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Is Relief Coming Soon for NCLB?
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Will No Child Left Behind (NCLB) be reauthorized and amended this year? If not, will there be relief from the most onerous provisions of the existing requirements? In a recent NASSP Radio interview,
Secretary of Education Arne Duncan shared with us what actions principals can expect on NCLB, his contingency plan, his thoughts on dealing with tight budgets and the policy of removing principals as part of school reform efforts. More
AP: Reinventing the Educational Wheel?
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Recently I was asked for my thoughts concerning the revisions being incorporated into the AP program. In the next few years, several of these classes are going to undergo extensive changes. The prime focus of the
changes will be the tests administered at the conclusion of the classes. The plan is to reduce the volume of material to be covered on the exams and to create a guide as to what parts of the curriculum will and will not be included.
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Join the School Leadership Network on edWeb
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NASSP has teamed with edWeb.net to establish the School Leadership Network, a series of online communities for principals, assistant principals and aspiring school leaders. Join today and network with your colleagues from across the country.
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Bring Your Team to the NASSP Conference
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Bring your leadership team to the 2011 NASSP Conference in San Francisco, Feb. 24-27, and save! Learn from renowned speakers, such as Linda Darling-Hammond, Diane Ravitch and Bill Daggett — and work with facilitators to develop a specific work plan to take back to your school or district. Discounts are available for teams and advance registration. Visit www.nasspconference.org to
learn about this year's new features, including Reflective Planning sessions, a conference planner and opportunities for graduate credit. Also, register by Feb. 11 to take advantage of the extended advance registration discounts.
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iPads: Even the Youngest Can Benefit
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I recently had the opportunity to visit a small, rural, high-poverty school system where I observed preschool and kindergartners using iPads. Even though I was the principal in a large urban high school
in which each of our students had their own laptop — and I have my own iPad — I had some questions about iPads and how they could be integrated into classroom instruction to actually enhance student performance. In other words, were the iPads toys or personal computing devices?
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Educational Seminars, fully funded by the U.S. Department of State, are short-term international exchanges for U.S. teachers and administrators that focus on sharing best practices and professional development.
Start thinking about Argentina, Brazil, Mexico and Thailand for 2011-2012; and, teachers can consider Greece,
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Updated application deadline: January 11, 2011.
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School Improvement Consultants Offer Customized Services
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The NASSP Leadership Programs and Services team is now offering assistance to school districts and schools engaged in improving student performance through the support of School Improvement Grants and
Race to the Top funds. Utilizing the Breaking Ranks framework, the association's experienced staff and school improvement consultants will provide in-depth customized services to redesign, enhance and sustain school improvement efforts in middle level and high schools. For more information, contact Dick Flanary, NASSP senior director of leadership programs and services, at flanaryd@principals.org or 703-860-7294.
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Texting, 'Friending' a Morass for Educators
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
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Across the country, governments and school districts are struggling to keep up with the furious growth of social media — and its grip on how young people communicate. Last week, the Virginia Board of Education was scheduled to vote on a policy that would ban all texting, social networking and online gaming between teachers and students. Voting on the policy, which was intended to prevent sexual misconduct, was postponed until
next month to allow for more public comment.
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Study Suggests U.S. Colleges Fail to Challenge Undergrads
Education Week
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When you pay thousands of dollars for a college education, you expect to learn something in return. Right? Well, you may be disappointed to hear what's happening — or not — on college campuses according to a new study out this week. The study — the first large-scale national survey of its kind — is based on an analysis of about 2,300 undergraduates at 24 four-year institutions to measure students' learning
and study habits.
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Obama's Education Focus Faces Big Hurdles
The Associated Press via Google News
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Signs of trouble are arising for President Obama's plan to put education overhaul at the forefront of his agenda as he adjusts to the new reality of a divided government. Giving students and teachers more flexibility is an idea with bipartisan support. Yet the debate about the overdue renewal of the nation's chief education law, known as No Child Left Behind, is complicated by political pressures from the coming 2012 presidential
campaign and disputes over timing, money and scope of the update.
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Recession's Toll on K-12 Budgets Both Wide and Deep
Education Week
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In its impact on state and local education budgets, the Great Recession of 2007-09 was like a vicious storm that swept across the landscape and left a broad — but far from uniform — trail of wreckage in its wake. Though nearly every state felt the sting of what has been called the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression, a complex and varied set of regional factors amplified the fiscal damage for states already
struggling with budget pressures, while leaving a handful of others virtually unscathed.
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Subject Matters: Students Struggle With Math Fundamentals
CNN
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Whether it's following hockey statistics or calculating the national debt, our daily lives add up to a lot of math. But try explaining that to a room filled with middle schoolers. Jennifer Lawson, a sixth-grade math teacher at Hillside Middle School in Northville, MI, said many of her students believe that with today's technology, they will never need math.
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Ed Tech vs. Larger Class Sizes:
Worth the Trade-off?
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Thrusting his state into the center of the national debate over education reform, Idaho public schools chief
Tom Luna outlined an aggressive overhaul of the state's education system on Jan. 12 as he called for more educational technology in the classroom and a pay-for-performance plan for educators. He also infuriated the Idaho teachers union by proposing increased class sizes to help pay for the plan.
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New Jersey Governor Eyeing Teacher Tenure
The Wall Street Journal
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Thanks to tenure, many believe that teachers' jobs are basically guaranteed, no matter how students do. New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie wants to change that: He
is seeking to end tenure and said he would support switching to a system that gives individual teachers five-year contracts, which districts could renew based on merit. He said he believes that if the worst 5 percent of teachers were churned, there would be a "quantum effect" on performance.
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Without Aid, Detroit May Close Half of its Schools
The Detroit News
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Detroit Public Schools would close nearly half of its schools in the next two years, and increase high school class sizes to 62 by the following year, under a deficit-reduction plan filed with the
state. The plan, part of a monthly update from Emergency Financial Manager Robert Bobb, was filed last week to provide insight into Bobb's progress in his attempt to slash a $327 million deficit in the district to zero over the next several years. Under it, the district would slim down from 142 schools now to 72 during 2012-13.
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U.S. Plan Aims to Make School Meals More Healthful
San Francisco Chronicle
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It's a smackdown on french fries and a cry for more fruits and vegetables. For the first time in 15 years, the federal government is calling for significant changes in school meals, including limiting the amount of trans fat, salt and calories in the cafeteria and increasing the produce and whole grains served. The hope is that the 32 million children who participate daily in school meal programs will have more healthful foods to
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School Buses Add Cameras to Catch Drivers Endangering Kids
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School districts nationwide are trying out video cameras as a way to deter drivers from passing buses that are loading or unloading children. Districts in Dallas County, TX, Montgomery and Frederick counties in Maryland and Cobb County, GA, are among the latest to test the cameras on some school buses in their fleets.
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