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Learning, Curriculum and Instruction, Student Assessment and Feedback, Soft-Skills Development Socrates - Head of School Team Learning, Curriculum and Instruction, Student Assessment and Feedback, Soft-Skills Development Socrates - Head of School Team

Distracted

In his book Distracted, James Lang explains that “the human brain is an eminently distractible organ. We thus are fighting a losing battle if we try to solve the problems of attention by eliminating distraction. Banning devices from the room still leaves pencils for doodling, windows to stare through, coughing and sniffing humans to irritate us, and the endless chaotic swirling of our thoughts. Instead, we need to think about how the learning environments that we build for students can be safe and supportive spaces.

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Leading, Strategic Leadership, Curriculum and Instruction, Student Assessment and Feedback Socrates - Head of School Team Leading, Strategic Leadership, Curriculum and Instruction, Student Assessment and Feedback Socrates - Head of School Team

Got Data? Now What?

Are you leading a school and know that data should be a more integral part of the decision-making process? If so, Got Data? Now What? may just scratch that itch. You will be warned of the pitfalls, walked through the protocols, and told step-by-step what to do to maximize your time and energy while turning data into decisions.

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Learning, Curriculum and Instruction, Student Assessment and Feedback Socrates - Head of School Team Learning, Curriculum and Instruction, Student Assessment and Feedback Socrates - Head of School Team

A Guide to Teaching in the Active Learning Classroom

A Guide to Teaching in the Active Learning Classroom takes what many K-12 educators have known for years about student learning and enhances it to another level. All teachers, regardless of level, would benefit from reading the research-based teaching practices outlined in this book.

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Learning, Leading, Personal and Professional Growth Socrates - Head of School Team Learning, Leading, Personal and Professional Growth Socrates - Head of School Team

The Gift of Failure

Jessica Lahey gives every parent in the world reason to calm down and disengage from helicopter or snowplow parenting. In what could be a sister book to The Blessing of a Skinned Knee, The Gift of Failure reassures us that the real lessons in life are the ones that are personal, determined by our own decisions, and force us to look in the mirror and take aim at who we are and want to be.

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The One World Schoolhouse

Khan Academy is offering courses in much more than just math and more than 100 million people use the site each year. If you are curious about Khan’s philosophy of education and his vision for the future, this book will inspire you to change education on a grand scale. After all, the Mission of Khan Academy is to provide a free, world-class education for anyone, anywhere.

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