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The hard work and dedication of educators and school leaders at Oak Hill Elementary School in High Point, N.C. received much - deserved recognition for closing its achievement gaps between students by significant margins.

We are advocating for educators and school leaders at the local and state level in support of evidence - based best practices and policies that promote effective teaching.

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But with increasing dissatisfaction over the high - stakes testing currently consuming mainstream education; the growing recognition of the many benefits a child receives through experiences with art, movement, and nature; a concern over a reliance on technology by younger and younger students; and the news that leaders in the high - tech industry are touting the lifelong benefits of low - tech Waldorf schools in educating their own children, more and more parents and educators are taking a closer look at the Waldorf approach and what it has to offer.

At 6 p.m., parents, community leaders, educators; the Rev. Mike Walrond; Manhattan BP Gale Brewer; former NYC Councilman Robert Jackson and others attend an AQE - organized town hall meeting criticizing Cuomo's education budget proposals, Wadleigh Secondary School for the Performing & Visual Arts, 215 W. 114th St., Harlem.

The applications are then reviewed by a panel of state educational leaders from various professional associations, including the School Administrators Association of N.Y. State; N.Y. State United Teachers; the United Federation of Teachers; and the N.Y. State Parent Teacher Association, along with the assistant provost for educator preparation at the State University of New York (SUNY).

De Blasio first unveiled his plan to offer AP classes at every city school in September before an invitation - only audience of 300 top educators and community leaders at Bronx Latin High Sschool in September before an invitation - only audience of 300 top educators and community leaders at Bronx Latin High SchoolSchool.

Buffalo, New York — With the start of the new academic year only weeks away in Buffalo, Mayor Byron Brown and Buffalo Public School students joined educators, scientists and business leaders at the Math, Science & Technology Preparatory School to officially kick - off the new Buffalo Schools STEM Experience — Science Week All Year Long.

Educators and parent leaders from Brooklyn's PS / IS 180 and PS 231, the District 75 school with which it shares space, held an early - morning «Black Friday» protest against budget cuts and layoffs on June 17 as part of the ongoing series of «Fight Back Friday» demonstrations at schools around the city.

As a educator and leader at The Preuss School UCSD — a public charter school serving low - income students in School UCSD — a public charter school serving low - income students in school serving low - income students in San...

To build the agenda we used our Blended Learning Universe to recruit innovative school leaders and educators to share their tactics and practices at the cutting edge of school innovation.

Enter our keynote speakers at this year's conference: Hill and Molitor — both former educators and school leaders themselves — have teamed up with design expert Christine Ortiz to found the Equity Design Collaborative.

Those leaders will no longer be able to maintain the fantasy of high - school educators floating from classroom to classroom like Mary Poppins because of their love of children while at the same time haggling over pay, benefits, and working conditions as if they were automobile workers.

On Monday, December 9, leading education strategist Sir Michael Barber led a discussion for nearly 150 policymakers, researchers, educators, and business leaders at the Harvard Graduate School of Education about the education reform agenda in Massachusetts.

This summer, Raise Your Hand Texas (RYHT)-- an education coalition composed of business and community leaders, parents, and tax payers dedicated to strengthening and improving Texas public schools — sent 125 educators from throughout the state to four leadership institutes at the Programs in Professional Education.

Borrowing a page from the medical school world, educators at the Ed School are showing teachers and school leaders how to find common ground when it comes to learning and instruschool world, educators at the Ed School are showing teachers and school leaders how to find common ground when it comes to learning and instruSchool are showing teachers and school leaders how to find common ground when it comes to learning and instruschool leaders how to find common ground when it comes to learning and instruction.

A leader and active member in many student groups while at the Ed School, including FIERCE (Future Indigenous Educators Resisting Colonial Education) and the HGSE Rural Educators Alliance, Barraza, as noted by a peer who nominated her for the Intellectual Contribution Award, «never shied away from difficult conversations with peers and professors and she modeled what it means to stand up for what one believes in.»

