Author Archives: Dawn Miller

A Nation At Risk – 30 Years Later

Posted on April 29, 2013 by Dawn Miller | Permalink 0

The Thomas B. Fordham Institute and the American Enterprise Institute offers a retrospective on a Nation at Risk: 30 years later. You may recall,30 years ago, A Nation at Risk was essentially a report card on the American Education System revealing SAT scores across the nation and overall student learning were declining. At the time, [...]
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More on Boston

Posted on April 16, 2013 by Dawn Miller | Permalink 0

Angie’s post re: the difficulty in being a leader in the spotlight is so true.  I too, noticed that the word “terrorist” was left out of President Obama’s speech.  I suspect there will be fallout from that omission.  I believe though that he did the right thing by not using language that could potentially incite further chaos.  [...]
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Advocating for young women

Posted on April 13, 2013 by Dawn Miller | Permalink 2

  On the second day of spring break, I had the fortune of being introduced to the Florence Crittenton Home for Unwed Mothers in Helena, Montana. This non-profit organization was established in 1882 by a wealthy New Yorker, Charles Crittenton, who lost his 4 year old daughter, Florence, to scarlet fever. Suffering from severe depression, [...]
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Presentation Zen

Posted on March 26, 2013 by Dawn Miller | Permalink 0

I just read Shep’s blog and watch the video clip Andy sent entitled “What would Steve do?” I was drawn to read these as, like them, I spent considerable time preparing but not practicing. My 360 presentation was a personal story about my journey since the beginning of the program.  Like Shep, I knew the content, [...]
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In Support of School Reform

Posted on January 15, 2013 by Dawn Miller | Permalink 0

I’d like to share a thought provoking article I read recently regarding the success of the education system in Finland. http://www.edexcellence.net The article is titled: Real lessons from Finland: Hard Choices, rigorously implemented.  Kathleen Porter-Magee, December 27, 2012. Essentially, schools in Finland have gone the trajectory from poor to good and then good to great [...]
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Current Reading

I went skydiving..

Posted on November 16, 2012 by Dawn Miller | Permalink 1

Reflecting on this semester, my colleagues and I celebrated the milestone we reached last night: the halfway mark!  During our celebration we shared cupcakes and some of the amazing things we’ve accomplished.  My amazing adventure was skydiving this past summer during a trip to Colorado.  In recounting my adventure I recalled the moment I stood on the edge of the airplane door feeling the [...]
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Experiences

Teachers matter

Posted on October 14, 2012 by Dawn Miller | Permalink 0

Catching up on reading I’ve been meaning to get to, I came across a book review written by Wendy Kopp.  Kopp, as you know, is the founder and CEO, of Teach for America.  Teach for America (TFA) is a program designed to recruit non-education majors from elite colleges and universities to teach children in areas of [...]
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Peer Review Activity

Posted on October 13, 2012 by Dawn Miller | Permalink 0

My cohort did a excellent job today on the peer review activity.  The fact that it was done “blind,” allowed us to make comments safely knowing that our intent is to support one other’s growth as writers. My appreciation to you all.
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Kips Bay Boys and Girls Club – touching many lives

Posted on July 28, 2012 by Dawn Miller | Permalink 0

PLE 3 Task 12 In my recent Ignite presentation I talked about my connection with the Kips Bay Boys and Girls Club and how my association with this organization changed my life – forever.  Task 12 called for a video clip of an advocate or coalition leader whose work I admire. Immediately my thoughts went [...]
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What is my brand?

Posted on June 13, 2012 by Dawn Miller | Permalink 1

A quick comment on the branding exercise this past Saturday. I appreciate the opportunity to focus on and articulate what my values are.  I felt as though I knew what was important to me but when asked to identify it in a word – I started to panic.  I didn’t know if I could do so within the time allotted [...]
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