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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. We would never ask in a P.E.

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