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Category Archives: Principal
Middle schoolers and their digital literacy
Last PTA meeting of the school year last night and a vigorous discussion about social media, its use and (particularly) misuse by middle schoolers, and multiple ideas on helping these young people and their parents better understand the issues around … Continue reading
Posted in Parents, Principal, School, School district, Teaching
Tagged alia wong, ask.fm, living online curriculum, living online lab, reuben loewy, the atlantic
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Developing good question-askers
I’ve been mucking around with the Common Core State Standards and have fixated on this English/language arts standard, part of the speaking and listening standards for grades 9 and 10: SL.9-10.1c: Propel conversations by posing and responding to questions that … Continue reading
Connecting at school: The importance of a caring adult
As readers of this blog know, our son has moved from an intimate elementary school setting to a large middle school, and his move – and what I’ve heard from a few friends about their own kids’ experiences at other … Continue reading
Rural school profile: Magazine School District in Magazine, Arkansas
During the course of my career, I’ve worked a great deal in very rural school districts, and one that I visited quite a bit over several years of work is Magazine School District in Magazine, Arkansas. A town of about … Continue reading
Posted in Classroom, Principal, School, School district, Teaching
Tagged fort smith, magazine school district, mount magazine, randy bryan
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The Lakeland Way
And here’s my third article on the Common Core for ASCD. You can also see the article here and sign up here to get ASCD’s Common Core-focused newsletter. Enjoy! At Lakeland Joint School District 272, in Rathdrum, Idaho, teachers, staff, … Continue reading
Whiteboards and helping students get organized
Last year, I visited a school that had teachers do something that I thought, at that time, was a little too Stepford Wives-ish: At the front of each classroom in that building, the whiteboard was configured in the same way, … Continue reading