A Principal's Reflections

JULY 9, 2014

Image credit: [link] Almost ten years ago, I was presented with an opportunity to begin my educational leadership career at NMHS. Little did I know that these ten years would profoundly shape me as a leader, educator, and person. Jerry, Joe, and Mary have been with me in some sort of capacity since the beginning in 2004.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 10, 2020

With a roomful of rapidly developing children with wildly different needs in their care, early childhood educators will inevitably observe a host of behavioral and learning challenges among their students over the course of a school year. Master teachers are employed and trained by the New Jersey Department of Education.

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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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eSchool News

JULY 3, 2018

Founded in 2004 by a few Stanford professors including faculty director David Kelley, the d.School offers courses to all students at Stanford, no matter their major. They also have made their approach available to a variety of industries, including education.

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Learning in Hand

MAY 16, 2018

I have connected with thousands of educators. The last time I taught fifth grade was in 2004 , and I am so incredibly excited about spending an entire school year with my own group of young learners again. It helps that my online workshops have been a huge success. I will continue to offer online workshops a few times a year.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

JUNE 28, 2023

As an educator and adult with ADHD, attention threatening to pull away from the person talking to me every few seconds can be quite damaging to the relationships I try to build with students. Last fall, I decided to improve my own listening by signing up to teach a workshop on it (deadlines are an excellent motivator for my learning).

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Edsurge

JULY 9, 2018

In 2004, the education historian Larry Cuban predicted that “while the open classroom has clearly currently disappeared from the vocabulary of educators, another variation of open education is likely to reappear in the years ahead.” I think we’ve seen this reemergence—unintentionally—in the form of MOOCs.

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Digital Promise

MAY 18, 2017

An early stage education technology company, Cignition, is attempting to break that trend through a summer program that keeps students engaged in mathematics through their online virtual world Fog Stone Isle. According to a newsletter from the Harvard Graduate School of Education [2], on average, students lose 2.6 References. [1]

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JULY 23, 2020

Our guests are not professional educators. She has a background in nursing, education, and counseling; and she is certified in sexuality education and sexuality counseling through AASECT. In her vast career, she is responsible for presenting sexuality education to over 250,000 young people!

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 5, 2017

I took workshops and courses on facilitation and coaching, but the idea of being a professional in a learning community who was an effective group member as well as a leader continues to be something I am growing into everyday. 190) presupposes that teachers collectively can make an educational difference.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 12, 2018

At Penn, the university’s president, Amy Gutmann, a first gen herself, made the point, in her remarks in Irvine Auditorium, that when she became president in 2004, one in 20 students were first generation low-income, or FGLI (at Penn it’s said “figly”). Higher Education. They are now one in eight. What does that look like?

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techlearning

MARCH 26, 2018

To assist teachers, administrators and IT staff with professional development as they transition to the Chromebook ecosystem, CDI has partnered with EdTechTeam which offers professional development workshops led by EdTechTeam’s staff of Google Innovators and Certified Trainers. The initiative has been extremely successful. “We

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Edsurge

JANUARY 10, 2017

When it first opened its doors in 2004 as a part of the Civic Committee of the Commercial Club of Chicago, the organization took a leading role in opening charter schools across the city—130 of them, to be exact. At the end of the day, public schools—both charter and district—are educating kids and preparing them for college and life.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

Education technology is riddled with acronyms, and here’s another one to boot: iPASS. At workshops and panel discussions throughout the week, representatives from the schools showcased the tools they’re using to do that such as early signal systems and intervention, peer-to-peer advising and new messaging and outreach methods.

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Graphite Blog

MAY 9, 2018

" Founded in 2004 by a few Stanford professors including faculty director David Kelley , the d.School offers courses to all students at Stanford, no matter their major. They also have made their approach available to a variety of industries, including education.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 15, 2017

Gross (more on each below), who will take a look forward at the skills and knowledge needed to support successful libraries of the future, examining educational programs and employer expectations. Presentation and discussion will include requirements and expectations from educators and from both the employee and employer’s perspective.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 3, 2018

Higher Education. Through its College Bound program, summer legal institute and parent workshops, the organization serves about 400 students and 70 families each year. . There’s an education happening outside the classroom with people our kids otherwise wouldn’t come into contact with.” . Sign up for our newsletter.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

DECEMBER 13, 2018

This is a conference for librarians, instructional designers and educators to share their work and challenges, as well as for those who believe in the value of integrating instructional design into their practice to help them innovate and evolve library services for the future. The call for proposals is now open HERE.

