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How to help principals do a better job? Train their bosses

The Hechinger Report

A group of secondary network superintendents debrief after a visit to a classroom at a middle school in Oakland. Secondary school superintendents joined their counterparts from the elementary school level to compare notes across schools, hoping to identify common problems and patterns. Photo: Jackie Mader. Training the trainers.

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Charters felt pressured to promise miraculous progress — but none met the targets

The Hechinger Report

Photo: Cheryl Gerber for The Hechinger Report. ” A Hechinger Report analysis found that such lofty goals were common in the 10 years after Hurricane Katrina, particularly between 2008 and 2013, when dozens of new charter schools opened across the city. Photo: Cheryl Gerber for The Hechinger Report.

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Making Is Great Because It’s Chaotic. But Not Everyone Is Looking for Chaos.

Edsurge

She views the seeming “chaos” of making as a tool for students to take ownership of their own learning, adapt to changing circumstances, sit with frustration, develop problem-solving skills, collaborate with others, and exercise creativity.

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In 2019, What’s REALLY the Definition of a Teacher?

EdNews Daily

They deliver specific chunks of knowledge that are outlined by academic standards and required by school policy in the curriculum, not random tangents of knowledge. It’s librarians that are supposed to curate and guide further studies and deeper dives or sideways jumps to secondary topics. Paying attention to group dynamics.

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Innovative ideas for school libraries

eSchool News

For a new generation of educators, these pursuits have something in common: They’re all appropriate learning exercises that can take place in the school library. Holzweiss said she avoids outdated book report questions and formats. A tutorial on how to create a paper circuit board that uses LED lights.