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Education Week
Northwest Missouri State University graduates about 30 principal-candidates a year, most of whom work in small school districts that are near the university in Maryville, Mo. But the university's school of education is seeking to broaden its impact beyond the region and even the state, and it has seized on using new professional standards for school leaders to do just that.
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By: Bambi Majumdar (commentary)
 The 2017 edition of Education Week's Quality Counts report shows that American schools still have considerable room for improvement. Individual states were graded on metrics like school finances and student achievement, along with environmental factors. The report revealed how each state is faring in the education meter and that even the top-ranking state, Massachusetts, got only a B rating. This has sparked concerns over the future of U.S. education.
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Edutopia (commentary)
Rebecca Alber, a contributor for Edutopia, writes: "For two decades I've worked in public schools, and when it comes to female students in the classroom, I've noticed a trend: In the past, when I observed primary grade classrooms, a good number of girls would routinely raise their hands, share their opinions and ideas, and volunteer to read aloud. Now I observe seventh and eighth grade and high school classes, and there is a change that starts around seventh grade: Female students are much quieter and less outspoken than they were in primary grades."
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The Hechinger Report via MindShift
By design, some students go through two years of kindergarten in Middletown, New York. People associate repeating grades with disastrous consequences. But in the Middletown City School District, the kindergarten repeaters often end up ahead of their peers in later grades — standout students who avoided getting forever labeled as performing "below expectations." They've had the extra instruction they needed, when they needed it.
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NPR
Girls in the first few years of elementary school are less likely than boys to say that their own gender is "really, really smart," and less likely to opt into a game described as being for super-smart kids, research finds. The study, which appears Thursday in Science, comes amid a push to figure out why women are underrepresented in science, technology, engineering and mathematics, or STEM, fields. One line of research involves stereotypes, and how they might influence academic and career choices.
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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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District Administration Magazine
Makerspaces reinforce STEM skills and enable more authentic learning. While there are a variety of ways to design and build makerspaces, there are some key strategies administrators can employ to ensure their program is successful.
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Education World
The study, conducted by the University of California, Irvine, assessed how teachers exposed to "46 hours of training in the "cognitive strategies" instructional approach" would affect student learning, says Science Daily. Called the Pathway Project, the study provided students in 16 Anaheim Union High School District schools during the 2012-2013 and 2013-2014 school years with a writing assessment designed specifically for the study. The assessment was provided to students through the California High School Exit Exam, to which it was attached for the duration of the study.
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eSchool News
Sometimes what you would like to be true in education turns out to be nothing more than alternative facts — here are some of education's most popular alternative facts.
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The Hechinger Report
On dress-down days, Sherlae's outfits almost always include sequins and sparkles. Whenever she passes a window, she lights up, in a way that matches her sunny personality and big, dimpled smile. But for years, because of strife at home, she had to force herself to look cheerful each morning as she walked into her school, Lawrence D. Crocker College Prep in uptown New Orleans. "I always try to put on a happy, smiling — not sad — face," said Sherlae, 13, whose middle name is used here to protect her privacy.
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EdTech Magazine
Your IT department just got the go-ahead to roll out thousands of Chromebooks to all of the K–12 schools in your district. You have the equipment all set up. Everyone has been informed. The students have returned their signed user agreements. You're ready, right? One last question: Have the teachers been properly trained?
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Fox News
The healthy school lunch program championed by former first lady Michelle Obama has had its fair share of criticism — but with a new administration in place, the program could be rolled back. A document released by the office of Rep. Mark Meadows, R-N.C., called for repealing certain aspects of the Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 — the legislation that helped put Michelle Obama's hallmark program into law. The initiative is part of a broader plan released by Meadows titled, "First 100 Days: Rules, Regulations, and Executive Orders to Examine, Revoke and Issue."
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Education Week
President Trump says he will announce his pick for the vacancy on the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday, Feb. 2. After winnowing his list of 21 possibilities, the president says he is ready to nominate a replacement for the late Justice Antonin Scalia, who died on Feb. 13 last year. The finalists are now down to three. Or two, or four or five, depending on which account you want to put stock in.
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Stat
On the whole, fewer U.S. families have opted out of school-required immunizations in recent years, thanks in part to stricter state laws. But data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention indicate that, while nonmedical exemptions (which includes religious and philosophical opposition) are on the decline nationally, they're rising in certain states, including states that haven't previously been considered hotbeds of anti-vaccination sentiment — which may put those areas at risk of a disease outbreak.
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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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The Detroit News
Right out of the gate, state lawmakers are signaling they want to take on one of the most stubborn problems facing Michigan: how to deal with academically failing schools. As the state's schools continue to lag in performance, fixing the current structure is paramount. Senate Education Committee Chair Phil Pavlov, R-St. Clair, introduced a bill on the first day of the session that would repeal the current section of law regarding lowest-performing schools. That legislation took effect six years ago and was a result of Michigan's involvement in the federal Race to the Top school grant competition.
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Chicago Tribune
A Chicago Board of Education member raised the prospect of shortening the city's school year to save money, though officials held off on publicly outlining steps being weighed to fill a budget gap. Chicago Public Schools has ordered four furlough days for its employees while looking at layoffs and other spending reductions to cover for $215 million of state aid still in limbo after a veto by Gov. Bruce Rauner last December.
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NAESP
Many school principals are not well versed in the "other" federal disability law, Section 504 — along with its sister statute, the Americans with Disabilities Act. Yet, the primary impact of and responsibility for Section 504 is in general education. The most common errors include, as a prime example, providing a 504 plan as a parent appeaser or consolation prize without a careful individualized evaluation according to current standards. The results include under-identification of low-income and minority children and over-exposure to not only federal court litigation, but also Office for Civil Rights investigations.
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NAESP
Join the National Association of Elementary School Principals and the National Association of Secondary Principals, July 9-11 in Philadelphia for the first-ever joint National Principals Conference. You won't want to miss out on this conference that is unlike any conference before it. Build transition bridges and learn to fully prepare students for success in school and beyond to college with principals from grades K-12.
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