Archive for October, 2011
Sunday, October 30th, 2011
Earlier this year Penny, one of my assistant Principal's, and I participated in the ASCD summer conference in Boston. One workshop we attended was by Pete Hall the Principal of Sheridan Elementary School in Spokane.
Pete spoke about the need to monitor classroom instruction to improve performance. He used a walk-through as tool to monitor instruction and ...
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Friday, October 28th, 2011
I was requested to publish an updated post on the research around students repeating or being retained in the same level class. This post was first published some 3 years ago and surprise surprise the issue hasn't gone away.
In summary I reported then, using a research article by Helen McGrath on the topic titled: "To Repeat or ...
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Monday, October 3rd, 2011
Standing outside the main gate of the Forbidden City and trying to use Pano an i phone 4 app to show the size of the entrance. Its a great app which I recommend to others.
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Monday, October 3rd, 2011
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I have attached some shots of the Forbidden City that I toured as part of the Leaders Course in Beijing. Besides the fascinating history of the City which is nearly 700 years old its sheer size is amazing. It covers 178 acres so in a few hours we were only able ...
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