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School Leaders Now (commentary)
Anne Rubin, a contributor for School Leaders Now, writes: "We've all been there before. You think you're going to have a routine parent meeting, but you soon discover — too late — that you are sitting across from a ticking time bomb. When an angry parent lets loose, you, as an administrator, are often the prime target. Even for a seasoned principal, angry outbursts can leave you rattled for days. It's up to you to learn how to diffuse these anger bombs before they take out any more casualties."
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Edutopia (commentary)
Matthew Howell, a contributor for Edutopia, writes: "I was restless the night before the information was released, imagining scenarios from the most glorious to the most grave. When I arrived at my office the following day, I closed the door and dove into an hours-long data analysis session, coming up for air only intermittently. Getting my school's standardized test scores after my rookie year as a principal was a nerve-racking experience I won't soon forget."
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Education Week
Students' ability to engage and succeed in the classroom is influenced by how safe, supported and connected they feel at school, researchers have found. While educators around the country adopt intentional efforts and programs to improve school climates, learning environments are also influenced by a range of outside factors, from neighborhood violence to natural disasters to federal policy changes. In 2018, schools saw a convergence of those factors: public concerns about safety fueled by school shootings, a fresh wave of teacher activism and a changing federal approach to civil rights enforcement.
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MindShift
If it were only up to Loveland High School Assistant Principal Marc Heiser, his school would have flexible modular scheduling, or "flex-mod scheduling." That basically means that each discipline could decide the ideal class length and number of meetings each week, rather than having a standardized schedule where every class period is 45 minutes, no matter the needs of the department. So, for example, math teachers might want to meet every day for 35 minutes. But art teachers might prefer two class meetings a week, each for 90 minutes.
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Inc.
When you're a manager, having an aggressive employee can be a good thing. After all, they're often Type A performers who won't stop until they deliver their results. But there's also a cost associated with aggressive behavior, most notably collateral damage to coworkers. Here are some ways to rein in an aggressive employee — for the benefit of the team, the work, and ultimately their own career.
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Forbes
It turns out the old adage "Employees don't leave companies, they leave bad managers" is no longer entirely accurate. Though managers still play a major role in employee retention, they may not be the biggest factor in ensuring talented employees stick around. A new study from Alight Solutions reveals that creating a strong employee experience is the key to attracting and keeping employees in today's job market. What does that mean? According to Ray Baumruk, Alight's vice president of consumer experience research and insights, it means that companies have to think beyond "engagement."
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By: Connie Ulman (commentary)
 It’s the new year and many are thinking about being healthier. You can start your journey at home and continue it in the workplace. To help you bring healthy behavior into the workplace, the American Heart Association and American Stroke Association have created a Healthy Workplace Food and Beverage Toolkit. I find that when I am working on a healthier me, it is easier to accomplish my goals if I work with a team. Your team can be made up of friends, family and co-workers.
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Leadership Freak
Extroverts feel frustrated because others aren't more outgoing. Introverts complain when they don't get what they want — even though they haven't asked for what they want. Arrogant leaders are irritated with others because they feel superior to others.
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Harvard Business Review (commentary)
Jennifer Porter, a contributor for Harvard Business Review, writes: "As an executive coach, I work with many successful leaders who want to become even more effective. Recently, I asked a client of mine what kind of feedback she was receiving to help her be a better leader. She said, 'My last performance review was really positive. My boss told me I'm doing a great job and I should just continue to do what I'm doing.'"
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Entrepreneur
To be a great leader in today's world, being a brilliant knowledge expert or technician is no longer enough. Even harder is trying to learn the golden rules of the wrong and right ways to be a great leader. The amount of content spouted in countless books and resources is overwhelming let alone confusing. To be unstoppable leaders for our businesses and our people, tuning out from the noise and distractions potentially misguiding us is pertinent now more than ever.
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CLO (commentary)
David DeFilippo, a contributor for CLO, writes: "In the practice of leadership and among firms there have been many books and much talk about various leadership styles, including authentic, collaborative or even inspirational leadership to name a few. All these make sense and have value as frameworks to define and develop one's leadership approach, so I am going to introduce a simple and practical way that I think about leadership. Simply put, are we really doing what we say?"
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The Lead Change Group
As an organization, as a leader, sustainable performance is key to build and maintain an excellent organization. Sustainable performance means coworkers do excellent work without falling into the traps of burnout or workaholism. Sustainable performance means your organization efficiently and effectively provides quality products and services, is blessed with low absenteeism and low staff-turnover. All of this is good for the bottom line.
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By: Terri Williams (commentary)
 Do you think of leaders as outgoing, sometimes larger-than-life individuals who command attention? If so, you may have a hard time seeing an introvert as a good leader. And those misconceptions may be stopping you from promoting some of your best and most talented employees. "It is sometimes incorrectly assumed that an introverted leader cannot be an inspiring public speaker, a strong facilitator, or a tough negotiator," according to Suzanne Vickberg, Ph.D., senior manager of Business Chemistry at The Deloitte Greenhouse Experience.
