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By: Michelle R. Matisons (commentary)
The school safety debate picked up steam almost one year ago on Valentine's Day 2018. That day, a former student walked into Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, school and fired on students and staff, killing 17 and injuring 17 more. This debate is ongoing and presents many possible solutions from diverse sectors. A recently released 400-page report details that many factors blended together to result in such a tragic outcome. Controversially, this report recommends that teachers and staff use Florida's Guardian Program, allowing teachers to carry concealed weapons to protect students in the event of a mass shooting or similar threat.
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Education DIVE
Evaluation is a normal part of most employment situations and can be valuable if it helps target areas of improvement and provides employees with ways to improve in those areas. However, teacher evaluations are often heavily based on student performance rather than their own, a practice that many teachers and teacher unions find concerning.
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District Administration Magazine
Getting kids to show up at school is an age-old problem. A recent report by the U.S. Department of Education notes that about 6 million students (1 out of 7) miss at least 15 days during the school year, increasing their likelihood of lower achievement and dropping out. Students of color and those living in poverty — overrepresented in these figures — often attend urban schools, such as East Upper School and East Lower School in Rochester, New York, where we do our work.
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eSchool News
Would you panic if a key employee left your school or district? That should never happen from a business situation, as shortsightedness can cause massive problems for an organization. One of the most inefficient ways to save money in the short term is to not replace employees in mission-critical functions throughout the school or district. Mission-critical tasks are exactly that. Too often, complacency can turn tragic.
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Education Next (commentary)
During the news lull between Christmas and New Years, the Wall Street Journal published an alarmist piece about the high rate of teachers and other public educators quitting their jobs. Reporters Michelle Hackman and Erick Morath examined Labor Department data on employee turnover during the first ten months of 2018 and found that educators were exiting at the rate of 83 per 10,000 per month, which would work out to almost one in ten over the course of a full year. This, they noted, was the most since job departures began getting tracked in 2001, although they cautioned that it didn't necessarily mean all were quitting public education altogether; some number of them were changing schools, relocating, etc.
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School Leaders Now
Whatever your feelings about standardized tests, they're a part of American education today. The original goal — to see how students were progressing and mastering reading, math, and science skills — has been achieved — to a point. Almost two decades after No Child Left Behind, we have a lot of data about student performance and also about where standardized tests fall short.
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EdSource
Michael Kirst retired after eight years as president of the State Board of Education, satisfied that the key pieces of Gov. Jerry Brown's education policies he helped create are solidly in place. But in an interview, he expressed worry that a failure to sufficiently fund training for teachers and principals in the new academic standards, school climate and other supports for students could undermine expectations for achievement and erode the public's faith in the new system.
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By: Lisa Mulcahy (commentary)
As a manager, you try to be fair, clear and helpful to your employees. Yet what's your real reputation as a boss? You might not have a clue as to how your employees truly see you. What's more, you may be making key mistakes that hamper their connection to the person you really are, making you less effective as a supervisor than you ultimately can be. Use these research-driven tips to accurately convey your real personality to your staff — and improve the way you relate to them so they can work better with you.
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Inc. (commentary)
Peter Bregman, a contributor for Inc., writes: "The discussion was impassioned and heated. And while I had not initiated the debate, I unconsciously slid into an old habit of jumping into the fray. I started to share my perspective when a woman named Audrey abruptly turned away from me and started to make her case to someone else in our group. I tried to make eye contact but she wouldn't look at me. I called her by name but she ignored me. In that moment, when Audrey turned around and did not answer me, I felt the rage that comes from being unacknowledged, invisible, nonexistent."
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By: Catherine Iste (commentary)
Imagine a workplace where we all said what we meant, kept an open mind and consistently cooperated to advance the organization. It happens, these work environments do exist. However, even in the best environments, some undermining behaviors can sneak in the door. Here are three of the most challenging and some tools to deal with them.
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HR DIVE
In any industry, there is a variety of organizations, each with its own distinct structure, culture, and leadership ethos. In many of these organizations there's a prescribed way to be a leader, and everyone must fall in line, whether it's aligned with who they truly are or not. In other companies, leaders may be left to bring their own personal style — or let's face it, lack of style — to the role.
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Entrepreneur
Plenty of leaders say they offer an "open door policy" to encourage employees to bring them problems or concerns. Many of these leaders also ask that employees voicing concerns come prepared with solutions in order to take responsibility for the problem rather than just "dump" or "vent."
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Education DIVE
The Trump administration formally released a report detailing the White House's five-year vision on boosting STEM education in the U.S. The administration's report follows in the footsteps of President Barack Obama, whose administration announced an initial STEM strategy in 2009, and outlines a vision "for a future where all Americans will have lifelong access to high-quality STEM education and the U.S. will be the global leader in STEM literacy, innovation and employment."
