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Defining Future Ready by reflecting on the past

eSchool News

As I reflected on the structure of this article, my archived files got some exercise as I reflected on the origins of Future Ready Librarians ® and why the journey we took to create the program has never been more important than today. Let’s go back to October of 2012. That was 2012.

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Are you a Future Ready Librarian?

eSchool News

In 2012, I was selected as Washington State Teacher of the Year. That pioneering work led to Future Ready Librarians , an extension of the national Future Ready Schools initiative at the Alliance for Excellent Education. And yet Future Ready Librarians are essential leaders and educators in 21st-century schools.

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Future Ready Schools heralds school librarians as leaders

eSchool News

New project highlights critical role school librarians play in supporting Future Ready goals. Future Ready Schools (FRS), led by the Alliance for Excellent Education (the Alliance) in partnership with the U.S. Future Ready librarians embrace change and innovation in education,” said Ray. “As

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Grand challenges of the principalship?

Dangerously Irrelevant

A ‘grand challenge’ for building-level leaders might be a leadership issue such as: turning around a low-achieving school; repairing a dysfunctional school staff culture; preparing future-ready graduates; meeting the needs of students with unique needs (including ELL/ESL, special education, gifted, transitory; etc.);

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7 Questions Principals Should Ask When Hiring Future-Ready Teachers

MindShift

Jessica Caviness (@mrsjcaviness) April 12, 2012. ⚡ K-T Fink ⚡ (@We_Shout) October 19, 2012. Involve volume somehow. pic.twitter.com/DYCXTpwK. The first student-generated problem she received was wonderfully complex: @mrsjcaviness Is this a good warm up Q?!? pic.twitter.com/LhdzZhZb. —

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Learn how the Alliance for Excellent Education can help you and your students! | @All4ed

TeacherCast

The Alliance for Excellent Education is a Washington based advocacy organization dedicated to ensuring that all students are ready for success in college. Jeff sits down with Terri Schwartzbeck and Sam Patterson to discuss the Alliance for Excellent Education, Digital Learning Day and how you can have a Future Ready School.

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Come for the computers, stay for the books

The Hechinger Report

Ray heads up Future Ready Librarians, part of Future Ready Schools — a network for sharing education technology solutions, which is sponsored by the Alliance for Excellent Education, a Washington, D.C.-based In 2012, budget shortfalls led Beaverton to axe more than 40 school librarian positions.