Cult of Pedagogy

OCTOBER 27, 2024

Curating the kind of library that truly reflects the diversity of human experience takes time, intention, money, and good tools. She is the co-author, along with Valerie Tagoe, of the 2022 book Liven Up Your Library: Design Engaging and Inclusive Programs for Tweens and Teens ( Amazon | Bookshop ). It’s a win-win-win-win-win.”

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 27, 2017

Sylvan Hills Middle School Assistant Principal Monica Blasingame, center, and Principal Artesza Portee, right, discuss “big life goals” with a student as part of a goal-setting exercise in Atlanta Public Schools. The Atlanta district is in its third year of rolling out the dashboards to members of the school community.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 17, 2018

That training time is also when teachers work on their “albums,” or lesson plans. You can’t really call yourself a Montessori school unless you have trained teachers,” said Rebecca Pelton, president of MACTE. An oasis for Montessori purists, the school is located on 10 acres of land.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 3, 2016

It breaks up traditional courses into specific skills and abilities, called “competencies,” that students master through a personalized blend of traditional lesson plans, offline projects and real-world experiences. She was referring to her husband, Fred, who was a poor student and graduated 206th out of 212 in his high school class.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 30, 2018

Jaguar Academy is often library-quiet. Prepackaged lessons from an online curriculum provider comprised about 80 percent of students’ work in the first year. And when kids should stop going to elementary school and start attending a middle school across town. They’ll be something we have to do and move on.”.

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Tradition Charter School High School Cultures 111

Digital Promise

JUNE 15, 2016

Additionally, the standards themselves influence teacher mentoring, leadership, team building, professional development and evaluation, curriculum development, efficacy, and overall school leadership ( NBPTS: Impact of National Board Certification page ; NBPTS Research page).

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Research Education Professional Development Leadership 53

The Hechinger Report

MAY 23, 2022

But critics say the bill’s language is so vague that it will lead many schools and teachers to over-correct, avoiding anything that might anger a parent. Anita Carson, a middle school science teacher in Lake Alfred, Florida, said she’ll keep talking to the LGBTQ students who come to her for support, even if it costs her a job.

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Cultures Library Elementary School Advocacy 25

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Anti-trans policies were passed, school staff were ordered not to use “terms related to LGBTQ,” and a full year of social studies was cut from graduation requirements to make room for supposedly more patriotic instruction.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 15, 2017

Hundreds of oil-and-gas-centric lesson plans are now available at the click of a mouse. Nearly a third of middle- and high-school science teachers nationwide have wrongly suggested global warming is naturally occurring. The idea caught on. Freddie Fuelless and Oliver Oilpatch.

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