A Principal's Reflections

SEPTEMBER 4, 2016

Not only was I not in classrooms enough, but also the level of feedback provided through the lens of a narrative report did very little to improve teaching and learning both in and out of the classroom. This will provide all teachers with consistent, concrete elements to focus on when developing lessons.

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Leadership Lesson Plan Archiving High School 358

TeachThought

DECEMBER 12, 2024

In teaching, Kairos often happens when students connect ideas in their own unique ways and at their own pace. Chronos , on the other hand, represents chronological, structured time in education, focusing on scheduled periods, lesson plans, and the pacing of material delivery.

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A Principal's Reflections

JUNE 10, 2018

More often than not I do not see opportunities for student reflections through countless walk-throughs, lesson plan reviews, or audits of how digital tools are being used. A great deal of research reviewed by Lew & Schmidt (2011) in their study suggests the positive impact of reflective writing on cognitive development.

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Pedagogy Lesson Plan Critical Thinking Research 402

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 26, 2024

Two University of California, Berkeley, researchers documented how they tamed AI hallucinations in math by asking ChatGPT to solve the same problem 10 times. I also worry about teachers using ChatGPT and other generative AI models to write quizzes or lesson plans. Researchers grouped similar answers together.

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A Principal's Reflections

SEPTEMBER 30, 2018

These consisted of sound classroom management, listing the learning objectives, and developing a lesson plan. When it came to the lesson plan piece, many of my colleagues and I in the Northeastern United States were educated in the Instructional Theory Into Practice Model (ITIP) developed by Madeline Hunter.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 21, 2025

But by the time she was heading up her own elementary school classroom in Chicago, she found herself missing the library and longing to teach media literacy again. She teaches concepts as wide-ranging as American Sign Language, critical thinking, typing, conducting research and writing in cursive. Jami Rhue Its differentiating.

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A Principal's Reflections

MAY 5, 2019

We live in amazing times where readily accessible research and connectivity converge to not only transform practices but also provide the means to share them for the benefit of others. Artifacts such as assessments, lesson plans, unit plans, projects, and examples of student work can easily be converted to a sharable link using Google Docs.

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Archiving Artifacts Leadership Pedagogy 357

A Principal's Reflections

OCTOBER 29, 2017

As Senior Fellow with the International Center for Leadership in Education (ICLE), I have worked with a fantastic team to develop services and tools to help districts, schools, and organizations across the world transform teaching, learning, and leadership. One of these tools is the Digital Practice Assessment (DPA).

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Archiving Artifacts Leadership Cultures 357

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

— Caroline Preston Here are a few resources on how to teach the youngest students about climate change: Climate lessons for teachers , by Kottie Christie-Blick Lesson plans for elementary students , by SubjectToClimate and Sustainable Jersey for Schools “ What teachers want to know about teaching climate change ,” forthcoming book by Kimi Waite, Bertha (..)

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A Principal's Reflections

DECEMBER 1, 2019

Teaching is tough. I, for one, would spend hours planning and grading in the evening, at night, and on weekends. In the schools I have the honor of coaching in, I see more and more evidence of co-planning and sharing of resources both within the school and across the district as a means to lessen the load.

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Pedagogy Lesson Plan Teaching Research 300

A Principal's Reflections

MAY 5, 2024

As the CEO of Aspire Change EDU , I'm dedicated to research-driven, data-enhanced, and evidence-based services and resources to aid districts, schools, and organizations in transforming teaching, learning, and leadership. This got me thinking about what might be missing to ensure efficacy.

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Artifacts Leadership Digital Resources Lesson Plan 274

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 12, 2024

Yancy Sanes teaches a unit on the climate crisis at Fannie Lou Hamer High School in the Bronx – not climate change, but the climatecrisis. I teach from a mindset and lens that I want to make sure my students are becoming activists, and it’s not enough just talking about it,” the science and math teacher said. “

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Teaching Civics K-12 Civic Engagement 135

ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

York found that TeachFX listened to her very carefully, and generated a detailed feedback report on her specific teaching style. I rarely ever get feedback on my teaching style. Bubbling right under the surface is a key question: Can AI help teachers teach better? Teaching is hard.

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A Principal's Reflections

MAY 1, 2013

As a trusted educational partner, Discovery Education has worked with thousands of educational leaders to transform teaching and learning. Actionable: They provide classroom applications that support long-term action planning with strategies for immediate classroom integration.

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A Principal's Reflections

JULY 21, 2014

With all the many state mandates and district directed professional development, as well as time after school devoted to grading and lesson planning, in her mind and many others, time was not readily available. By contract all teachers had to teach five periods. Who was I to disagree, as her words were stark fact.

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Catlin Tucker

APRIL 9, 2020

He is the architect behind the educator movement “ Teach Hustle Inspire ,” and he wrote the bestselling book MC Means Move the Class: How to Spark Engagement and Motivation in Urban and Culturally Diverse Classrooms. He shares what he has learned as an educator and researcher about working in this context.

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K-12 Lesson Plan Cultures Teaching 217

Studies Weekly

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Vocabulary Lesson Plan Sept. Vocabulary instruction aligns with well-being because the research shows a strong relationship between vocabulary and intelligence, one’s ability to comprehend new information, and one’s ability to succeed. 2010) A Review of the Current Research on Vocabulary Instruction. Hughes, C.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 5, 2024

We can do this by investing in, supporting and leveraging the unique role of educator preparation programs at minority-serving institutions, which have a long and successful track record of preparing diverse educators to persist and thrive in teaching. Related: Widen your perspective. Sign up for Hechinger’s weekly newsletter.