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Disability Scoop
Guidance issued during the Obama administration, which was aimed at ensuring that minorities and students with disabilities weren't unfairly disciplined, is no more. The U.S. Department of Justice and the Department of Education indicated in late December that a 2014 "Dear Colleague" letter informing schools of their responsibilities when meting out discipline has officially been rescinded. The move came just days after a federal school safety panel chaired by Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos recommended abandoning the guidance.
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EdScoop
Wi-Fi and broadband connectivity is expanding in K-12 school districts across the U.S. as costs continue to decline, according to annual survey findings released Friday by the Consortium for School Networking. The group attributes these gains to increased rural investment funneled through state governments and the 2014 overhaul of the Federal Communication Commission's E-Rate program, which provides a maximum of $3.9 billion annually for school and library internet connectivity projects.
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EdTech Magazine
While E-rate offers $3.9 billion annually for internet connectivity, Wi-Fi equipment and related tech, funding requests have steadily dropped for three years — from $3.6 billion in 2016 to $2.8 billion in 2018, according to Funds for Learning. Unused funds are rolled over into the next year, so there is plenty of money available for districts that need it, says Brian Stephens, the E-rate consulting firm's senior compliance analyst.
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By: Savanna Flakes (commentary)
 A group behavior contingency is a classroom management system designed to proactively support appropriate classroom behavior. Groups or teams of students are rewarded for exhibiting appropriate or desirable classroom behaviors rather than being punished or reprimanded for exhibiting inappropriate or undesirable behaviors. Why use a GBC? Gimmicks like names on the board, check marks, and loss of recess don't work and are self-shaming to students.
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MiddleWeb (commentary)
Curtis Chandler, a contributor for MiddleWeb, writes: "Few things are more frustrating for students (and their teachers) than having a concept or skill that has already been learned 'leak out the brain' and disappear mysteriously into thin air. As educators, we do our best to make things 'sticky' by piquing students' interests, communicating clear learning goals, building on background knowledge, fostering and maintaining engagement, cultivating discussion, modeling and scaffolding challenging tasks, providing feedback, differentiating instruction, etc., etc."
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Edutopia
Students work diligently on their latest message to a classmate. It's a big secret and they must work quickly. In just a few minutes, each will have the chance to present their unique creation to a classmate and end the week on a bright note. Why would a child work so hard on such a small project? It's Friendly Friday!
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Forbes
Some schools are eliminating homework, citing research showing it doesn't do much to boost achievement. But maybe teachers just need to assign a different kind of homework. In 2016, a second-grade teacher in Texas delighted her students — and at least some of their parents — by announcing she would no longer assign homework. "Research has been unable to prove that homework improves student performance," she explained.
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HealthDay News
We know that early learning can set up a child for success. A study done by researchers at Penn State University found out just how early that learning should start — by age 2. For this study, parents filled out surveys about how many words their 2-year-olds knew, and then the researchers checked in with them three years later when their children were in kindergarten. The toddlers with a large vocabulary were more likely to start kindergarten ready to read and learn math. It turned out that they also paid more attention in class and were better behaved. This may also be why some kids do better than others in school.
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Chalkbeat
Students living in areas that voted for President Trump faced more bullying after the 2016 election, according to new research. The study offers some hard evidence that the post-election months were a more fraught time in many schools — backing up the stories of individual teachers and students. But the effects were not spread evenly: In communities favoring Trump, reports of bullying were 18 percent higher than in communities that voted for Hillary Clinton, the study found. Reports of peers being teased or put down because of their race or ethnicity were 9 percent higher in those places.
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NPR
Teachers in Los Angeles, the nation's second largest school district, are preparing to go on strike. The district last saw a teacher strike nearly 30 years ago. If no deal is reached, more than 30,000 members of United Teachers Los Angeles wouldn't go to work, affecting roughly 480,000 public school students.
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NAESP
Using the best research from national education groups, the Elements of Success discusses the six crucial, interlocked elements that represent success for public schools. Richard Long, executive director of the Learning First Alliance, will show you how to use this comprehensive guide to improve your school and empower your staff. The Elements of Success is a compendium of what works in schools, with a key difference. While the research from the LFA members finds significant congruence among the teachers, principals, superintendents, counselors, professional learning specialists, school board members and others. The session will discuss the elements and how each principal can use the Elements of Success to support their school's agenda.
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NAESP
The impact of the opioid crisis is staggering, and it isn't limited to students of high school age and adults. The rate of opioid-related admissions to pediatric intensive care units increased dramatically between 2004 and 2015, from 24.9 to 35.9 per 10,000 admissions, for example, and foster care systems are inundated with the children of addicted parents.
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