I'm curious abut the value you see in them. It sounds like you main goal if focused on learning the required curriculum. Is that right?

If so, does the demonstration of that learning have to be in English?

Tell me more about the value you DO see in heritage language skills and about the ways you look for students do both acquire and demonstrate their learning.

Not only is Government funding not the only form of funding, it is not representative of "the people." Fundraising can come from numerous other sources including individuals and corporations. Often times what the Government is looking for in terms of restrictions and requirements for their funding is too cumbersome and outside of the mission of an organization and can force mission drift . Furthermore, if fundraising was abolished nonprofit organizations would cease to exist and the world as we know it would implode.

How does gill netting on the Columbia River impact relations with tribal agencies and sports fisheries? Take the position that you are either a member of the Wasco nation or a sports fisherman - Does gill netting threaten native aquatic species or threaten a cultural way of life?

Engage teachers in professional development about culturally inclusive teaching practices to help them better address the different learning styles of students. Create time and space for the teachers to get to know their students through their personal stories and dialogues.

In order to learn something new you have to have Velcro (prior knowledge) to stick it to or else it doesn't make sense and zero learning takes place.

Why do you think students are suppose to learn something they don't already know?

Is there such a thing as new knowledge?

It is from my experience that positive school culture has everything to do with student success. When students are learning in a positive environment there are many successes that occur due to the positive motivation from teachers, staff and learning community. Hi James!

NO WAY! Neither technical nor adaptive change influences initiatives - Initiatives are the tool of adaptive change. Technical change doesn't use initiatives because that would require actual thought. Technical change maintains the status quo, which is dead thought!

And pie-in-the-sky thinking is NOT innovation, but a lame excuse to NOT think. An adaptive change initiative is a comprehensive change efforts that will become embedded within a conditioned culture - that way it doesn't end, but helps participants to begin to think adaptively.

Teachers may be the subject matter experts (we hope so), but their role can be more dynamic than the traditional “sage on the stage.” Teaching can also be the practice of engaging students to participate fully and go beyond subject matter mastery. Teachers need not necessarily be the center of attention. Excellent classroom instruction might also take place using small groups, student-directed projects, group discussions, or independent work tailored to each student. In this sense, the teacher is more the ringleader of a 3-ring circus, and less the individual in the spotlight.

Yes, and so is bicycle riding. Who decides what makes a fad and what makes history? or How does a behavior become a fad?

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-Teacher travel between classes versus students moving

-It is okay to create controlled chaos

-Do PD through modeling by creating learner-centered environment

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