A Principal's Reflections

JUNE 8, 2014

For many years New Milford High School was just like virtually every other public school in this country defined solely by traditional indicators of success such as standardized test scores, graduation rates, and acceptances to four year colleges. Makerspace added to the library in 2013. See what CBS New York had to say.

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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. So then I told the principal I wanted to come out of the library. I really need to get back into the library so that I can do media studies and media literacy.

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A Principal's Reflections

DECEMBER 8, 2012

They have hundreds of shapes in their native library, and you can also import Visio stencils and shape libraries, which are available all over the web. A good graphic organizer reinforces key concepts in a fun, engaging way. Are you frustrated with stale content, zero digital options, and a lack of customizable features?

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TeachThought

APRIL 28, 2024

This could be a corner of your room , a library, or even a café with a calm atmosphere. Traditional note-taking, with pen and paper, actively engages your brain, making it easier to remember the content. The choice between traditional and digital note-taking ultimately depends on your preference and learning style.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Picture of library shelves with “caution do not enter” tape. Elsewhere, a school used caution tape to prevent students from roaming through bookshelves in the library. Desks are separated to maintain physical distance in a Stoneham, Massachusetts, classroom. Credit: Eileen Wood. Credit: Jessica Shearer. Credit: Jessica Shearer.

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Digital Promise

MAY 25, 2017

The Digital Promise maker learning team spent some time in Greer, South Carolina this winter observing and filming the Riverside Middle School Library Club students as they worked to design solutions to problems they identified in their community. We are excited to share their story as the second in our series of Maker Promise videos.

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 26, 2015

This year’s Model Schools Conference is going to be worlds apart from the traditional education conference. Makerspaces—collaborative, creative spaces chock full of tools and materials for informal creation, invention, and learning—are becoming increasingly popular at forward-thinking schools and libraries.

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A Principal's Reflections

DECEMBER 11, 2013

Check out this great article from the School Library Journal on this project. Paperlet is an online participatory publishing platform that takes the existing traditional writing process a decisive step further by bringing the readers into the creative process too. Currently she is now working on a similar program for students here.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 28, 2022

While the debate is not new to the world of librarianship, the controversy about which books should be allowed to grace the shelves of a school library has become a common topic of conversation on news channels, talk shows and school board meetings. We seek balance on our shelves.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

School libraries should be places where students can learn independently and think creatively outside the traditional classroom. This summer, the Houston Independent School District decided to close school libraries and replace them with discipline centers. A library and supportive librarian would benefit them more.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

She recently worked with a young woman who loves libraries. Her developmental disability prevented her from attending a traditional college, but she took courses online and became a librarians assistant at a public library in Long Island. They know how to ask for accommodations at work.

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Teaching Anthropology

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

As we continue this tradition, fostering a connection with the field school, we eagerly anticipate the ongoing journey of learning and growth it offers. The SWP field school offers UTM students the opportunity to be trained in archaeological excavation within their campus grounds.

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Archaeology Teaching Artifacts Anthropology 246

History Tech

JULY 10, 2023

And one consequence of the altered agenda is that my summer reading list, a treasured tradition dating back to the summer following my first year of teaching middle school, is now […] Let’s just say that my May and June did not go as planned and leave it at that.

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TeachThought

JUNE 18, 2024

From AI tutors that provide personalized learning experiences to digital platforms that organize notes efficiently, these innovative tools are transforming traditional learning methods. This smart notebook integrates digital convenience with traditional pen and paper.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 29, 2024

The children’s library at the Yale Child Study Center in New Haven, Connecticut. The post As more youth struggle with behavior and traditional supports fall short, clinicians are partnering with lawyers to help appeared first on The Hechinger Report.

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Sapiens

JANUARY 7, 2025

rose-ringed or ring-necked parakeet) was included in The Naturalists Library , an illustrated natural history series popular in the United Kingdom during the Victorian era. The red-ringed parakeet (a.k.a. To these species defense, one might point out that it wasnt their fault they ended up all over the world.

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Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

It asks them to list 4-5 books they would like to read using various resources such as Goodreads book lists, Scholastic lists, local libraries, classroom libraries, or online book sources, like Epic Books or Lexia. The Booklist Assignment is designed to help students select a book they’ll enjoy. Silent Sustained Reading Routine.

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Cult of Pedagogy

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

And so the power is really in reflecting on that and just sitting with it before we continue with the traditional ways of communicating with families.” Traditional communication has typically referred to those we reach out to as parents , as in parent-teacher conferences , or in more specific roles, as in Mother’s Day events.

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Cult of Pedagogy

OCTOBER 14, 2024

You’ll get access to our members-only library of free downloads, including 20 Ways to Cut Your Grading Time in Half , the e-booklet that has helped thousands of teachers save time on grading. What’s the difference between Amazon and Bookshop.org? ” Come back for more. Over 50,000 teachers have already joined—come on in.

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Pedagogy Cultures Lesson Plan Library 289

Teaching American History

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Courtesy of Denver Public Library. Buffalo were disappearing from their traditional hunting grounds, and their people were hungry. Regardless of his thoughts, he walked the streets, drew his weapon, turned a corner, and confronted a gun-waving man named Charles Squier and his companion, Williamson Morrow. Brady, New York.

