http://www.mcrel.org McREL (Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning): turning what works in teaching, leading, and learning into innovation & results © Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning (McREL) en-us Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:22:57 GMT Hipcast RSS Feeder 1.25 Education 60 http://mcrel.hipcast.com/albumart/1008_1257801777.jpg http://www.mcrel.org © Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning (McREL)McREL,Mid,continent,Research,for,Education,and,Learning,Changing,Schools,education,research,education,policy,school,improvementEducation/K-12info@mcrel.orgMid-continent Research for Education and Learning (McREL)Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning (McREL)noMcREL,Mid,continent,Research,for,Education,and,Learning,Changing,Schools,education,research,education,policy,school,improvementThis podcast contains author readings of selected articles appearing in <em>Changing Schools</em>, a free publication from Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning (McREL). <em>Changing Schools</em> provides teachers, administrators, and policy mThis podcast contains author readings of selected articles appearing in <em>Changing Schools</em>, a free publication from Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning (McREL). <em>Changing Schools</em> provides teachers, administrators, and policy makers with information about current education issues and research.McRELPodcastshttp://feedburner.google.com 1dca65e9-59ab-8027-c981-8599253d94d2 Laura Lefkowits. This article appeared in Changing Schools (vol. 60/Summer 2009)—Culture: A school's secret sauce. How can you prepare students today for what they will face in the world in the year 2020 and beyond? To prepare students for the world they will encounter after graduation, we need to understand what the world will look like. By exploring the critical uncertainties schools face today, we can create scenarios of what the future might look like for our students.]]> Wed, 16 Sep 2009 02:08:42 GMT http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/McRELPodcasts/~3/wL5Urd2kz8s/b3f18cbd-3e65-0c91-d522-33cc0f58ff5e.mp3 info@mcrel.org (Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning (McREL))noRead by the author, Laura Lefkowits. This article appeared in Changing Schools (vol. 60/Summer 2009)—Culture: A school's secret sauce. How can you prepare students today for what they will face in the world in the year 2020 and beyond? To prepare studentsMid-continent Research for Education and Learning (McREL)Read by the author, Laura Lefkowits. This article appeared in Changing Schools (vol. 60/Summer 2009)—Culture: A school's secret sauce. How can you prepare students today for what they will face in the world in the year 2020 and beyond? To prepare students for the world they will encounter after graduation, we need to understand what the world will look like. By exploring the critical uncertainties schools face today, we can create scenarios of what the future might look like for our students.McREL,Mid,continent,Research,for,Education,and,Learning,Changing,Schools,education,research,education,policy,school,improvementhttp://mcrel.hipcast.com/deluge/b3f18cbd-3e65-0c91-d522-33cc0f58ff5e.mp3http://mcrel.hipcast.com/deluge/b3f18cbd-3e65-0c91-d522-33cc0f58ff5e.mp3 f9ea15e1-467a-4f51-ee08-036f428a9aec Danette Parsley. This article appeared in Changing Schools (vol. 60/Summer 2009)—Culture: A school's secret sauce. The recipe for a strong school culture calls for six ingredients: 1) Envision the ideal. 2) Build your trust accounts. 3) Go below the surface. 4) Create a can-do culture. 5) Embrace productive conflict. 6) Put yourself in their shoes.]]> Wed, 16 Sep 2009 02:03:33 GMT http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/McRELPodcasts/~3/oj3Sk6VRfIU/8f75e3cb-7b02-31cd-6837-c665fc006dcf.mp3 info@mcrel.org (Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning (McREL))noRead by the author, Danette Parsley. This article appeared in Changing Schools (vol. 60/Summer 2009)—Culture: A school's secret sauce. The recipe for a strong school culture calls for six ingredients: 1) Envision the ideal. 2) Build your trust accounts. 3Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning (McREL)Read by the author, Danette Parsley. This article appeared in Changing Schools (vol. 60/Summer 2009)—Culture: A school's secret sauce. The recipe for a strong school culture calls for six ingredients: 1) Envision the ideal. 2) Build your trust accounts. 3) Go below the surface. 4) Create a can-do culture. 5) Embrace productive conflict. 6) Put yourself in their shoes.McREL,Mid,continent,Research,for,Education,and,Learning,Changing,Schools,education,research,education,policy,school,improvementhttp://mcrel.hipcast.com/deluge/8f75e3cb-7b02-31cd-6837-c665fc006dcf.mp3http://mcrel.hipcast.com/deluge/8f75e3cb-7b02-31cd-6837-c665fc006dcf.mp3 cabecd81-4473-e54c-d30b-68dd7d4a2ed9 Bryan Goodwin. This article appeared in Changing Schools (vol. 60/Summer 2009)—Culture: A school's secret sauce. School improvement efforts often fail, even when schools are doing the "right" things, because leaders fail to take into account the key (and often missing) ingredient of success: positive organizational culture.]]