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Seeking the Sasquatch of Elementary School Science
Seeking the Sasquatch of Elementary School Science By: Gary StagerDistrict Administration, June 2013Also in this article Get Ready for NextGen Science Education and business leaders, the press, and the president have all called for increased emphasis on STEM in K12 schools, and NGSS, the “Next Generation Science Standards” released in April are a response to those priorities (www.nextgenscience.org). The standards do an outstanding job of defining…See More
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- Tell our School Leadership 2.0 community a little bit about yourself. Feel free to post your email address and website. Also feel free to list your areas of interest. This will help other members dialogue with you.
- I am pleased to work with my friend and colleague Bill Brennan on the creation of this new resource for educational leaders. After a career of 34 years in public education (21 as principal of a middle school and a high school), my "retirement" has really been a "resetting" of my life. The LI Leadership Center has allowed me to continue to impact education through the LISTSERV and through my work as a consultant.
- What is your present job title?
- Consultant
- At what school level do you work?
- K-12
- Where do you work?
- Nassau County NY, Suffolk County NY
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What Makes Boys Form Good “Working Alliances” with Teachers?
Posted on June 19, 2013 at 11:21am 0 Comments 0 Likes
What Makes Boys Form Good “Working Alliances” with Teachers?
In this intriguing Kappan article, Michael Reichert (Center for the Study of Boys’ and Girls’ Lives) and Richard Hawley (headmaster emeritus of University School in Cleveland) describe their study of thousands of secondary-school teachers and male students in six countries. Their conclusion: relationships are the key to adolescent boys’ success in school: “[R]elationship does not…
Continue Gates's altered stance
Posted on June 18, 2013 at 1:38pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
Gates's altered stance
Though widely viewed as a critic of teachers and their unions, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has begun reaching out to both in new ways, writes Linda Shaw in The Seattle Times. It is putting less emphasis on test-score metrics, and it strongly supports the notion that a fair evaluation of teachers requires multiple measures. About five years ago, Gates thought the best way to improve teachers was to "get rid of 10-20-30 percent of…
Continue The Core of the matter
Posted on June 18, 2013 at 1:30pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
The Core of the matter
Speaking on the NPR show On Point, Catherine Gewerz of Education Week said that what lies between the Common Core State Standards and assessments based on them is curriculum, "and that's where some of the heat is being generated... In other words, how do you turn standards into day-to-day instruction? That's going to vary a lot." One strain of criticism, she said, is that teachers and schools have had too little time with these very…
Continue Selling our value as teachers By Tony Baldasaro
Posted on June 17, 2013 at 3:12pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
What Does Digital Leadership Mean? By Peter DeWitt
Posted on June 17, 2013 at 2:39pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
What Does Digital Leadership Mean?
Comment Wall (23 comments)
- At 3:05pm on November 27, 2012,
Christine Calabrese said… Hi Michael,
I just noticed that you live in Huntington, so do I!
How nice that you are continuing your impact in education with this forum.
Christine
- At 1:05pm on August 23, 2012,
Saundra W. Simonee said… I am honored to accept your invitation and will also include you in my linkin network. Saundra
- At 8:30pm on July 8, 2012,
jessica bradford baker said… Thank you. Have been enjoying the site! Jessica
- At 12:59pm on June 27, 2012, Miriam Flynn said…
Thank you - this site is wonderful!!! Miriam Flynn
- At 10:38am on February 3, 2012, Lawrence Butti said…
Hi Mike-
I would like to post a "Call for Program Proposals" for the 2012 NYSEC Conference. What would be the best way to do that so that it is seen by all members?
Thanks,
Larry Butti
- At 5:49pm on January 22, 2012, Mary Fitzpatrick said…
Hi Mike, I am a member. Mary Fitzpatrick
- At 7:47pm on January 19, 2012, Patrick Mannion said…
Thanks! I am looking forward to participating in this virtual community.
- At 2:36pm on January 19, 2012, Marty Malone said…
Mike,
As always, thanks for all of the support for schools and for the access to a wealth of information. Hope all is well.
Marty
- At 6:45pm on August 12, 2011,
Alesia Holewinski said… - Thank you Michael, For all that you do!
- At 8:46am on June 25, 2011, Oral Grant said…
- Thank you very much. I look forward to learning more from this site and also being able to offer any of my expertise to help the site grow.
-Oral
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