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Education Week
Young teachers want to use technology to make a difference in the classroom, but they don't feel like their preparation programs have adequately equipped them to use do so. They expect to work in diverse classrooms, but they don't feel properly trained. And they are worried about stress and burnout. These are some of the findings from Microsoft Education, which, in partnership with the Economist Intelligence Unit, surveyed 1,034 student-teachers and early-career teachers around the world. Most of those teachers are part of Generation Z, which covers people born from 1995 to 2015.
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Teach&Learning
After brainstorming ways to peer coach, two virtual charter school teachers use their affinity for distance learning tech and podcasting to reach fellow educators around the country.
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Education DIVE
The fears and perceptions that many educators have about the middle school years could be holding students back, Derek McCoy, the director of learning and innovation for Georgia's Grady County Schools, said Thursday in a session at the Future of Education Technology Conference.
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Education DIVE
Martin Luther King Jr.'s belief that every individual has an innate capacity for leadership was a cornerstone of the civil rights movement. His leadership style — under which thousands of others were able to display moral heroism and rise to greatness — shows how powerful a facilitator can be and is one that can be adopted by education leaders.
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Harvard Business Review (commentary)
Bill Taylor, a contributor for Harvard Business Review, writes: "I travel a lot of for business, and like most frequent flyers, I dread connecting flights. Except, that is, when those connections take me through Denver or Charlotte, where the prospect of an hour between planes brings a smile to my face and a spring to my step. Why the good cheer? Because I know I'll be able to spend time with the men and women of Executive Shine, one of the most soulful (or is it soleful?) businesses I've ever encountered."
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Inc.
So, it finally happens. You ask an old colleague about their current job, without knowing that weeks prior they were unceremoniously fired. Or, you say something to your co-worker about a peer, and that very same peer is actually standing behind you. We all make mistakes, but how we deal with them is what can make or break our relationships. If you find yourself having said the wrong thing in a conversation, here's how to deal with the situation with grace.
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Entrepreneur
You're not one to intimidate employees. You lead by example, strive for a collaborative environment and value input from your staff. All of which is why you may be surprised to hear — or maybe just sense — that you intimidate your team. There are warning signs: Everyone agrees with you, even when you're asking for honest feedback; staff tends to quiet down when you walk into a room; or you see a quick look of nervousness on a junior employee's face when you ask them to complete a task.
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Now in English or Spanish, Benchmark Workshops combine mini-lessons with culturally responsive texts, collaborative conversations, social-emotional learning, and small-group instruction. Engage diverse K-5 students in developing literacy, communication skills, and content knowledge, using innovative and effective resources that save teachers time and are easy to implement. FREE Sampler
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Education World (commentary)
Miriam Plotinsky, a contributor for Education World, writes: "The other day, I glanced at the kitchen floor and noticed that someone had dropped a piece of chocolate. It was late in the evening and I was tired, but I knew that if I didn't hurry up and grab that piece of chocolate, the dog would beat me to it and then throw up, and I would have a much bigger mess to clean up."
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By: Terri Williams (commentary)
 While hard work is the key to success, sometimes hard work isn't enough. You also need an edge — and sometimes, adversity can provide that edge. Factors that may appear to be shortcomings can be turned into assets if you know how to flip the circumstances. Laura Huang, a professor at Harvard Business School and the author of "EDGE: Turning Adversity into Advantage," explains how to turn weaknesses into strengths and find your edge.
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Forbes
As a hiring manager, you've likely experienced a problem that goes something like this. Your recruiter found the ideal candidate and engaged them masterfully by extolling the virtues of the organization, role, manager and colleagues. The star candidate moves through the recruitment process in just over a month before getting and accepting the offer, ready to start his/her dream job.
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IRIS Center
 Supported by the U.S. Department of Education’s Department of Special Education Programs (OSEP), the IRIS Center creates reliable, trustworthy online open educational resources covering a huge variety of the issues most important to educators in today’s classrooms. In this article, we’ll tell you a little about IRIS, our resources, and why for almost 18 years the IRIS Center has been hailed as one of the most proven and credible sources for information about evidenced-based instructional and behavioral practices.
