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View as slideshow 00Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Pinterest Share on Google Share on Linkedin Share by email Dexigner · Wed, Mar 06 2013 12:03:14 STEM to STEAM | About | RISD STEM to STEAM is a RISD-led initiative to add Art and Design to the national agenda of STEM (Science,…
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In their book, The Leadership Challenge: How to Make Extraordinary Things Happen in Organizations, James Kouza and Barry Posner devote a chapter to an important task that every leader has to accomplish, enlisting others. In this chapter, they reference the work of Michael Burchell and Jennifer Robin of the Great Places to Work Institute. They…
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What do we know about the efficacy of teacher evaluation systems across the United States? Here is the lead statement from the 2010 report from the New Teacher Project, Widget Effect: Our National Failure to Acknowledge and Act on Differences in Teacher Effectiveness. A teacher’s effectiveness—the most important factor for schools in improving student achievement—is not measured, recorded,…
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I am reading the classic book on leadership by James Kouzes and Barry Posner, The Leadership Challenge: How to Make Extraordinary Things Happen in Organizations. Those who interact with Kouzes and Posner’s work have nothing but positive things to say about what they learn about themselves as leaders and how to become a more effective…
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Recently, I have come across some readings that have prompted me to think more about what it means to create an ideal school environment. One reading was a forum discussion posted on Education Week entitled, Creating An Ideal School Environment. The other reading was in the last chapter of a book I have just finished by Susan Cain, Quiet: The…
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