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Last Teacher In, First Out? City Has Another Idea
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Peter Borock, 23, is in his second year teaching history at Health Opportunities High School in the South Bronx. It could be his last. With New York City schools planning for up to 8,500 layoffs, new teachers like Mr. Borock, and half a dozen others at his school, could be some of the ones most likely to be let go. That has led the schools chancellor, Joel I. Klein,
into a high-stakes battle with the teachers’ union to overturn seniority rules that have been in place for decades. More
False Assumptions Lead to Misguided Policy: Part 1
The Principal Difference
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Think about it: If the first assumption we make is false, then every behavior that comes after that is wrong. What if the entire school reform effort was based on a number of false
assumptions? Two related assumptions that seemed to dominate the conversation of a recent meeting of high-ranking education officials both relate to the models for turning around the lowest performing schools. False Assumption #1: Experienced teachers and principals are anxious to work in struggling schools. False Assumption #2: The best teachers want to teach the neediest students.
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NASSP/Herff Jones National PLA Winners Announced
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NASSP, in partnership with Herff Jones Inc., is proud to announce the eight national winners in the NASSP/Herff Jones Principal's Leadership Awards (PLA) scholarship program. High school principals were invited to nominate a student leader on the basis of his or her leadership skills, participation in service organizations and clubs, achievements in the arts and sciences, employment experience, and academic record. In addition to
the national winners, 99 state winners were selected from among 3,500 nominees.
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State Assistant Principals of the Year Honored
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On April 22, the NASSP/Virco National Assistant Principal of the Year program winners from each of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the Department of Defense Education Activity schools convened in Washington, D.C., to be honored during a three-day event. The highlight of the gathering was a black-tie gala featuring U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan as the keynote speaker. In addition to networking opportunities for
these outstanding school leaders, they met as individuals with their respective members of Congress to share the unique role that assistant principals have in the school, and how their day-to-day work calls for (among other tasks) improving student achievement, supporting a positive school climate, and building school-community relationships. Continue reading to find out more about the assistant principal of the year program.
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Attend the Differentiated Instruction for School Leaders Workshop
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At its most basic, differentiated instruction is simply good teaching. When teachers say they don’t have time to differentiate instruction, they may be right – yet while
there never seems to be enough time or resources to do everything we need to do, effective educators somehow manage to do it anyway. Join with colleagues across the country to learn practical tips on how school administrators and teacher leaders can make differentiation not only doable, but a preferred practice in their schools. Register now for a two-day workshop with renowned educator Rick Wormeli, July 12–13, in Reston, Va.
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2010 National Councils of Excellence Named
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The National Association of Student Councils (NASC), a program of NASSP, congratulates each of the student councils that have been named a 2010 NASC Council of Excellence or a 2010 NASC Gold Council of Excellence. These student leaders and their advisers have shown a continuing commitment to maintaining quality in the operation of their student councils and in their leadership activities.
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Apply to be a 2011 Breakthrough
School
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NASSP and the MetLife Foundation invite high-achieving middle level and high schools that
serve economically disadvantaged students to apply for the 2011 MetLife Foundation-NASSP Breakthrough Schools program. For more information and details on how to apply, visit www.principals.org/breakthrough. Application deadline is May 15, 2010.
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House Considers National Assistant Principals Week
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Today, the U.S. House of Representatives will consider a resolution (H. Res. 1131)
expressing support for designation of the week of April 18-23, as "National Assistant Principals Week." Sponsored by Rep. Marcia Fudge (D-OH), the resolution honors and recognizes the contributions of assistant principals to the success of students. NASSP worked closely with Congress to give national recognition to assistant principals for their role in our nation’s schools.
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'Whole Child' May Factor in ESEA Renewal
Education Week
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As Congress gears up for renewal of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, lawmakers and the Obama administration are seeking to address a perennial complaint: that the current version of the law, the No Child Left Behind Act, places too much emphasis on students’ test scores and pays little attention to their health and other needs.
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Colorado Teacher Bill Ignites Firestorm of Support, Opposition
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High school English teacher Ben Jackson isn't afraid of a proposed state law that would tie his job status to how well his students do on tests. It's a teacher's job, Jackson said, to instill students with a "desire to succeed," to make them care about state exams — even ones that don't affect their grades. The legislation would ensure schools keep teachers "not because they grow older, but because
they get better," Jackson said.
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Senate Holds Hearing on Teacher and Principal Effectiveness
Principal's Policy Blog
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On Thursday, April 15, the Senate Health, Education, Labor & Pensions (HELP) Committee held a roundtable hearing to discuss the importance of preparing, recruiting, and maintaining effective teachers and principals as part of a plan to improve academic performance in the nation’s neediest schools. It was the latest in a series of congressional hearings on reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. See the
video.
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States Expect Revenue Rise, Though Recovery Pace Slow
Education Week
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The steep, recession-driven slide in state revenues—a crucial piece of the education funding infrastructure—is showing signs of easing slightly, though fiscal experts warn it will still be several years before most state budgets return to their prerecession health. For the 2011 fiscal year, nearly every state is projecting that revenues—generated mostly from personal-income and general
sales-tax collections—will exceed current-year levels, although the increases in many states will be "razor thin," according to a new report that examines fiscal conditions in the states.
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Study: After Genes, Teachers Help Kids Read Faster
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Genetics play the biggest role in determining how fast a child learns to read, but a good
teacher can make a measurable difference as well, according to a study recently released. Florida State University used twins assigned to different classrooms to develop the conclusions. Researchers studied more than 550 first- and second-grade classrooms with at least one identical twin and more than 1,000 classes with at least one fraternal twin. Among the identical twins, 42 pairs out of 280 pairs showed significant differences in reading improvement during the year studied, said lead
researcher Jeanette Taylor, an associate professor of psychology at Florida State.
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Teen's Suicide Prompts Schools to Take on Bullying
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Tom Harrison isn't an expert on bullying, even by his own estimation. "I'm just a dad," he says, as he paces back and forth in school gymnasiums, telling any student and teacher who will listen about his son, whose life ended in suicide last year. What he can show them, with the help
of a photo slideshow, is a bit about Alex Harrison, the quiet, brainy teen who died far too young, at age 16.
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Panel: Cell Phones Have Much Potential in Classrooms
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Teachers are finding interesting and creative ways to include mobile phones in classroom instruction in an effort to bridge the divide
between the technologies children use at home and what they use in school, education technology experts say. Common Sense Media hosted a series of panel discussions April 21, that examined how mobile technology can both help and hinder children's development and education.
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Five Trends in Education Technology Leadership
THE Journal
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Federal education tech funds are increasingly being used to boost teacher effectiveness, scale up successful programs, and increase
academic achievement, according to a new report from the State Educational Technology Directors Association (SETDA), a major education technology advocacy group.
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