A Principal's Reflections

DECEMBER 7, 2014

As a practitioner I am always looking to learn how to better assist educators at all grade levels. Superintendent Scott Rocco provided me with a great opportunity to not only work with teachers in his district, but to also push me outside my comfort zone, which has always been secondary education.

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Catlin Tucker

JANUARY 3, 2024

He uses it when he meets with each member of his team to exchange feedback at the mid-point and end of the calendar year. principal about staff meetings, kids about their helpfulness around the house) using the keep, start, stop strategy. Both he and his team members think about and provide feedback through this lens.

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eSchool News

APRIL 23, 2024

From interactive simulations to online databases of primary sources, these tools offer educators a wide array of resources to enrich their curriculum and foster student learning. Social studies education serves as the cornerstone for cultivating informed and engaged citizens capable of understanding the complexities of the world around them.

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EdTech Magazine

AUGUST 6, 2019

In modern schools, vocational instruction — now career and technical education, or CTE — often takes students beyond the oil-stained floor beneath an automotive hoist or a shower of sparks in a welding lab. Research suggests students are more likely to continue their education when they know they already have a head start.

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Edsurge

MARCH 27, 2024

In many cases, that means educator layoffs are coming. But the ESSER “funding cliff” — the fall deadline for districts to allocate money from the final disbursement of Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief grants — isn’t a singular culprit behind the staff cuts that are rolling out around the country.

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eSchool News

MARCH 22, 2024

Conversations around the benefits of esports have centered on collegiate and secondary levels, but recently, the conversation has expanded to include elementary esports, too. Here are 6 tips to start an elementary program. How can schools create esports programs and teams? Where are esports tournaments held?

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Hapara

AUGUST 18, 2023

More willingness to listen to other viewpoints instead of scorning or fearing what is unfamiliar is another indicator of inclusive education. A recent UNESCO report showed that across the nation, elementary and secondary students with disabilities experience higher rates of violence by teachers and are up to 1.5

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Our students are spread across 31 elementary schools, two pre-K schools, and seven secondary schools. Meeting standards and managing devices One of our first challenges was that Massachusetts has specific digital literacy and computer science standards that are a bit different than the national CSTA standards used by many other states.

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Edsurge

MARCH 24, 2023

More lives lost, more families devastated, more educators operating in fear. As the founder of an organization that provides social-emotional learning (SEL) experiences for preK-12 students, educators and families, and a mother of three, I spend a great deal of time considering what this crisis means for schools and communities.

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Waterford

OCTOBER 21, 2020

Chief among those is determining how to support students with special educational needs. In the United States, about 14 percent of students in public schools receive specialized education services.[1] However, the government guidance also gives schools greater flexibility in meeting their IEP objectives during the pandemic.[2]

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Edsurge

JANUARY 10, 2022

But if you’re reading this article—if you’re engaged enough in education to be reading EdSurge—you probably don’t believe that data. Compared to workers in offices or remote jobs, teachers have always had a harder time keeping up with the varying needs of adult life: car repairs, doctors’ appointments, meeting a plumber.

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eSchool News

JUNE 20, 2023

To help support and encourage the adoption of safety technology in schools, many states have passed Alyssa’s Law , which requires all public elementary and secondary school buildings to be equipped with a silent panic alarm connected to local law enforcement.

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Edsurge

MARCH 31, 2021

But there is a solution: stronger, more equitable civics education that starts earlier. Civics Education Is at a Crossroads This knowledge gap is due in large part to the sidelining of K-12 social studies since the early 2000s, with the implementation of No Child Left Behind. This is not just a problem for teachers like me.

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Edsurge

APRIL 19, 2021

During the crises of 2020-21, we clearly saw that our education system needs to innovate to make it more equitable, agile, relevant and responsive. We learned that education conditions are intensely local; they vary dramatically in each and every community, limiting the usefulness of one-size-fits-all solutions. Why local communities?

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Through professional learning opportunities for educators, the program is designed to prepare today’s students for tomorrow’s AI careers. These innovative educators discussed the challenges of completing the program and their experiences planning and implementing AI curriculum in their classes.

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EdTech Magazine

JULY 24, 2020

So, what options do districts have to best meet the needs of their students and employees during this trying time? billion emergency relief fund divided between K–12 and higher education schools. million Education Stabilization Fund. Most people are saying that won’t be true this time.”. It includes a $30.75

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EdTech Magazine

JULY 23, 2020

So, what options do districts have to best meet the needs of their students and employees during this trying time? billion emergency relief fund divided between K–12 and higher education schools. million Education Stabilization Fund. Most people are saying that won’t be true this time.”. It includes a $30.75

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 10, 2021

Today’s guest, Starr Sackstein, author of Assessing with Respect: Everyday Practices That Meet Students’ Social and Emotional Needs , shares an overview of what is needed so that every student feels respected even as they are given the necessary feedback to improve and level up their learning. MsSackstein on Twitter.

