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We Are Teachers
There's a lot to love about spirit week. Pep rallies and trivia contests are great activities to highlight an important event like homecoming while boosting student morale. Dress-up days can also build school spirit, but some themes cross the line. When themes become inappropriate or exclusionary, they do the opposite of promoting a sense of belonging. Here are a few theme days schools should avoid and why.
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Education DIVE
Routinely changing federal regulations, spotty oversight and tight budgets can leave education leaders feeling stuck between a rock and a hard place when it comes to serving students with disabilities. While administrators think their schools could be doing more to support special education, they report not having sufficient leadership support, materials and tools, staff with specific expertise and training and information to make that happen, according to a recent study.
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District Administration Magazine
Transgender students in the LGBT community can now list gender as nonbinary when registering in Montgomery County Public Schools in Maryland. That's because school safety means more than protecting students from physical threats — it also requires ensuring that transgender and LGBT students feel welcome and comfortable in classrooms and buildings, says Derek Turner, the director of public information and web services.
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The 74
School staff who coach teachers to become better at their craft can be one approach to improving student outcomes, but few coaches have the time and administrative support to do their jobs effectively, a new survey finds. A large number of teacher coaches surveyed say they oversee at least 16 teachers, more than the recommended 10 teachers per coach. And while teachers report finding value in receiving biweekly coaching, most see their coaches less frequently and in shorter durations than teachers would like.
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THE Journal
Enrollment in teacher preparation programs is on the decline. Research by the Center for American Progress found that enrollment in those programs has dropped by 35% between 2010 and 2018, even as enrollment in all bachelor degree programs has increased. Nine states saw "drastic" reductions of more than 50% (Oklahoma, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Illinois, Idaho, Indiana, New Mexico and Rhode Island). Only five states saw an increase over that period (Utah, Arizona, Washington, Texas and Nevada). The center is a nonpartisan policy institute that promotes improving the lives of all Americans.
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Fast Company
As a leader, you know how important you are to your employees' experience. Employees don't quit jobs or organizations. They leave managers and leaders. How you lead is hugely critical to keeping them satisfied and motivated to stick around.
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Harvard Business Review
It's likely that you experience a variety of negative emotions every day — from waking up on the wrong side of the bed, to feeling frustrated during your commute, to being bothered by the pile of emails that awaits you at work. But you probably don't express all those emotions once you get to work. After all, there are implicit norms for treating those around you with respect and courtesy, and you don't want to create the impression that you're constantly frustrated or irritated with them. You may also have heard about the benefits of maintaining a more optimistic outlook.
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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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Forbes
One of the most important things you can do for your startup is finding the right people to surround yourself with to tackle the work at hand. You may be the brains and the inspiration behind the project, but it takes a team to bring the idea to life and creating a good team can be the difference between success and failure.
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Entrepreneur (commentary)
Aytekin Tank, a contributor for Entrepreneur, writes: "In the early days of building my company, the pressure from every direction felt suffocating, and unrelenting. I struggled to stay calm while getting all my work done, and making myself available to my team. It was a juggling act, and I was perpetually on the verge of dropping the ball. Everything seemed to require my immediate attention, and there just weren't enough hours in the day."
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Leadership Freak
A win-lose interaction ignites competition. Reject the drama of "I can't believe this is happening." Conflict and offense are inevitable where people work together. Accept it. Anticipate it. Conflict is a leadership opportunity.
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The Lead Change Group
It doesn't matter if we're talking about riding a bike or making a Hollandaise sauce or leading a team. Everything looks easy until you try to do it. You can learn a lot about leadership by observing good leaders and watching what they do. You can spend time thinking about how you would handle leadership issues. You can read books and blog posts and articles about leadership. You'll learn a lot. It's not enough.
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Harvard Business Review (commentary)
Every so often, you encounter academic research that snaps into place a whole bunch of tensions, issues and problems that you've noticed but haven't been able to understand.
