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| | LATEST NEWS FOR PRINCIPALS |
District Administration Magazine
How has the principal's role changed over the years? It has come almost full circle. Many years ago the position was called headmaster, and that person was the instructional leader. Over the years the principal became more of a facilities manager, someone who made sure the buses came on time and who served as a disciplinarian. Now the principal, in short, is responsible for the culture of the building, for the high expectations for both students and faculty and everyone who works in the school, as well as being the chief, the convener of professional learning communities and, of course, being an excellent learner himself or herself.
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Education DIVE
With a shifting economy continuing to necessitate a move away from the industrial, one-size-fits-all model of the past century-plus, K-12 education is in the midst of a sea change. Guiding the ship through that change is a vast number of innovative superintendents, principals and other administrators nationwide too numerous to list in a single post. These six school and district leaders represent a solid sample of the issues schools and districts are facing and the efforts to guide them into the 21st century — from classroom tech implementation and the utilization of social media for professional learning to lingering problems like raising graduation rates and decreasing segregation.
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Edutopia
Since Martin Luther King Jr. Day was signed into law in 1983, the holiday has provided an opportunity for Americans to honor and learn from the iconic figure. Yet teaching about King's cultural legacy shouldn't be limited to January and February. That legacy should be celebrated and analyzed in classrooms throughout the year. And at this moment in American history, King's philosophy of nonviolence can help bring balance to classroom discussions.
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[Istation]
Learn the four must-haves schools need for a successful response to intervention (RTI) model. How to Build an RTI Framework is a free eBook that covers universal screening, continuous progress monitoring, data-based decision making, and multi-level prevention systems. See how building an effective RTI framework with computer-adaptive educational technology helps maximize student achievement.
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Education Week
As a new political and policy era dawns in Washington, the status of the nation's schools remains stable, though still earning a grade of C from Quality Counts 2017, the 21st annual report card issued by the Education Week Research Center. The C corresponds to a score of 74.2, which is nearly identical to the 74.4 the nation posted in 2016, when it also received a C. The steadiness of national results, notwithstanding, a handful of states saw their scores increase or decline by a full point or more.
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eSchool News
The best educational leaders are lifelong learners. They are constantly expanding their knowledge, refining their skills, and looking for creative ways to help kids learn. As these four principals look back at 2016, they recall the most important ed tech lesson they learned this year—and look forward to inspiring their staff and students anew in 2017.
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Education World
As Education World reported in our look back at the top education stories of 2016, one of the biggest stories happened in May when the U.S. Department of Education and Justice released a joint guidance advising the country's school districts to let students use school facilities according to gender identity, not gender at birth. The guidance created immediate backlash and revealed a nation divided; while some states had already been in the process of creating lenient policies inclusive of students regardless of their gender identity, other states had been in the process of doing the exact opposite.
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By: Brian Stack
 After being hired over the summer, a new teacher was eager to get into the room to start decorating her space in anticipation of the first day of school. She was shocked to find an empty, barren room with paint peeling from the walls and stains on the ceiling tiles. Her principal told her there was no money in the budget to paint the room but agreed to let her fund the project on her own. On her first day, she learned one of the hardest lessons of any new teacher: It is expensive to be a teacher.
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The Hechinger Report
Each day as we tune into news sites and social media, we hear disturbing reports of violence in our nation's schools. These stories' regularity leads us to believe schools are no longer safe places for our children, or our teachers. So, can we curb school violence and the behavior problems behind it? Can we create safe and supportive school environments and reach struggling children and adolescents? The answer is "yes" ... but it takes some work.
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THE Journal
A new survey from The Learning Counsel finds that nearly four in five (78 percent) students have access to a computing device for "a good portion of the school day" or longer. Sponsored by Ruckus Wireless, the third annual Digital Curriculum Strategy Survey and Assessment Tool is based on responses from more than 700 districts and schools in the United States. Three top trends among the findings were that tablets are losing popularity, Chromebooks have seen a more significant gain in popularity than other devices and there is no consensus among schools as to which devices are best depending upon student age.
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Letters alive Plus
Watch kids react to this highly-engaging solution! This evidence-based program uses augmented reality to introduce letters, letters sounds, building words, and building sentences!
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| | FEDERAL ADVOCACY AND POLICY |
Education Week
Happy New Year! It's officially time to start writing 2017 on your checks. The presidential transition means an especially busy start to the year. President-elect Donald Trump may not have talked much about education on the campaign trail, but the first part of the year will tell us a lot about the direction he wants to go and how much of a priority he places on the issue. What's more, we'll get a glimpse of how well he's able to work with Congress on K-12, not to mention early and higher education.
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The News & Observer
The average school principal's pay in North Carolina, $64,209, ranks near the bottom in national surveys, and the truth is that even many parents who are well-informed about school issues probably don't know that. Teacher pay, even with recent paltry increases, also is inadequate, but because principals do make more than teachers, it's easy to overlook them. Now, legislators are preparing to address the issue of pay. Sen. Jerry Tillman said, "We haven't done anything for administrators in a long time."
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KWCH
With the Kansas legislative session six days away, we're starting to see some early bills filed by lawmakers. One bill filed, if passed, could impact school buses in the state by requiring seat belts on all of them. The bill was done so at least in part in response to the November Chattanooga, Tenn. bus crash that killed six children. The bill's sponsor, a Republican representative from Clay Center, says the bill was filed at the request of her constituents.
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The Washington Post
Nearly two years after Montgomery County leaders voted to start the school day later so teenagers could get more sleep, the debate that many thought was settled shows signs of making a comeback in Maryland's largest school system. Principals in elementary schools have been speaking out about the toll of schedule changes — drowsy children, longer bus rides, families strapped for child care. Employee unions are urging a return to the school hours of old, saying it would be best for students and staff. But parents who support later school days have weighed in, too, with many emailing letters backing the changes adopted in early 2015.
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NAESP
NAESP's Virtual Book Talks for Early Career Principals is a free, professional learning community for early career principals to learn more about key topics from school principal authors and education leadership experts. Each of the featured-author book talks gives insights into research-driven and evidence-based effective school leadership and education perspectives and practices, and allows participants to join an online community to continue their conversations with the author. This opportunity will be available to participants who are current or new members of the NAESP National Panel of New Principals. After an introductory webinar, participants may engage in interactive learning with the author.
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NAESP
The end of the calendar year — when we have a break from the daily tsunami of work that each school day brings — is the perfect time to reflect on your career as an educator and your goals for the future. Eleven years ago this December, I decided to become a school leader, but I couldn't have made that decision alone. As you reflect on your current situation and your goals for the future, here are seven sources of information and insight to consider. Seek their counsel and reflect on their input, and you'll be ready to chart your course for the coming year and beyond.
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