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Effective use of social media in the classroom increases students’...
Like most successful educators, Eric Sheninger firmly believes that effective communication, listening, support, shared decision making, and the integration of technology are essential elements...
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North Carolina is in many ways a microcosm of the broader changes taking place in industrialized economies around the globe. Jobs in factories and mills are going away, and the jobs that are replacing...
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A New Principal’s Challenge: Bringing Teachers and Students into the Century...
Patrick Fennessy is about to make the leap from Vice Principal to Principal at Seattle’s St. Joseph School, so he’s thinking a great deal about the challenges in front of him. St. Joseph School was an...
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As North Carolina’s State Superintendent of Education (and the first woman elected to that post), June Atkinson has seen her state’s high school graduation rate increase every year. But for Atkinson,...
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One of the toughest challenges faced by many schools is keeping top athletes interested in academics. But in the Colorado Rocky Mountains, a new school has developed a way to teach and train promising...
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“Without substantial institutional rethinking more students will question...
To Chris Gerry, innovation isn’t about making small changes – it’s about complete systemic alterations that rebuild and redefine learning. In fact, during Gerry’s 18 years as high school principal –...
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For the past twenty-five years, David Hamlett has been on a mission to transform secondary schools by creating learning environments that are inclusive, personalized, contextualized and authentic....
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“Involving students in their learning to create personal paths and...
Merja Narvo-Akkola is fortunate to be an educator in a country recognized as one of the best at educating its citizens, but she isn’t taking anything for granted. “No one was more surprised by the PISA...
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“The bottom line is, administrators who want their teachers to be innovative...
“I have always been willing to try new ways of teaching and learning,” says John Robinson. “In the early 1990s, before the block scheduling craze hit education, I was one of two teachers in my school...
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“The power of education lies in the power of the information itself, the full...
You never know when inspiration may strike. For Luis Fernandes, it was in 1984. “When I was 15, I saw the movie WarGames starring Matthew Broderick and I felt it was fabulous, the idea of the world...
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“The individualization of the construction of the educational process enables...
“I define innovation as a complicated process, which can be understood as a chain of interconnected and consciously initiated changes,” says Elena Shimutina. However Shimutina defines innovation, one...
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“Good teachers identify student strengths and interests and use them as...
When it comes to innovating and creating change in a large school, Heather Hallett has some sage advice. “Based on my experience, my best advice is to change the culture of your team before you try to...
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“I am worried that some schools are simply spending thousands of dollars on...
As a school administrator, Denise Jeffs was frustrated. Students with behavioral issues were sent to meet with her, often because they weren’t staying on task or were disengaged. “Unfortunately, this...
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