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Empower yourself! #FitLeaders – The Underdog's Advocate
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The Underdog's Advocate. A school leadership guide to success in the modern classroom. January 2, 2016. January 2, 2016. Ryan B. Jackson, Ed.D. By Ryan B. Jackson, Ed.D. With so much turmoil surrounding education’s deficits, too often our analysis paralysis blinds us to solutions lying dormant in plain sight. Time then for a little New Year’s Tabula Rasa. And just completed a year’s worth of monthly blogging both due to the power of New Year’s goal setting. Which tangentially prompts me to mention. I mer...
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Burning down the house: Rising from the ashes of NCLB – The Underdog's Advocate
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The Underdog's Advocate. A school leadership guide to success in the modern classroom. Burning down the house: Rising from the ashes of NCLB. September 10, 2016. September 10, 2016. Ryan B. Jackson, Ed.D. By Ryan B. Jackson, Ed.D. The Chinese have a great philosophy on crisis. The eastern vantage point sees crisis as. A quick reference through my blog catalog confirms where I’ve spent my time unearthing these hidden opportunities: Restorative Justice. Now it’s time to throw the match. Not on our watch.
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September 2016 – The Underdog's Advocate
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The Underdog's Advocate. A school leadership guide to success in the modern classroom. Burning down the house: Rising from the ashes of NCLB. September 10, 2016. September 10, 2016. Ryan B. Jackson, Ed.D. By Ryan B. Jackson, Ed.D. The Chinese have a great philosophy on crisis. The eastern vantage point sees crisis as. A quick reference through my blog catalog confirms where I’ve spent my time unearthing these hidden opportunities: Restorative Justice. Now it’s time to throw the match. Not on our watch.
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Graduating with empathy – The Underdog's Advocate
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The Underdog's Advocate. A school leadership guide to success in the modern classroom. February 7, 2016. February 7, 2016. Ryan B. Jackson, Ed.D. By Ryan B. Jackson, Ed.D. I love hopping on Voxer and listening to other leaders make the case for top leadership traits. Passion, communication, vision, ingenuity, integrity the usual suspects. All solid traits, no doubt, yet I’m here to make the case for the underdog of emotions, the most underrated of all leadership traits: I’m here to amplify Empathy. Are y...
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Mr. Progress – The Underdog's Advocate
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The Underdog's Advocate. A school leadership guide to success in the modern classroom. January 1, 2017. January 1, 2017. Ryan B. Jackson, Ed.D. By Ryan B. Jackson, Ed.D. I’ve talked before about my decision to stop drinking alcohol. Man’s Search for Meaning. I eventually detached from grief-stricken logical fallacies because I understood and accepted Frankl’s concentration camp-tested claim that man’s greatest innate ability is undoubtedly his power to choose. Look good. Feel good. Do good. I love art an...
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The Metacognition era begins… – The Underdog's Advocate
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The Underdog's Advocate. A school leadership guide to success in the modern classroom. The Metacognition era begins…. November 3, 2015. Ryan B. Jackson, Ed.D. By Ryan B. Jackson, Ed.D. Interior Maplewood classroom day. Students enter class, swiftly grabbing numbered laptops and routinely following practiced procedures with nonchalant familiarity. There’s a bellringer illuminated on a state-of-the-art Smartboard. The directive guides students to. Two words are typed on the student’s laptop screen:. What h...
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Finding the Courage to Create – The Underdog's Advocate
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The Underdog's Advocate. A school leadership guide to success in the modern classroom. Finding the Courage to Create. July 2, 2016. Ryan B. Jackson, Ed.D. By Ryan B. Jackson, Ed.D. Is your brand’s bottom-line, the boiled-down essence of everything your organization represents. I’ve been on a mission lately, evangelizing to educators the power of embracing their brand, both personal and professional, and I’m prepared now to put my money where my mouth is. Century form of professional development. My respo...
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The Cure for Education #ArtAntidote – The Underdog's Advocate
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The Underdog's Advocate. A school leadership guide to success in the modern classroom. The Cure for Education #ArtAntidote. December 5, 2015. Ryan B. Jackson, Ed.D. By Ryan B. Jackson, Ed.D. I don’t think about art when I’m working. I try to think about life. Why then has our current educational paradigm positioned art near the bottom rung of our learning ladder, where too often we’re expected to step-over this seemingly superfluous elective? That is not a rhetorical question. Education’s transform...
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Graduating with empathy – The Underdog's Advocate
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The Underdog's Advocate. A school leadership guide to success in the modern classroom. February 7, 2016. February 7, 2016. Ryan B. Jackson, Ed.D. By Ryan B. Jackson, Ed.D. I love hopping on Voxer and listening to other leaders make the case for top leadership traits. Passion, communication, vision, ingenuity, integrity the usual suspects. All solid traits, no doubt, yet I’m here to make the case for the underdog of emotions, the most underrated of all leadership traits: I’m here to amplify Empathy. Are y...
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Why schools must create a culture of reading – The Underdog's Advocate
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The Underdog's Advocate. A school leadership guide to success in the modern classroom. Why schools must create a culture of reading. January 22, 2016. January 22, 2016. Ryan B. Jackson, Ed.D. As a high school English teacher, I constantly find myself creating analogies to help my students comprehend confusing concepts. (I’m also a sucker for alliteration, but that’s beside the point). I could tell my hook had worked. Well, the same is true with reading. The more you read, the better you get at it. As edu...