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Leadership Freak
Everything's hard when you lose heart. Fearful people play-it-safe. "Fatigue makes cowards of us all," said Vince Lombardi. If your team lost enthusiasm, what are you going to change about yourself? What did you do to suck the life out of energetic people?
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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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Education Week
State legislative sessions are in full swing this year and, with governors and legislators deciding what to do with budget surpluses, large coalitions of K-12 advocates have ramped up their efforts to overhaul key components of their states' funding formulas. Legislative fights have broken out in New Jersey and New York over districts' spending caps, thousands of public school advocates in Florida, Indiana, and South Carolina have protested at state capitols to push through ambitious teacher pay proposals, and in Maryland, thousands rallied to completely overhaul that state's funding formula as part of a sweeping K-12 policy initiative.
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NPR
Two pending rule changes meant to reduce what the Trump administration calls abuse of federal benefit programs could also mean hundreds of thousands of children lose access to free school meals. The first proposed change: The Trump administration wants to tighten states' standards for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, also known as food stamps.
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Education Week
Advocates had high hopes that the Every Student Succeeds Act marked a significant step forward for students learning English in the nation's K-12 schools. But English language learner education policies across the country remain "disjointed and inaccessible to local education officials, teachers, and education advocates" more than four years after the law's passage, a new Migration Policy Institute report concludes.
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District Administration Magazine (commentary)
Lenny Schad, a contributor for District Administration Magazine, writes: "My name is Lenny Schad, I am the former CIO for Houston ISD and currently, I am the Chief Information & Innovation Officer for District Administration. In my new role, I have created a CIO Academy tailored specifically for technology leaders and their management teams in the K-12 space. I know your time is valuable and as such the Academy I have designed will provide practical strategies and action items necessary to successfully navigate the changing role world of K-12 technology."
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EdTech Magazine
Cloud solutions offer virtually limitless potential to educators. From interactive learning management systems to parent communication portals, cloud-based technologies provide state-of-the-art educational tools without the large investments required to build and maintain technical infrastructure. It's no surprise that schools and districts around the nation are quickly embracing these tools as the future of educational technology.
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EdScoop
he United States has the largest number of ed tech companies and the most venture capital funding for those companies, according to a report released this week from the U.K.-based industrial and electronics company RS Components. Through an analysis of data taken from the business research platform Crunchbase, the report found 1,385 ed tech companies in the U.S. — 43 percent of the total number of ed tech companies globally. The next largest number of ed tech companies in another country was India with 327.
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eSchool News
Getting better grades in cybersecurity must be a top priority for K-12 schools this year. Schools need to prioritize thwarting industrious hackers who are intent on getting to the treasure trove of information and personally identifiable information schools manage. Just ask the staff of the Olympia School District in Washington, whose addresses, social security numbers and salaries were exposed by a large-scale data breach.
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EdScoop
Digital learning not only plays a crucial role in preparing today's students for the jobs of tomorrow, it also has an important role in providing more equitable access to education, especially in smaller and remote school districts. These factors make access to adequate and reliable broadband even more important as the development of new technologies continues.
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eSchool News
Digital learning is key to helping students build the skills they'll need to succeed in college and the workforce. This year, Digital Learning Day is on February 27, and we've gathered some tools and resources to help you celebrate. By digital learning, most educators agree with the definition on the Digital Learning Day site: "Digital learning is any instructional practice that effectively uses technology to strengthen a student's learning experience."
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Education DIVE
To Laura Tavares, the classroom is the perfect place to learn how to argue. As squabbles unfold on social media and people spend more time in what Tavares calls "filter bubbles" of similar thinking — particularly in today's politically polarized environment — school is where children can learn how to sit around a table, hear different viewpoints and have "better arguments," she said.
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Education World
What better way to learn sight words than through a fun game! Students will love collecting cards, stealing them from others and discovering who has the biggest pile at the end of the game!
