by dwalker | May 21, 2010 | Blog
An important sub-domain of student literacy development is academic dialogue, used to help students verbalize and solidify their learning. Academic dialogue provides an opportunity for students to check their own understanding of new concepts and vocabulary, and to...
by admin | Mar 26, 2010 | Blog
Study after study have shown that where the arts are prevalent in a school’s curriculum—surprise!—test scores rise. In an article in Parenting magazine, Nancy Kalish discusses Why Art Makes Kids Smarter (November 2009). She notes several different sources and...
by dwalker | Jan 19, 2010 | Blog
Our current political environment invites criticism of those in local, state and national leadership roles. There is a great deal of conjecture about the reasoning for various leadership decisions and about hidden agendas. Sometimes negative intentions are ascribed...
by dwalker | Jan 6, 2010 | Blog
School leaders answer to a number of audiences, each of which holds different expectations. District leaders want well-run schools that meet their academic targets, have positive learning environments and satisfied parents: their expectations are that principals will...
by admin | Dec 18, 2009 | Blog
My last post talked briefly about the major findings of a new longitudinal study published in early October 2009 called Doing WELL and Doing GOOD by Doing ART, by UCLA researcher Dr. James Catterall. My first post noted the study’s findings in three areas: 1)...
