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NYSSCA
Looking forward to seeing everyone at our annual conference which will be held on Nov. 16-17 at the Sagamore Resort, Lake George, Bolton Landing, New York, and details are coming together nicely. Our Conference Agenda is available here.
We are pleased to announce our Keynote Speakers, Dr. Tracy Jackson, supervisor of School Counseling Services for Loudoun County Public Schools, Rev. Dr. Bryant T. Marks, Sr., founding director of the National Training and Education Institute, and Kwok-Sze Richard Wong, EdD, executive director, American School Counselor Association. Much more information about our keynotes is available here.
Registration for attendees is NOW open. Forms are on our conference page.
New this year!! Conference bus transportation from NYC. Round trip bus transportation. Bus leaves NY Penn Station 5 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 15, and leaves the Sagamore at 2:30 p.m. on Nov. 17. Roundtrip, $62. Registration for the bus is here. Credit cards only, you must be registered for the conference.
Check our Conference Page often for registration forms, hotel registration, bus from NYC info and the latest information.
See you there!
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NYSSCA
Addressing the Whole Child Post Parkland
Date: Friday, Nov. 30
Location: Union College, Schenectady, New York
Time: 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Click here to view the event flyer.
Edutopia
Educators who've had success with restorative practices find them to be much more than an alternative to suspension. Restorative practices encourage us to engage with our students not only when there's an incident but throughout the school day. They're part of a system of discipline that takes us back to the root of that word, the Latin disciplina, meaning instruction and knowledge. They draw on what we as teachers do naturally — teach.
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Education Next
New York is preparing to end its effort to turn around the city's lowest-performing schools, an effort launched in 2014, Eliza Shapiro reports in the New York Times. She notes: "Mayor Bill de Blasio promised to 'shake the foundations of New York City education' in 2014 with a new program called Renewal, a signature effort to improve the city's 94 poorest-performing schools by showering them with millions of dollars in social services and teacher training." The New York City Department of Education has been warning the mayor for years that many of the schools in the program were not meeting goals and probably never would, however, the schools have been kept open.
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[SUNY Cortland]
For the second consecutive year, SUNY Cortland was ranked in the top 5 percent of all four-year colleges in the United States as a “Best College for Your Money.” Money magazine analyzed graduation rates, tuition, average student debt, career earnings and several other factors to measure three primary criteria: quality of education, affordability and outcomes. Cortland ranked highest among all of SUNY’s medium-sized, comprehensive colleges.
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The Hechinger Report (commentary)
Jill Barshay, a contributor for The Hechinger Report, writes: "In September 2018, I wrote about the so-called “Trump effect” on bullying in schools, citing a study that found higher bullying rates in GOP districts after the 2016 presidential election. But that piece raised an important question: what should schools do to address and prevent bullying? The scientific evidence on what works is complicated. There's a whole cottage industry of consultants selling anti-bullying programs to schools but academic researchers say there is no proof they work. There are some small studies with positive results. But when reputable researchers study efforts to expand these strategies across schools among many students and compare bullying rates with those at schools that didn’t receive the intervention, there tends not to be a difference."
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U.S. News & World Report
The rate of emergency department visits among children and youth for mental health concerns has risen dramatically across dozens of U.S. hospitals since 2012, with the rate of mental health diagnoses notably high among black patients, according to newly released study findings. "The rates of pediatric emergency department visits for mental health-related concerns are increasing ... across all racial and ethnic groups," says Dr. Monika Goyal, the study's senior author. "However, when compared to non-Hispanic white children, non-Hispanic black children are being disproportionately affected."
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WOOD-TV
Two weeks after a controversial school flyer about bullying angered parents at a Calhoun County school, counselors in another West Michigan district weighed in on the debate. Turns out, a lot of schools are trying to help students differentiate between bullying and plain old rude or mean behavior. "If everything's bullying, I just fear (students) won't learn how to help themselves, how to manage conflict," explained Lori Koza, a mental health coordinator at Grandville Public Schools.
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EdSurge (commentary)
Patrice Bain, a contributor for EdSurge, writes: "Sometimes the details former students recall from class is nothing short of amazing. A few years ago I had a student named Abby in my history class, who had always been in self-contained special education classrooms. Her teacher wanted her in my class for socialization purposes, and she did well. A year later, Abby began stopping by my class to deliver notes from the office a few times a week and I was always delighted to see her."
