Turning up the heat to prepare students for the future. At Berwick Alternative School, we began building STEAM last year—this year we’re moving full STEAM ahead! Berwick, a K–8 school in Columbus, Ohio, has enjoyed a strong legacy of success; however, our learning community came together to reinvent the future, and the result was a
Have you ever fallen flat on your face? In 2013, a video of a father and two daughters doing a trust fall went viral. In and of itself, a trust fall—when you close your eyes and fall backward, trusting the person/people behind you will catch you—isn’t that novel. So why did the video go viral?
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Experts weigh in on keys to making effective decisions about technology. No school districts want to be featured on the nightly news because of their poor choices in technology decisions or for implementing technology plans that end up wasting the taxpayers’ dollars. But technology decisions are tough, first, because there are so many options—simple upgrades,
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Recently, in response to a group of middle school students who asked about my journey to becoming a school leader, I recalled my 23-year journey to being awarded my Ph.D. in 2004 and my mother’s sage advice. I remember telling my mother that I just wanted to be done and did not want to participate
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When my wife and I were thinking of names for our children, and yes, our dogs, they were difficult conversations. As you probably understand, some of the students I’ve taught through the years were particularly rough to teach. I don’t want to be reminded of those stresses every time I see my child or dog.
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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
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