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Education World
Health experts from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Society of Health and Physical Educators have partnered to release a series of guidances intended to help both elementary and secondary school leaders improve recess for the benefit of U.S. students. The first guidance, Strategies for Recess in Schools, provides 19 evidence-based recommendations designed for leaders interested in "making leadership decisions, communicating behavioral and safety expectations, creating a supportive environment, engaging the school community and gathering information," said the American Academy of Pediatrics.
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Disability Scoop
Before leaving office, the Obama administration is releasing a flurry of guidance related to the rights of students with disabilities in the nation’s schools. The U.S. Department of Education is weighing in on everything from restraint and seclusion to charter schools in a series of “Dear Colleague" letters and other resources distributed to educators just before the end of the year. In the correspondence, the agency outlines limitations on the use of restraint and seclusion in schools warning that the practices could be discriminatory.
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ADDitude Magazine
When students with ADHD secure IEPs, 504 plans, or informal school accommodations, their parents often consider it a victory — and hope that the accommodations will lead to an improved application of knowledge and skills, particularly on timed tests. But a recent study shows that commonly used testing accommodations, like extended time or regular breaks, don't actually help students with ADHD perform better on standardized tests — a conclusion that may lead educators and parents to re-evaluate these strategies.
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Education Week
Can students' time in reading class be spent as profitably with a bowl of popcorn and a movie as with a novel and notebook? In central New Jersey, a former school board member and parent are raising questions about the Hamilton Township School District's policy of allowing teachers to use movies for instructional purposes and teaching students reading skills through short excerpts instead of whole books or stories.
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MindShift
Too often, when students produce school work, they turn it into a teacher for a grade and move on. And after the teacher spends time evaluating the student's work, many students never look at the feedback, a cycle that frustrates both parties and isn't the most effective way to learn. Several schools are trying a different model — one that takes more time but also helps students feel more ownership over the quality of their work. Called peer critique, students follow clear protocols that remind them to "be kind, be specific, and be helpful" in the feedback they give to peers.
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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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eSchool News
Smartphones, tablets and other technology tools have tons of potential to help students learn–if they're used properly. And when properly implemented, those tools can help students build the collaboration skills they need to reach success in school and the workforce. Most 21st-century learning models include collaboration as a necessary educational outcome. Collaboration skills are part of the Partnership for 21st Century Education’s 4Cs, a framework developed with educator input and designed to outline skills and knowledge students need in today's global and connected society. And collaboration isn't simply a necessary classroom skill. Teamwork and collaboration are important abilities employers say they want in their current and future employees.
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Edutopia
What kinds of jobs will our students have, and how well are we preparing them for the future? The World Economic Forum, a not-for-profit foundation, is reaching out to educators worldwide. Their call to educators includes redefining what it means to be educated and prepared for work and civic participation — as well as an integration of technology.
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HealthDay News
Children with serious behavioral disorders might fare better at school if they get some exercise during the day, a new study suggests. The researchers focused on children and teenagers with conditions that included autism spectrum disorders, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, anxiety and depression. They looked at whether structured exercise during the school day — in the form of stationary "cybercycles" — could help ease students' behavioral issues in the classroom. Over a period of seven weeks, the study found it did.
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Education World
The Rand Corporation has released a new report that provides leaders with yet another way to use and interpret the Every Student Succeeds Act to improve schools. According to the report, School Leadership Interventions Under the Every Student Succeeds Act: Evidence Review, ESSA provides a series of unique opportunities for leaders at the federal, district and local level to support school leadership.
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By: Dean Wiech (commentary)
 When we think of education technology, we typically think of its use within a classroom environment. When we think of education security, the physical safety of the students and staff are first to mind. How do the two concepts merge into ensuring the identity and data security for students and staff within educational and technological environments? Identity and access management and access governance are typically presented with business scenarios in mind.
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EdTech Magazine
No one appreciates the value of research more than educators. Learning analytics offers a powerful tool to point teachers and district leaders on the front lines of education to new areas of opportunity. Yet, too little of the massive amounts of education data and research conducted over the years informs practical changes and actions within school districts.
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NPR
The confirmation hearing for Betsy DeVos, the billionaire philanthropist who is President-elect Donald Trump's choice for secretary of education, has been delayed for almost a week. DeVos' hearing was scheduled for Wednesday, but late on Monday night, the Senate Committee on Health Education Labor and Pensions announced it had been delayed until Jan. 17. The move comes after Democrats had raised concerns about the wealthy philanthropist's incomplete financial disclosures and unfinished ethics review, as Politico reported last week. The top Democrat on the HELP committee asked for a rescheduled hearing, saying she was concerned about "extensive financial entanglements and potential conflicts of interest," Politico says.
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The Washington Post
The U.S. Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments in a dispute over the level of education that public schools must provide to millions of children with disabilities, a case that advocates describe as the most significant special-education issue to reach the high court in three decades. The question is whether public schools owe disabled children "some" educational benefit — which courts have determined to mean just-above-trivial progress — or whether students legally deserve something more: a substantial, "meaningful" benefit.
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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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NPR
He didn't have long. Education Secretary John B. King Jr. was confirmed by the Senate in March 2016 after President Obama's long-serving secretary, Arne Duncan, stepped down at the end of 2015. No matter the outcome of the 2016 presidential election, King knew that Obama would be out in a year and replaced by a president who, regardless of party, would almost certainly replace him. At the helm of the Education Department, King followed the polestar that had guided him as a teacher, principal and as deputy secretary under Duncan: protect kids, especially those who have been traditionally marginalized — children of color, English language learners, students with disabilities and those living in poverty.
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Chicago Tribune
Illinois is poised to become one of the first states to require schools and day care centers to test water fountains and faucets for brain-damaging lead. Gov. Bruce Rauner is expected to sign a bill approved by state lawmakers after negotiators brokered a compromise that requires schools, rather than water suppliers, to pay for the testing. The final version of the bill also resolved a dispute between the Rauner administration and Attorney General Lisa Madigan's office that had stalled talks until late last week.
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District Administration Magazine
A snake bit Pam Moran in front of her class on her first day of teaching 40 years ago. Moran, now a superintendent in Virginia, had no one to blame but herself on that fateful day in 1975. Thinking it would be an unconventional way to introduce herself, Moran had brought a garter snake in a pillowcase to capture the attention of her new middle school students in South Carolina. Having grown up on a farm in South Carolina's Lowcountry, she also thought it could be a great hands-on learning experience.
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NAESP
At the 2017 National Principals Conference, get ready to make the conference your own. With four session strands to choose from — Increasing Professional Capacity; Elevating Student Efficacy; Connecting Positive Climate, Culture, and Community; and Personalized Student Learning — you will hear more than just theory. You'll get detailed insight you need to enact real change in your school and walk away with tangible solutions. Come to Philadelphia this July 9–11 for a completely different learning experience at the first-ever joint national conference of Pre-K–12 school leaders.
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NAESP
Principals, teachers and other staff are responsible for the well-being of a student while they are at school. But when it comes health, no one is better equipped than a skilled, caring school nurse. Children's Advil®, Children's Robitussin® and Children's Dimetapp® are honoring school nurses for their dedication to caring for our sick children. Nominations are being accepted up until Feb. 23. Click here for more information and a simple way to nominate your exemplary nurse for a chance to be recognized and to win cash prizes and a summer vacation.
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