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Teaching Lesson Plan Public School Tradition 123

ED Surge

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

The night before the Teach for America (TFA) summer institute — commencing virtually for the first time due to the pandemic — I lay in my childhood bed at my parents’ house with tears in my eyes. Cut to my third year in the classroom, and I still wrestle with what led me to Teach for America in the first place.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

Many claim that scientific research proves their wares work. “Education technology is an area where innovation has outpaced rigorous research,” said Vincent Quan, who runs the North American education unit at J-PAL. Teachers didn’t have to change their existing lesson plans or textbooks to incorporate it.

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Educational Technology Research Education Tutoring 108

Dangerously Irrelevant

MAY 31, 2017

For instance, if I was teaching Social Studies today… My students and I definitely would be tapping into an incredible diversity of online resources. And, if I was stuck for an idea for class, I could access the Social Studies lesson plans at Educade or the 400+ lesson plans at the EDSITEment!

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Social Studies Teaching Archiving Geography 76

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 19, 2021

Soon, I realized that the environment and priorities of corporate research left me isolated, uninspired and unfulfilled. These programs target “borderline proficient” students and use research-proven interventions to help them cross into the “proficient” range academically. I had lesson-planning experience.

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Tutoring Teaching Middle School Lesson Plan 120

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Involving children in this discussion could be an important part of building a sustainable future, especially as more states and cities officially integrate climate change into their teaching, as New Jersey has. When we complete our pilots, we plan to start releasing the lesson plans as open-source tools available to schools nationwide.

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ED Surge

DECEMBER 21, 2022

In my current role as a special education teacher at a junior high school in New Orleans, I teach 24 neurodivergent students in three classes across two grades, and I’m a case manager for 14 students. Building consistent morning rapport led me to start popping into homerooms to sit with my students, even when I wasn’t teaching them.

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Teaching Junior High Humanities Lesson Plan 131

ED Surge

MARCH 3, 2025

Research shows that children from low-income families often start school with fewer numeracy skills than their peers, putting them at an academic disadvantage. High-quality, research-based numeracy programs offer an opportunity to bridge these gaps. Teacher training is another cornerstone of effective numeracy instruction.

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K-12 Professional Development Pedagogy Psychology 69

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 11, 2024

A growing chorus of education researchers, pundits and “science of reading” advocates are calling for young children to be taught more about the world around them. It’s an indirect way of teaching reading comprehension. In 2023, University of Virginia researchers promoted a study of Colorado charter schools that had adopted E.D.

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Learning Science Charter School Lesson Plan Social Studies 145

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 14, 2024

I appreciate that my teachers try to offer different narratives,” a student said at one of our sessions discussing teaching materials featuring history and stories from all continents, “but they always seem to be about hardship or having to overcome an obstacle. I am so proud to be Hispanic and loved researching a personal hero of mine.”

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History World Religions Inclusive Curriculum Heritage 139

Digital Promise

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Given the rapid advances in AI and the momentum in the education field to understand how these technologies can support teaching and learning, last year the Gates Foundation launched a pilot initiative to provide funding to test new AI ideas that are in support of equitable K-12 mathematics outcomes.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 2, 2023

In K-12 schools, students are facing an onslaught of emerging technologies — new developments arrive by the day — and yet we’re still teaching many of our core school subjects as if our daily lives are unchanged by these tools. For context, some researchers believe that a gap of just 10 points equates to a full school year of learning.

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K-12 Civics Lesson Plan High School 143

Catlin Tucker

MARCH 30, 2020

For teachers using StudySync in combination with Google Classroom, I’ve described three strategies that educators can use to capitalize on the activities in the StudySync First Read lesson plans to engage students in online discussions, collaborative research projects, and online vocabulary review. #1

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 27, 2018

. – When David Krulwich decided to make a mid-career switch from attorney to math teacher in 2001, he was delighted to find that teaching was a profession he found rewarding and fun. Every day he’d teach in a classroom, alone, and at night he’d go home and plan the next day’s lessons, alone. But he was also troubled.

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Teaching Lesson Plan Humanities Professional Development 84

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

According to preliminary research by Green Schoolyards America , over two million students in California attend schools with less than 5 percent tree canopy. In offering this hands-on STEM lesson plan to schools, Danks and her team hope that administrators implement students’ suggestions and create green schoolyards. “It

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Teaching Elementary School Civics Project-Based Learning 122

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

How do you teach kids about science when there is so much scientific misinformation and conflict over the truth about coronavirus, vaccines and masks? Then they received training in how to teach the lessons in their classes so they could launch the series this school year. Subscribe today!

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Controversial Topics Lesson Plan Teaching Research 137

Digital Promise

JANUARY 16, 2018

The researchers, members of The Project on the Next Generation of Teachers , looked at teacher teams at three public and three charter Massachusetts schools located within the same city. The researchers found that five factors consistently contribute to a team’s success : When teams and meetings have a clear, worthwhile purpose.

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Teaching Pedagogy Lesson Plan Research 77

Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 30, 2016

Allowing students to research, discuss, and share their findings takes time. If schools want their teachers to be innovative and teach outside of the box, then they need to take a closer look at their schedules and talk to their teachers and students about how their schedule is either encouraging or stifling creativity.

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Project-Based Learning Lesson Plan Professional Development Tradition 168

The Hechinger Report

MAY 23, 2020

Hilary Ervin (left) teaches special education in the Paradise school district and her husband, Mike Ervin (right), is the Paradise High School principal. This nine-part series explores how we’re teaching through climate change. Related: Teaching global warming in a charged political climate. But I can’t.”

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Teaching Charter School Psychology High School 119

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 2, 2023

This story also appeared in Mind/Shift This summer, teachers around the country are planning these lessons and more, in professional development programs designed to answer a pressing need: preparing teachers to teach about the climate crisis and empower students to act. “I Related: Climate change: Are we ready?

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