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Interesting way to begin a faculty meeting

From Peter DeWitt

The principal opened the meeting and asked his staff to take the first 15 minutes and call as many parents as possible during those 15 minutes to share something good about their children.  

The teachers returned to the meeting completely different from when they entered 15 minutes earlier. They were excited and noisy when they re-entered the meeting.” They shared stories about how grateful the parents…

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Added by Michael Keany on November 9, 2023 at 9:53am — No Comments

21 Things Leaders Don’t Need to Do

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Meta to require disclosures for AI political ads

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Added by Michael Keany on November 8, 2023 at 10:00am — No Comments

Create a best-selling book with ChatGPT?

Create a best-selling book with ChatGPT.

(from an X post by …

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Added by Michael Keany on November 8, 2023 at 9:30am — No Comments

Book of the Week: Your Heart's Voice

Your Heart's Voice 

Family Choice Award 2023 and…

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Added by Michael Keany on November 6, 2023 at 9:00am — 1 Comment

How to Seek Feedback Like a Leader

Leadership Freak…

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Added by Michael Keany on November 3, 2023 at 8:57am — No Comments

Things to Consider When Implementing Restorative Justice Practices

The Dim Bulb

The Occasional Musings of an Educator

by Michael Keany

#22 - October 27, 2023…

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Added by Michael Keany on October 27, 2023 at 10:00am — No Comments

Eye-opening Self-Reflection Questions for Leaders

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Added by Michael Keany on October 24, 2023 at 3:09pm — No Comments

....MORE ABOUT READING, the most important topic of all

THE MEANING OF THE LUCY CALKINS FIASCO

https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2023/09/the_meaning_of_the_lucy_calkins_fiasco.html

Please, everyone read this and confront what it's saying.  This woman created a new version of Whole Word, i.e., another way to sell sight-words to unsuspecting victims. Basically…

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Added by Bruce Deitrick Price on September 28, 2023 at 9:51pm — No Comments

Meetings are Too Big Too Frequent and Too Long

Leadership Freak…

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Added by Michael Keany on September 14, 2023 at 9:29am — No Comments

Here's why the public schools are so bad....

Going back almost 90 years, the hard left wanted to use the public schools as a way to change the world.

Roughly in 1921, sight-words were forced into the public schools, and we've had nothing but decline ever since. (The professors knew it would flop thanks to Dr. Samuel Orton's research.)

Now, we have reached a stage of general bewilderment. The Education Establishment cannot tell the truth about anything that it does. They want dumbing down. Can they say…

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Added by Bruce Deitrick Price on September 3, 2023 at 8:39pm — No Comments

Guided Reading and Text Challenge

Guided Reading and Text Challenge

Tim Shanahan

Blast from the Past: This posting originally appeared on August 30, 2015 and reposted August 19, 2023. Issues about whether students should be taught at grade level or instructional level continue to plague the field of reading education. Since this first posted,…

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Added by Michael Keany on August 22, 2023 at 8:11am — No Comments

What to Do When You Disagree with Leadership

Leadership Freak…

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Added by Michael Keany on August 18, 2023 at 9:22am — No Comments

5 Ways To Support Substitute Teachers

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Added by Michael Keany on August 18, 2023 at 9:00am — No Comments

10 Ways To Rethink Seating Arrangements

The Principal's Desk…

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Added by Michael Keany on August 14, 2023 at 10:38am — No Comments

The Power to Say No

Leadership Freak…

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Added by Michael Keany on August 9, 2023 at 9:02am — No Comments

Is Digital Text a Good Idea for Reading Instruction?

Is Digital Text a Good Idea for Reading Instruction?

Tim Shanahan

Teacher question: I’ve heard that having students read digital texts is a bad idea, but our school has purchased tablets for everybody and wants us to use these for much of our instruction. What say you? Good idea or bad idea?

Shanahan responds:

Generally, research has found that digital books are read…

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Added by Michael Keany on August 9, 2023 at 9:00am — No Comments

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