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eSchool News

MARCH 31, 2023

The Arkansas Department of Education’s Division of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) recently named Curriculum Associates’ Magnetic Reading Foundations to its list of high-quality instructional materials (HQIM) for foundational skills in English language arts. NORTH BILLERICA, Mass.—

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eSchool News

JUNE 13, 2022

They are also better prepared to meet the needs of diverse learners. However, principals who receive high-quality training feel better equipped to handle the real-world demands of the role and tend to stay in their jobs longer.

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Waterford

AUGUST 18, 2023

Find Expert-Led Strategies That Work for Your School Visit the Waterford webinars page to learn from educational experts like Candra Morris , Dr. Jenni Torres , Julie Christensen , and others on topics that include: Fostering Family Engagement Teaching with the Science of Reading Understanding the Six Literacy Strands And more!

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Edsurge

MAY 28, 2020

It’s an opportunity for the future teachers who are enrolled at the college to apply what they learn in class in a practical setting, testing out lesson plans with real elementary students. But education students still need to work on lesson plans, and kids still need summer activities. This year, camp is canceled due to COVID-19.

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Edsurge

APRIL 1, 2022

Through his current role, his experience teaching middle school science for over a decade and his work teaching future educators as an adjunct professor at East Tennessee State University, Bowen sees this as a glaring need across the educational landscape. “If Before the pandemic, educators in the U.S.

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Edsurge

APRIL 20, 2021

The teacher reached out to me, an education consultant recently hired by the school district to support struggling learners. She invited me to meet with Jason, who filled me in on his situation. As an educator, it’s easy to get lost in the day-to-day “administrivia” of making hundreds of decisions a week. How did we miss him?”

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

To help, the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (MA DESE) partnered with VHS Learning to create the STEM Advanced Placement Access Expansion Opportunity , which enables up to 1,500 students within the state to take free AP® courses during the 2022-2023 academic year. Boston – Feb. About VHS Learning.

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EdTech Magazine

JULY 28, 2020

So, what options do districts have to best meet the needs of their students and employees during this trying time? billion emergency relief fund divided between K–12 and higher education schools. million Education Stabilization Fund. Most people are saying that won’t be true this time.”. It includes a $30.75

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Neo LMS

OCTOBER 2, 2018

In the last on our series about the challenges in higher education, we will examine how universities and colleges are managing the fast pace of change in teaching methods and curricula. According to UNESCO, global demand for higher education is expected to grow from 100 million students currently to 250+ million by 2025.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 9, 2023

In our Future Teachers series, we meet people in teacher preparation programs who are on the cusp of entering the classroom, aware of the decline of the teaching profession and still unswayed. Wright would come to mind as an example of how to do education right. This month, we are featuring Caleb Brown. But I did enjoy teaching.

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eSchool News

MARCH 20, 2024

Making tough choices Later this year, the final round of federal pandemic funding, known as Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER), will expire, leaving school budgets uncertain in many districts. Funds they have come to rely on for staffing and technology will end in September if not allotted.

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Edsurge

JULY 7, 2022

Schools have been able to hold virtual meetings and use digital documents for parents who are at work, which has helped with parent-teacher conferences and meetings about individualized education programs, or IEPs, for students with a disability.

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eSchool News

MARCH 7, 2024

Fast forward 10 years, and now thousands of scholars in our district are learning to code in elementary school using engaging, hands-on tools like Ozobots , Lego Spike , and VR Labs–and that’s just where their tech journeys begin. It all works together to create a comfortable, user-friendly experience for both educators and students.

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MIND Research Institute

APRIL 24, 2020

Department of Education (ED) hosted a call clarifying the funding allocations that have been made available in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Multiple education funding mechanisms are articulated in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund , $14.25

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Waterford

JULY 6, 2020

Did you know that when parents play an active role of their child’s education, academic achievement improves, students are more likely to feel confident and self-motivated, and chronic absenteeism drops? By empowering parents and giving them a voice, you can partner with them to help every student in your class reach their potential.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

“ The next few years will be a chance for parents, educators, and children to come together and understand how we strike a healthy digital balance, reaping the rewards technology brings while also keeping the youngest in society safe from online harm.”

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Waterford

JULY 24, 2020

It may seem like common sense that students perform better in class when they receive support that meets their needs. Differentiated instruction is an educational strategy in which teachers adapt their instruction to meet the needs of their class. International Journal of Inclusive Education, 2013, 17(1), pp.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 3, 2023

In 2020 and 2021, Congress passed the CARES and ARP Acts, which created and added to the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Program ( ESSER ). Department of Education in recent years. If close out is the answer, what is the change management plan?

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N2Y

MAY 20, 2021

Together, these three legislative acts comprise not only a gigantic relief effort to stabilize the country, but also a historic investment into our nation’s schools, with billions of dollars earmarked for education. These categories include: The Education Stabilization Fund (ESF) Discretionary Grants. Asking the Big Questions.

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