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It’s Elementary: Targeted K12 Leadership Development for Tackling Big Problems

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A sampling of headlines from Education Weekly in February 2020 highlight social and emotional learning , the role of technology in education, and the importance of effective school leadership. As we write this, we are thinking back to the last “normal” month in 2020 before COVID-19 arrived in full force.

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How Education Elements Guides Districts in Creating Environments that Personalize Learning

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Education Elements provides support for schools and districts as they transform their school models to personalize learning. The company got its start in late 2010, spurred by founder Anthony Kim’s work with KIPP Empower , an elementary charter school in Los Angeles. He founded Education Elements to meet that need.

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Building a Dream School: Reflections of a Principal's Journey and the Impact of Collaboration

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James opened Lyons Farms Elementary School during the 2022- 2023 academic school year. I have not yet fulfilled that dream, but I had the opportunity to work alongside James Hopkins, a school principal in Durham, North Carolina, who has done just that.

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Flexible Content & Tools: Part 3 - An Interview With an Elementary Educator

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Personalized learning represents a shift in how we teach students, a reflection of our changing educational landscape, and an acknowledgement that the world we must prepare our students for is different than the one we grew up in. One of the biggest ways education has already changed is in the content and tools students engage with.

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The Importance of Science of Reading for Our Students and Their Futures

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Getting Off The Bench If you are anything like me, you know that the “Science of Reading” is a lightning rod in the world of education right now, but feel more comfortable sitting on the sidelines and let the experts engage. I decided it was time to engage in the conversation and wanted to share a few things that I learned along the way.

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Developing Yourself as an Instructional Coach

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I spent six years in the classroom, perfecting my craft as an early elementary educator. I became an instructional coach because I wanted to share my expertise with my colleagues, so that more of our students were reaching higher, and achieving greater. Oh, how little I knew.

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Redefining Professional Development: Educators as Leaders and Learners

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It’s mid-May at Baychester Academy, a public elementary school in the Bronx’s District 11. But then something unusual happens: Educators from across the district begin to arrive.

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