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Student Voices Against Bullying

Student Voices Against Bullying

Students sit down face to face to confront bullies and bullying.

Bullying isn’t what it used to be. In the age of social media, taunts and gossip are now posted on the Internet for all to see. When those comments become bullying that affects our students, educators require a...
Author: Sean M. Brooks
Number of views (25731)/Comments (5)/
Topics: Bullying/School SafetyLeadership
Tags: CyberbullyingSafety

Lessons Learned from a Startup

Education is indeed a noble calling. Among and between the frustrations, red tape, glacial speed of change, monotony, and normal emotional fallout of “crucial conversations,” there are those wonderful,...
Author: Jason Larocque
Number of views (13455)/Comments (1)/
Topics: LeadershipProfessional DevelopmentSchool Culture/Climate
Tags: School Improvement
Teacher Collaboration: Keys to Common Core Success

Teacher Collaboration: Keys to Common Core Success

A new survey sheds light on keys to successful implementation of Common Core State Standards.

Think about the Common Core State Standards as an ambitious remodeling project happening all over the country. Forty-six states and the District of Columbia have adopted new shared goals for what their students should...
Author: Catherine Awsumb Nelson
Number of views (35406)/Comments (1)/
Topics: Common Core State StandardsLeadershipLanguage Arts and LiteracyProfessional Development
Tags: Literacy

Digging into PISA Results

Most of the headlines following the latest results of the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) focused on the fact that the performance of 15-year-olds in the United States has remained flat for the...
Author: Bob Wise
Number of views (13866)/Comments (0)/
Topics: Leadership
Tags: Education Policy
An Action Plan for Creating Effective Schools

An Action Plan for Creating Effective Schools

A basic plan of action can help education leaders ensure success for all students.

Today’s school leaders are challenged to ensure their schools are effective—providing a quality education for every student—but they must do that with fewer resources than in the past. They need an...
Author: Kenneth Cummings
Number of views (89973)/Comments (2)/
Topics: Leadership
Tags: Parent InvolvementStudent Achievement

Power Up

Technology has made nearly everything in modern life more efficient, accessible, richer, and faster, yet students are frequently asked to check their smart phones, laptops, and other devices at the door when they...
Author: Bob Wise
Number of views (19269)/Comments (2)/
Topics: LeadershipTechnology
Tags: Tablet Devices

Courageous Gardening

The Nature of Middle Level

Kudzu is a vine that was imported to the United States from Asia many years ago, and it remains a steady feature of the southern landscape today. It was brought to our shores because people were drawn to its broad,...
Author: Dru Tomlin
Number of views (23802)/Comments (5)/
Topics: LeadershipMiddle School Concept
Tags: Nature of Middle Level
Connect Your Stars through Constellational Leadership

Connect Your Stars through Constellational Leadership

While looking at the night sky one evening, I saw a starry man looking down at me. Orion, with his familiar belt of stars, and his arms and legs outstretched in the darkness, hovered above me just beyond the urban...
Author: Dru Tomlin
Number of views (30039)/Comments (1)/
Topics: Leadership
Tags: Nature of Middle Level
Building a Collaborative Culture that Values Deep Conversations

Building a Collaborative Culture that Values Deep Conversations

Principals at all levels know—and research supports—that fostering effective collaboration among their staff is one of the most powerful things they can do to elevate the level of learning for adults and...
Author: Catherine Nelson
Number of views (38963)/Comments (2)/
Topics: LeadershipProfessional DevelopmentSchool Culture/Climate
Tags: Collaboration

Getting ConnectED

There was a time when the nation thought two-lane roads would meet all of its transportation needs, but when demand exceeded capacity, the federal government acted to expand to interstate highways and ease congestion....
Author: Bob Wise
Number of views (20504)/Comments (0)/
Topics: LeadershipTechnology
Tags: Education PolicyLegislation
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