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Academic Value of Non-Academics
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With school districts struggling to keep their noses above choppy budget waters and voters howling about taxes, should schools really be funding after-school clubs, like swim teams, swing dancing, gay-straight alliances or the jazz band? As it turns out, maybe they should. There's not a straight line between the crochet club and the Ivy League. But a growing body of research says there is a link between after-school activities and graduating from
high school, going to college and becoming a responsible citizen. NASSP, which promotes extracurricular activities as a way to increase personalization and student engagement, is proud to be the home of the National Honor Society, National Junior Honor Society, National Elementary Honor Society and National Association of Student Councils. More
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Bring Your Leadership Team to the NASSP Conference
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school improvement model requires the active participation of the leadership team including principals, assistant principals, teacher leaders, and superintendents. Bring your team to Tampa and make the most of your professional development time and resources. Learn from Ken Robinson and Douglas Reeves, renowned and respected educational leaders. Hear success stories from a diverse group of schools in the Breaking Ranks School
Showcase. And set team goals in advance using our Conference Planning Guide and leave with a specific work plan to implement at your school. Team discounts are available.
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Celebrate National Principals Month
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October is National Principals Month. Join us in celebrating! Recognize and honor our nation's principals for their tireless efforts in pursuit of excellence in education. Visit www.nassp.org/principalsmonth for a number of helpful ideas for activities to celebrate the event in your school and in your community.
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Let's Move in School — and Not
Just in PE
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The Let's Move in School campaign, of which NASSP is a strategic partner, has just issued a model for a
Comprehensive School Physical Activity Program. Their approach encourages schools to utilize all opportunities for school-based physical activity to develop physically educated students who participate in the nationally-recommended 60+ minutes of physical activity each day and develop the knowledge, skills and confidence to be physically active for a lifetime.
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From motivational programs to custom awards, plaques and graduate medals, Herff Jones is there with the symbols of success that keep students applying themselves to be their best. more
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February 1 is Digital Learning Day
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The Alliance for Excellent Education, in cooperation with NASSP and several other education technology groups, has declared Feb. 1 the first Digital Learning
Day to identify and celebrate effective models of technology integration in schools. Plans are still in development, but visit www.digitallearningday.org for updates.
Breaking Ranks Webinar Series
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Missed last week's webinar with Breakthrough School Principal Caroline Bloxom? No worries. The archived webinar is available online. And while you've visiting, be sure to register for upcoming webinars
in the Breaking Ranks Webinar Series.
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"The Fundamental 5 improves instruction. The power of these practices will transform classrooms and schools," E. Don Brown, NASSP past president. Order now at Amazon.com
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The 10 Education Policies That Need To Go
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The editors at eSchool News recently asked readers: "If there was one policy/rule that you'd like to have waived for your school/district/state, what would it be and why?" Their top responses
included changes to seat-time requirements, policies that ban the use of personal technologies and creating a single, statewide student information system.
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The Future of Education Will Be Open and
Distributed
Connected Principals
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A prediction from educator David Truss: "Within five years, every student from grade 6 or 7 right up to grade
12 will be involved in some level of distributed learning." This essay discusses the technologies that will make it possible — and social changes that may make it necessary.
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Teacher Evaluation Scaled Back in Revised ESEA Draft
Education Week
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A revised version of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), introduced by Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA) and Sen. Michael Enzi (R-WY), largely would let states and districts decide whether and how to evaluate teachers. Districts that want to tap the federal Teacher Incentive Fund, a voluntary pot of money aimed at helping schools create alternative pay programs, would
have to craft evaluations, but all others would simply have the option.
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As one of America's largest schools of education for more than 40 years, NSU's Fischler School of Education and Human Services will inspire you to cause an
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The Fischler School offers education degrees at the master's, doctoral and educational specialist levels.
Classes are available online, on-site or on-campus.
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Make National English Honor Society (NEHS) a part of your school academic profile! One of the largest discipline-specific societies for high schools, NEHS offers student scholarships, chapter grants and awards, and engages students and faculty in productive and significant
community outreach literacy efforts. Visit us online for information and the charter application. MORE
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Senators Announce Agreement on Education Law
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Signaling some unity in the Senate on fixing the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, two senators announced an agreement to move forward on bipartisan legislation to overhaul it. However, Education Secretary Arne Duncan issued a statement noting that the bill did not include a provision the administration favors, which is a requirement that local and state districts
develop teacher and principal evaluation systems.
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The ACTE Annual Convention & Career Tech Expo, St. Louis, November 17-19 will gather administrators and educators to share lessons learned and challenges in career and technical education.
Networking, 200+ sessions, great exhibitors and speakers like Sir Ken Robinson make this the premiere event in CTE. Learn more: www.acteconvention.com. more
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New Tack Sought For Teacher Jobs, School Modernization
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Republicans in the U.S. Senate blocked President Obama's jobs plan, prompting Democratic leaders to begin laying plans to divide the $447 billion package into pieces they hope will be too politically popular to oppose. Among those pieces are expected to be separate bills that would help schools hire more teachers and modernize their facilities, such as
investing in high-tech science labs and faster broadband infrastructure.
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Chicago Students Featured in Docudrama Addressing Cyberbullying
Chicago Sun-Times
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In Your Social Life, a docudrama addressing cyberbullying, Chicago Public Schools students share myriad experiences where they or someone close to them
were victims. Threats, harassment and shaming of students by other students — using cellphones, Facebook, YouTube and other social media — is just as rampant here as it has become in schools nationwide, many of the teens said.
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Reducing the Cost of Online Learning
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Times
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As public schools in Chicago have shifted their focus to online learning, the benefits have been blunted by the fact that home access to the Internet costs too much for some students. Some possible help emerged when Comcast began offering low-cost broadband service to every family with children in Chicago
Public Schools who qualify for the federal lunch program and who have not recently subscribed to the company’s Web service. Families who qualify get Internet access for $9.95 per month, roughly one-fifth the cost of Comcast's basic Internet-only plan. They can also buy a computer from Comcast for $149.95.
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Court Blocks Alabama from Checking Students' Immigration Status
The Associated Press via Businessweek
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A federal appeals court blocked a key part of Alabama's law that requires schools to check the immigration status of students, temporarily weakening what was
considered the toughest immigration law in the nation. The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals also blocked a part of the law that allows authorities to charge immigrants who do not carry documents proving their legal status. The three-judge panel let stand a provision that allows police to detain immigrants that are suspected of being in the country illegally.
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Commentary: Relating to Students With Learning Disabilities
Education Week
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If teachers want students with learning disabilities to learn more history, literature, mathematics and science in mixed-ability classes, there are a few things to understand, writes Jonathan Clancy, a speech-language pathologist at Washington (NH) Elementary School Hands may not go up when there is confusion. One-on-discussions with the teacher may be avoided. Clancy uses a car-maintenance analogy to show how students with learning
disabilities require a different approach.
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New York, Los Angeles School Systems Failing English Language Learners
The Washington Post's Answer Sheet Blog
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The two largest public school systems in the country — New York City and Los Angeles — recently acknowledged that they had been failing to meet the needs of English language learners and promised to implement new programs to improve the situation. The trouble in these systems underscores the depth of the problem faced by systems around the country.
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Punishments Meted in Atlanta School Cheating
Scandal
USA Today
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 Three administrators in Atlanta's public
school system here have had their certificates revoked as punishment for changing answers on students standardized tests. Georgia's Professional Standards Commission issued punishments to 11 educators implicated in the Atlanta Public Schools cheating scandal. Eight teachers received a two-year suspension of their teaching certificates.
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