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ArticlesThe Futility of PLC Lite
Why PLCs Fail to Meet their Potential
Although many schools around the world have claimed to embrace the professional learning community (PLC) process, it would be more accurate to describe the current state of affairs in many schools as PLC Lite. Educators rename their traditional faculty or department meetings as PLC meetings, engage in book studies that result in no action, or devote collaborative time to topics that have no effect on student achievement — all in the name of the PLC process.
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ArticlesThe Ketchup Solution
How an Iowa school district confronted its challenges, made significant changes, and worked its way to improved student achievement
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The Leadership Challenge in Literacy
Although all educators acknowledge the importance of literacy for student success, schools have a long way to go in implementing consistent, high-quality literacy programs.
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The Pen Is Mightier Than the Keyboard: Advantages of Longhand Over Laptop Note Taking
Taking notes on laptops rather than in longhand is increasingly common. Many researchers have suggested that laptop note taking is less effective than longhand note taking for learning.
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The Value of Culture
One of the most difficult challenges in any school reform proposal is the local context.
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Uninformative Assessment
Districts are making huge investments in testing and assessments, but make sure you are using insight to act on the results instead of just looking at the data
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Using Student Learning in Teacher Assessment
A strategy for building a strong collegial culture while taking student learning into account in assessing teachers.
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Welding Literacy into Scientific Instruction
An experienced educator provides a literacy protocol for interpreting scientific complex texts.
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What Does the Public Really Want?
Board members must separate fact from fiction when trying to figure out the real expectations their community has for the school district and from public education as a whole
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What Happened To Creativity?
Douglas Reeves is the founder of The Center for Successful Leadership (www.ChangeLeaders.com).
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