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.

Geography 280

Geography High School Social Studies Research 280

ED Surge

JANUARY 21, 2025

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 was more of a periodical girl, with the magazines and the newspapers and an occasional novel or self-help book. I had earned my masters in the art of teaching elementary education.

Charter School 101

Charter School Library Education Lesson Plan 101

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

The Hechinger Report, in partnership with The Boston Globe Magazine, analyzed a 264-letter sample to get a sense of both sides. OF BERLIN This analysis about “divisive concepts” laws was produced by The Hechinger Report and the Boston Globe Magazine. Kids are not born racists.

History 96

History K-12 Social Studies Public School 96

Cult of Pedagogy

MAY 29, 2024

Listen to the interview with Sarah Riggs Johnson and Nate Wolkenhauer: Sponsored by Studyo and Scholastic Magazines+ This post was co-written by Nate Wolkenhauer. I teach in a small 6-12 independent school with my colleague and friend, Nate Wolkenhauer. This isn’t really about math.

K-12 273

K-12 Teaching Pedagogy Library 273

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 20, 2019

“I had been taught, in school, through cultural osmosis, that the flag wasn’t really ours, that our history as a people began with enslavement and that we had contributed little to this great nation.”. Only 8 percent of surveyed high school seniors could identify slavery as a central cause of the Civil War.

History 111

History Museum Social Studies Economics 111

Studies Weekly

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

According to Britannica, Du Bois published 16 research monographs and the first-ever case study of a U.S. She became a valuable mentor to the students by driving them to school, inviting them regularly into her home, and even becoming the president of the school’s parent organization – despite not having any children.

Museum 52

Museum Social Studies Advocacy Heritage 52

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 16, 2020

Douglass High School in New Orleans, wanted her students to have the same transformative experience she did on a high school trip to Ghana. I wasn’t sure how to explain to a rising high-school junior why I’d followed her and her classmates to Belize. Towana Pierre-Floyd, principal of Frederick A.

Charter School 104

Charter School High School Cultures Public School 104