A Principal's Reflections

NOVEMBER 19, 2017

After meeting my wife in 2002, I moved to Staten Island, NY and resided there for thirteen years. As I transitioned from principal to Senior Fellow with the International Center for Leadership in Education (ICLE) my work began to take me all over the country and the world. What I saw just warmed my heart, but more on this later.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 31, 2023

BOSTON — After María Mejía’s son was diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder in preschool, the question of where he should go to kindergarten focused entirely on his special education needs. None are enrolled in the two-year-old Vietnamese-English program at Mather Elementary School. BPS has pledged to start dozens more.

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Neo LMS

APRIL 12, 2018

In my previous blog on the subject , we explored some of the better online resources for the elementary school teacher hoping to blend their elementary school classroom. Why is digital PBL so rare in foundational and elementary phases? Ms Foley is now a professor in the Education Department of Grand Canyon University.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

AUGUST 22, 2023

Science education is more than just textbooks and lectures; it’s about igniting curiosity, fostering a love for exploration, and building a deep understanding of the world around us. As educators, we’re always seeking innovative ways to engage students, and one proven method is the use of visual aids such as classroom posters.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 19, 2021

We applaud the Biden administration for taking this important and profound first step toward investing in children’s early experiences and education, a key mechanism for strengthening the economy and improving the lives of American families. Support for early education and care can’t stop at critical, short-term financial relief.

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

Dell Black Friday and Year Long Education Deals. Did you know that Dell has a cost-free education discount program offered to educators and their friends and family all year long? Too much education is received passively, and Jon knows from both research and experience that students learn best when they are active participants.

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Digital Promise

JUNE 15, 2016

The following three sections detail the range of best practices found by researchers to be critical for ensuring educator growth and success: Effective Administrator and Teacher Leadership. 2004; Alliance for Excellent Education, 2011 ). educators, and Catherine Lewis, who conducts academic research on lesson study.

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Waterford

DECEMBER 16, 2019

A survey of educators found that the majority lack enough information and classroom management strategies for students with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and that they don’t feel capable to help them.[2] For elementary school teachers, here are a few early signs of ADHD to look for:[14]. What Educators Need to Know.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

In 50 elementary schools, according to officials, these students now take classes in Spanish and English with an ultimate goal of achieving academic proficiency in both languages by middle school. Both programs aim to make students fully bilingual. Both feature instruction in two languages. Photo: Tara García Mathewson. “I

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Shake Up Learning

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Tony is one of the most creative educators I know. Learning in Hand started in 2002 as part of my classroom website. I taught fifth-graders at College View Elementary School. In 2001 I had a one-to-one classroom with Palm Pilots, and in 2005 I started one of the first podcasts from an elementary school.

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Waterford

AUGUST 9, 2022

Use these first day of school read-alouds to teach social skills to your elementary students: David Goes to School by David Shannon. Canadian Medical Association Journal, September 2002, 167(6), pp. NSW Department of Education. Educational Review, 2001, 53(1), pp. Education Digest, September 2008, 74(1).

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

AUGUST 23, 2023

In today’s increasingly diverse and interconnected world, conversations about race, diversity, and inclusion have become essential components of education. As teachers and educators, we bear the responsibility of facilitating these critical discussions with our students. Be ready to explain these concepts in age-appropriate ways.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 3, 2022

Patterson Elementary School in Hillsboro, Oregon. The idea was met with nods by three of Chandler’s classmates as they sat discussing the future in the principal’s office of their 400-student elementary school, a red-brick structure in a suburb of Portland. Patterson Elementary School in Hillsboro, Oregon where they are fifth graders.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

OCTOBER 18, 2023

This isn’t just academic navel-gazing; the aim is to provide teachers, parents, and educators with a clearer, research-backed understanding of what exactly phonemic awareness is and why it’s so crucial in the journey towards literacy. Scholars and educators alike have grappled with pinning down a comprehensive definition.

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techlearning

JUNE 27, 2018

The new STEAM bundles are being shown in Acer (2002) and Wonder Workshop’s (5418) booths this week at ISTE 2018 in Chicago at McCormick Place West Building. The new STEAM bundles are being shown in Acer (2002) and Wonder Workshop’s (5418) booths this week at ISTE 2018 in Chicago at McCormick Place West Building. Prices start at $895.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 7, 2018

Taking the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) has become a right-of-passage for high school students as they leave formal education and enter the next phase of learning. The site includes over 1200 SAT questions written by experienced educators and designed to be similar to what students will find on the real test. See my full review here.

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Philly Teacher

AUGUST 15, 2013

August 2002. I am called in November and am placed at an elementary school in Southwest Philadelphia. We are here because the people entrusted with the financial and educational well-being of Philadelphia’s children dropped the ball in a big way. I move to Philadelphia immediately after graduating from college.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 5, 2018

For more than two decades, Jonathan Grayer has made a career out of welding educational companies. The former Kaplan executive, who served as its CEO from 1994 to 2008, oversaw 67 acquisitions that turned the test-prep business into a global education services provider. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Peter Adams, senior vice president of education, News Literacy Project. As conspiracy theories spread across social media and misleading news stories are shared in internet echo chambers, educators across the country – and the world – are trying to battle misinformation by teaching students to be better consumers of news, media and data.

