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ALAS
The Association of Latino Administrators and Superintendents invites you to attend our 16th Annual Education Summit Leadership: Conquering the Equity Gap! in Orlando, Florida.
October 16-19, 2019. Pre-conference events starting October 16th include the L3: Linking Latina Leaders Luncheon & Networking event and our Connecting Compadres session!
View the Conference Agenda
Pre-conference keynote speakers include:
Keynote speakers include:
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Susana Cordova;
Denver Public
Schools Superintendent
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Dr. Jesus Jara;
Clark County School
District Superintendent
4th General
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Dr. Robert Runcie;
Broward County Public
Schools Superintendent
2nd General
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Franklin Mejias Castellanos;
Author of
"Más allá de mis manos",
Four time Emmy Winner
1st General
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Event Location: Renaissance Orlando at Seaworld Hotel
6677 Sea Harbor Dr, Orlando, FL 32821
Summit Attendee Registration Form
Use for State Affiliate and/or School District Group Registrations and PO/Check payments
Visit the ALAS website for more information
For inquiries email: Cynthia Pandurini cpandurini@alasedu.org
ALAS
Members of ALAS join forces with more than 6,000 of their peers from across the country with the mission to provide leadership at the national level that assures every school in America effectively serves the educational needs of all students, with an emphasis on Latinx youth, by building capacity, promoting best practices and transforming educational institutions.
Become an ALAS member today for 2019-2020
Visit ALAS website to join ALAS or renew your membership!
ALAS
ALAS is offering a $10,000 scholarship and a $2,000 scholarship this year thanks to our partner Curriculum Associates who is sponsoring the ALAS scholarships for the fifth consecutive year.
ALAS recognizes Latinx administrators for their leadership by providing assistance toward an advanced degree in education. The top recipient will receive a one-time $10,000 scholarship award and the runner-up recipient will receive a one-time $2,000 scholarship award. The scholarships will be made payable to the recipients' institution of higher learning and the recipients will be presented the award during the Awards Banquet at the 16th Annual ALAS Education Summit in Orlando, FL.
If you are an aspiring Latinx superintendent currently enrolled in, or have been accepted in to, an advanced degree program in education in a college or university, take advantage of this opportunity to secure a scholarship.
Application deadline now closed
View Eligibility and Application Process
ALAS
ALAS in partnership with Grand Canyon University will award three (3) $5,000 scholarships to attend Grand Canyon University in either the M.Ed. Educational Administration, Doctor of Education (Ed.D), Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D), or Doctor of Business Administrations (DBA) programs this fall. The programs are offered 100% online.
Application deadline now closed
View Eligibility Requirements & Application Process
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| ALAS Superintendents Leadership Academy
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ALAS
ALAS has selected the new SLA IX Cohort! Cohort IX interviews were held in Iowa City on July 20th. The Divine Nine will begin their yearlong leadership training and are expected to graduate May 2020 joining the 122 SLA Alumni. Thank you to our partners, ACT, for their continued support!
| SLA VIII Alumni, Maria Joie Austria, to become new manager of Secondary Schools at DC Public Schools!
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ALAS
Dr. Austria graduated from the ALAS Superintendents Leadership Academy May 2019 and started her new role as Manager of Secondary Schools at DC Public Schools in August managing 20 EL high schools in the District of Columbia.
Valle del Sol
Presented each September, the Profiles of Success Hispanic Leadership Awards Celebration recognizes Latino leadership. The luncheon launches National Hispanic Heritage Month in Arizona and is attended by nearly 1,600 people. The funds raised from this event will give new hope to the thousands of men, women, children, families and the elderly who need Valle del Sol's help. Read the bios of the Hispanic Leadership Awards Celebration 2019 Honorees. READ MORE.
| Dr. Daisy Morales, SLA Cohort VIII Alum, Selected as New Assistant Superintendent!
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ALAS
Dr. Morales, ALAS SLA Cohort VIII and CALSA President-Elect, selected as the new Assistant Superintendent of Educational Services in Salinas City Elementary School District. Daisy graduated from the ALAS Superintendents Leadership Academy in May 2019 along with 14 other exceptional leaders. Congratulations Dr. Morales!
| Susana Cordova, SLA Cohort V Alum Recognized at Latinas Lead Power Summit
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ALAS
Susana Cordova, ALAS SLA Cohort V Alum, receives Latinas Lead Influencer Award from Latino Community Foundation of Colorado at the Latinas Lead Power Summit in June 2019! Congratulations Susana! SEE MORE.
