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Education DIVE
The year ahead presents many challenges for K-12 education as it continues to contend with an economy that demands new skills in the wake of ongoing disruption due to automation and artificial intelligence. A one-size-fits-all approach is no longer effective (was it truly ever?). The implementation of a new law demands new approaches, and changes to the tax code and other regulatory concerns stand to present more challenges — to funding and otherwise.
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School Leaders Now
There are two types of people: people who love Star Wars and people who have never seen Star Wars. It was not until I became an administrator that I began seeing what the original Star Wars trilogy can teach us about great leadership. Here's a surprise: Sometimes you will be Luke, and sometimes you will be Darth Vader.
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Leadership Freak
Novices think leadership begins with others. Leadership is about others but it begins with you. Ask novice-leaders what needs to be done and their sentences begin with "they." Novice-leaders complain about others rather than owning their responsibility. Complaints are self-indictments.
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Entrepreneur
Want to be a laudable leader? Study these characteristics — and the wise words of leaders who strive to embody them.
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Harvard Business Review
Patty McCord, Netflix's former Chief Talent Officer, sees hiring as constant matchmaking. Building a team of people that gets amazing work done, she says, requires managers to really know what they need, and for HR to actually understand the workings of the business. She says money should not be the reason someone leaves and that we should stop using words like "poaching" and "firing."
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By: Bob Kowalski (commentary)
 When the new year brings a chance for a fresh start, you might be inclined to join the crowd and make a list of resolutions. That's a noble idea, but you don't need to commit to an overwhelming or overly ambitious program in order to give yourself forward momentum. With a little common sense and continuation of your good habits, you can improve on your 2017. You can get fit physically and mentally at work by doing what you're already doing (or supposed to be doing).
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Inc.
Ever heard the expression for every finger you point, there's three pointing back at you? It certainly applies to management. When team morale is low, resignation letters are flying in, and people are avoiding eye contact with you in the hallways, it may be time to accept that you may be the problem. Whomever is privileged enough to hold the title of "manager," your first priority is being fully cognizant of the most common reasons why your best people may be headed for the exits.
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By: Brian Stack (commentary)
 Jan. 1 marked the start of my 17th year as a public school educator and my 12th as a high school administrator. For many, the new year signals a rebirth. It is an opportunity to start fresh with a new idea, a new habit or a renewed commitment to something designed to promote improvement. As I sit at my desk this morning, I feel inspired to share my New Year's resolutions in hopes that they may inspire you to start 2018 off right, too!
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School Leaders Now
Q. When I was in graduate school, we spent a lot of time talking about how principals should be leaders and not managers. But after several years on the job, I'm finding myself spending most of my time managing — personnel, discipline, parents, bus routes. Where do I find time to focus on my principal leadership? A. Sometimes in graduate school we act as if a Venn diagram of leadership and management would show almost zero intersection.
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The Associated Press
The shooter rapidly fires through the front doors of an elementary school with an assault rifle and blasts his way down the hallway. Screaming children are running for their lives or frozen in fear. Teachers quickly try to decide: barricade the doors, or make a run for it with their students? Police officers arrive with guns drawn, working their way through the school. Finally they confront the shooter and end the threat.
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Forbes
Sounds surprising, doesn't it? How is it possible that being driven to strive for perfection can hold you back? How can it be that desire and efforts toward a positive outcome can lead to negative results?
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The Lead Change Group
How many of us have experienced effective cultural change? How many, not? My sense is more of the latter than the former, and chief among the reasons for change failing is the pivotal role of the leader. One startling example from my past, doomed to glorious failure from the outset, was a former Head of Service, who said at our very first senior staff meeting, “From now on, we will pursue the leadership model of Ready, Fire, Aim!”
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Education DIVE
Just as school leaders have a role in recruiting and retaining teachers, district-level administrators need a system for preparing principals and assistant principals for leadership and providing them with support once they are in those positions. A 2016 report from the Coalition for Teaching Quality — an organization that represents more than 100 local, state and national education and advocacy groups — recommended that districts, in partnership with states, modernize the process of recruiting principals and matching them to the right schools.