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Fast Company
When it comes to most problems, you can often trace the root cause to a breakdown in communication. Something said the wrong way, or not at all, can lead to assumptions that create unnecessary challenges. So wouldn't it be great if more of us focused on improving our personal communication style?
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Harvard Business Review
Organizations worldwide spend roughly $356 billion on leadership development efforts. Yet, the BrandonHall Group, a human capital research and analyst firm that surveyed 329 organizations in 2013, found that 75% of the organizations rated their leadership development programs as not very effective. Why aren't companies getting more bang for their leadership development buck? Our latest research suggests it's likely because most leadership development efforts overlook a specific attribute that is foundational to how leaders think, learn, and behave: their mindsets.
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Leadership Freak
Poorly run teams are where talent goes to die. Talent thrives on effective teams. Talent dies where jerk-holes thrive.
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Education DIVE
Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos said in a press release she hopes the reinforcement of old guidelines and changes in grant requirements will "protect the constitutional rights of students, teachers, and faith-based institutions" and "level the playing field" between public and religious schools. However, education organizations are claiming this is an effort to push a larger agenda expanding private and religious schools while sidelining public education.
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Education Week
It's hard to miss the impact of Big Tech on classrooms today. Amazon, Apple, Google and Microsoft pour millions into K-12 through philanthropies. Microsoft and Google create products just for schools — and give them away for free. All four spearhead efforts to expand computer science courses, teach kids to code or join the engineering profession. Some enlist educators to serve as representatives and sounding boards for the companies.
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eSchool News
Most teachers today view edtech as an essential part of an increasingly digital classroom, and a new report from Common Sense sheds light on the role these edtech tools play in teaching and learning. Today, edtech tools are ubiquitous, and the rise of personal devices and anytime, anywhere access have changed how we consume and create. The Common Sense Census: Inside the 21st-Century Classroom looks at how K-12 educators have adapted to these critical shifts in schools and society.
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EdSurge
Congrats, Mr. Principal, on your middle school's new STEM curriculum. I hear the kids are going to make a robot move to the right, stop and turn around. How cool is that? The reality: It's not that cool. There's an outsized focus today on science, technology, engineering and math, known as STEM (or STEAM if you prefer to include "arts") and for good reason. Much evidence suggests our children's careers, future industries, and our country's prosperity will increasingly be shaped by these academic areas. So, why are the kids playing games?
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MiddleWeb (commentary)
Liz Garden, a contributor for MiddleWeb, writes: "Have you heard educators talk about each child needing just one caring adult? If you have not listened to Josh Shipp tell his story and share this important message about connecting with kids. In my twelfth year as an administrator, being the one adult for so many different kids is my absolute favorite part of the job."
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Edutopia
In a demographic change similar to one that's playing out across the country, the student body in Maryland's Montgomery County Public Schools has shifted from being 94% white 50 years ago to just 30% today. Nationally, students of color now make up about 51% of public K–12 students — a figure the U.S. Census Bureau expects to increase over the next several decades.
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eSchool News
According to the Nation's Report Card, about two-thirds of eighth-graders are not proficient readers. What's even more alarming is the fact that the size of that cohort has remained steady for the last 25 years! This means, unless they have had intervening remedial instruction, the majority of ninth-to-12th-grade students are also non-proficient readers. And, as can be seen by the Report Card, those inadequate reading comprehension skills are producing below-grade-level performance across academic subjects.
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MiddleWeb (commentary)
Gravity Goldberg and Renée Houser, a contributor for MiddleWeb, writes: "After fifteen years of studying reading conferences, we've realized that the real goal of a conference is to better understand the reader and their process. When teachers keep this goal in mind, we can examine the questions we tend to ask readers and decide whether they are helping us uncover each reader's identity and thinking."
