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The Pancake Principle by Elizabeth Helfant The school year is rapidly winding down. As I reflect on the successes and failures of our first year with a 1:1 tablet program, I am reminded of something my division head adheres to. Let's call it the Pancake Principle.

Framing the discussion in terms of his district's reform model - the "New 4 Rs" of rigor, relevance, relationships, and reflection - Sofo describes how one middle school developed a multifaceted, classroom-level intervention to support struggling learners.

Traditional teaching and learning strategies are becoming increasingly ineffective with a generation of secondary students that have instant access to information, are accustomed to managing their own acquisition of knowledge, and embrace the roles of content producer and publisher.

Welcome to a very exciting time in the history of the Pascack Valley Regional High School District. With our focus continually trained on the improvement of student achievement, the district is embarking on a project that will change the way the education process takes place.

A new Promise needs to be created among educators, students, parents, policy makers and funders if all students are to make significant progress towards achieving rigorous and relevant 21st century academic standards and skills. The American public education system was never designed nor intended to function as an academic institution where success for all drove policy making and decisions regarding educational procedures and practices.

CFF_Logo 1:1 Administrator's Pre-conference Session

Students at SLA are assessed through a variety of means with a focus on project-based learning and our five core values of inquiry, research, collaboration, presentation, and reflection. Our students do not take the School District of Philadelphia benchmark exams; rather, they complete projects in every subject that are assessed based on the SLA rubric (see below). The descriptions in the empty boxes are filled in according to the subject and project nature. We are working with the School District of Philadelphia to ensure that grades from the SLA Benchmark projects will be entered into SchoolNet at the end of every marking period.