Collaboration is needed at all levels: between teachers and counselors, K — 12 and higher education, researchers and practitioners, schools and nonprofit / community organizations, educators and business leaders, etc..

Representatives from Project Zero will work with Innovation Leaders, and select educators and administrators at each school to develop and carry out action research projects pertinent to each school's approach to innovation, and then synthesize the learning that happens across the participating schools through their separate, though networked lines of inquiry.

A former public school leader and educator with 32 years of experience, Jewell - Sherman became the first woman to hold the title of professor of practice at the Ed Sschool leader and educator with 32 years of experience, Jewell - Sherman became the first woman to hold the title of professor of practice at the Ed SchoolSchool.

Educators and school leaders will be united with those at the cutting edge of industry and governmental developments for two days of in - depth discussion, inspiration and networking.

Senior Lecturer, and future chair of the National Institute for Urban School Leaders (USL) at The Principals» Center, Deborah Jewell - Sherman notes the job is much too big for any individual educator to handle alone and that learning how to lead change alongside fellow school leaders can make a real diffeSchool Leaders (USL) at The Principals» Center, Deborah Jewell - Sherman notes the job is much too big for any individual educator to handle alone and that learning how to lead change alongside fellow school leaders can make a real diffLeaders (USL) at The Principals» Center, Deborah Jewell - Sherman notes the job is much too big for any individual educator to handle alone and that learning how to lead change alongside fellow school leaders can make a real diffeschool leaders can make a real diffleaders can make a real difference.

At the teacher wellbeing symposium there was a sharp divide between educators who valued their school leaders and those who were in despair about them.

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I am also continually working on improving and expanding our Digital Leadership & Learning practice area at the International Center for Leadership in Education (ICLE) to help districts, schools, leaders, and educators initiate sustainable change.

That's why I joined a group of school leaders, educators and civic leaders to sign onto a ballot initiative aimed at providing fair access to public charter schools to the thousands of Massachusetts's families who want and deserve them.

Our faculty include standout veteran teachers, school leaders, and teacher educators with a record of excellence at training, coaching and mentoring novice teachers.

Whatever the inadequacies of the engagement efforts, shouldn't we focus our criticism first and foremost on those elected officials, union leaders, and activists who were pursuing a strategy of deception and vitriol — who woke up every day seeking to thwart positive change for kids, seeking to prevent the expansion of schools that were getting outsized success for children, seeking to undermine policies designed to increase equitable access to the district's better schools, seeking to gum up efforts to empower parents with choice, and seeking to thwart all efforts aimed at fostering an honest conversation about which educators were truly superlative and which were badly underserving children?

At a forum on science and technology here last week, more than two dozen educators and community leaders gathered at Patrick Henry High School to put one of Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty's signature policy initiatives into actioAt a forum on science and technology here last week, more than two dozen educators and community leaders gathered at Patrick Henry High School to put one of Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty's signature policy initiatives into actioat Patrick Henry High School to put one of Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty's signature policy initiatives into action.

WIDE World courses introduce teachers and school leaders to concepts gleaned from thirty years of classroom - based research at HGSE and help educators apply these findings right away.

The Executive Leadership Program for Educators at Harvard University in association with The Wallace Foundation will emphasize midcareer development of teams of high - level education leaders that share responsibility for making changes in their organizations and across their states to broadly improve school leadership and its impact on student achievement.

A former public school leader and educator with 32 years of experience, Jewell - Sherman becomes the first woman to hold the title of professor of practice at the Ed Sschool leader and educator with 32 years of experience, Jewell - Sherman becomes the first woman to hold the title of professor of practice at the Ed SchoolSchool.

Brass City Charter School got to show off its good work recently when parents, community leaders, students, and educators gathered at the school for a legislative breaSchool got to show off its good work recently when parents, community leaders, students, and educators gathered at the school for a legislative breaschool for a legislative breakfast.

The legislative breakfast, held at Park City Prep Charter School, was a chance for parents, community leaders, students, and educators to hear about the many charter schools in Bridgeport and how charter schools are faring across Connecticut.

