Why A Principal Created His Own Currency

NPR - David Kestenbaum "Rux decided he needed to create [...]

December 16th, 2012|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Admissions, Attendance, Behavior, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Creativity, Culture, Current Events, Curriculum, Education, Learning, Low Income, Low Performing, Middle School, Minority, New York, News, Poverty, Principal, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, School|

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More Principals Learn the Job in Real Schools

Education Week - Jaclyn Zubrzycki "A growing number of principal-preparation [...]

December 4th, 2012|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Children, College/University, Current Events, Curriculum, Education, Learning, News, Principal, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Study: More Churn at the Top in Large Districts

Education Week - Sarah D. Sparks "A study published in [...]

December 4th, 2012|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Behavior, California, Children, Culture, Current Events, Education, Learning, News, Principal, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Duncan Sharpens Second-Term Agenda, Stresses Teacher Quality

Education Week - Michele McNeil "In remarks at the two-day [...]

November 30th, 2012|Categories: Education, Innovation, Principal, Teacher, Teacher Evaluations, Testing|Tags: Education, School|

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Sharpening marketable skills

Herald Argus.com - Matt Fritz "When New Prairie Middle School [...]

November 28th, 2012|Categories: Culture, Education, Foreign, Foreign Language, Mandarin, Middle School, Principal, Skills|Tags: Education, School|

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Evaluating Teachers AND Administrators

Education Next - Eric A. Hanushek "Parallel attention to administrator [...]

November 26th, 2012|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Learning, News, Principal, Teacher, Teacher Accountability, Teacher Evaluations, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Modest start for charter schools expected

The Seattle Times - Linda Shaw "The first charter schools [...]

November 25th, 2012|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Charter School, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Critical Thinking, Culture, Current Events, Education, Learning, News, Principal, Teacher, Teaching, United States (U.S.), Washington|Tags: Education, schools|

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Trip brings Chinese culture home

Fairfax NZ News - Rose Cawley "Mission Heights Junior College [...]

November 22nd, 2012|Categories: China, Chinese, Culture, Education, Mandarin, New Zealand, Principal|Tags: Education, School|

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Duncan Sketches Out Second-Term Agenda

Education Week - Michele McNeil "In his first major postelection [...]

November 17th, 2012|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Curriculum, Education, Learning, News, Obama, Principal, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Classroom Management: Suspension Prevention

Education Week - Nirvi Shah "Improving or overhauling classroom-management training [...]

November 3rd, 2012|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Behavior, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Critical Thinking, Culture, Current Events, Curriculum, Discipline, Education, Learning, News, Principal, Teacher, Teacher Accountability, Teaching, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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