Natasha Piirainen

Bowler Receives GSSA President’s Award

Recognition given during state superintendents association’s conferenceHENRY COUNTY, GA – Henry County Schools Superintendent received a prestigious award recently during the Georgia School Superintendents Association’s (GSSA) Spring Bootstrap Conference in Savannah.The President’s Award was given to Bowler during a presentation on Tuesday, April 18 in front of his peers from across the state.  These awards …

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Competency-Based Learning in Your Classroom

The Student Centered Learning Podcast host, Arthur Eduardo Baraf, interviews Courtney Jacobs to discuss the “what” and “why” of Competency-Based Learning, and the “how” of implementation. Courtney is a senior associate at the Great Schools Partnership.Listen to the Podcast hereVisit The Student Centered Learning Podcast

Georgia District’s Personalized Learning Program Seeks to Empower Students

From Education WeekPublished October 18, 2016By Sean CavanaghOn Mondays at Luella Middle School, the big, broad goal of “personalized learning” gets distilled down to a simple concept: Students who need extra help get it.All students at the school in the Henry County system in Georgia spend an entire day once a week with access to …

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How Deer Isle-Stonington High School Keeps Kids in School

From The AtlanticPublished October 11, 2016By Tanya PapernyThree hours from Portland, Maine, and two hours from the state capital of Augusta, picturesque Deer Isle has two towns on it (Deer Isle and Stonington), a combined year-round population of about 2,500 people, and not a single fast-food chain—or any chain store for that matter. Those who …

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