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District Administration Magazine
Special education educators and administrators — and mainstream educators with an interest in helping students with special needs — had many options to choose from during the first two days of FETC®.
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EdTech Magazine
Think about innovations and technology features such as touch screens, predictive text, flexible seating and voice dictation. What do they all have in common? They all are accommodations created for people with disabilities that eventually went mainstream.
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Edutopia (commentary)
Matthew Howell, a contributor for Edutopia, writes: "One of the teachers I supervise recently invited me to visit their classroom for the introduction of a lesson called the One Sentence Project. Students were asked to think critically about their role in the world and define the impact they would like to make — all in one sentence. There was scaffolding in place to help students reflect and project their skills into the future, and there were graphic organizers and other tools to assist with the process as well."
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Education World
How can you develop a positive classroom environment that also embraces structure and accountability? The key to that balance has to do with you. Whether you realize it or not, your appearance, posture and attitude send a clear message to students. What you wear does matter. If you're dressed professionally, you will be seen as a professional.
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Edutopia
In high school math, where there has been a longstanding focus on calculus as a STEM-track prerequisite, the notion of emphasizing statistics and data literacy instead — which many educators say are more useful skills in the modern era — is the subject of ongoing debate.
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MiddleWeb
Although we have always known the importance of teaching vocabulary, there has recently been a focus on academic vocabulary, especially vocabulary tiers, across the domains and content areas. Let's take a look.
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Education Week
A new player has moved into the curriculum review market: Nonprofit consulting group Student Achievement Partners announced that it is going to start evaluating literacy curricula against reading research. The group released its first report on Thursday: an evaluation of the Units of Study for Teaching Reading in grades K-5, a workshop style program designed by Lucy Calkins and published through the Teachers College Reading and Writing Project.
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District Administration Magazine
A Delaware student's simple question about how strawberries are made inspired the creation of a school sensory garden designed to stimulate learners' senses of sight, sound, test and smell. The school sensory garden at Forwood Elementary School, part of the Brandywine School District, features fruit and vegetable gardens, and a range of other trees and plants. The colors, textures and scents of the flora can bring classroom assignments alive — such as a writing prompt that starts "When i go outside..."
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Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health via Science Daily
Children with elevated exposure to early life stress in the home and elevated prenatal exposure to air pollution exhibited heightened symptoms of attention and thought problems, according to researchers. Early life stress is common in youth from disadvantaged backgrounds who also often live in areas with greater exposure to air pollution.
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Education DIVE
Massachusetts was one of 13 states in 2014 that received funds for expansion through the Preschool Development Grant program, administered by the U.S. Department of Education and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Another five received initial development grants. According to a 2018 progress report on the program, the funding had contributed to an increase in children served from 34,000 in 2015 to 52,717 children in 2018.
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The Brookings Institution
Dr. Martin Luther King is celebrated today as a civil rights leader and one of the great orators of the 20th century. He was also a keen commentator on social issues — one who believed in bringing scientific research to bear on such issues. King linked questions of race and class as well.
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The Hechinger Report
This cozy suburb just outside of Boston is home to an idyllic New England downtown and schools that are good enough to draw young families in droves. Students perform well above the U.S. average and they do even better than their peers in similarly wealthy school districts, according to the Educational Opportunity Project at Stanford University.
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NAESP
The 2019-2020 NAESP Student Council School of Excellence Award application is now available. The award is designed to recognize student councils for outstanding participation in the following areas: community service, student leadership, citizenship and school spirit. Click here for more information and to apply.
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NAESP
Join Dr. Gilliam as he discusses the latest findings regarding expulsion and suspension practices in early education settings, gender and racial disproportionality, and potential causes for these disparities, including the potential role of implicit bias. Although the session will focus on research findings, attendees will also be exposed to emerging information about how early educators understand implicit bias and how preschool expulsions and suspensions are understood within a social justice and civil rights framework. Early childhood mental health consultation will be discussed as a means for addressing issues of both social-emotional climate and equity in early childhood settings.
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