> Wed, 16 Sep 2009 01:59:53 GMT http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/McRELPodcasts/~3/_bzvxclSKHs/9bb461d8-8ca8-5973-7ec8-c522d1537e93.mp3 info@mcrel.org (Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning (McREL))noRead by the author, Bryan Goodwin. This article appeared in Changing Schools (vol. 60/Summer 2009)—Culture: A school's secret sauce. School improvement efforts often fail, even when schools are doing the "right" things, because leaders fail to take into aMid-continent Research for Education and Learning (McREL)Read by the author, Bryan Goodwin. This article appeared in Changing Schools (vol. 60/Summer 2009)—Culture: A school's secret sauce. School improvement efforts often fail, even when schools are doing the "right" things, because leaders fail to take into account the key (and often missing) ingredient of success: positive organizational culture.McREL,Mid,continent,Research,for,Education,and,Learning,Changing,Schools,education,research,education,policy,school,improvementhttp://mcrel.hipcast.com/deluge/9bb461d8-8ca8-5973-7ec8-c522d1537e93.mp3http://mcrel.hipcast.com/deluge/9bb461d8-8ca8-5973-7ec8-c522d1537e93.mp3 6b794c5e-7770-9b62-f548-dffcbc90b130 Mel Sussman. This article appeared in Changing Schools (vol. 60/Summer 2009)—Culture: A school's secret sauce. Transforming your school culture calls for strong leadership. But that leadership will never build an effective school culture through sheer will and determination alone. Effective school leaders need a clear understanding of the 21 leadership responsibilities identified by McREL's research.]]> Wed, 16 Sep 2009 01:43:30 GMT http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/McRELPodcasts/~3/vwBn6mKNZNM/d2b0367e-405d-14ad-f082-3b6cdcb1d430.mp3 info@mcrel.org (Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning (McREL))noRead by the author, Mel Sussman. This article appeared in Changing Schools (vol. 60/Summer 2009)—Culture: A school's secret sauce. Transforming your school culture calls for strong leadership. But that leadership will never build an effective school cultuMid-continent Research for Education and Learning (McREL)Read by the author, Mel Sussman. This article appeared in Changing Schools (vol. 60/Summer 2009)—Culture: A school's secret sauce. Transforming your school culture calls for strong leadership. But that leadership will never build an effective school culture through sheer will and determination alone. Effective school leaders need a clear understanding of the 21 leadership responsibilities identified by McREL's research.McREL,Mid,continent,Research,for,Education,and,Learning,Changing,Schools,education,research,education,policy,school,improvementhttp://mcrel.hipcast.com/deluge/d2b0367e-405d-14ad-f082-3b6cdcb1d430.mp3http://mcrel.hipcast.com/deluge/d2b0367e-405d-14ad-f082-3b6cdcb1d430.mp3 5c740fd6-f5dc-56b0-d7bb-0297027bc7bd Changing Schools. If you have ever questioned the worth of professional development, perhaps the journey he took with North Valley Middle School (NVMS) will provide the answer. Mel Sussman, Bj Stone.]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/McRELPodcasts/~3/3rLP93sCrEQ/0125NL_08_CS59.pdf Tue, 16 Dec 2008 17:45:55 GMT http://mcrel.hipcast.com/deluge/7fb58e67-e044-e55e-3e97-d60259fc12f5.mp3 info@mcrel.org (Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning (McREL))no"Climbing to the top through Professional Development" by Mel Sussman with BJ Stone. Mel discusses the power of professional development in his article from Changing Schools. If you have ever questioned the worth of professional development, perhaps the jMid-continent Research for Education and Learning (McREL)"Climbing to the top through Professional Development" by Mel Sussman with BJ Stone. Mel discusses the power of professional development in his article from Changing Schools. If you have ever questioned the worth of professional development, perhaps the journey he took with North Valley Middle School (NVMS) will provide the answer. Mel Sussman, Bj Stone.McREL,Mid,continent,Research,for,Education,and,Learning,Changing,Schools,education,research,education,policy,school,improvementhttp://www.mcrel.org/PDF/ChangingSchools/0125NL_08_CS59.pdfhttp://mcrel.hipcast.com/deluge/7fb58e67-e044-e55e-3e97-d60259fc12f5.mp3 0557b9f3-cb1e-3ee3-9bef-83ca687f4335 Changing Schools by Mel Sussman with BJ Stone. If you have ever questioned the worth of professional development, perhaps the journey Mel took with North Valley Middle School (NVMS) will provide the answer.]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/McRELPodcasts/~3/0p-LxSGtZgk/index.asp Tue, 16 Dec 2008 17:43:26 GMT http://mcrel.hipcast.com/deluge/5624d1e1-d853-4e6a-a87c-60b1a3cdf29e.mp3 info@mcrel.org (Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning (McREL))noAn excerpt from "Climbing to the top through Professional Development" from Changing Schools by Mel Sussman with BJ Stone. If you have ever questioned the worth of professional development, perhaps the journey Mel took with North Valley Middle School (NVMMid-continent Research for Education and Learning (McREL)An excerpt from "Climbing to the top through Professional Development" from Changing Schools by Mel Sussman with BJ Stone. If you have ever questioned the worth of professional development, perhaps the journey Mel took with North Valley Middle School (NVMS) will provide the answer.McREL,Mid,continent,Research,for,Education,and,Learning,Changing,Schools,education,research,education,policy,school,improvementhttp://www.mcrel.org/TeacherInnovations/index.asphttp://mcrel.hipcast.com/deluge/5624d1e1-d853-4e6a-a87c-60b1a3cdf29e.mp3 b8bf5e7c-a4a9-e2e9-9fe0-df2ac9b36787 Changing Schools article "Preventing High School Dropouts Every Day" by Sammye Wheeler-Clouse. In the midst of Southern California wine country, four 9th-grade teachers at Temecula Valley High School (TVHS) are making dramatic strides to increase the likelihood that incoming freshmen will graduate with their peers. Staff, aware of declining student achievement, decided it was time for a big change.]