A principal’s informal conversations helped guide a school’s priorities I began my tenure as principal at West Rowan Middle School in the Rowan-Salisbury School District in July 2015. As a newly hired principal, I maintain a keen focus on the school goals in our school improvement plan and work diligently with our great team to
Education reaches beyond the walls of this charter school. To produce the level of competency in our students that not only allows them to succeed individually but spurs them to be contributing members of society, we must develop our students’ gifts and talents to their maximum potential. Richland Academy School of Excellence (RASE) in Mansfield,
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Working collaboratively to create and sustain effective middle schools. Harrington Emmerson, a U.S. efficiency engineer and business theorist, said, “The man who knows how will always have a job. The man who also knows why will always be his boss. As to methods there may be a million and then some, but principles are few.
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The best schools are those that continue to experiment. The term “middle school” is an unassuming part of the vernacular of our educational system. During the past 50 years, middle schools have come to represent what is now the typical organization of schools for grades 6–8. But middle schools were not always the standard. In
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Why tracking based on ability means everyone loses. Let’s say we have two soccer teams. One is populated by all of the strongest, fastest, toughest, athletic students. These kids attend practice every day after school and work out on their own in the evenings and on the weekends. They eat healthy food and receive the
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Making students who move from school to school feel welcome. A Florida newspaper reporter asked me what life is like for the student who moves three or more times a year. So I gave him this scenario, and the conversation developed from there: A Typical Scenario You are a fifth grade student. Your mom wakes
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