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5 Common School Website Mistakes

Dec 2, 2014

By: Matt Harrell. While it takes some time and work to create an exceptional school website, you can very quickly rise above the rest of the pack by avoiding some common school website mistakes.

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7th Grader Shares What School Should Be Like

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Nov 30, 2014

McKinley, 7th grade student in Bethesda, MD shares why school should be interactive, project based and involve relationships.

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The Skills Students Need to Survive and Thrive

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Nov 28, 2014

By: Gayle Allen. How one principal is addressing the growing skills gap and 9 skills students need in what is becoming an increasingly uncertain job market.

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5 Social Media Must Knows for Every Teacher

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Nov 27, 2014

By: Cari Bennette. Instead of perceiving social media as a distraction or a hindrance to learning, we must embrace opportunities for social media to expand capacity and facilitate instruction.

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Coding in the Classroom: Here to Stay

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Nov 26, 2014

By: Eric Nentrup. Embracing coding may seem like a daunting task. But that’s changing thanks to organizations such as Code.org and their annual event Hour of Code.

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A New Spin on a Drucker Favorite

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Nov 23, 2014

By: Todd Hitchcock. Can Drucker’s ‘Managing Oneself‘ framework extend beyond managing oneself? Could it be as wildly successful if applied to ‘others’?

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Listening to Learn: The Impact of Tuning In

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Nov 22, 2014

By: Monica Brady-Myerov. Why we must work to build better listening measures so we can build better listeners, and in turn, better learners.

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Coding In The Classroom: How Teachers Are Learning To Code

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Nov 17, 2014

By: Melinda Barlow. It's the foundation level action that is necessary for real progress in coding to be made: teachers learning how to teach coding, students learning coding in class.

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5 Ways to Become More Comfortable With Technology in Your Classroom

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Nov 16, 2014

By: Jessica Sanders. Educators are all at different levels of EdTech implementation. Here are five things for those beginning the shift to digital learning to practice to grow familiar and comfortable.

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Movies Remind Us, Even Scientific Quests are Personal Ones

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Nov 13, 2014

By: Janine Ingram. As both new movies, 'Interstellar' and 'The Theory of Everything' explore, it all comes down to this value proposition... What knowledge will we seek, what places will we go, what will we risk, what will we invest in – for those we love?

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From Fixed Standards to Competency-Based Mastery	BeginningFrom Fixed Standards to Competency-Based Mastery Beginning	PilotingFrom Fixed Standards to Competency-Based Mastery Piloting	ImplementingFrom Fixed Standards to Competency-Based Mastery Implementing
From One-Size-Fits-All to Adaptive Learning	BeginningFrom One-Size-Fits-All to Adaptive Learning Beginning	PilotingFrom One-Size-Fits-All to Adaptive Learning Piloting	ImplementingFrom One-Size-Fits-All to Adaptive Learning Implementing
From Prescribed Knowledge to Innovation & Inquiry	BeginningFrom Prescribed Knowledge to Innovation & Inquiry Beginning	PilotingFrom Prescribed Knowledge to Innovation & Inquiry Piloting	ImplementingFrom Prescribed Knowledge to Innovation & Inquiry Implementing
From Subjects as Silos to Transdisciplinary, Real-World Learning	BeginningFrom Subjects as Silos to Transdisciplinary, Real-World Learning Beginning	PilotingFrom Subjects as Silos to Transdisciplinary, Real-World Learning Piloting	ImplementingFrom Subjects as Silos to Transdisciplinary, Real-World Learning Implementing
From Schools as Self-Contained to Schools as Embedded in Communities	BeginningFrom Schools as Self-Contained to Schools as Embedded in Communities Beginning	PilotingFrom Schools as Self-Contained to Schools as Embedded in Communities Piloting	ImplementingFrom Schools as Self-Contained to Schools as Embedded in Communities Implementing
From Standardized Testing to Meaningful Assessment	BeginningFrom Standardized Testing to Meaningful Assessment Beginning	PilotingFrom Standardized Testing to Meaningful Assessment Piloting	ImplementingFrom Standardized Testing to Meaningful Assessment Implementing
From Institutional Ownership of Student Data to Student-Controlled Learning Wallets	BeginningFrom Institutional Ownership of Student Data to Student-Controlled Learning Wallets Beginning	PilotingFrom Institutional Ownership of Student Data to Student-Controlled Learning Wallets Piloting	ImplementingFrom Institutional Ownership of Student Data to Student-Controlled Learning Wallets Implementing

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