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Janet Hale

Prioritizing Student Learning: Rethinking Time, Space, and Money | Edutopia - 0 views

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    "When done right, school can provide each individual child with experiences that will advance and deepen his or her problem-solving capacity, creativity, caring, and ownership of learning. Besides ensuring that all students have compassionate, effective teachers creating classroom conditions and opportunities for these things to occur, a school principal's primary responsibility is to allocate the scarce resources of time, space, and funding to maximize children's positive and productive experiences of school."
Janet Hale

Triumph Over Gravity: The Revolution of Flight and How the Wright Brothers Reformed the... - 0 views

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    "On the morning of December 19, 1903, Wilbur and Orville Wright achieved one of mankind's greatest feats: the first controlled flight. This revolutionized the way the world operated. Countries reacted, hiring engineers to replicate what the Wright brothers had accomplished while also trying to buy rights to the flying machine. Changes were made for the better of civilization reforming not only warfare but also the transportation of people, money, mail, and goods."
Janet Hale

Innovation is About a Way of Thinking | Connected Principals - 0 views

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    "This is a great idea in theory, and obviously one that educators should think about, but often I hear that there is no money to make this happen in schools. How are we to provide this type of opportunity in organizations where resources are scarce? Where does theory become reality? To make this happen, it is not about thinking outside of the box, but being innovative inside of it."
Janet Hale

Collaboration: A Necessity, Not an Option | ASCD Inservice - 0 views

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    "It took me more than a decade to understand the importance and true worth of collaboration. During my early years in teaching, I strived hard, but I always worked in isolation. My aim was always to excel; thus, I built my library and invested a good amount of money to fill my shelves with physics books. I was mistaken. I focused too much on content and not enough on delivery-until I learned how to collaborate."
Janet Hale

Putting a Dent in College Costs With Open-Source Textbooks - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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    "College students could save an average of $128 a course if traditional textbooks were replaced with free or low-cost "open-source" electronic versions, a new report finds. The Student Public Interest Research Groups, state-based advocacy groups that promote affordable textbook options, analyzed open-source pilot programs at five colleges and found that the savings for students can be significant."
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