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.PRINCIPAL LEADERSHIP
Measuring the impact of the coronavirus on teachers, students and schools
U.S. News & World Report
The Biden administration is set to give educators and school leaders the very thing that the previous administration refused them: a centralized data collection to help them understand the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on students and teachers alongside the status of in-person learning for schools and districts across the country.
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Parents with disabilities face extra hurdles with kids' remote schooling
MindShift
The Americans with Disabilities Act says schools have to help not just students but parents with disabilities, too, like making sure deaf or blind parents can communicate during parent-teacher conferences. But what happens when kids are learning at home? That's uncharted territory. Rosabella Manzanares, a first grader at Betsy Ross Elementary in Forest Park, Ill., has a spelling test. Like so many kids around the country, she's taking the test at home, sharing a Zoom screen with a class full of other boisterous 6-year-olds.
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The pros, cons and lessons learned from schools that do virtual snow days
EdTech Magazine
Traditional snow days — and the excitement they evoke as kids wait for that early morning call — could be going the way of the overhead slide projector once commonplace in school districts across the U.S. A growing number of districts are shifting toward "e-learning" or virtual learning days rather than cancelling classes in the face of inclement weather. While some technological trendsetter districts have had such programs in place for years, the switch to remote learning due to the COVID-19 pandemic has given many more districts a reason to try it out, experts say.
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New CDC research backs Biden push for in-person schooling
Education Week
Research released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is adding fuel to the Biden administration’s push for school districts to return to in-person instruction, even amid the latest wave of the pandemic.
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5 tips to balance screen time during virtual learning
eSchool News
As students across the country carry on with virtual learning, many parents continue to deal with a difficult task: managing and regulating screen time. While screen time concerns are certainly not new, the pandemic and lockdowns pushed many to rethink their approach. More than ever before, children have become reliant on their devices and digital spaces for entertainment, communication, and now, learning. In fact, children's screen time jumped by 50%, with a majority spending around three times more hours of a day in front of a screen than they typically did pre-pandemic, according to Axios.
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'Unfair and unrealistic': Teachers clash with health officials over returning to school
NBC News via Yahoo
Children who have been marooned at home for months by the pandemic are slowly returning to classrooms, but many teachers say they won't go back until they've received the COVID-19 vaccine. Especially in Chicago, the nation's third-largest public school district, where teachers who were supposed to return to classrooms Wednesday worked from home again and are once more threatening to strike.
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5 reasons to adopt an SEL curriculum in your district
eSchool News
With our district demographics, it's no secret that — to be considered a high-performing school — our students are going to have to hurdle some barriers. As a small rural district in Texas where 92% of students have families that are economically disadvantaged and where 68% of students are at risk, we place a big emphasis on social and emotional learning and its value in the educational environment.
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4 K-12 professional development trends to watch in 2021
K-12 DIVE
Integrating technology into the classroom has been the overwhelming focus of teacher professional development in recent years. EAB K-12 Strategic Research Director Ben Court estimates nearly 70% of professional learning programs have centered around that topic, compared to 30% on instruction methods.
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How to coach a combative, negative employee
Inc. (commentary)
Inc.com columnist Alison Green answers questions about workplace and management issues — everything from how to deal with a micromanaging boss to how to talk to someone on your team about body odor.
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Leaders: Will you win the race or fall at the final hurdle?
The Lead Change Group
No-one doubts that the current pandemic has created all kinds of challenges for leaders and the businesses they lead. Some have fallen by the wayside, including some big-name brands, but in the main many businesses have so far survived – many just by the edge of their teeth. And whilst some might be thinking of celebrating this success, I would caution that because there are still some challenges looming on the horizon, which if not addressed could cause your business to fall at the final hurdle.
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What should you do when team members are not doing their best?
Entrepreneur
If you are in a leadership position, you will need to build a team of diverse personalities and abilities. Even if you fly solo, you may need to work with freelancers or contractors from time to time. Regardless of your exact situation, if there is a weak link, that can definitely cause bottlenecks and hamper productivity. Even worse? It can hurt morale, as 47% of employees have stated that lazy employees are their main hobby.