At the invitation of China's National Center for School Curriculum and Textbook Development, several U.S. education leaders and I participated in the China Teacher Leaders Forum and a series of other meetings with Chinese agency heads, educators and teacher educators, and business and philanthropic representleaders and I participated in the China Teacher Leaders Forum and a series of other meetings with Chinese agency heads, educators and teacher educators, and business and philanthropic representLeaders Forum and a series of other meetings with Chinese agency heads, educators and teacher educators, and business and philanthropic representatives.

Critics contended the secretary of education's support for school choice and student loan deregulation puts her at odds with the school's beloved namesake: educator and civil rights leader Mary McLeod Bethune.

Supporting effective educator collaboration entails training in process and protocols, «over-staffing» of schools so that professionals are with students at all times and so that all teachers are provided sufficient time to collaborate, and knowledgeably supportive school leaders.

Kelly Compher is a teacher leader at North Godwin Elementary School in Grand Rapids, MI and a member of the 2017 Leading Educators Grand Rapids cohort.

One of the great privileges of my role as coach for the MA Personalized Learning Network (MA PLN) at CCE is being privy to the inner workings of educators, community members, and school leaders throughout the school design process.

As the City Council holds a hearing this afternoon on three resolutions aimed to cap and slow the co-location of public schools, district and charter school leaders who share facilities are speaking up about their experience co-locating with other public schools; collaboration, community building and putting kids first are recurring themes among all of them, demonstrating that educators know to check politics at the door.

TeachingWorks will host a variety of professional development opportunities for classroom teachers, teacher educators, teacher leaders, and school administrators at the 2018 EML.

Expand your leadership skills at the Leading Educators Institute, June 20 - 24, 2016, the preeminent professional development opportunity for school teams, individual teacher leaders, and educators seeking the skills necessary to lead colleagues and students toEducators Institute, June 20 - 24, 2016, the preeminent professional development opportunity for school teams, individual teacher leaders, and educators seeking the skills necessary to lead colleagues and students toeducators seeking the skills necessary to lead colleagues and students to success.

Thousands of parents, educators, students and community leaders will hold «walk - ins» on Friday, September 18 at more than 100 public schools across the city of Milwaukee to celebrate public schools and to share information about how a proposed public school takeover will hurt students and the Milwaukee economy.

Philadelphia — School leaders and educators need support to successfully integrate education technology into schools, and Monday hundreds of attendees at ISTE 2015 learned about opportunities for assistance from the White House and the Office of Education Technology.

John R. Troutman McCrann, a math educator and teacher leader at Harvest Collegiate High School in New York City, writes that teachers» autonomy to design and assess student learning has been siphoned away.

While city educators and «country» educators might argue whose hardships are greater, rural school leaders unquestionably recognize that their greatest challenge today is building, sustaining, and supporting a teacher corps so that schools can operate at high levels.

Research and Practice The 2014 study, «Using Technology to Support At - Risk Students» Learning,» published by the Alliance for Excellent Education and the Stanford Center for Opportunity Policy, reinforces what McGlone and other astute school leaders already know: Technology can be a powerful force for closing the achievement gap, but it's only as effective as the educator who uses it — and professional development is key.

The good news is that many educators who have learned to lead effectively at the technical, human, and educational levels — whether as school or classroom leaders — can learn to become symbolic and cultural leaders.

So, at both the federal and state levels, new laws have opened a window for change, and provide an opportunity for parents, educators, business leaders and grassroots organizations to come together and advocate for the educational needs of their students and schools.

Washington, DC — Chief state school officers from around the country and CCSSO Executive Director, Gene Wilhoit will join U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, educators and leaders from across the world at the first ever International Summit on the Teaching Profession (Summit) in New York City, March 16 - 17.

Whereas many interventions can impose punitive measures that divide communities, the improvement in student achievement at Kuss has been credited in no small part to longer school days or extended learning time (ELT)-- a reform championed by many school officials, educators, parents, and community leaders.