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.NYSSCA UPDATE
New York Urban League Annual HBCU College Fair 2020
NY Urban League
The New York Urban League Annual HBCU College Fair is one of the cornerstones of our educational platform to provide every student we reach with college exploration opportunities and guidance. Held virtually on November 14 from 11 am-3:30 pm , HBCU Fair in partnership with the Malcolm Bernard and the New York Urban League Young Professionals, attracts up to 3,000 New York City high school students, out of state high school students and their parents. The Fair features more than 45 HBCUs, some of which are ready to provide on-site admissions and scholarship awards. The day includes interactive workshops on college admissions, applying for financial aid, researching scholarships, preparing for the first year in college, and succeeding on standardized entry exams. During the COVID-19 pandemic health crisis, we will continue the fair virtually and college-readiness educational outreach opportunities while practicing health and safety standards for the well-being of HBCU representatives, students/families and volunteers. Learn more & Register HERE.
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SED launches parent dashboard
NYSED
A Parent Dashboard is now available on the website of the State Education Department, which is asking school districts to publicize it.
The Parent Dashboard will address a federal requirement that all state and local agencies receiving Title I funding provide the public with an annual report card evaluating school performance and progress. The dashboard supplements School Report Cards that are also available on SED’s website.
"The New York State Education Department (SED) has developed a Parent Dashboard to meet these requirements in a way that is informative and user-friendly for parents and the public," according to Rose LeRoy, SED’s director of educational data and research. "With this dashboard, SED aims to provide a resource that is truly valuable and will serve as a model for other states."
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How to Successfully Provide Professional Development Virtually This Year
NYSCEA
Free NYSCEA Webinar. Thursday, November 12th at 3 p.m.
Thinking about your members and the ways you have helped them in the past, how can you do those things virtually? Learn tips and tricks for technologies that will enhance your members' experiences in this virtual world.
Learn about some ways to help your members stay connected to each other and support each other virtually.
Presenter Liz Gallo
NYSCEA President Elect &President of WhyMaker
CLICK HERE TO JOIN THE MEETING
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.AROUND THE INDUSTRY
New York's school reopening is not proceeding as planned
The New York Times
Shortly after this newsletter was published on Monday, Mayor Bill de Blasio of New York dropped two bombshells. First, he revealed that only 26% of students in the school district, the nation's largest, have attended any class in person this year so far — way below expectations. At the beginning of the year, about half of the 1.1 million children in the system chose a hybrid approach that combines online teaching with some in-class instruction. But according to the new data, only 238,000 students actually showed up.
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Reading scores drop, math scores low. Will high school seniors be ready for graduation?
USA Today
American high schoolers are approaching graduation with less of a grasp on reading and still-low math scores — and that's before factoring in the pandemic. The average reading score for high school seniors dropped between 2015 and 2019, while math scores for those soon-to-be-graduates remained flat, according to the latest round of national test results.
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Learn from ACT, SAT practice test results
U.S. New & World Report
It is common knowledge that completing ACT or SAT practice exams is a core component of a strong test prep program. For many students, the most apparent benefit of practice exams is that they expose the students to test content and formatting. But when practice exams are taken under genuine testing conditions, they confer an additional benefit: preparation for the length and pace of these critical assessments.
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Slow responses in shift to remote learning hurting students
District Administration Magazine
Despite "the great effort" districts have made to embrace remote learning this fall, schools are still struggling to deliver high-quality instruction online and make up academic losses, according to a new report from the Center on Reinventing Public Education. With many districts still operating in fully remote or hybrid models — and the expectation that more will return to virtual environments because of COVID-19 case increases nationwide — the CRPE said schools have provided "insufficient" learning for students, especially to those in underserved or vulnerable populations.
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MULTIBRIEFS EXCLUSIVE
Has the pandemic changed the nature of K-12 cybersecurity?
By Bambi Majumdar
 2020 has been the year of remote learning, which means more digitalization. It also means new security challenges for K-12 students. Thousands of users are using cloud-based applications such as Microsoft Teams, Google Meet, Google Classroom, and Zoom. The high volume of users and greater network demands lead to regular technical issues that teachers and schools have to overcome. But these are issues that, albeit annoying, can be handled. More sinister is the fact that online learning has created a new way for cybercriminals to strike.
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The gender gap persists in computer science education
eSchool News
K-12 educators and parents still hold computer science education in high esteem and believe it is a core component of students' future success, according to the latest research from Gallup and Google. While parents in every demographic believe computer science is important for their own child to learn, Black parents and guardians in particular (78%) agree that learning computer science is important or very important for their children.
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Where Trump and Biden stand on K-12 issues
Education DIVE
As the 2020 presidential race nears Election Day, the proposed education policies of President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden could have a significant impact on K-12 education. In recent years, districts have dealt with a kind of "whiplash" of pendulating policies and guidance on everything from Title IX and immigration practices to school discipline policies, accompanying administration and party changes.
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High school seniors have made no progress in math or reading on closely watched federal test
Chalkbeat
American high school seniors' math scores didn't improve between 2015 and 2019, while their reading scores fell, according to the latest round of federal test results. The scores highlight the country's broader failure to boost student test scores over the last decade and the particular stubbornness of high school reading results, which have actually declined since the early 1990s. Meanwhile, the gap between the highest- and lowest-performing 12th graders is widening. The same trend was visible in the latest results for fourth and eighth graders.
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Educators and school staff are on the front lines of suicide prevention. Here's how to help students in distress
The 74
When it comes to suicide prevention, school mental health professionals, teachers and staff are in a unique position to identify the warning signs from students who may want to harm themselves or others. These signs can range from withdrawal from normal activities and sudden behavioral changes to explicit statements that they are thinking of taking their own life. Educators have a unique perspective and can compare one student's behavior with that of others in the same age range and in the same environment.
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3 actions for assessing students' social-emotional learning skills
District Administration Magazine
A student with a disability who regularly becomes distracted after lunch may be goofing off, feeling overwhelmed by the assignment or worried about the risk to his family's health in light of the novel coronavirus. Having a teacher observe the student's behavior, as well as that of the rest of his classmates, and using rating scales as a part of universal screenings three times a year, can help in identifying anyone who may need intervention within a multi-tier system of supports to be able to benefit from his education regardless of his circumstances.
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Linking social-emotional learning to long-term success
Education Next
Imagine your ideal coworker or friend. She communicates well and is a good teammate. She's in touch with her emotions but stays calm under pressure. She's not a quitter. You'd probably describe her as hardworking, understanding and flexible — the sort of person who helps solve big problems. Research in economics, psychology and sociology has found that, compared to people who are otherwise similar, those who demonstrate these sorts of mindsets and skills tend to have better outcomes in school and in life.
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Expanding social emotional learning so all students can benefit
EdSource
This fall, a typical "classroom" looks unlike anything we've seen before. Yet, during every Zoom session, teacher Paul Drake of Santa Rosa's Hidden Valley Elementary School uses a familiar and powerful strategy to gauge his second-grade students' readiness to engage and learn: He takes the time to ask students "How are you?"
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