A Principal's Reflections

JULY 23, 2017

Below is an adapted section of Chapter 4 from our book that looks as research that can influence learning space design in classrooms and schools. As such, Barrett and Zang (2009) identify three key design principles: Naturalness : Hardwired into our brains, humans have the basic need for light, air, and safety.

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Digital Promise

JUNE 18, 2019

This brand new update is based on over 100,000 peer-reviewed articles from 191 journals, published between 2009 and 2018. This new topic on the visualization explores considerations for the design of learning environments and interventions in support of student behavioral and academic outcomes, with a focus on young learners.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 3, 2024

Collaboration transcends classroom boundaries, involving a myriad of stakeholders – colleagues, students, parents, and the broader educational community. In my experience, these connections don’t just bring new ideas and perspectives to the classroom; they also offer support and inspiration from a global teaching community.

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Waterford

JUNE 26, 2023

On both the classroom and schoolwide level, family involvement in education can make a profound difference in early learning outcomes. When educators build strong relationships, families can reinforce what their students are learning in the classroom as they set their own routines and expectations at home.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Vocational programs are more costly to run because they require expensive equipment and spacious classrooms. Fields of concentration for high school vocational students in Massachusetts for graduating seniors 2009-2011. Source: Appendix of Heterogeneity in High School Career and Technical Education Outcomes. August 2022.

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Digital Promise

JULY 16, 2019

Research suggests that when technology is effectively used in schools, access may help to bridge educational and social gaps (Warschauer & Matuchniak, 2010; Eccles, 2009; National Science Foundation, 2017). In each classroom, students were using some sort of technology, even if the course was not specifically a “tech” class.

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A Principal's Reflections

DECEMBER 6, 2015

Koole (2009) No one will deny the impact that mobile is having on the world. Students are more connected than ever with their devices, and it is necessary for teachers to capitalize on this opportunity to drive student learning and outcomes. Access alone will not translate into enhanced student learning outcomes. Cristol, D., &

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

According to the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), school age students who receive special education services in public schools represented about 15 percent of enrollment in the 2020-21 school year, up from 13 percent in 2009-10. School administrators are taking a hard look at how to prevent burnout.

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Digital Promise

JUNE 30, 2016

In addition, technology tools change rapidly, and outcomes can vary depending on implementation. Learning Outcomes. Teachers connecting classroom activities to the world outside the classroom. Rather, what matters most is how students and teachers use technology to develop knowledge and skills.

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Edsurge

APRIL 8, 2022

There are three main ways that teacher pay impacts student outcomes, García says. I think one challenge for the teaching profession is that with traditional salary schedules, no matter how great of a teacher you are, compared to the teacher in the next classroom over, you’ll earn the same base amount,” Holston says. “Or,

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eSchool News

JANUARY 9, 2023

For students, it serves to reinforce the Mindsets learning in the classroom. About 7 Mindsets Founded in 2009, 7 Mindsets is the only highly researched education company offering mindsets-based learning solutions proven to drive happier, healthier and more successful outcomes for educators and students.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Judging from the emails, calls and tweets I’ve received in the last week, there are few early education studies with more hated results than the multi-year study from Vanderbilt University researchers, which tracks outcomes for children who attended Tennessee’s voluntary pre-K program more than a decade ago.

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 25, 2018

My unexpected journey began with a decision to give Twitter a try in 2009. In the beginning, we really weren’t sure what we were doing or whether it would lead to improved outcomes, but we did our best to align every innovative idea with research and sound pedagogy. My take on it is this.

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Social Media Twitter Outcomes Secondary 194

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Blended learning is an educational approach that combines traditional classroom methods with digital and online media. Breen argues that blended learning is not just about integrating classroom instruction with web-based technologies; it encompasses a wide array of technologies and methods, both traditional and modern.

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A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 28, 2019

Back in 2009, I began calling for an evolved construct of leadership that would better serve schools in meeting the diverse needs of learners and stakeholders alike. Over time I realized that the digital aspect was a supporting element and amplifier of what leaders in classrooms, schools, organizations, and districts do every day.

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A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 11, 2019

I remember like it was yesterday when I began blogging back in 2009. Image credit In the classroom, or even outside of it, video is one of the most powerful learning tools there is. In the case of Edpuzzle and Playposit, the responses can go straight to an LMS (learning management system) such as Google Classroom or Schoology.

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Doug Levin

APRIL 21, 2016

Guidance on the Enhancing Education Through Technology (Ed Tech) Program: Funds Made Available Under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (July 2009). FY 2009 $269,900,000 (President Bush’s request: $0). FY 2009 ( American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 special appropriation ): $650,000,000.

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User Generated Education

DECEMBER 24, 2020

In normal times when students come to my classroom (I provide pull-out services for gifted elementary level kids), I get them doing hands-on activities within minutes of entering into my classroom. A focusing activity is designed to immediately focus students’ attention as soon as they walk in (or log in) to the classroom.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 24, 2022

Children who attended Tennessee’s state-funded voluntary pre-K program during the 2009-10 and 2010-11 school years were doing worse than their peers by the end of sixth grade in academic achievement, discipline issues and special education referrals. Related: New research finds “Magic 8” preschool classroom practices.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 7, 2022

Philanthropist and former Microsoft CEO Bill Gates popularized the notion in a 2009 TED Talk when he said “ once somebody has taught for three years, their teaching quality does not change thereafter.” For example, student achievement in their classrooms might increase by the same 50 points every year.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Part of me wondered, had my role shifted towards helping them find resources and less toward managing classroom engagement? Shortly after graduation, Sheliya received a full-time job offer based on her efforts in this service-learning project — not a bad outcome for a high school service-learning project.

