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The Secret to Being a Better Teacher? Find Your Tribe

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On November 20th, 2015, I received an email in my inbox that would change my teaching career—it was from a stranger. My principal noticed how much work I was putting into redesigning my curriculum and had nominated me. That has been the status quo in most of the schools I’ve worked in. That’s when the email came.

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3 LMS adoptions that go way beyond the basics

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About two years ago Houston Independent School District , with its 283 schools and 215,000 students, went in search of an LMS that would help teachers create and use coursework that was both digital and aligned to Texas state standards (Texas pointedly does not use the Common Core).

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Why a High-Achieving District Keeps Tinkering With a School Model That Already Works

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The 2018 Niche.com rankings listed our district as one of the top 15 “Best School Districts in America” for the fourth year in a row. Four of our seven elementary schools are ranked in the top 20 schools in Pennsylvania, and our high school forensics team is recognized as one of the best teams in the nation.

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How Transcend Education Partners with School Leaders to Build New Models

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The network began the Greenfield Schools design project to research what the future of school could be, with the goal of opening two new schools in 2015—an elementary school and a middle school. The first Greenfield Schools launched in August 2015 in New Haven, CT.

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A Word of Caution Before Hiring a Director of Personalized Learning

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It’s also the fact that when a school hires a singular position to own a large change, it sends a message that one person owns the responsibility to change practices across an entire staff. He offered me an opportunity to develop my own vision for personalized learning at the school and to design my role.