Building a new, student-centered school [NAESP] Liz Garden, my co-Fellow for the National Association of Elementary School Principals (NAESP) Center for Innovative Learning (CIL), and I had a chance to talk with Bryan Byerlee about school redesign. Bryan is the principal of Garden City Elementary School in Cranston, Rhode Island. He shared with us how redesigning a school is a unique […]
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AI in elementary and middle schools [NAESP] Liz Garden, my co-Fellow for the National Association of Elementary School Principals (NAESP) Center for Innovative Learning (CIL), and I had a chance to talk with Holly Clark about the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in elementary and middle schools. Holly is a bestselling author and speaker who is in extremely high demand regarding AI […]
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Depth of Knowledge and leading PD [NAESP] Liz Garden, my co-Fellow for the National Association of Elementary School Principals (NAESP) Center for Innovative Learning (CIL), and I had a chance to sit down at the NAESP / NASSP UNITED conference last July and talk with Erik Francis. If you’re not familiar with Erik’s work, he is a Depth of Knowledge (DOK) virtuoso. […]
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Books I read in January 2025 Books I finished reading (or rereading) in January 2025… In Search of Deeper Learning, Jal Mehta and Sarah Fine (education) The Final Strife, Saara El-Arifi (fantasy) Five Broken Blades, Mai Corland (fantasy) Four Ruined Realms, Mai Corland (fantasy) The Burning, Jonathan Kellerman and Jesse Kellerman (thriller) The Lost Coast, Jonathan Kellerman and Jesse Kellerman (thriller) Starliner, […]
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