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How Online PD Eased A New York District’s Transition to Remote Learning

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Murphy: Over my career, I've learned that taking a top-down approach to implementation without acknowledging other perspectives and inviting key stakeholders leads to failure—no matter how fantastic your initiative is. We heard comments like…‘It would be incredible if I could do it from home.’

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The Greatest Enemy of Creativity in Schools Isn’t Testing. It’s Time.

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You have to provide physical space, emotional space and time for kids to try things and experience either success or failure. The same is true in highly performance-based environments like physical education and practical and applied arts. There’s lots of ways kids can express their understanding.

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Students Are Not Well, and It's Our Job to Save Them

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I firmly believe our failure to teach our children across all the dimensions of wellness has left them unprepared to tackle life's challenges in and out of the classroom. Also integrating nutrition and healthy lifestyles into our physical education can improve physical wellness.