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/McRELPodcasts/~3/0p-LxSGtZgk/index.asp Tue, 16 Dec 2008 17:39:24 GMT http://mcrel.hipcast.com/deluge/797d6e8d-575d-05ad-f03d-f1344a933d82.mp3 info@mcrel.org (Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning (McREL))noAn excerpt from Changing Schools article "Preventing High School Dropouts Every Day" by Sammye Wheeler-Clouse. In the midst of Southern California wine country, four 9th-grade teachers at Temecula Valley High School (TVHS) are making dramatic strides to iMid-continent Research for Education and Learning (McREL)An excerpt from Changing Schools article "Preventing High School Dropouts Every Day" by Sammye Wheeler-Clouse. In the midst of Southern California wine country, four 9th-grade teachers at Temecula Valley High School (TVHS) are making dramatic strides to increase the likelihood that incoming freshmen will graduate with their peers. Staff, aware of declining student achievement, decided it was time for a big change.McREL,Mid,continent,Research,for,Education,and,Learning,Changing,Schools,education,research,education,policy,school,improvementhttp://www.mcrel.org/TeacherInnovations/index.asphttp://mcrel.hipcast.com/deluge/797d6e8d-575d-05ad-f03d-f1344a933d82.mp3 510dbdbc-df40-6bb2-116a-f360dea96e50 Sammye Wheeler-Clouse from Changing Schools: Everday Innovation. In the midst of Southern California wine country, four 9th-grade teachers at Temecula Valley High School (TVHS) are making dramatic strides to increase the likelihood that incoming freshmen will graduate with their peers. Staff, aware of declining student achievement, decided it was time for a big change.]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/McRELPodcasts/~3/0p-LxSGtZgk/index.asp Tue, 16 Dec 2008 17:36:50 GMT http://mcrel.hipcast.com/deluge/384cce48-3c0c-8d1d-bf7e-2934552da4f5.mp3 info@mcrel.org (Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning (McREL))no"Preventing High School Dropouts Every Day" by Sammye Wheeler-Clouse from Changing Schools: Everday Innovation. In the midst of Southern California wine country, four 9th-grade teachers at Temecula Valley High School (TVHS) are making dramatic strides to Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning (McREL)"Preventing High School Dropouts Every Day" by Sammye Wheeler-Clouse from Changing Schools: Everday Innovation. In the midst of Southern California wine country, four 9th-grade teachers at Temecula Valley High School (TVHS) are making dramatic strides to increase the likelihood that incoming freshmen will graduate with their peers. Staff, aware of declining student achievement, decided it was time for a big change.McREL,Mid,continent,Research,for,Education,and,Learning,Changing,Schools,education,research,education,policy,school,improvementhttp://www.mcrel.org/TeacherInnovations/index.asphttp://mcrel.hipcast.com/deluge/384cce48-3c0c-8d1d-bf7e-2934552da4f5.mp3 b08ed317-1595-6297-e64b-d34d04d15dd3 Bryan Goodwin presents his podcast from his article in Changing Schools, “When knowing what to do isn't enough: The importance of superior execution.” If we know what to do, why aren’t we doing it? Most districts and schools have improvement plans and work hard to enact them, but it may be that too few leaders understand how to ensure superior execution of their improvement plans.]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/McRELPodcasts/~3/0p-LxSGtZgk/index.asp Tue, 16 Dec 2008 17:32:35 GMT http://mcrel.hipcast.com/deluge/f5fa8a4f-6dea-69bb-433b-9fa11e335030.mp3 info@mcrel.org (Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning (McREL))noBryan Goodwin presents his podcast from his article in Changing Schools, “When knowing what to do isn't enough: The importance of superior execution.” If we know what to do, why aren’t we doing it? Most districts and schools have improvement plans and worMid-continent Research for Education and Learning (McREL)Bryan Goodwin presents his podcast from his article in Changing Schools, “When knowing what to do isn't enough: The importance of superior execution.” If we know what to do, why aren’t we doing it? Most districts and schools have improvement plans and work hard to enact them, but it may be that too few leaders understand how to ensure superior execution of their improvement plans.McREL,Mid,continent,Research,for,Education,and,Learning,Changing,Schools,education,research,education,policy,school,improvementhttp://www.mcrel.org/TeacherInnovations/index.asphttp://mcrel.hipcast.com/deluge/f5fa8a4f-6dea-69bb-433b-9fa11e335030.mp3 Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning (McREL)nonadult