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.PRINCIPAL LEADERSHIP
Pandemic to blame for rising district leader turnover
K-12 Dive
The COVID-19 pandemic is contributing to a “potentially historic turnover” in school superintendency in the nation’s largest school systems. Of the 500 biggest school districts, 37% have undergone or are currently undergoing leadership changes since March 2020, according to a new report by the ILO Group, a national education strategy and policy firm.
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What it takes to recruit future teachers during the pandemic
EdSurge
Falling enrollment in teacher-prep programs seems like bad news for schools that already were struggling to hire and keep enough teachers. It's a problem with a long history, and some experts say that even if colleges can graduate more students with teaching degrees, that alone won't reverse the trend without broader reforms.
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Teachers have little say when school districts make decisions. Here's how we change that.
EdSurge
Teacher Policy PodsTo reinvest in our current teachers and inspire future educators to join our diminishing field, we must create stronger systems for collaboration between teachers and families and transparency between policymakers, lawmakers, teachers, and school administrators. I would be remiss not to acknowledge that these suggestions are ambitious, maybe even a bit idealistic. However, we must start somewhere, and our children's current education landscape does not bode well.
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How much do teachers struggle with stress and burnout?
Brookings Institute
Does the perception that teachers are uniquely stressed out match the reality? Has mental health worsened over time? And how are trends in mental health different for teachers than similar nonteachers? With Rui Wang of Shanghai University of Finance and Economics and support from the Spencer Foundation, we answered these questions.
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Schools got $190 billion in COVID relief from the feds. What's happened to it?
Chalkbeat
The idea that schools aren't spending it quickly partly reflects a months-long lag in the data, not local officials dragging their feet. And the best evidence available suggests that schools are making seemingly reasonable purchases: buying masks, computers, and air filters, while adding summer school programs, tutoring, counselors, and teachers.
But district plans vary widely in quality, and there are more than 13,000 school districts across the country.
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Schools are starting to spend COVID relief dollars. Here's what they're prioritizing.
NBC
An NBC News analysis of the spending plans of four of the five largest school districts, and interviews with education experts, found that priorities for the federal aid included increasing instructional time through tutoring; summer school and after-school and enrichment programs. Literacy support, and hiring and increasing pay for staff, including teachers and mental health counselors, has also been given precedence, along with improving ventilation systems.
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No assurance neediest schools will get help they need in more than 40 states
District Administration Magazine
Nearly 20 states earned a “red light” warning for a lack of clarity on how their COVID-relief spending plans will help the highest need students and schools, according to a new analysis.
A majority of states “are essentially abdicating their role” by failing to set benchmarks for equity in the distribution of ESSER funds to districts, says “Driving Toward Equity,” a new report from Education Reform Now, a nonprofit advocacy organization.
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School discipline causes lasting, harmful impact on Black students, study finds
Los Angeles Times
High school students who are suspended or expelled are more than twice as likely to be charged or convicted of a crime and incarcerated as a young adult, according to a recent UC Irvine study, and an Orange County nonprofit is working to make certain area educators have access to restorative justice programs.
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Providing equitable opportunities for English learners to participate in rigorous grade-level content begins with understanding where they are at so educators can build on their strengths. During this webinar, you'll explore the role of assessment in supporting ELs within an MTSS alongside challenges and solutions. Tune in for expert guidance.
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Parent-educator tool aims to support behavior interventions for young children
K-12 Dive
Suspensions and expulsions of young children due to behavior challenges have long been concerns for educators, families and childhood advocates. Data from the Education Department's Civil Rights Data Collection from 2017-18 showed 2,822 preschool students had one or more out-of-school suspensions, with 43% of those suspensions being given to Black students and 23.6% to students with disabilities.
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700 days since lockdown
The 74
Since then, schools have reopened, closed and reopened again. The effects have been immediate — students lost parents; teachers mourned fallen colleagues — and hopelessly abstract, as educators weighed "pandemic learning loss," the sometimes crude measure of COVID’s impact on students’ academic performance.
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4 big ways the pandemic is changing assessment in schools
District Administration Magazine
While schools are still being forced to shift to remote and online learning, it can be difficult to clearly see what is happening while we are in the midst of it. But it is important that we step back to consider what we’ve learned from transitioning the primary mode of teaching and learning so dramatically so quickly once, twice and now, three times.
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Keeping the gifted alive
District Administration Magazine
Instead of pushing high-potential students outside of schools to find resources that allow them to reach their potential, we should find more ways to bring those resources into schools
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3 not-quite-true claims about the pandemic and schools
Chalkbeat
The pandemic has wreaked havoc on American education. Most students fell behind academically, and racial and economic gaps widened. High school graduation rates dropped in many states last year, halting two decades of progress. Schools are facing crippling shortages of substitute teachers and bus drivers. And tens of thousands of children have lost a parent or caregiver to COVID.
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As school communities have struggled to address the mental health needs of their students, the focus has been on treatment. Understandable.
However, we can start proactively helping our students in elementary school. Brain-based mental health literacy & resilience training provide strong Tier 1 support.