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EdSurge
A few years ago, cybersecurity threats were not on the radar of most school district leaders, much less top items in their budgets. But today, it's one of the highest priority issues facing school technology departments. That's according to the sixth annual broadband and infrastructure report released by the Consortium for School Networking, a nonprofit made up of K-12 school technology leaders.
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EdScoop
Keeping up with the changing digital ecosystem to improve learning and opportunities for all students is vital to driving K-12 innovation, according to a report. The "Top Hurdles 2019" report, published by the Consortium for School Networking, named the top five hurdles facing the adoption of technology in K-12 learning environments.
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Education DIVE
As the ed tech coordinator and mobile integration specialist of Eanes Independent School District in Austin, Texas, cybersecurity is very much top of mind for Brianna Hodges. While topics including cyber safety and student privacy have always played roles in the district, the technology students now use regularly in the 1:1 district has changed.
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EdTech Magazine
Anyone involved in a one-to-one initiative knows it can be much more complicated than just rolling out a cartful of Chromebooks and logging on to a Wi-Fi network. As IT director for Arizona's Humboldt Unified School District, about 90 minutes north of Phoenix, Patrick Keeling has experienced this challenge firsthand. HUSD is working toward what Keeling calls a one-to-one access program: The district's 5,800 K–12 students don't carry devices with them all the time, but they can grab one off a charging cart and use it whenever they need to.
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EdSurge
There are endless distractions for kids these days — from games to music and social media. Some are serious and hurtful, too, like bullying. And all of this is amplified online. Ana Homayoun, an author, speaker and school consultant, works with teenagers on organization, time management and overall wellness. And as technology platforms have accelerated over the years, her job has increasingly involved keeping up with the ways young people use social media, and advising parents, teachers and even tech companies about what they need to know.
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Edutopia
The tardy bell rang 15 minutes ago. You spot five students yelling and running into the restroom as you turn the corner, and you ask yourself, "What can I do to encourage these kids to report to their classrooms on time and ready to learn?" School leaders spend much of their day focused on the management and logistics of running a school, but creating a positive and inclusive culture requires paying attention to different facets of the campus environment. Involving students in shaping the learning environment can yield positive results.
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In the heat of a game, coaches call time-outs to stop the action and provide feedback to players to enhance their future play. These pauses afford opportunities for coaches to reinforce positive performance, activate their players' prior knowledge/skills, and assist team members in customizing what they know to fit a current situation.
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eSchool News
Rebecca Steck & Jennifer Vespucci, contributors for eSchool News, write: "Saint Patrick's is a small, pre-K–8 Catholic school in Yorktown Heights, New York. Last year, we received a grant to revamp our computer lab into what we call a STREAM lab, which stands for science, technology, religion, engineering, art, and math. The grant allowed us to invest in 30 new MacBook Airs to supplement our existing iPads and Chromebooks."
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Edutopia
You assign a group activity in your science classroom and within minutes, this scene unfolds: In each group of four students, two are talking to each other and semi-engaging in the task, one is entirely disengaged and is instead bending and reshaping a paperclip, and one is hurriedly completing the activity all alone, half-heartedly asking her peers to pass her the materials she needs. Sound familiar?
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Education Week
The most meaningful learning happens outside school. Take a moment to think about that statement. It does not mean that meaningful learning is not happening inside schools. Or that all learning that occurs outside schools is meaningful.
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Education DIVE
When researchers at Vanderbilt University released findings showing students who attended Tennessee's state-funded pre-K program were more likely than those who didn't to be referred to special education, and were just as likely to be retained, they suggested teachers in the early grades might not be building on the knowledge and skills many young children are now bringing into kindergarten with them.
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EdSource
By the end of January, the state will publish the initial list of hundreds of low-performing California schools that must receive intensive help under the Every Student Succeeds Act, which Congress passed in late 2015. Recently, the State Board of Education approved how districts with any of those schools must verify what they're doing to turn those schools around. A coalition of student advocacy groups unsuccessfully argued that documentation alone isn't enough. They urged the state board to require more monitoring by county offices of education and proof that districts' actions are improving student performance.
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NAESP
Every school stakeholder hopes that students arrive each day with a hunger to learn. However, far too many students miss out on a morning meal, resulting in hunger for food, not knowledge. When schools make breakfast part of the school day, just like lunch, students succeed. Absenteeism and behavior disruptions decline and students' academic outcomes increase. Most importantly, teachers and principals report a new sense of community that is created as students eat a calm morning meal together. Learn how other principals have lead the charge to increase access to school breakfast by making it part of the school day. Register for this webinar, which takes place Wednesday, Jan. 23 from 3-4 p.m. ET.
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NAESP
School personnel charged with locating substitute teachers often have a difficult time finding people to provide class coverage. Finding substitutes for physical education can be even more difficult, since many teachers feel they are ill-prepared to manage large classes in a gym or field setting.
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