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techlearning

OCTOBER 9, 2018

This mantra in education particularly in adopting emerging technology is incredibly important. I regularly encourage anyone in education to think about this as a reminder of who they are and how that informs the expectations they hold on themselves to prepare students for a different future. & Birkeland, S.E. Accessed 18 Apr.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 28, 2017

Gross (more on each below), who will take a look forward at the skills and knowledge needed to support successful libraries of the future, examining educational programs and employer expectations. She has led a distinguished career as an educator and innovator. Abels , John Bertot , and Valerie J. Abels, John Bertot, Valerie J.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JANUARY 26, 2017

Invited panelists will take a look forward at the skills and knowledge needed to support successful libraries of the future, examining educational programs and employer expectations. Presentation and discussion will include requirements and expectations from educators and from both the employee and employer’s perspective.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JANUARY 7, 2019

The Global Leadership Summit will provide participants with the unique opportunity to: Develop the capacity to lead classrooms and educational systems that foster in students the will and the skill to tackle problems of real-world significance locally and globally. Design creative ways to advocate and implement global learning initiatives.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

This is a conference for librarians, instructional designers and educators to share their work and challenges, as well as for those who believe in the value of integrating instructional design into their practice to help them innovate and evolve library services for the future. This is a free event, being held live online and also recorded.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 12, 2017

Whether it’s used for homework-assignment web searches, streamed video tutorials, educational apps or collaborative multimedia projects, fast internet at home is rapidly turning into a necessity for America’s students. Most EBS license holders, however, can’t use their portion of spectrum the way Albemarle County has.

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The Daring Librarian

APRIL 3, 2012

Now, more than ever, education professionals must be visible and transparent in what they do and with their program and practice. Wikispaces are FREE for educators to easily create wikipages & connect with your students and community. I like being a perky effin Pollyana cheerleader for education & I like stirring the pot!

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Digital Promise

JUNE 18, 2019

When I first started teaching in Philadelphia in 2004, teachers were lucky if they had one desktop computer in their room for students to use, and students attended weekly computer lab classes. In some cases, technology decisions are made by school leadership in-step with a plan developed with educators and an accompanying budget.

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EdTechTeam

NOVEMBER 4, 2017

Being an educational technology trainer and an educator for more than a decade, I have had a fair share of training and professional development sessions both on giving and receiving end. Recently, I found myself sitting in a conference room along with 200+ educators for one day workshop.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 27, 2017

To some, this might sound like little more than classic “Mean Girls” behavior, as immortalized in the 2004 cult teen flick, but it can include mean boys, too. Raquel Sheridan, a senior at Pittsfield Middle High School, holds a flower she and classmates made as part of a workshop exercise. They call me ‘Pizza Face,’ ” he said.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Buffalo educators hoped Eve’s new program would give more children — particularly children of color — a chance at enrichment and advanced learning. Buffalo’s struggle to create an integrated, equitable gifted program demonstrates a longtime challenge that has recently gained attention: Gifted education in America has a race problem.

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edWeb.net

MARCH 17, 2021

This edWeb broadcast was hosted by AASA, The School Superintendents Association and AASA’s Leadership Network, providing premier professional learning for educational leaders. Dr. Brown is a highly regarded speaker and workshop facilitator addressing a range of topics for local, regional, and national audiences. LISTEN TO THE PODCAST.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

So it and other schools in the region have started trying to recruit Hispanics, who — like Barrera Cantu — increasingly want college educations. How well they do has implications for all of higher education. Their parents think education is key, but don’t always know how to make that happen.”.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

Online education has been touted as a way to increase access to education. This has all left us asking: Who does online education really serve? When I conducted the study, we compared students across cohorts—between 2004 and 2014. That's an effort that my team, the Online Network of Educators, supports.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 12, 2013

She founded the World Wide Workshop in 2004 to leverage her unique blend of award-winning research, business acumen, and leadership in spreading innovative new-media learning projects for benefiting kids and youth around the world. Most recently, the Workshop launched Globaloria to invent ways of using social networking and Web 2.0

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 18, 2016

Their questions highlight a deep gulf many low-income, first generation students face as they attempt to navigate the mysterious world of higher education. percent of its graduates since 2004 have gone on to a four-year college, including Ivies like Dartmouth and Harvard. Related: The end of “no excuses” education reform?

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 30, 2019

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) ordered Christine’s parents, Clive and Oneita Thompson, to return to Jamaica, a country they left in 2004; they say they believed their lives were at risk. from Jamaica in 2004. They know how important education is.”. The Thompsons came to the U.S. So I never thought this would happen.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Foundation Distinguished Professor, School of Education at the University of Kansas Yong Zhao is a Foundation Distinguished Professor in the School of Education at the University of Kansas and a professor in Educational Leadership at the Melbourne Graduate School of Education in Australia. Yong Zhao, Ph.D

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 12, 2016

By 2014, just about half of low-income high school students enrolled in college immediately, compared with 81 percent of high-income graduates, according to the Commission on the Future of Undergraduate Education. Related: Fixing a higher-education system that screams inequality. Dream School: I don’t have one. Photo: Kim Palmer.

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