On behalf of the ALAS board, we are proud of all of our SLA Alumni and every other ALAS member who has moved up into new leadership roles across the country. We know you will pay it forward by continuing to be ALAS members and mentoring others.
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Mr. Elmer
Imagine ELL coordinators and all other stakeholders on the
same page about each student. See what Vanessa Galey, Director of Special
Projects at NMUSD says about how her team uses Intervention Compass to
seamlessly track the process of students.
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Brooke Stafford-Brizard, Ph.D.; Chanzuckerberg.com
The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) invites applications from US-based teams of schools, support organizations, and/or researchers who want to apply the science of learning and human development to improve existing school-based practices that develop self-direction and curiosity, specifically in adolescents (age 11-18 years old). CZI is looking for practices that go beyond standalone interventions - and are integrated into the core structure(s) in the school model, including teaching and learning, school culture and climate, mentoring/advisory, and/or professional learning. Learn more at here.
Applications must be submitted no later than 9pm PDT, on September 13. More information about the request for applications can be found here.
Jack Kent Cooke Foundation; jkcf.org
The Cooke Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship is a highly selective scholarship for the nation’s top community college students seeking to complete their bachelor’s degrees at four-year colleges or universities. Each Cooke Scholar has access to generous financial support for two to three years, college planning support, ongoing advising, and the opportunity to connect with the thriving community of fellow scholars. As part of their scholarship, recipients may:
- Receive up to $40,000 per year to use toward tuition, books, and other fees and expenses at any accredited four-year institution.
- Pursue any area of study.
- Have access to personal advising about selecting a college, navigating financial aid, and maximizing their experience at their new institution.
- Be eligible to apply for the Cooke Graduate Scholarship.
LEARN MORE
Pendergast Elementary School District, Article by Dr. Lily Matos DeBlieux, Superintendent.
"In Arizona, much like the rest of the country, student deaths from suicide have increased exponentially and many youth related deaths have found to be preventable if only people had the tools to make a difference. Two brave women harnessed the power of a community that came together to create a movement with the inaugural Speak Up, Stand Up and Save a Life Conference held in January 2017 with 1,200 people participating and in January 2019, 5,000 people attended. The objective was to create a movement for students in schools with diverse populations and community partners to take back to their schools and communities with the goal to inspire over 380,000 students to speak up, stand up and save lives." READ MORE.
The New York Academy of Public Education Research Journal, Article by Alex Marrero, Ed.D.
"The Association of Latino Administrators and Superintendents (ALAS) prepares Latinx administrators for the superintendency on the national level. In 2011, ALAS established the Superintendents Leadership Academy to train and assist aspiring Latinx superintendents to learn how to lead a school district. The goal is to prepare Latinx school administrators to become superintendents of districts with an emphasis on locations that have a Latinx student population of 25 percent or higher...." READ MORE.
NALEO Educational Fund
NALEO Educational Fund has compiled a 2020 Census Field and Communications Toolkit to prepare our communities with everything there is to know about the upcoming 2020 Census and citizenship question.
No other issue before the Supreme Court will have more direct consequences for the nation's Latinos than the one before the Court regarding the 2020 Census.
As we await a determination in the case, we encourage you to continue to remind the communities you serve about the importance of a full census count and what is at risk. We know that if the citizenship question is allowed to stand, it will be more important than ever that we come together in a united front and empower our community to make themselves count in Census 2020. VIEW THE TOOLKIT.
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ALAS
Call for Nominations to the ALAS Board of Directors:
The ALAS Board of Directors specifically seeks nominations of potential Directors to the ALAS Board from all ALAS members to serve as Directors for current or upcoming vacancies.
At the July 2019 Board Member Retreat, the board has made a decision to reorganize positions as follows:
- ALAS will eliminate two (2) At Large positions and add two (2) Director - Affiliate At Large positions.
- First Director - Affiliate At Large position term begins 10/19 (term expires 10/22)
- Second Director - Affiliate At Large position begins 10/20 (term expires 10/23)
Nominations may be submitted by State Affiliates, ALAS Board Members and self-nominations.
- All nominees must submit the Board Nomination form, resume, bio, and cover letter describing why nominee is interested in serving as an ALAS Board of Directors.
- Per ALAS bylaws, nominees must currently be serving at the executive level (e.g., superintendent, assistant superintendent, or other similar executive level position) and a current ALAS member.
