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Re-Thinking the Learning Environment

A Principal's Reflections

The term most often refers to school classrooms but may include any designated place of learning such as science laboratories, distance learning contexts, libraries, tutoring centers, teachers’ lounges, gymnasiums and non-formal learning spaces. Humans have the basic need for light, air, and safety. These are hardwired into our brains.

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Meeting the Core Human Needs of a Teacher

Cult of Pedagogy

” This is a big shift from traditional coaching, she says, “which is about data cycles and analyzing student work, learning targets and all of that. ” Amazon | Bookshop.org The strategies in Arise are all built on a framework of six core human needs: belonging, autonomy, competence, self-esteem, trust , and purpose.

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Living With Parakeets and Other Migrants

Sapiens

An anthropologist unpacks what shifting attitudes toward these birds reveal about humans. But many species have traveled across the globe throughout human history, including as part of human trade and migration patterns, and not all of them are seen as problematic. The birds, which looked to me like parrots, were hard to miss.

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As more youth struggle with behavior and traditional supports fall short, clinicians are partnering with lawyers to help

The Hechinger Report

The children’s library at the Yale Child Study Center in New Haven, Connecticut. Department of Health and Human Services invested $1.6 Department of Health and Human Services invested $1.6 “He’d say, ‘None of the teachers like me, I hate it,’ and then he’d take that anger out on himself,” she said. Last year, the U.S.

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Human Meets AI: Helping Educators Navigate Their Emotions About Technological Change

ED Surge

Rapidly changing technology, particularly the emergence of generative artificial intelligence (AI) in education has positioned faculty and leaders with a pivotal decision to make: Stick with the known comfort of traditional methods or experiment with the enticing, yet intimidating, potential of AI. It’s not indicative of weakness or failure.

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Guest Post: From Consumption to Creation: Future Ready Librarians Embrace Micro-credentials

Digital Promise

As a former librarian and district leader, I found that success was the best form of advocacy—when the great work of librarians is shared and documented, good things follow for students and library programs. In addition to this partnership, assessors were recruited from national library leaders participating in the Lilead Fellows program.

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Improving Teacher and Student Engagement Through Creativity

ED Surge

In schools, creativity can be harder to imagine in core subject areas like math and easier to associate with humanities and arts. Martha Bongiorno School Library and Instructional Technology Lead at Fulton County Schools How did the pandemic affect creativity? However, creativity shouldn’t be reserved for just those content areas.

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