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Edutopia
Professional development is evolving. Slowly but surely, schools and organizations are attempting to move away from the typical sit-and-get workshop and creating formats that promote problem solving and boost participant engagement. This has led to a rise in PD that makes educators the drivers of innovation. This trend is awesome. The problem: Participants are forced to make a lot of assumptions about their students because they’re not given a chance to include those students in the process.
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Education World (commentary)
Steve Haberlin, a contributor for Education World, writes: "Teaching is a very stressful profession. I have personally experienced the demands of being a teacher and observed colleagues also deal with the stressors of the job, ranging from high-stakes testing, demanding parents, increased paperwork, disrespectful students, increased diversity and differentiated learning needs, and lack of creativity and autonomy. As a teacher educator, who works with student teachers, I believe that serving in a practicum setting where student teachers gain first-hand experience is a powerful way to help prepare them for the realities of teaching. But it's not enough."
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MiddleWeb (commentary)
Elizabeth Stein, a contributor for MiddleWeb, writes: "Just out of curiosity, over the past few months, I've informally asked 60 teachers (general and special education teachers who mostly reside in the Northeast region) how they viewed the teacher's role in today's classrooms. My main focus was to get the teachers' initial outlook on 21st Century skills. Twenty-five of the 60 teachers immediately made connections to technology."
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EdSurge
It's no great overstatement to say that the Federal Communications Commission's recent decision to rollback net neutrality protections has shaken the education community's faith in open and equitable internet access for all students. Among the groups commenting on the issue, both ISTE and the Consortium for School Networking raised the possibility that digital education providers can pay to deliver their content more quickly, and wondered aloud if the move would deepen the digital divide.
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District Administration Magazine
Nevada recently launched an online reporting system for parents and students, joining a handful of other states and districts in efforts to combat bullying. Colorado was first to create an online bullying reporting tool in 2004, five years after the Columbine shooting. Since then, Oregon, Wyoming, Utah and Michigan have passed laws mandating the creation of statewide online reporting systems.
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Education DIVE
The K-12 sector should brace for change. The 30-plus-year drought since the last tax code overhaul is over now that President Donald Trump has signed Congress' Tax Cuts and Jobs Act into law. The bill slashes the corporate tax rate from 35 percent to 21 percent, and also includes massive changes to how income earned or kept offshore is treated.
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The Hechinger Report
Principals lack the experience and expertise in early childhood education that is needed as pre-K programs expand in public elementary schools and that could inhibit their ability to manage and support pre-K teachers, according to a new report. "Early Childhood Preparation for School Leaders: Lessons from New Jersey Principal Certification Programs" by the Center for the Study of Child Care Employment at the University of California, Berkeley, found that principal familiarity with pre-K is a problem nationwide but researchers zeroed in on New Jersey, which has a highly regarded public pre-K program but no requirement for principals to have college-level coursework in early childhood education.
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Education DIVE
Research on pay-for-performance systems has been mixed. A RAND Corporation evaluation of the Schoolwide Performance Bonus System in New York City schools found no achievement benefits for students or changes in teachers' practices. Researchers at Vanderbilt University found similar results when they studied the Project on Incentives in Teaching in the Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools.
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Reuters
Education and research about concussions in youth have focused on team sports, but a study from New Mexico suggests that adolescents may suffer more knock-out head blows in PE classes than in organized athletics. "Attention has been paid to coaches receiving training on sports concussions, but education for physical education teachers has not been emphasized," lead author Richard Campbell said in a phone interview. "We need to look at providing education to physical education teachers as well."
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NAESP
If you google "fidgets in schools," you'll discover headlines like "Schools Ban Fidget Toys as Classroom Distraction" and "The Horrors of the Fidget Spinner, the Latest Classroom Menace." Facebook is filled with memes and posts ruing the gadget's invention. Schools throughout the country have repeatedly made the decision to eliminate the potential distraction and have created policies to rid themselves of the toys.
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NAESP
Together with Crayola, NAESP offers a special opportunity to apply for a Champion Creatively Alive Children Grant. Your school could receive a $3,500 grant (a $2,500 check and $1,000 worth of Crayola products) to establish a creative leadership team and build the creative capacity of your professional learning community. The deadline to apply is Friday, June 22. (The Early Bird deadline is Monday, June 5. Early Bird applications will receive a Crayola product Classpack). For more information, visit www.naesp.org/crayola-grant.
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