014

The new school year has begun for many educators across the country with others soon to follow after Labor Day. This is quite often the most deflating part of the new year as the real reason for education is temporarily masked by misguided emphasis on elements that do not equate to real learning.

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