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Category Archives: Schools and Assessment
New standards will help us improve
The new Alaska standards in language arts and math are the foundation of our curriculum development in these two content areas. These standards that are tightly aligned with the Common Core raise the bar of K-12 instruction by placing a greater emphasis on those skills needed for college or the workplace. Recently, I’ve encountered a […]
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Rewards for expected behavior
One of the challenges of raising children is helping them develop a level of intrinsic motivation that will help guide their behavior. In a perfect world all children would eat their vegetables and get straight As. But as we know, these two behaviors are often only met after offering dessert or in some extreme cases, […]
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First day of school
Yesterday was the first day of school for most of our schools; it is my favorite day of the school year. I started the day at one of our elementary schools and as always, was impressed by the good energy of the staff and by how well the influx of students and hovering parents were […]
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Student Attendance
During the past month I have spent a lot of time looking at our students’ scores on last year’s state standardized tests. In an effort to identify what may contribute to some students not scoring proficient, I have looked at the scores from several angles. One of these angles is student attendance. Not surprisingly, those […]
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Bring your own device
Alaska Communications, the company that provides most of our bandwidth, is interested in showcasing KPBSD in one of its television ads. As a way to get them thinking in terms of what they want to include, we spent time with them on the phone yesterday discussing our use of technology. One of their questions was […]
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Summer School
Now that school is closed for the summer break, I am once again hearing that being out of school for 90 days from the end of May until mid-August is too long. This familiar concern that assumes that students lose key academic skills during these months is likely valid but may not be as significant […]
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Our Graduates
At four O’clock on Friday afternoon the District’s final graduation ceremony of the 2012-13 school year took place. What began on May 1 at Marathon School ended in Port Graham with one senior receiving his diploma. I was fortunate to attend 8 of the 20 graduations and came away impressed by how polished the ceremonies […]
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Assessing Schools
For the past several years there has been a push to make schools more accountable. Some, driven by a sense of fiscal responsibility, want to ensure a good return on the investment of public dollars. Others, driven by a desire to see our students outperform their peers from across the globe are raising the bar, […]
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Resilience through football