- The nominees for Region Directors will be brought before the ALAS Board of Directors for a vote at a Board of Directors meeting. (See State Affiliates Corner for Director- Affiliate At Large selection process)
Submit a Board of Directors Region nomination
Submit a Board of Directors Affiliate nomination
Deadline for nominations: September 1, 2019
Email: contact@alasedu.org for inquiries
| AFT Protest Rally to close inhumane child detention camps and reunite migrant families
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AFT
ALAS joined AFT and Hispanic Heritage Foundation for a protest rally to close the inhumane child detention camps and reunite migrant families on Friday, July 12th from noon to 1:00 p.m. at the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Patrol Office in Washington, D.C.
ALAS
The Association of Latino Administrators and Superintendents is dedicated to achieving education equity and access for all students; specifically, for the under-served and under-represented. Actions to achieve equity require courageous leadership and passion to confront this ethical imperative when
individuals of privilege view equity as personal oppression and create barriers in its attainment. School systems must not remain separate and void of equity. Diversity in quality personnel that mirrors the student demographic, and access to educational programming, should no longer be a scarce commodity for all children throughout our country. ALAS stands with every leader who takes
robust actions to remove barriers to access and equity for all children. READ FULL STATEMENT.
ALAS
The Association of Latino Administrators and Superintendents (ALAS), issued the following statement in response to the Administration's May 16 announcement of a plan to significantly alter the nation’s immigration policy:
"As an organization advocating for equity in public education among both students and school leadership opportunities, we believe the immigration policy outlined by the Administration is a misguided, incomplete, and fundamentally flawed approach to the complex issue of immigration reform." READ FULL STATEMENT.
ALAS
Opportunity for students to highlight the importance of having Latinx leaders and role models.
Most impactful submissions will be highlighted on the ALAS website, news brief and at the 16th Annual ALAS Education Summit in Orlando, FL.
Thanks to our generous partner Donorschoose.org, participating schools will receive Donorschoose.org gift cards for their school to fund a project. While Supplies Last.
Deadline: All entries must be submitted by September 1, 2019 by EOD to be considered.
Email: Contact@alasedu.org for more information
Visit the ALAS website for details on entry submissions
USA Today
For the first, time it seems possible that we're figuring out how to accomplish an agonizingly elusive goal: ensuring that low-income students not just enter college but complete college.
The latest evidence emerged this week when Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID), a national college readiness nonprofit found in many high-poverty schools, released its college success numbers. AVID, which works with teachers to guide low-income, minority students into college-prep pathways — and give them the tools to succeed — was able to track its 82,807 alumni from three graduating classes.
Bottom line: 42% of its alumni earned four-year degrees, compared with 11% of similar students. That's striking, considering the students AVID targets: So-so students who at some point, in some class or on some test, showed a glimmer of college potential. READ MORE
ALAS, NABE, Global Collaboration
ALAS and NABE are joining forces to break down the classroom walls and connect students around the country and around the globe. This partnership will help to build cultural awareness, encourage appreciation of diversity, and help students to become the inclusive leaders of tomorrow.
We live in a global economy. 40 million US jobs are tied to international trade. Companies are desperate to hire employees with cross-cultural skills and real world experience. Let's get our students ready NOW for those future job opportunities!
Learn more by reading the Global Collaboration Initiative
DonorsChoose.org
Teacher and student diversity takes many forms, and #ISeeMe empowers the public to support important dimensions of that diversity. Research shows that students benefit when they see themselves in their teachers and in their learning materials. Inspired by that research, DonorsChoose.org is now enabling people to support classroom requests from underrepresented educators and from all teachers who seek materials that reflect their students' identities.
Led by a diverse group of philanthropic supporters — including former U.S. Secretary of Education John King, Whoopi Goldberg, LeVar Burton, Samuel L. Jackson, Stephen Colbert, John Legend, and Google.org — the goal of the campaign, named #ISeeMe, is to help students see themselves in their teachers and in their learning materials. The campaign will match donations from the public to classroom requests created by teachers of color, female math and science teachers, and teachers seeking materials that reflect their students' identities. READ MORE.
Jason Learning
If you are serious about preparing your K-12 students for the world of work, STEM jobs and 21st century skill development, then please reach out to Tom Davis ASAP, to discuss STEM for ALL and what ALAS is doing for our English Learners and Students with Special Needs, in partnership with Jason Learning.
