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Edtech Tools for SPED, Math, and Reading

A Principal's Reflections

The overall goal and focus of the partnership have been to help them get the most out of the devices that were rolled out a few years ago across the entire K-12 district as part of a 1:1 implementation. During a planning call prior, I was asked to work with special education, math, and reading teachers in particular.

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Important Lessons Learned During the Pandemic and How They Can Drive Needed Change

A Principal's Reflections

Equity The lesson here is that many learners have suffered from inequity because of socioeconomic status, inefficient resources, or insufficient pedagogy. New classroom furniture that is flexible should be considered that can be arranged in ways to support collaboration and blended pedagogies that were implemented remotely.

Pedagogy 545
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High-Agency in the Remote and Hybrid Classroom

A Principal's Reflections

For the past two years, I have been blessed to work with the Corinth School District in Mississippi on pedagogy, both digital and non-digital. Over the summer, they really ramped up how their LMS (Canvas in their case) would be used K-12 to facilitate their hybrid learning model better. So, where do you begin?

Pedagogy 541
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Preparation for the New World of Work

A Principal's Reflections

This applies not only to K-12, but also higher education. The challenge for education is to begin to embrace new modes of thinking and innovative practices that are disruptive in nature and difficult to assess using traditional metrics. Traditional measures of success often blind us from the truth. Speaking of change.

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Modeling Hybrid Learning to Support Educators

A Principal's Reflections

These models were never meant for K-12 education, and there is no definitive playbook available as things seem to be in a constant state of flux during the pandemic. Investments now will serve to provide needed assistance while paving the way for sustainable changes to pedagogy in the future.

Education 388
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Research-Influenced Learning Spaces

A Principal's Reflections

One study measured the impact of classroom design on 12 active learning practices, including collaboration, focus, opportunity to engage, physical movement, and stimulation (Scott-Webber, Strickland, & Kapitula, 2014). Simply put, if the space doesn’t match the desired learning pedagogy, then it will hinder student learning outcomes.

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New Zealand has a problem with mathematics. Can a new strategy make a difference for students?

The Hechinger Report

Our free weekly newsletter consults critical voices on innovation in K-12 education. In New Zealand, where schools operate far more independently than traditional public schools in the United States, it would be the job of principals like Rodgers to determine how best to teach the countrys math standards. We all want to fix it.