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Language Magazine (commentary)
Kelly Boswell, a contributor for Language Magazine, writes: "I recently asked a group of teachers to reflect on their own experiences as student writers. I asked them to cast their minds back to the time when they were students and recall the kinds of feedback they received about their writing."
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EdSurge
"Sit near the door. Make sure your car has plenty of gas. Park so you can get out. Don't wear something that can be a choking hazard like a lanyard." Macy Jones, the Head Start director for the Alexander County Schools in North Carolina rattles off a list of pointers she gives her staff before they begin their home visits each year. Jones has been concerned about keeping the 37 teachers, assistants and home advocates in her program safe on home visits since she assumed her position seven years ago.
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District Administration Magazine
Across the country, there is a growing move to require a semester-long course in personal finance in K-12 districts. Many teachers in the U.S. see the importance of the subject and are looking for ways to increase enrollment.
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We Are Teachers
We've all likely thought that technology is the only subject that includes coding. But core subjects like history, science, math and language arts can all come alive through the power of cross-curricular coding and robotics, too.
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Education DIVE
Derek McCoy, the director of learning and innovation for Georgia's Grady County Schools, wants to see an educational revolution — but what does that mean, exactly? To the former middle school principal and co-author of "The Revolution: It's Time to Empower Change in Our Schools," it means shifting culture, retraining educators to evaluate learning differently, and reconsidering how we approach middle-schoolers.
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MiddleWeb
The bell rings and all students are in their seats ready and waiting for the teacher to tell them how they will spend class time. The silence rings loud and clear up and down the rows that face the front of the room. As the teacher begins to address the class, one student, call him Jay, chimes in with a question about last night's homework. After the teacher reminds him to raise his hand, she briefly answers the question, asks students to pass up their homework and begins today's lesson.
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We Are Teachers
Is there a kid alive who doesn't love LEGOs? If so, we sure haven't met them. These beloved building bricks make terrific tools in your classroom, and they're especially great for teaching a variety of math concepts. We've put together this list of our favorite LEGO math ideas for every skill level. Your students are going to love them!
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Education Week
English language learner enrollment in K-12 schools has increased by more than 1 million students since 2000, according to a new report from the U.S. Department of Education. There are now an estimated 4.9 million children in U.S. public schools learning the English language. These students are in classrooms in most school systems — and enrollment is surging in states across the South and Midwest that had almost no English learners at the turn of the century.
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EdSource (commentary)
Bina Lefkovitz and David W. Gordon, contributors for EdSource, writes: "We are making steady progress in better educating our students for success. Our statewide graduation rate for the Class of 2018 was 83%, up from 74.7% in 2010. We've made significant investment in what and how we are teaching our children. The same can't be said, however, about investments we are making in the places where we are teaching them."
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The Hechinger Report
Louisiana and Mississippi are fundamentally changing their thinking about the early years and serving their youngest learners as they face similar challenges, including poverty and educational struggles. Starting the process with learners from birth to age 5 is one of the most powerful steps available to advance opportunity, strengthen communities and grow the economy through a set of principles that any state can enact.
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NAESP
Principal Kelley Begley McCall — or Mrs. Principal, as some of the students call her — puts her trauma-informed background and her love for education to good use at Clear Creek Elementary School in Shawnee, Kansas. A passion for Begley McCall is creating a safe space at school for all children — including those with gender dysphoria. To her, that means going gender-neutral as much as possible and doing whatever it takes to make all students feel at home in her school.
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NAESP
Nearly 8 million students in the country are chronically absent, missing three weeks or more of school each year. Attendance Works, a leading national organization focused on chronic absenteeism, will talk about what contributes to chronic absenteeism and provide a framework for how school principals can address this important educational issue. No Kid Hungry will discuss how serving school breakfast after the bell can not only provide needed nutrition, but also actually reduce chronic absenteeism, based on new research. Craig Crawford, President of the Montana Association of Elementary and Middle School Principals, will share his perspective on the role of principals in facilitating school attendance by addressing students’ basic needs like nutrition.
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