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School Leaders Now
Chances are, you've known for a while which teachers won't be renewed and why. It's important to tell them as soon as possible so they can plan ahead, but how do you manage the possible aftermath of angry and hurt feelings until the school year ends? Here are some things to keep in mind and strategies for a positive school culture.
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Education Week
Higher math scores. Higher reading scores. Over several years, six large school districts had doubled down on making their principals more effective as a major lever for improving student performance. And they'd seen gains in both subjects. There was also dramatic academic growth in their lowest performing schools where new principals were placed. So, it begs the question: Can those results be replicated on a grander scale?
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By: Brian Stack (commentary)
 My wife Erica recently returned to the elementary classroom after a decade-long hiatus to raise our young family. In late January, she succumbed to her first multiday battle with the flu. She knew she was going to be in trouble when the aches and pains started to set in, then the cough followed almost immediately after. Twenty-four hours later, she was laid up on the couch and miserable. Ironically, for as bad as she felt physically, the guilt she felt from missing her students and her team was significantly more impactful than anything else.
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THE Journal
Educators like being coached. In a national online survey of 1,246 coaches, administrators and teachers, nearly nine in 10 said they found value in coaching as a form of professional development. More than half (52%) said it was "highly" or "very" valuable to them. And exactly half reported that coaching had a positive impact on their practice to a "large" or "great" extent.
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MindShift
Ryan Pascal, a 17-year-old student at Palos Verdes High School near Los Angeles, says when her school holds active shooter drills, it's "chaos." The first time it happened, not long after the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., in 2018, rumors started flying over Snapchat and text that the school was really under attack.
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Inc. (commentary)
Cathy Huyghe, a contributor for Inc., writes: "As an entrepreneur, you've probably developed your emotional intelligence to some measure of success. Yet there is one component of EQ that I notice still needs practice, even among my most successful entrepreneurial colleagues: listening. The practice goes well beyond the simplified difference between 'listening' and 'waiting for your turn to talk.'"
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Fast Company
On the face of it, delegation looks like a straightforward managerial task. But as my experience coaching senior leaders can attest, in practice, it's more challenging than it seems. But being a good leader requires you to master the art of delegating. Because if you don't, you put a ceiling on your impact, invite ongoing overwhelm, and negatively affect productivity, morale and engagement on your team.
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Benchmark Advance engages diverse K-6 students in building literary and content-area knowledge through close reading and collaborative conversations. Foundational skills and use of text evidence are seamlessly integrated through a balanced literacy approach, as are resources for ELs. Fully equitable Spanish edition is also available. FREE Sampler
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Leadership Freak
Leaders who repeatedly complain about the same issue want affirmation, not resolution. Every suggestion you offer to a manipulator is inadequate. Never take up the sword for someone who's standing on the sideline.
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The Lead Change Group
Your year just started and you're probably already behind on your "you think we're good now, but soon we'll be great" BHAG (thank you, Jim Collins, for introducing the world to Big Hairy Audacious Goals). You promised yourself and your team that this would be "the year" and now you have to deliver. But, no matter how much you raise the bar and rally the troops, you seriously doubt this year will be any different than last.
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Forbes
What if certain unwitting habits of your top leadership are limiting or reducing your employees' engagement? Senior leadership must be vigilant to make sure this is not the case. Yet, there is ample evidence that this is happening in many organizations, especially in the way that meetings are conducted. Yes, inattention to meeting management may be depressing engagement.
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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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The Lead Change Group
It can be hard to find great employees. When you do, keeping them motivated and engaged is essential. You can compensate them well and reward them with bonuses, but intrinsic motivation often engages employees better than extrinsic motivation. Therefore, offering training and development options that make your staff members feel seen, heard, and valued is essential. Plus, you'll groom them to respect and enhance the company culture. Here are some things you can do to use training and development opportunities to motivate your staff.
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Entrepreneur (commentary)
Thomas Edwards, Jr., a contributor for Entrepreneur, writes: "Doubt is a very, very powerful entity. It can consume your life and sabotage your success. Even during your highest of highs, you will have moments of questioning yourself. Imposter's Syndrome is commonplace for many entrepreneurs. But over a decade of life coaching, I've observed three main ways that entrepreneurs allow doubt to hold them back from taking the necessary leaps in their businesses and personal lives. Here are three ways I've experienced doubt creeping in, and the solutions I've found for shutting it out, and moving forward."
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The 74
The Trump administration announced a proposal to cut billions of dollars in education aid, in part by merging dozens of federal education initiatives, from charter school expansions to educating homeless children, into a single grant program.
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The Hechinger Report
In his 2020 State of the Union address, President Donald J. Trump promoted the Education Freedom Scholarships and Opportunity Act as a means to "rescue" students "trapped in failing government schools." His proposal, however, runs the risk of infringing on the civil liberties of students with disabilities. Under the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, all public schools — traditional and charter — are required to provide a free and appropriate education to students with disabilities in the least restrictive environment.
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EdScoop
Tucked in the Trump administration's $4.8 trillion budget budget proposal is a request to eliminate funding for the Statewide Longitudinal Data Systems program, which was created to help school districts make informed, data-driven decisions to improve student learning.