You can also reach out to Yesenia Sanchez, Chief Academic Officer in North Chicago CUSD 187 to learn more about how they are implementing a STEM immersion program for early childhood in partnership with Jason Learning.
For more information on how to bring these valuable resources to your schools and districts, please contact Tom Davis, Director of Business Development at tomas@alsedu.org or cell at 619-607-2876.
ALAS currently has 17 State Affiliates across the nation. Their primary mission is to increase the support and networking for Latinx leaders as well as advocate for all students, especially the underrepresented Latinx students in their state communities. They are an extension of ALAS by which they serve to build a solid network of influence and advocacy at the national level.
Interested in serving on the ALAS Board of Directors?
At the July 2019 Board Member Retreat, the board has made a decision to reorganize positions as follows:
- ALAS will eliminate two (2) At Large positions and add two (2) Director - Affiliate At Large positions.
- First Director - Affiliate At Large position term begins 10/19 (term expires 10/22)
- Second Director - Affiliate At Large position begins 10/20 (term expires 10/23)
- Per ALAS bylaws, nominees must currently be serving at the executive level (e.g., superintendent, assistant superintendent, or other similar executive level position).
- The names of qualifying nominees will be included on a ballot, which will be put to the Affiliates for a vote to select one individual to represent them.
- Once all nominations are received by the deadline, the bylaws committee will provide the voting process.
- The selected nominee will be brought before the ALAS Board of Directors for final review at the October 2019 Board meeting.
Submit a Board of Directors Affiliate nomination
Deadline for Nominee Submissions: September 1, 2019.
Email: contact@alaseu.org for inquiries
| CALSA names new Executive Director, Mr. Gonzalez, Superintendent of Planada School District
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CALSA's Board of Directors is privileged and honored to announce Jose Gonzalez, Superintendent, Planada School District as its next Executive Director. Mr. Gonzalez is no stranger to CALSA. He is a member for almost 20 years, a CALSA protégé and mentor. Mr. Gonzalez has also served as a member of the CALSA board for over 9 years, having been appointed by Dr. Fernando Elizondo as a Regional Representative to the Board. He holds the distinction of being the first ever elected President of the CALSA Board.
In seeking the role of Executive Director, Mr. Gonzalez, articulated for the Board a leadership plan aligned with CALSA's strategic goals. This level of preparation comes as no surprise from this highly recognized statewide Educational Leader. His plan is to elevate CALSA's prominence as the advocate for the continued development and placement of Latino educational leaders who are committed to quality public education.
"I am passionate about providing the best education possible for students. As Executive Director, I look forward to working with the Board, a group of educational leaders who are creative thinkers, collaborative problem solvers, and responsible for shaping our children's future," said Gonzalez following his announcement at the 2019 CALSA Summer Institute.
We look forward to having Jose at head of the organization as our Executive Director. He is conscientious of the needs of our diverse community of educational leaders. He recognizes our past, is focused on addressing our immediate needs and will be trusted to drive our vision of excellence for the future.
The CALSA Familia welcomes Jose. We thank his wife, Maria and daughters and his District familia for supporting him on this journey with us.
ALAS
Stay up to date with all ALAS happenings by joining ALAS Every Third Friday of the Month for our ALAS State Affiliates Call! Email contact@alasedu.org to RSVP.
| New Postings Every Week on ALAS Website!
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8/26/19 — Chief Technology Officer, Federal Way Public Schools, WA
8-26-19 — Superintendent, Evanston/Skokie School District 65 (D65), IL
8/22/19 — Superintendent of Schools, Volusia County, FL
8/22/19 — Art Teacher — Leave Replacement (Approximate dates: 9/1/19 – 6/30/20), New Paltz Central School District, NY
8/22/19 — Full-time Probationary Teacher on Special Assignment: Technology Integration Teacher, New Paltz Central School District, NY
8/22/19 — Assistant Principal — High School, New Paltz Central School District, NY
8/20/19 — Assistant Superintendent/CFO, Hawaii State Department of Education, HI
8/20/19 — Assistant Superintendent for the Office of Facilities and Operations, Hawaii State Department of Education, HI
8/20/19 — Coordinator for Multicultural Education, School District of Osceola County, FL
8/19/19 — Art Teacher, New Paltz Central School District, NY
8/14/18 — Assistant Senior Division Director for Western Division, National Education Nonprofit; AVID
8/07/19 — Spanish Teacher, New Paltz Central School District, NY
8/01/19 — Teacher on Special Assignment (TOSA) — English Language Learners, Federal Way Public Schools, WA
8/01/19 — Principal, Crawford High School, San Diego Unified School District, CA
VISIT ALAS WEBSITE FOR MORE CAREER OPPORTUNITIES & INFORMATION!