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Now is a great time to start practicing mindfulness
Harvard Business Review
Anger, fear and grief have always been present in our lives and affected the way we work, but rarely as much as during a global pandemic. Mindfulness is one of the most accessible tools at our disposal to deal with these hard-to-have feelings productively.
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Why taking up an 'anti-expert mindset' leads you to fresh ideas
Fast Company
You've worked hard to educate yourself and develop your expertise, and it's likely helped you get to where you are today. Therefore, the notion of no longer being the person with the answers may sound preposterous. However, sometimes being the expert comes with steep costs, especially as you advance in your career.
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.EDUCATION POLICY
What Biden's early executive orders mean for K-12
K-12 DIVE
President Joe Biden signed more than a dozen executive orders shortly after his inauguration and additional orders the next day, including a handful with implications for K-12. Education organizations including the National Education Association and American Federation of Teachers have welcomed Biden's directives. While executive orders can sometimes have the effect of federal law, they can also be overturned by laws passed in Congress, which are then subject to presidential veto.
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Two for one: How Biden's plan to cut child poverty could boost student learning
Chalkbeat
Jodi Rosenbaum works at an elementary school in Arlington, Virginia, where she helps to patch America's social safety net. She organizes food drives, helps families access benefits, and distributes coats in the winter. It's a job she sees as essential to the school's success, particularly as students' families struggle to make ends meet during the pandemic. "We know that in order for a student to be able to focus and to do their best, they need to have their basic needs met," said Rosenbaum, who works for the nonprofit Communities In Schools.
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Secretary of education nominee Miguel Cardona expected to support dual language schools
Tech & Learning
After becoming Connecticut education commissioner in 2019, one of the first schools Dr. Miguel Cardona visited with Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont was the Silvermine Dual Language Magnet School in Norwalk. During the tour, Cardona told the school's principal, Elizabeth Chahine, that if he could do anything else but what he was doing, he would teach at a dual language school.
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Covid-19 spreads indoors via microscopic droplets in the air. Therefore, increasing the rate of ventilation in your classrooms is critical.
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.SCHOOL TECHNOLOGY
A shockingly simple way to improve online school
EdSurge
When Nettie Johnson fired up her first online class for her fifth graders in Topeka, Kansas last March, she knew they were flying by the seat of their pants. She had her laptop and Wi-Fi "but it was really difficult because if I was sharing my screen, I couldn't really see the kids. So it was hard to interact or see if they were engaged."
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.PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
A simple way to self-monitor for bias
Edutopia
Let's say that you, like me, have a renewed commitment this year to ensuring equity in your classes. Let's say that you’ve been to the seminar— "Antiracist Education" or "Racism in the Classroom" — and afterward you read books such as How to Be an Antiracist. Now you're ready; you want to do what some people call "the work." But then you get to your classroom and don't have any idea where to begin.
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3 ways to use gamification to engage students
eSchool News
In the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, hundreds of thousands of K-12 and college students have transitioned to online learning. However, not all teachers have received the adequate resources and training needed to teach remotely. One of the major issues teachers are struggling with is effectively engaging students. In a study of 554 teachers in the San Antonio area, 60% said that students turned in assignments less frequently during distance learning, and 65% believed that there were significantly fewer lessons that grabbed the attention of students. Because online learning cannot easily foster the social and emotional connections that in-person learning does, students have a more difficult time staying motivated in classes.
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Translanguaging lets ELs use all their tools
MiddleWeb
Describing someone as having a single-language repertoire means they have a single language toolbox with various languages inside. Each language we speak is an individual tool in the box that we can use for different contexts, purposes, and audiences. Some tools are used to break things down while others are used to put things together. Just as the context determines the kind of tool we should use, context also determines the language people use.
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4 scaffolding strategies to improve literacy skills
eSchool News (ommentary)
The goal of scaffolding is to provide opportunities for accommodating students’ individual abilities and needs as they learn and grow. It is important to note that scaffolding is fundamental to all effective and equitable teaching, and that the edtech resources many educators currently have access to support the integration of scaffolding into instruction.
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What lessons does special education hold for improving personalized learning?