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EdTech Magazine
Technology plays an increasingly critical role in K–12 classrooms. From collaboration apps to VR/AR equipment, digital learning tools are making instruction more innovative, engaging and inclusive of all students. It's no surprise, then, that educators strongly believe in its value. A 2019 Gallup survey found that 85% of teachers, 96% of principals and 96 percent of administrators support the increased use of tech in their schools. They also said technology helps support content that aligns with curriculum standards and district initiatives to connect learning to future jobs and careers.
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THE Journal
Later this year a free tool will appear to help school IT organizations get internet speed and pricing information on K-12 broadband connectivity across the United States using publicly available data from the federal Schools and Libraries Program. "Connect K-12" will be produced by Connected Nation with the help of EducationSuperHighway and managed by E-rate specialist Funds For Learning.
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EdTech Magazine
K–12 IT leaders constantly deal with end-user laptop and desktop computers: hardware and operating system upgrades, software and security updates, user support and training. Both virtual desktop infrastructure and Desktop as a Service promise to help reduce the burden on IT managers. But which is right, and when?
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Tech & Learning
One New Jersey district is combining two of its students' deepest loves — technology and music — to not only amp up band and chorus class, but bring a new level of harmony to subjects throughout the curriculum.
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EdSurge
Just about every week new articles warn about the dangers of excessive screen time for childhood development. That can leave parents and educators feeling a sense of anxiety about technology and kids, even as more schools use iPads and Chromebooks and other tech in classrooms. Today on the podcast we're diving into the issue of screen time with a guest who for years has tracked research about the impact of screen media on children and young people.
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THE Journal
For the first time, a majority of elementary teacher education programs have adopted the tenets of reading science in their curriculum. According to the latest "Teacher Prep Review" by the National Council on Teacher Quality, 51% of U.S. programs that educate elementary teachers have now earned an A or B grade for their inclusion of the key aspects of the science of reading — up from 35% in 2013.
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We Are Teachers
Kindergarten students love to get creative. They're always open to new ideas and materials, so you can try just about any kind of project you like! We've rounded up a huge selection of kindergarten art projects to add to your list. Some of them teach non-art skills, like the alphabet, while others expose kids to art techniques or famous artists. And all of them are just plain fun!
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Edutopia
Psychologists have uncovered reasons why students put off important work. But there are a few simple things teachers can do to keep students on track.
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Education Next (commentary)
Eliot A. Cohen, a contributor for Education Next, writes: "When my mother passed away at the ripe old age of 90, several years ago, my brothers and I had the bittersweet task of emptying out the home she and my father had lived in for well over half a century, and where we grew up. We took various keepsakes and mementoes. I made a beeline for the books and magazines. While leafing through, I realized how much my picture of America had been formed by them and the tempered but patriotic history they conveyed."
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eSchool News (commentary)
Todd Burleson, a contributor for eSchool News, writes: "As an elementary educator for most of my career, I've had the privilege of working with a variety of learners — from inner-city students in North Carolina to university-level students in Chicago — but I found my true calling as the librarian at Hubbard Woods Elementary in Winnetka, Illinois. I've been called the 'Willy Wonka of school librarians' because I transformed our traditional library into what I call an IDEA (Innovation, Design, Engineering and Art) Lab complete with flexible furniture, robotics, engineering tools, iPads, laptops and sewing machines."
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By Bambi Majumdar (commentary)
 The latest Education Law Center report, "Making the Grade 2019: How Fair is School Funding in Your State?" gives a comprehensive picture of K-12 funding efforts across states. The data aims to inform policymakers, stakeholders, parents, and districts about the state of public school funding. States have been ranked from highest to lowest based on the percentage of state wealth invested into the K-12 school system. Vermont bagged the top spot for providing the most robust funding to K-12 education with 7.03%, while the national average is 3.79%.
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Education DIVE
Teachers are expected to have strong content knowledge, to create deeper learning experiences for their students and to understand their social-emotional development — demands that weren't placed on educators 20 years ago, according to a report released Wednesday by the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine.
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The Hechinger Report
There's room for more than one counseling solution. First, some numbers: 1-to-464 — the average school counselor-to-student ratio in the United States. 20% — the percentage of their time at work that more than half of high-school counseling departments report spending on college-related counseling. 1-to-1,000 — the typical adviser-to-student ratio at community colleges in the United States.
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EdSource
California Gov. Gavin Newsom's bold plans for recruiting and preparing teachers, revealed in his budget proposal for the coming fiscal year, were widely acclaimed by teachers and other education advocates. Newsom made recruiting and training teachers the biggest education priority of his proposed 2020-2021 budget, allocating more than $915 million for staff development and recruitment — more than was spent in the previous five years combined, according to the Legislative Analyst's Office.
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Education DIVE
Between 2016 and 2018, school lunch debt climbed from $2,000 to $2,500 per school district, according to the School Nutrition Association. Though most districts won't deny students lunch, the debt remains on their student profile and may restrict them from participating in other activities.
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NAESP
NAESP has significant concerns with the President's FY21 Budget, which would shortchange schools and undercut principals' capacity to serve all students. The proposal would cut funding to the Department of Education by 8% and would consolidate 29 federal K-12 programs into a single block grant, forcing schools to compete for fewer funds.
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NAESP
Principals come to NAESP for much-needed support in leading learning communities. Now NAESP members can access that support on-the-go through the NAESP App. Thousands of resources are available, including webinars, podcasts, publications, advocacy updates and more.
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