By: Patrick Gleeson (commentary)
 Discussions of the benefits of a bilingual education often emphasize how it improves critical thinking, encourages a wider understanding of others and develops unique problem-solving skills. These are all true, but perhaps the most important aspect for many parents is that bilingually educated children make more money in adulthood. But that being so, why is bilingual education reserved primarily for students who come from money? If bilingual educations aren't distributed evenly across the economic spectrum in this country, one of the reasons is that, historically, many Americans have been somewhat suspicious of teaching their children a foreign language.
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Language Magazine
If you are an educator, chances are that you have had or will have a student who is learning English as an additional language. Some of these multilingual students are eligible for language support services if their English proficiency limits their access to learning academic content. Districts typically have specific policies for identifying these students. Once these students are identified, by federal law, they are required to take an annual language proficiency assessment to confirm their eligibility for additional support until they are considered English proficient. Language proficiency assessments are used to monitor eligibility and language growth over time with variations from state to state.
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Education DIVE
Teacher shortages continue to be a problem for many states nationwide. The shortage of special education teachers is especially widespread, as the number of trained special education teachers has dropped by roughly 20% over the past 10 years, while the number of students needing those teachers has barely dropped at all.
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School Leaders Now
When it comes to an administrator's list of their least favorite things to do, conducting standardized testing has to be up there. No one wants to do it, not the students, not the teachers. But there's no real way for an administrator to avoid it. So how can you make the process a little more tolerable? By garnering standardized testing support from your staff. Part of your role is to lead teachers to effectively prepare students and skillfully administer tests. Here's how to do that without alienating your staff.
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eSchool News (commentary)
When most teachers receive professional development regarding a technology tool, they are often provided a "this is how you use this" workshop. At Phoenix Union High School District, a portfolio district in Arizona, we've found that personalized professional development gives teachers a voice in their learning, which makes the experience much more powerful for them.
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Tech&Learning
One of the best ways to measure the latest and greatest gear for the classroom each fall is to roam the exhibition floor in June at the annual International Society for Technology in Education Conference and Expo, which took place in Philadelphia this year. There were over 600 exhibitors in the expo hall, featuring everything from projectors and 3D printers to robots, apps, online curriculum, and more. Laptops are always a popular product — they may not be the most exciting products in the expo hall, but they're one of the most essential.
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District Administration Magazine
The start of the new school year has seen a spike in cyberattacks against districts across the country, with small districts emerging as an especially attractive ransomware target by hackers. Hospitals, municipalities and colleges have also been targeted, but school districts are particularly enticing to hackers because they store lots of private information about students, families and staff and because they often don't have the resources to block attacks, the New York Times reported.
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eSchool News
As content-driven curricula are rapidly giving way to programming aimed at developing core competencies, educators are incorporating standards — such as those developed by ISTE — to reframe their programs to emphasize digital citizenship, innovative design, computational thinking and global connectedness to prepare students for careers that do not yet exist. However, the process of implementing deep change may take three to five years, because it impacts the way schools do business, as well as fundamental school culture.
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MiddleWeb
Authentic STEM focuses on problem-solving, and the best STEM lessons address some aspect of a real-world challenge that engineers and scientists might address. So STEM teachers often face a recurring problem when designing lessons for their classroom or school lab: Just how do you DO that? How do you build a STEM lesson around a real-world challenge?
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Education Week
Thousands of administrators across the country have spent countless hours this summer attempting to rejigger their school finance software to determine how much money they spend on each individual school — a new reporting requirement under the Every Student Succeeds Act. Will it be worth all the headaches? A new federal report suggets the answer is yes. Unlike the more familiar average per-pupil spending levels, school-level funding will highlight funding disparities between student groups and help administrators target resources to academically struggling schools, policymakers and advocates predict.
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Education Week
If there's one painful experience the nation's schools share from recent history, it's the Great Recession. It's something no educator is keen to relive — but with anxiety rising about an economic downturn in the not-too-distant future, it's possible they won't have a choice. Forecasting such a change for the economy is notoriously difficult, as is projecting how policymakers and schools would respond. But amid the economic warning signs there's the recognition that a recession, in addition to shrinking K-12 budgets and spending, could upend policies that have developed over the past decade that have prioritized equitable funding and other resources.