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eSchool News

JULY 15, 2021

Michele Gay and Alissa Parker founded Safe and Sound Schools in 2013, following the tragic deaths of their children at Sandy Hook Elementary School. Founded in 2002, Raptor has partnered with over 35,000 K-12 U.S. About Safe and Sound Schools. For more information, visit www.safeandsoundschools.org. About Raptor Technologies®.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 4, 2019

Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 36(4), 476–500. A Smile is the Teacher’s Game Face This summer, I met Rob Brown , elementary school principal at Southside Christian School in South Carolina. Review of Educational Research, 81(2), 201–233; Headden, S. Postsecondary education descriptive analysis report.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 28, 2019

Skeptics have also pointed out that being held back is both expensive for school districts — taxpayers end up paying an additional year of education — and demoralizing for students. Higher Education. Related: Research suggests repeating elementary school grades — even kindergarten — is harmful. Weekly Update.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 10, 2019

Dysart Unified’s preschool program for students with disabilities , which is offered at each of its elementary schools and staffed with teams of teachers, therapists and paraprofessionals, has become a model for Arizona. Some children do so well in these programs they no longer need special education services by the time they enter school.

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Edsurge

JULY 7, 2016

Way back in 2002, when Friendster was the biggest social network and people were gathering in Internet cafes, the State of Maine implemented the first 1:1 laptop initiative in the country. The computers were equipped with educational software and wireless connectivity. The iPad does not direct the education—the teacher does.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 14, 2018

Pam Moran has been a leader in education reform in Virginia over the past several years as the state moved from testing to transformation. Pam, what is an update on what has happened with education reform in Virginia since we last talked? They flipped to one-to-one sometime around 2002. Update on Testing Reform in Virginia.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 2, 2017

As an educator, Jared Cotton has worn nearly as many hats as Dr. Seuss’s Bartholomew Cubbins—elementary math and science teacher, assistant principal, principal, district director of assessment and accountability, assistant superintendent, superintendent. Which isn’t to say that the readership of educators has been entirely forgotten.

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edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

elementary and middle school classrooms, learning and understanding the language of mathematics can be a challenge. Also as a passionate educator, she revitalized the North Bay CUE affiliate and served as president for three years. Kelly Urlacher started her education career as a teacher in 2002. For many of the 4.5

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 6, 2017

Listen to Jennifer Gonzalez talk about 5 tech tools every educator should try in 2017. chief innovation officer of CUE, who has helped train 32,000 educators since he’s been there. So I’m going to take you back in my way back machine, in the year 2002; I’m minding my own business, teaching sixth grade, doing Latin roots.

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MindShift

MAY 14, 2018

30, 2016 was a big day for Lake Canyon Elementary. Lake Canyon Elementary School ceremony assigning students to a house. In addition to allowing for “much more individualized responses,” he said, the house system helps replicate the coherence of the elementary experience. Katie Fewell Photography). Samantha Shanahan/KQED).

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Philly Teacher

AUGUST 15, 2013

August 2002. I am called in November and am placed at an elementary school in Southwest Philadelphia. We are here because the people entrusted with the financial and educational well-being of Philadelphia’s children dropped the ball in a big way. I move to Philadelphia immediately after graduating from college.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 7, 2017

elementary schools.”. Jo Boaler, author of “ Mathematical Mindsets ,” reminds us that the federal government’s 2002 No Child Left Behind Act put pressure on teachers to follow “scripted” curriculum and strict pacing guides. Turbocharging Your Basal Reading Program with More Reading ,” are in “almost three out of four U.S. In the End.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 1, 2016

. — This fall, students at Enterprise Attendance Center in the small city of Brookhaven may get to draw, paint and make crafts in an elementary art class — the first the school has had in 12 years. Related: “Education costs money,” says state superintendent in Mississippi. billion on elementary and secondary education.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

DECEMBER 13, 2010

Join me Tuesday, December 14th, for a live and interactive FutureofEducation.com webinar with Deborah Meier, education reformer, writer, and activist. Event and Recording Page : [link] Deborah Meier has spent more than four decades working in public education as a teacher, writer and public advocate.

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MindShift

DECEMBER 22, 2016

Excerpted from Making Science: Reimagining STEM Education in Middle School and Beyond by Christa Flores, published in 2016 by Constructing Modern Knowledge Press. Making learning “hard fun” (Papert, 2002) is a real-world balancing act that happens everyday when children are designing and inventing in the classroom. By Christa Flores.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 24, 2019

Meghan Groves, a teacher at Washington-Lee Elementary School, in Bristol, Virginia, leads her first graders in “closing circle,” where they talk about how their day went. Higher Education. Education officials also cite the counseling and mental-health services the school receives from a handful of local organizations. “It

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 7, 2018

This story about preschool was produced by The Hechinger Report , a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education, in partnership with the USA TODAY NETWORK-FLORIDA and the Naples Daily News. The academy is able to provide smart boards due to funding from the Naples Winter Wine Festival.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

Working in conjunction with the Michigan Department of Education and Emmy Award Winning Director, Allyson Rockwell, the Mason-Lake and Oceana ISDs are working on a documentary film chronicling the success in the pilot kindergarten and second grade iPad classrooms in Ludington, Michigan. psid=2011-09-29.1440.M.9E9FE58134BE68C3B413F24B3586CF.vcr&sid=2008350

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