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Smarter Balanced?
I recently came across this article on Twitter, An Open Letter to the Architects of the Common Core. This is a great article and the comments are equally interesting. Every time I hear/read about “standardizing curriculum” or “regulating data” … Continue reading
5000 What?! The Connectedness of Twitter
Yesterday, Tony Baldasaro, @baldy7, blogged “Why I Unfollowed 5000 People”, www.tonybaldasaro.com. Considering he has almost 7000 followers (of which I am one – full disclosure here), this information has taken to the “twitterverse” by storm (no pun intended – #FrankenstormSandy). … Continue reading
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Tagged baldasaro, blog, celebration, connectedness, education, learning, network, reflect, school, teacher, tony, twitter
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What can we learn from our students about Project Based Learning?
I recently viewed this video about Project Based Learning (PBL). While it is a little simplistic, it is a pretty good overview of what PBL is and how it can help students be successful in our classes. However what really … Continue reading
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Tagged creativity, development, education, pbl, pd, principal, professional, school, teacher, teachers
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Let’s all assume best intentions.
Recently I spoke with a journalist from Reader’s Digest, who is writing an article on “What your Principal won’t tell you”, due out in September ‘12. It is a lighthearted look at what a principal would like parents to know. … Continue reading
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Tagged administration, best, call, communication, conference, education, family, intentions, kids, parent, principal, Ron Clark, school, teacher
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How has molting helped you change?
Everything I learned about change, I learned from a lobster. It takes seven years for a lobster to reach legal size. In order for it to grow it must shed its shell then re-form another. During this molting it is … Continue reading
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Tagged administration, change, development, education, knowledge, lobster, moving, teacher
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How can we bank Creativity?
I was once told that time is the currency of education. I believe this to be true. We need time to teach our students, to allow them to reach goals, and be creative in their approaches to learning; and this … Continue reading
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Tagged administration, administrators, conference, creativity, ed reform, experience, knowledge, learning, parent, Picasso, principal, professional development, school, teacher
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Reply to “Fourteen reasons schools are troubled…”
I recently replied to a blog in the Washington Post. I was made aware of it through my PLN on Twitter. While I agree with the article as a whole, what struck me was that it kicked off its criticism … Continue reading
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Tagged administra, administration, ed reform, principal, reasons, school boards, schools, teachers, washington post
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Just got back from Winter break and being unplugged.
Vacations are great, time off is wonderful, and time spent with family and friends is special. We went skiing in North Conway NH, and for the most part we were “unplugged”, the only exception was using my iphone to “Instagram” … Continue reading
Monkey’s, Elephants, & Goats, Oh My! Politics and the Principal
I was talking with a colleague the other day, he is a middle school principal in a great district, but like many districts, they have their struggles, and often these struggles become fodder for the press and public debate. Recently … Continue reading
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Tagged administrators, education, elephant, knowledge, learning, monkey, politics, principal, school, teacher
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Academic Vigor and Meeting the Learning Needs of Middle Level Students
Dr. Robert Spear and I originally wrote this as a journal entry for the New England League of Middle Schools, and I thought I would share it here. Dr. Spear is the former Executive Director of NELMS. Middle level schools … Continue reading
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