March 2013 Blog Posts (140)

Why Gay Marriage Makes School Leaders Uncomfortable By Peter DeWitt

Why Gay Marriage Makes School Leaders Uncomfortable

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Added by Michael Keany on March 27, 2013 at 1:30pm — No Comments

The Impact of Investing in Education

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Added by Michael Keany on March 27, 2013 at 1:30pm — No Comments

Q&A with National Teacher of the Year Rebecca Mieliwocki

Q&A with National Teacher of the Year Rebecca Mieliwocki

Published: March 26, 2013 

Ledger Enquirer

ROBIN TRIMARCHI rtrimarchi@ledger-enquirer.com Rebecca Mieliwocki, the National Teacher of the Year from Burbank, Calif., addresses the…

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Added by Michael Keany on March 27, 2013 at 1:29pm — No Comments

How leaders spend their time tells staff what they value By S. Chris Edmonds

SL 2.0 Editor Note:  Written for business, this has obvious ramifications for school leaders.…

S. Chris Edmonds
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Added by Michael Keany on March 27, 2013 at 11:47am — No Comments

A Thought

As I sit and wait for a delayed flight leaving Dubai today, my mind starts to wonder about the future. This international hub creates multiple opportunities for individuals from every part of the world to interact. The number of languages, culturals, and interactions far exceed anything I`ve seen. Organizations such as airlines, retalil, and commiercial ventures have capitalized by creating envirnonments of acceptance, and creative innovations so that people are comfortalbe. I begin to question… Continue

Added by Robert M. Hagan, Ed.D. on March 27, 2013 at 12:10am — No Comments

'Ten Ways Gifted Education Has Helped Me' By Tamara Fisher

'Ten Ways Gifted Education Has Helped Me'

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Added by Michael Keany on March 26, 2013 at 4:52pm — No Comments

How Coaching Can Impact Teachers, Principals, and Students by ELENA AGUILAR

How Coaching Can Impact Teachers, Principals, and Students

The following is an excerpt from my new book, The Art of Coaching: Effective Strategies for School Transformation. It offers a coaching framework and dozens of tools which can used by a range of…

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Added by Michael Keany on March 26, 2013 at 11:05am — No Comments

The Class Whisperer: How I Learned (the Hard Way) to Shut Up and Listen By Jessica Cuthbertson

The Class Whisperer: How I Learned (the Hard Way) to Shut Up and Listen

Premium article access courtesy of TeacherMagazine.org.

As teachers, we develop our own toolboxes of signature "moves." While all our toolboxes are different, most of us have a "look," a "tone,"…

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Added by Michael Keany on March 26, 2013 at 10:46am — No Comments

Expecting the best— and getting it by Annie Murphy Paul

Expecting the best—

and getting it

By Annie Murphy Paul

The Brilliant Report

(Want to read past issues of The Brilliant Report? You'll find them here.)

In the story…

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Added by Michael Keany on March 26, 2013 at 10:44am — No Comments

Our Crossroads in Teacher Prep by Ariela Rozman

Our Crossroads in Teacher Prep

Note: Rick Hess is on sabbatical through May 6th. If you're missing…

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Added by Michael Keany on March 26, 2013 at 10:22am — No Comments

Research & Development Center

The evaluation system will be discussed over the next few days. I am very excited to create an action plan for this purpose. The purpose will be to inform the training center on potential gaps in instruction. The training center and research institute will enable quality of instruction to continuously improve over time. This will provide the ESL program with a mechanism to ensure the aligned curriculum goals are being met, facilitate change in an organic organization, and enable creative… Continue

Added by Robert M. Hagan, Ed.D. on March 25, 2013 at 11:19pm — No Comments

FREE THE SCHOOLS (a simple four-step plan)

What I've figured out so far. The 1-minute version:

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Free The Schools

 Our Education Establishment has an 80-year record

of praising and protecting bad pedagogies.…

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Added by Bruce Deitrick Price on March 25, 2013 at 4:59pm — No Comments

Why It Takes More Than a Genius to Lead a School by Liz Wiseman

Why It Takes More Than a Genius to Lead a School

Today's…

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Added by Michael Keany on March 24, 2013 at 11:00pm — No Comments

Which Path for the Common Core? By Ken Kay & Bob Lenz

Which Path for the Common Core?

Premium article access courtesy of Edweek.org.

As educators across the country implement the Common Core State Standards, we see two paths emerging ... and diverging.

The first path treats the common core as just…

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Added by Michael Keany on March 24, 2013 at 5:00pm — No Comments

Why Would Anyone Want to Be a School Leader? By Peter DeWitt

Why Would Anyone Want to Be a School Leader?

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Added by Michael Keany on March 24, 2013 at 3:46pm — No Comments

Middle School, A Gift From the Public Education System By Peter Gow

Middle School, A Gift From the Public Education System

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Added by Michael Keany on March 24, 2013 at 3:00pm — No Comments

Twenty-Three Facets of Teaching – and What They Imply for Teachers by Stephen Downes

Twenty-Three Facets of Teaching – and What They Imply for Teachers

In this article in Huff Post Education, Stephen Downes shares an extraordinary list of the roles teachers play that he created in collaboration with a graduate class and Twitter followers:

The learner – Modeling being excited about something new, exploring it, trying it, and engaging students in learning about it.

The…

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Added by Michael Keany on March 24, 2013 at 11:49am — 1 Comment

An Educator Shifts Her Thinking In Three Key Areas by Debbie Miller

An Educator Shifts Her Thinking In Three Key Areas

“Comprehension strategies are more important now than ever,” says instructional coach/author/consultant Debbie Miller in this article in The Reading Teacher. “They help children get smarter about big, important topics that are relevant to them and help them become powerful and thoughtful human beings.” Common Core State Standards give teachers clear guidance on what those strategies are.…

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Added by Michael Keany on March 24, 2013 at 11:48am — No Comments

How to Lead Like a Jesuit by Chris Lowney

A Simple Ritual for Harried Managers (and Popes)

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Added by Michael Keany on March 24, 2013 at 11:00am — No Comments

Games and language building

Today I went to another center to observe jeopardy. Approximately, 50 students showed for the event. Once again, I gained a better insight to the complexities of education, particularly ESL instruction. The students and instructors were very good. The game captured the attention of all students. Language acquisition continues to fascinate me as my awareness grows with each day. I wonder what opportunities exist though games? As educational leaders, what are our responsibilities in either… Continue

Added by Robert M. Hagan, Ed.D. on March 23, 2013 at 9:29am — No Comments

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