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The Atlantic
Parachute into any high-school campus in the country, and chances are you'll land on an object lesson on technology's ubiquity in young Americans' everyday lives. A significant chunk of schoolwork these days necessitates a computer and internet connection, and this work includes tasks students are expected to complete at home without access to school resources. One federal survey conducted among American teachers several years ago found that 70 percent of respondents assign homework that needs to be done online — and 90 percent of high schoolers say they're assigned internet-based homework at least a few times a month, according to a separate 2017 survey, including 48 percent who get such assignments daily or almost daily.
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NPR
Back in September, teacher Mary Gilreath's first-grade class was asked to wear blue for Peace Day. An adult worried the girls might not own blue shirts, and Gilreath saw an opportunity for her Boulder classroom. She shared the story with her students. "What do you all think about that?" Gilreath asks them. "Maybe it's because girls mostly wear dresses?" a girl wonders. "Oh, is that true?" Gilreath replies. "What do you all think?" The first graders erupt in a chorus of "No!" Gilreath goes out of her way to address gender identity in her classroom.
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Edutopia
Schools across the country have added advisory time to the master schedule in the hope that the 20 to 30 minutes allocated during the day will develop stronger teacher-student relationships and improve student achievement. Having an adult who is charged with looking after the grades and social and emotional needs of a small group of students offers many possibilities for student-led growth.
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ADDitude Magazine
Results from a new study show that children and adolescents feel the impacts of ADHD more acutely than their caregivers know, and point to the need for ongoing communication with teachers, coaches and physicians to ensure the most optimal treatment plan is in place.
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Education DIVE
A program that trains community volunteers to provide additional one-on-one literacy support in the early grades is having a positive impact on reading achievement in schools serving low-income students, according to a new five-year study. Conducted by researchers with Denver-based Augenblick, Palaich and Associates, the evaluation of Reading Partners shows that the almost 700 students who received the twice-weekly, 45-minute tutoring sessions moved from the 15th to the 21st percentile and had significantly higher spring reading scores than the sample of about 850 similar students who did not participate.
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MindShift
Marijuana, it seems, is not a performance-enhancing drug. That is, at least, not among young people, and not when the activity is learning. A study published in the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry finds that when adolescents stop using marijuana — even for just one week — their verbal learning and memory improves. The study contributes to growing evidence that marijuana use in adolescents is associated with reduced neurocognitive functioning.
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Education Next (commentary)
Imagine how it might feel to be an educator at a school deemed "failing," despite raising students' performance dramatically. Unfortunately, that's a reality for some of the nation's most dedicated educators, especially those serving in historically marginalized communities. That's because many states and districts evaluate schools on the basis of how many students achieve proficiency standards on standardized tests rather than how far schools move students, regardless of where they start on the achievement spectrum. Schools serving students from disadvantaged backgrounds often come up short on proficiency metrics, even when they move their students further over the course of a school year than do schools serving students from more advantaged families.
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The New York Times
Our children aren't being taught to read in ways that line up with what scientists have discovered about how people actually learn. It's a problem that has been hiding in plain sight for decades. According to the National Assessment of Educational Progress, more than six in 10 fourth graders aren't proficient readers. It has been this way since testing began. A third of kids can't read at a basic level. How do we know that a big part of the problem is how children are being taught? Because reading researchers have done studies in classrooms and clinics, and they've shown over and over that virtually all kids can learn to read — if they're taught with approaches that use what scientists have discovered about how the brain does the work of reading. But many teachers don't know this science.
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American Academy of Pediatrics via Science Daily
Study suggests that childhood obesity, now at epidemic levels in the United States, may affect school performance and coping skills for challenging situations. Researchers analyzed responses from 22,914 parents and caregivers of children aged 10-17 years who participated in the 2016 National Survey of Children's Health. The goal was to determine the independent association between body mass index and five markers of "flourishing," or overall well-being as it relates to the development of positive psychosocial and coping skills.
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Education DIVE
A key factor in reducing obesity is physical exercise. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other leading experts recommend 60 minutes every day, but for public schools that can be a challenge when time constraints and budget cuts come into play. In addition, with the onset of cell phones, computers and social media, young people have become increasingly sedentary.
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