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.NYSSCA UPDATE
Support Students through Grief: The most universal of all feelings
NYSSCA/MHANYS
Webinar, November 24, from 4 – 5 pm
Presented by: Amy Molloy, MSW, M.Ed., Project Director Mental Health Association in NYS, Inc.
We often think of grief in the context of personal loss but as our students are struggling to cope with today's challenges — social distancing, systemic discrimination, economic crises and the COVID-19 pandemic — grief is becoming more universal experience. This presentation will focus on grief as a continuum, the process of grief & healing, and explore how we can turn shared grief into a learning experience to strengthen student resilience.
This webinar is FREE for NYSSCA members. $10 for non-members. Email membership@nyssca.org to confirm your membership status.
Webinar Flyer Linked 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 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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.AROUND THE INDUSTRY
6 trauma-informed strategies for helping students succeed amid COVID-19
THE Journal
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a profound and wide-reaching effect on students, from the quality and nature of the instruction they have received to their social and emotional well-being. Whether students are attending school in person or continuing with remote learning, K-12 leaders need to plan for how they will address not only students' academic needs but their social-emotional needs as well.
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On COVID and schools, President-elect Biden has promised a different approach
Chalkbeat
For the last several months, President Donald Trump has had a simple message for schools: reopen your buildings. President-elect Joe Biden has a more complicated one: the federal government is on the way with better guidance and — hopefully — money, but no mandates. "Schools need clear, consistent, effective national guidelines, not mixed messages and political ultimatums," the Biden campaign plan for reopening schools says.
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NYC DOE Beyond Access Forum provides professional development around inclusive and individualized education
Tech & Learning
Tech & Learning recently partnered with the New York City Department of Education to offer the Beyond Access Forum: Inclusive and Individualized Education, an interactive and thought-provoking virtual event focused on digital accessibility, inclusion, and teaching information fluency. The virtual event was a result of a special partnership between the Division of Specialized Instruction and Student Support, the Division of Instructional Information Technology, and the New York City School Library System.
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A worrying trend this fall: Decline in FAFSA applications
The Hechinger Report
In the middle of the country's current economic and health crisis, there's a disturbing trend in higher education: Fewer high school seniors are filling out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, which is typically the first step in receiving federal and state grants, federal loans and institutional aid for college. The FAFSA application window opened on Oct. 1, and as of Oct. 23, about 492,000 FAFSA completions had been filed from the high school class of 2021 — 16% fewer completions than this time last year for the class of 2020, according to the National College Attainment Network.
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Difficulties taking SAT and ACT persist, signaling long-term problems for test makers
Education DIVE
The coronavirus largely shut down K-12 schools, some of the most common testing sites, during the spring and summer, limiting how many college applicants could take the SAT and ACT. The College Board attempted an at-home version of its test, but suspended it in June on the heels of a rocky administration of its digital Advanced Placement exams, which spurred a class-action lawsuit.
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Survey: Educator morale, school job applicants declining
Education Week
Educator morale is dropping. School districts are reporting fewer job applicants. Student mask requirements are expanding. And there is a big range in the amount of live instruction schools offer daily. Those are four key findings from the EdWeek Research Center’s latest monthly survey about the impact of the coronavirus on schools and other timely topics. The EdWeek Research Center administered the online survey Oct. 28 and 29. A total of 1,630 educators responded, including 495 district leaders, 310 principals and 825 teachers.
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Biden is president-elect: What could it mean for K-12?
Education DIVE
Both Biden and his pick for vice president, Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., have criticized the Trump administration's handling of school reopenings following coronavirus-related building closures in spring. Biden's coronavirus response plan includes reopening schools and child care programs as the "the single most important step" to reopening the economy. As part of the next emergency package from Congress, he said eh would push for $200 billion in education funding.
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Could two pandemics (yes, two) change schools forever?
eSchool News
Schools across the globe pivoted to online learning within days as the COVID-19 pandemic swept across countries, shuttered physical learning spaces, and shed light on learning inequities. But a second pandemic — systemic racism — has lingered in schools and education policies for far too long. In a one-two punch, these two pandemics are poised to alter public schools as we know them.
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Opportunity Network launches free learning platform for college and career prep
THE Journal
A new open access learning platform can help students advance their college and career goals through online courses in how to network, how to prepare for college, how to budget in college, how to explore careers, social media best practices, how to prepare for interviews and other relevant topics. The program, named UninterruptED, is an initiative of the Opportunity Network, a nonprofit that supports underrepresented young people with the tools and training they need to succeed in life. All of the courses are available free.
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Confronting racism in admissions
Inside Higher Ed
The barriers to admitting more Black students to the nation's selective universities are numerous and well-known. Research shows college admission officers focus recruiting efforts on wealthy, predominantly white high schools. Black students are far more likely to attend high-poverty schools and to have less access to core college preparatory classes in math and science. Black students earn lower scores, on average, on standardized college admission tests such as the SAT and ACT.
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Students are learning outside of school. Why don't they earn credit for it?
EdSurge (commentary)
Janet Hollingsworth, a contributor for EdSurge, writes: "This spring, while educators were pivoting to new teaching frameworks from home, I witnessed students shifting into new roles too. I saw a brilliant high school student named Curtis help his father build a shed in the backyard and initiate a Black Lives Matter activism project. He was resourceful and creative, yet he was prevented from graduating with his classmates in June because he didn't complete a half credit of an art class."
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As pandemic persists, parents of students in special ed face 'no-win situation'
Disability Scoop
The desk from which Landon Stewart attends third grade looks less like a dining table these days and more like a high-tech command center, decked with two computer screens and colored pencils. To attend school online this fall amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the 9-year-old, who is nonverbal, requires a myriad of devices, including one that allows him to select words on a screen with eye movements so he can communicate with his teacher.
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