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Association for Psychological Science via Science Daily
The purpose of going to school is to learn, but students may find certain topics difficult to understand if they don't have the necessary background knowledge. This is one of the conclusions of a research article published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science.
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Providence Journal
The American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island and Rhode Island Legal Services have filed a lawsuit against the Providence school district for allegedly withholding information about violations of the rights of English language learners students. The violations led to a settlement agreement between the school system and the U.S. Department of Justice more than a year ago. The Access to Public Records Act lawsuit seeks to require the district to release the DOJ documents identifying the various violations of federal law committed by the school district, which are referenced in the agreement.
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By: Debra Josephson Abrams (commentary)
 As I’ve found again and again, regardless of the program, state, or country in which I teach, the lack of comprehension and appreciation of purpose are the fundamental dilemmas students have when presented with a syllabus, or, failing a syllabus, when starting any course at any level. Even the term syllabus can be a mystery. When I studied American Sign Language, I learned a slang sign for syllabus — "silly bus" — and indeed, that certainly seems like an apt description. All students will benefit from a lesson dedicated to the syllabus. For ELLs and nontraditional students, it may be particularly useful for teachers to create a syllabus lesson designed to deconstruct what may be a flabbergasting and often hefty document but one that is elemental and critical.
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MiddleWeb
With the start of the new school year, we are always looking for new activities to freshen up our repertoire! At the same time, we want our students to be reading closely and thinking deeply. Here are five adaptable ideas that you can add to your toolbox to keep students creatively interacting with texts.
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The New York Times
Discuss a recent instance of police brutality in your community. Read op-eds arguing for and against legal status for unauthorized immigrants. Compare and contrast border conditions in the Palestinian territories and Mexico. Those are some of the lesson plans suggested in a draft of California's newly proposed ethnic studies curriculum for K-12 public schools. The documents have led to bitter debate in recent weeks over whether they veer into left-wing propaganda, and whether they are inclusive enough of Jews and other ethnic groups. Now, amid a growing outcry, even progressive policymakers in the state are promising significant revisions.
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Tallahassee Democrat
During a Refugee Literacy Program mentoring session one Friday afternoon, sisters Ruthie Ntambwe and Joyce Kaikamba sat at their kitchen table, practicing how to spell words like "spaghetti" and "headphones" on mini whiteboards. With earnest eyes, they ask their mentor how to pronounce words like "Iowa" and "spatula" and ask her to bring a laptop next time. They want to learn how to use a computer. The sisters just finished their first week of school in America. Born and raised in a Zambian refugee camp, the girls were resettled in Tallahassee just four months ago.
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Edutopia
While it can be tempting to focus only on routines and academics to build classroom culture, a strong classroom culture hinges on healthy social and emotional learning. Do you want kids to carefully listen to their peers before shouting out an answer? They'll need a dose of self-regulation. Do you wish students would savor the challenge of a math problem instead of throwing up their hands in frustration? It will take self-determination and the skills to recover from failure.
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University of Arkansas via Phys.org
A decade-long study co-conducted by University of Arkansas professor Patrick Wolf shows that students in India who attended private schools through a voucher program achieved noticeably higher scores on English assessments. The results come from a "gold standard" experimental evaluation by a team of researchers from the U of A, North Carolina State University and Newcastle University in the United Kingdom. An article summarizing their findings was recently published by the peer-reviewed journal World Development.
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By: Brian Stack (commentary)
 Imagine having the option to schedule your school weeks as four 10-hour days instead of five eight-hour days. Earlier this summer, We Are Teachers blogger Elizabeth Mulvahill reported that 25 states are currently testing four-day school weeks. What started as a logistical solution for rural school districts is now gaining popularity in both suburban and urban areas. According to Mulvahill, "Research by the National Conference of State Legislatures estimates 560 school districts...have at least one school with a four-day schedule. Leading the charge are Colorado (55%), New Mexico (43%), Idaho (38%), and Oregon (32%)."
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Education World
Awards may not pay off the way educators hope, according to recent findings by researchers at Harvard University, particularly when it comes to improving attendance — but even for changing behavior or increasing participation. Carly Robinson, one of the authors of the report from the university's Student Social Support R&D Lab, says they studied some 15,000 middle and high school students and found that those who received a reward certificate for excellent attendance actually did worse in the following month and that those who were offered the opportunity to get the award if the improved attendance did no better.
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