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Faculty Development: Critical steps prior to any professional development. Making sure all of the pieces of the puzzle are in place. By Don Sternberg, Ed.D.

Faculty Development: Critical steps prior to any professional development. Making sure all of the pieces of the puzzle are in place.

By Don Sternberg, Ed.D.



As a principal, you cannot be everywhere at one time. This may seem as the antithesis of a job description of a principal, as our presence throughout our school and into each crevice requiring some degree of leadership is important. Trying to be…

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Added by Michael Keany on February 6, 2013 at 3:30pm — No Comments

Equipping Students with a Baloney-Detection Kit in the Information Age by J. Robinson

Equipping Students with a Baloney-Detection Kit in the Information Age

by J. Robinson in The 21st Century Principal…

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Added by Michael Keany on February 4, 2013 at 3:45pm — No Comments

NAIS Challenge 20/20

Next week Peterson Schools will be kicking off the National Association of Independent Schools' Challenge 20/20 Project with our partner, Athens Academy, in the USA:

http://www.nais.org/Articles/Pages/Challenge-20-20.aspx

This will mark the first time (that I know of) that Challenge 20/20 participants will meet and collaborate in a 3D Virtual Learning Environment. Our learners will work…

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Added by David W. Deeds on February 4, 2013 at 10:41am — No Comments

Digital Learning Day - Wednesday, February 6, 2013

 Digital Learning Day offers an opportunity to reflect on and create plans for your school's use, and your leadership of 21st Century skills.  For more thoughts and ideas - Leadership360's blog post on EdWeek

Added by Jill Berkowicz & Ann Myers on February 3, 2013 at 9:24am — No Comments

Girls and Science: A Dream Deferred by AINISSA RAMIREZ

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Added by Michael Keany on February 2, 2013 at 9:42am — No Comments

Poverty and Self-Control

Excerpt from Larry Ferlazzo's blog

The research paper, Poverty and Self Control, takes issue with a common belief that many low-income people are poor because they don’t have traits like self-control. Instead, it finds that that…

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Added by Michael Keany on February 2, 2013 at 9:31am — No Comments

Character education is not enough to help poor kids by Mike Rose

Character education is not enough to help…

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Added by Michael Keany on February 2, 2013 at 9:23am — No Comments

Friday Film Clip

February 1, 2012
In honor of Super Bowl weekend, this Friday Film Clip is from Brian's Song.  For football-themed books to motivate some of your reluctant readers, click…
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Added by Christine Brower-Cohen on February 1, 2013 at 9:00pm — No Comments

Hiding the Aspirin in the Applesauce. . .by Bill Ferriter

Hiding the Aspirin in the Applesauce. . .

By Bill Ferriter

The Tempered Radical

207019732_804fd99103 Ask anyone who has ever worked in schools and they'll tell you that middle schoolers are an interesting breed.  Trapped in developmental limbo and stumbling through three years…

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Added by Michael Keany on February 1, 2013 at 4:58pm — No Comments

Introducing our Newest Cause: #sugarkills by Bill Ferriter

Introducing our Newest Cause: #sugarkills

by Bill Ferriter

The Tempered Radical

One of the questions that I'm asked time and time again is, "How can teachers use technology to motivate our students?"

And if you've spent any time reading Radical posts, you probably know my answer already:  Technology DOESN'T motivate students.  …

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Added by Michael Keany on February 1, 2013 at 4:49pm — No Comments

A Peaceful, Loving, and Productive Start of Class By David Ginsburg

A Peaceful, Loving, and Productive Start of Class

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Added by Michael Keany on February 1, 2013 at 4:47pm — No Comments

Arming our schools for success By Patrick Larkin

Inspiring Others

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Added by Michael Keany on February 1, 2013 at 4:36pm — No Comments

Ready For the Future?

In our quest to prepare our students for their future and not our past there is a great deal of discussion and concern about being college and career ready.  The latest employment figures reveal a growing chasm between those who make up the unemployed and those who are gainfully employed, with a far greater percentage of those without jobs coming from the category without a…

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Added by David A. Gamberg on February 1, 2013 at 3:00pm — No Comments

My Valuable, Cheap College Degree by ARTHUR C. BROOKS

My Valuable, Cheap College Degree

By ARTHUR C. BROOKS
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Added by Michael Keany on February 1, 2013 at 8:16am — No Comments

...And the Newberry Goes To...

 
January 31, 2012
Awards season is underway!  Unlike the other coveted awards being given at this time of year, there are no red carpets, Fashion Police or star-studded galas associated with the Newberry, but to authors and…
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Added by Christine Brower-Cohen on January 31, 2013 at 9:16pm — No Comments

Has testing reached a tipping point? By Sam Chaltain

Public Policy

Guest Blogger

Has testing reached a tipping point?

By Sam Chaltain on January 30th, 2013…

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Added by Michael Keany on January 31, 2013 at 5:09pm — No Comments

A Whole Child Deserves a Whole Teacher by Arthur L. Costa and Bena Kallick

ASCD Whole Child Bloggers

A Whole Child Deserves a Whole Teacher

Post written by Arthur L. Costa and Bena Kallick

Much is said and written…

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Added by Michael Keany on January 31, 2013 at 5:00pm — No Comments

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