The Hechinger Report via MindShift
On a shelf in her Chicago classroom, third grader Arianna has a thick binder that details her achievements, strengths and goals as a student, along with some revealing information about her personality. It describes her love of guitar and singing and notes that she wants to advance to a higher level in reading and grasp math concepts more quickly. Her sister, Alanni, an eighth grader, has a binder too. It discusses her grades and standardized test scores, as well as her academic goals: to speak up more frequently in math class and read texts more closely.
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Discover, discuss, demonstrate: Using inquiry-based learning to keep students engaged
Edutopia
As we get further into the second half of the school year, a focus on engagement will be key to refining our practices and increasing impact. Teachers can simplify and help students discover, discuss and demonstrate to thrive. The 3 Ds is not a new model for learning design, and it aligns with other inquiry-based learning models designed for deeper learning. However, each D is intentional in being simple, portable and customizable.
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5 ways to be an innovative online instructor
eSchool News
In a landscape where online instruction has become more commonplace due to the COVID-19 pandemic, some educators face challenges associated with operating as an online instructor in a virtual environment. Even to those remote instruction veterans, there is certainly an element of frustration that can exist when it comes to finding unique ways to engage students as an online instructor.
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How to teach character in the classroom and online
Edutopia (commentary)
Thomas Courtney, a contributor for Edutopia, writes: "Good teaching involves character building. I find myself worrying as much about students' hearts as I do about their minds — or their grades, for that matter. Parents have shared with me that they do too, like never before. As I spoke with families when the virtual adventure began, I asked each one what I could do to help during this trying time. The number one answer? Teach children to be mature and independent. As one parent put it, 'Mr. Courtney, can you teach him to be good while I'm busy?' As usual, parents know what their children need: character."
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.EDUCATION RESEARCH
When virtual animations are teaching, can they make an emotional connection?
EdSurge
Studies have shown that students learn better from instructors displaying positive emotions — in other words, an upbeat lecturer is more effective than someone delivering in monotone. But when video lessons are led by computer animations instead of live instructors, how much do their simulated emotions matter?
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.IN THE STATES
Why Michigan classrooms are reopening even though the pandemic is far from over
Chalkbeat
COVID-19 case rates are higher today than they were on the first day of school in September. Yet across the state, districts that stayed closed in September are opening their classrooms, in many cases for the first time since March. What changed? The fall season gave Michigan a chance to see what happened when schools opened their doors — and what happened to students' learning and emotional well-being when they were stuck at home.
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Chicago said teachers needed to return in person. The teachers voted no
NPR
Teachers at Chicago Public Schools were slated to return to the classroom, in preparation for the return of students to the district's K-8 schools. A majority of the Chicago Teachers Union's membership voted in favor of a resolution to continue to work remotely. The union said 71% of its voting members had voted to conduct remote work only, with 86% voter participation. The Chicago Board of Education, which is appointed by the mayor, had ordered teachers and support staff for kindergarten through eighth grade appear in person on Monday in the country's third-largest school district.
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Language liaisons help Columbus students who are learning English and learning online
The Columbus Dispatch
Just two months after Carlos Silva Gomez and his mother arrived in the United States from Guatemala, the new life they were creating was turned upside down. With just a few days' notice, 11-year-old Carlos' school, Columbus Global Academy, a place for students who are learning English, was ordered to close in March 2020 due to the emerging COVID-19 pandemic. All of his classes moved online. The North Linden home where he and his mother live with an aunt, uncle and cousins became his classroom.
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.ASSOCIATION NEWS
Trials of a first-year principal: Midyear review
NAESP
Midway through the school year is a great place to stop and reflect. As I have conducted formal and informal discussions with staff members this month, I have taken the opportunity to think about how we have grown as a learning community. It is easy to get mired in the minutia of the year and forget to celebrate the progress along the way and realize the areas needed for growth. As I personally reflected and had conversations with colleagues, several thoughts trended to the top of the list.
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Conquering imposter syndrome
NAESP
Have you ever received a compliment from a colleague but found it difficult to accept? You might have been dismissive or had difficulty acknowledging that you did a good job. You might have been beset with thoughts such as "I feel like a fraud," "I really don't belong in this role," and "Someone will find out soon enough that I really don't know what I'm doing." These feelings might indicate more than just a lack of self-confidence. You might have "imposter syndrome."
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