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ED Surge

APRIL 3, 2025

Colleges across the country are updating spaces like libraries and science labs to be more collaborative, says Lalit Agarwal, president and chief executive officer of APPA, an organization that supports educational facilities staff. The open design makes abundant use of natural light.

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ED Surge

APRIL 25, 2023

But all this raises the question: Isn’t that something libraries do? The project reflects work that libraries have been doing for a long time, says Steven Bell, an associate university librarian at Temple University. Bir’s site may have attracted so many users because traditional library resources aren’t on the top of people’s minds.

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Digital Promise

MARCH 5, 2020

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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Catlin Tucker

APRIL 22, 2020

As an option, you can add LINC’s library of content, with over 50 more Cycles (including two I wrote for LINC), on blended learning, project-based learning, and student-centered classrooms– perfect for supporting teachers with remote learning. Consider bringing Balance with Blended Learning into your professional learning community.

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ED Surge

MARCH 9, 2023

Martha Bongiorno School Library and Instructional Technology Lead at Fulton County Schools How did the pandemic affect creativity? During the pandemic, she saw creativity pushed away as schools scrambled to get the traditional core content out to students.

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Digital Promise

JUNE 24, 2021

The Educating All Learners Alliance provides a tech tool library that describes accessibility information for digital educational products. The NCES Ed Tech Equity Initiative provides edtech equity data across relevant NCES studies to help education leaders make equitable decisions.

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EdTech Learning Science Library Research 159

Teaching Anthropology

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

As we continue this tradition, fostering a connection with the field school, we eagerly anticipate the ongoing journey of learning and growth it offers. The SWP field school offers UTM students the opportunity to be trained in archaeological excavation within their campus grounds.

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Archaeology Teaching Artifacts Anthropology 130

ED Surge

JANUARY 26, 2022

Innovation has tended to originate in the nontraditional sector, where experimentation abounds, then migrate to traditional institutions. Today, in the nontraditional sector, organizations and services have abandoned key elements of traditional higher education practice. Overall, “primarily online institutions” in the U.S.

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ED Surge

MARCH 23, 2023

In order to understand the significance of microcredentials, their ability to help meet workforce demands , and the dilemma these short-term credentials are causing to traditional higher education, we must first walk through the ways college has evolved during its nearly 400 years of history in our nation. In the U.S. Herein lies the dilemma.

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ED Surge

MARCH 30, 2023

We didn’t have to go further than the daily news to hear of school board meetings, classrooms, grocery stores and libraries being impacted by political polarization in our country. A trip to a bookstore or library as a younger person was always a delight. Roberts continues that tradition for his students at Amherst.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 11, 2016

Cal students in the Doe Library at UC Berkeley on Friday, April 10, 2015. College students in Rhode Island will save a collective $5 million a year if a plan to replace traditional textbooks with free materials is effective. To help faculty members learn more about open educational resources, the college is turning to the library.

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K-12 Library Digital Resources Tradition 106

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 21, 2020

Although Khan Academy was one of the first online learning organizations to promote the idea that kids could learn at home at their own pace, Khan denied the suggestion that working with traditional schools was a significant change in direction, instead calling it “a natural evolution of our work.”. Published with permission.

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Create digital lessons from a library Recommended Resources BookWidgets Blog BookWidgets Webinars BookWidgets Tutorials Teaching with BookWidgets | Facebook BookWidgets YouTube Channel Finding user-friendly online platforms to create projects and activities is crucial in our classrooms. The Widget Library. Image Credit: BookWidgets 2.

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Library Education EdTech Critical Thinking 104

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 31, 2018

schools, as teachers attempt to make a traditional, Eurocentric curriculum personally interesting to a diverse student body. In the Colonial School District in New Castle, Delaware, educators are moving away from traditional textbooks and using open educational resources to bring more diverse perspectives into the curriculum.

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Cultures American History Tradition Lesson Plan 111

The Hechinger Report

MAY 19, 2024

Once the site of an Indian boarding school, where the federal government attempted to strip children of their tribal identity, the Native American Community Academy now offers the opposite: a public education designed to affirm and draw from each student’s traditional culture and language. The charter school, NACA, opened its doors in 2006.

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Charter School Heritage K-12 Education 137

Cult of Pedagogy

APRIL 1, 2024

You’ll get access to our members-only library of free downloads, including 20 Ways to Cut Your Grading Time in Half , the e-booklet that has helped thousands of teachers save time on grading. .” Janae Montgomery (left), is a former paraeducator and was among the first class of Reach graduates. Come back for more.

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Social Justice Pedagogy Library Leadership 206

Zinn Education Project

JUNE 11, 2024

Source: Library of Congress Juneteenth — June 19th, also known as Emancipation Day — is one of the commemorations of people seizing their freedom in the United States. This beautiful tradition of Black freedom should be taught in school. Dancer at Juneteenth celebration in Washington, D.C. Photo by Carol M. But We Can’t Teach?

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