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Waterford

APRIL 10, 2020

In fact, practicing self-care can be in the best interest of everyone in your classroom. 13] Causes of stress can include lack of resources, class behavioral problems, or pressure relating to standardized test expectations, just to name a few, but they all lead to the same outcomes: weakened physical and emotional health.[1,5].

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A Principal's Reflections

JANUARY 7, 2018

Provide stakeholders with REALITY by sharing all the awesomeness in your classroom, school, district, or organization. Once I started drinking the Twitter Kool-Aid back in 2009 I quickly learned the error of my ways. Over the course of five years from 2009 – 2014 we worked tirelessly to transform teaching, learning, and leadership.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 25, 2021

In 2019, a full year before the pandemic, the American Psychological Association reported new research showing a dramatic increase in the rates of depression among young people aged 18 to 25, surging 63 percent from 2009 to 2017 (from 8.1 percent to 13.2 percent). Students need to be reminded that it is OK to not be OK.

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A Principal's Reflections

JUNE 8, 2014

These indicators have become so embedded in the minds of those judging our schools and work that we, like everyone else, worked hard to focus only on initiatives that would hopefully produce favorable outcomes in those areas. Flipped classroom and instructional model implemented in 2012. It was a huge problem for us.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

JUNE 1, 2016

I have been blogging since 2009. My mind gets excited about seeing these ideas through with the newest resources I know about to make the outcomes better. Sometimes, I realize I haven’t kept these promises and they urge me to take new steps towards those goals. Lately, I’ve also looked at past blog posts. Enjoyed this post?

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User Generated Education

MAY 23, 2016

Student engagement, described as the tendency to be behaviorally, emotionally, and cognitively involved in academic activities, is a key construct in motivation research (Thijs & Verkuyten, 2009). Given a growth and flexible mindset, educators can easily implement these ideas within their own classrooms.

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Digital Promise

OCTOBER 29, 2018

We’ve seen more investment in classroom technologies , with students now equipped with school-issued iPads and access to e-textbooks. Given this trend, teachers, students, parents and policymakers might assume that students’ familiarity and preference for technology translates into better learning outcomes.

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The Web20Classroom

APRIL 11, 2018

In many of the districts and classrooms I’ve worked with, SAMR is the go-to model to help teachers better understand how to bump up their lessons and make them more engaging with technology. Moving a written assignment to a digital document is substitution. Sharing that digital document with a partner is augmentation.

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Edsurge

JUNE 29, 2018

In 2009, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation invested hundreds of millions to see whether “ value-added ” models could be used to evaluate, inform and improve teachers’ effectiveness in improving student outcomes. Some principals were not thoroughly trained in the rubrics used evaluate teachers used in classroom observations.

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eSchool News

APRIL 3, 2024

Last week, Mayor Brandon Johnson toured the high school, visiting carpentry, electricity, and culinary arts classrooms – and even sampling a large breakfast of sausages, bacon, eggs, potatoes, and toast prepared by the high school’s chefs.

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Digital Promise

JUNE 15, 2016

2008; Webster-Wright, 2009 ; Accomplished California Teachers, 2012 ). On the other hand, one-shot, “drive-by,” or fragmented, “spray-and-pray” workshops lasting 14 hours or less show no statistically significant effect on student learning ( Darling-Hammond, Wei, Andree, Richardson, and Orphanos, 2009 ).

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Edsurge

APRIL 2, 2019

Specifically, the bet is that formative assessments, which can be delivered in classrooms regularly throughout the school year, offer educators a better, timelier understanding of what students know (or don’t) than an end-of-year final test. K-12 market for classroom assessment tools is expected to reach $1.7 billion by 2020.

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A Principal's Reflections

JUNE 21, 2015

When I first dipped my toe into the social media waters in March 2009 I really did not know what to expect. Little did I know that my tweeting would lead to a feature story on CBS Channel 2 NYC during November 2009 and in the process catch the eye of business maven Trish Ruben.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

The race of the teacher didn’t affect the academic achievement of Black students in third through fifth grade across eight school years, from 2009-10 to 2017-18. For example, one earlier study focused on long-term outcomes , instead of test scores, and found higher college going rates for Black students taught by Black teachers.

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eSpark

JULY 1, 2021

eSpark’s Theory of Learning is grounded in seven research-based elements – teaching practices or design elements – that are directly linked to student learning outcomes. Even simple feedback, such as right or wrong, has been correlated with student learning outcomes (Faber et al., 1: Differentiation Keeps Learning Accessible.

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Learning E-rate Elementary Outcomes 52

The Hechinger Report

MAY 20, 2020

The Matific study that found a 34 percent increase in student achievement, for instance, includes a major caveat: “It is not possible to claim whether or how much the use of Matific influenced this outcome as students would be expected to show some growth when exposed to teaching, regardless of what resources are used.”.

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