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.EDUCATION POLICY
.SCHOOL TECHNOLOGY
How to use a 3D printer to get students into design and engineering
THE Journal
With a growing demand for ways to pique students’ interest in STEAM fields and incorporate design and engineering concepts into classroom activities with tangible results, teachers are sharing industrious ways they’re doing this for all their students using just one piece of hardware: a 3D printer.
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Top coders say these skills will give kids a head start in the industry
CNBC
Cory Althoff, author of "The Self-Taught Programmer," told CNBC via video that adaptability is one quality that could help kids succeed as a programmer.
He added that strong literacy helps because a good understanding of grammar and syntax is a skill that can be applied in programming.
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.PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Remaking the grade
California Educator
Sam Pereira is helping his district transition to what he believes is a more equitable form of grading, so that students in the Monterey Peninsula Unified School District are graded based on what they know, rather than on their behavior and ability to meet deadlines.
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Incorporating students' native languages to enhance their learning
Edutopia
As we embrace culturally responsive and culturally sustaining pedagogies, we are abandoning destructive English-only policies. Unfortunately, English - first policies often place other languages last — and, by extension, the cultures represented by non-English languages.
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Learn tips and strategies to deliver inspired feedback, master MTSS, and create a culture and curriculum that’s inclusive and effective for every learner. Bestselling author Katie Novak (Innovate Inside the Box and UDL Now!) and Mike Woodlock show you how. Order A UDL Playbook for School and District Leaders today!
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5 things that are motivating students even more than good grades
District Administration Magazine
Motivation is now rebounding as most students have spent most of this school year learning in-person, albeit wearing masks and under other restrictions. Also, teachers say, students are now moving past some of the challenges of having been shifted from middle school to high school while they were home for 18 months.
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3 ways to enhance culturally responsive teaching
Edutopia
Bridging the gap between theoretical knowledge and successful execution may include mistakes, such as jumping into sensitive topics without building trust or making assumptions about students’ lived experiences. There are three key steps to help navigate difficult conversations in a culturally responsive way.
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.EDUCATION RESEARCH
Teachers and too much homework contribute to math anxiety — study
Guardian
It's not only a child's own math anxiety that affects their performance but that of their peers: the largest and most culturally diverse study to date shows that in about half of countries, including England, the average level of math anxiety within the same school or classroom predicts individual students' math achievement, independently of their own anxiety levels.
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Empower your teachers with exciting new virtual STEAM-powered classes, clubs and workshops at award-winning Stepping Stones Museum for Children. The Stepping Stones Studio makes it easy to inspire and delight young learners with a celebrated lineup of play-filled, brain-building educational offerings now accessible to everyone, everywhere. “This is the most wonderful hands-on experience for children! The Traveling Seeds workshop was extraordinary. The students were engaged and learned a lot. I enjoyed watching the children play and learn at the same time,” a 1st grade teacher, Norwalk Public Schools, Norwalk CT. Click the link here for detailed information: https://www.steppingstonesmuseum.org/app/uploads/2021/12/21-School-and-Groups-Flyer-VIRTUAL-120821.pdf
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What is 'safeguarding' and why is it so important for U.S. students?
District Administration Magazine
Without a proactive strategy to tackle non-academic concerns, schools tend to implement reactive responses to the challenges that students show up with each school day. Safeguarding equips educators and the adults with the tools and expertise they need to manage the diverse obstacles and traumas a child might face — ensuring concerns are addressed and students' well-being and mental health is top of mind.
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Has inclusion gone too far?
Education Next
The model of special education known as inclusion, or mainstreaming, has become more prevalent over the past 10 years, and today, more than 60% of all students with disabilities (SWDs) spend 80% or more of their school day in regular classrooms, alongside their non-disabled peers. This is not the full inclusion favored by some disability advocates, wherein all SWDs would be educated in inclusive classrooms all day; however, many supporters celebrate the increasing acceptance of differently abled students in general education as an opportunity to improve the academic and long-term trajectories of these traditionally underserved learners.
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.IN THE STATES
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.ASSOCIATION NEWS
Coffee and Cultural Conversations: Self-Care Isn't Selfish
NAESP
We check on the students. We make sure our faculty and staff are mentally prepared each day. We ensure parents know we have their children’s best interests at heart. But who takes care of us? As principals, we offer grace to everyone but seem to always forget about the most important person: ourselves. As principals, we can’t pour from an empty cup. Join this month’s Coffee and Culture Conversations wellness session, hosted on Saturday, Feb. 19 at 11 a.m. ET by the NAESP Center for Diversity Leadership, where we will brainstorm self-care strategies and tips for filling our own bucket.
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4 Strategies to Stay Motivated in Times of Change
NAESP
School leaders typically go into a new year with excitement and hopes of finishing the year strong with staff, especially after seeing students come back from the holiday break. But these past two years have been vastly different as principals have taken on new roles of nurse, contact tracer, classroom teacher, technology expert, custodian, and bus driver while still leading a building. All the while, school leaders have to maintain a positive outlook and create a safe environment where teachers want to teach and students want to learn.
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