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Education Week
As the Trump administration aggressively ramps up deportations of undocumented immigrants, some K-12 leaders have pledged to protect the rights and privacy of students who don't have legal immigration status. Some vow schools are "sanctuaries" where educators won't cooperate with authorities to identify or take action against undocumented students and families. But the fast-moving, politically charged situation has also created confusion for educators about what they can and can't do.
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EdTech Magazine
With 78 percent of students using a digital device for large portion of their school day, it should come as no surprise that 86 percent of K–12 schools are looking to spend more this year on digital curriculum. These are findings from The Learning Counsel's most recent Digital Curriculum Strategy Survey. In it, the research institute that studies and writes about digital curricula in education found that the digital courseware market is maturing, as spending shifts from individual teacher investments to districtwide spending.
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Education Week
The newest batch of K-12 textbook reviews from nonprofit EdReports.org has some bad news for major publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. The reviews look at a mix of math and English/language arts texts from four different publishers. EdReports.org has been posting reviews of curriculum materials that claim to be aligned to the Common Core State Standards since 2015, and the free website now has about 200 reports for different grades and course levels. The effort is funded by grantors, including the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, a major financial backer of the common core's development.
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By: Sheilamary Koch (commentary)
 Hand-in-hand with critical thinking, incorporating metacognition consciously in the classroom has been proven to promote the development of a growth mindset — while empowering students with strategies to help themselves learn better. Metacognition goes far beyond its common definition "thinking about thinking" to encompass observation and analysis of one's thinking, its application to learning objectives and the employment of strategies for obtaining these objectives
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Education Week
In 2014, arts education groups released the National Core Arts Standards, a set of K-12 standards for visual art, music, dance, theater, and media arts. Since then, 14 states and the DoDEA have adopted new arts standards, according to a short report from the National Coalition for the Core Arts Standards. An additional 19 are currently revising their arts standards, and New Hampshire has updated a set of "arts competencies" using the Core Arts Standards as a model.
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The Atlantic
The Finns are pretty bemused by Americans' preoccupation with whether to put iPads in every classroom. If a tablet would enhance learning, great. If it wouldn't, skip it. Move on. The whole thing is a little tilting-at-windmills, anyway. That was the gist of the conversation one recent morning at the Finnish Embassy in Washington, D.C., where diplomats and experts gathered to celebrate the country's education accomplishments as Finland turns 100. And Americans could stand to take notes. (Yes, from Finland — again.)
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MindShift
One of the most difficult aspects of teaching students who are learning English is keeping the cognitive rigor of learning activities high, while making sure students can access the content by simplifying the language. Too often simplifying language also means simplifying content, and that can be boring, leading to disengagement and less motivation. In order to combat some of the challenges in keeping English language learners engaged, educators at San Francisco International High School are trying a different approach.
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By: Debra Josephson Abrams (commentary)
 As an English Language Fellow, I am invited to make presentations and give workshops throughout Moscow and central Russia. In late December, I taught three classes to 10th and 11th graders at Moscow's School #1253, a preeminent English language institution. Most students had never met a native English user, and all are in some stage of preparing for the high-stakes Unified State Exam, whose results "are now the only basis by which universities may enroll students."
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eSchool News
The traditional classroom works, so why change it? This is something anyone involved in leading educational change hears at some stage. The traditional classroom, where direct instruction is the primary method of teaching, does work. It has worked for decades. It has educated people who have then changed civilization in all areas; the sciences, politics, health, industry ... everywhere.
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The Atlantic
Latino students in kindergarten trail their white peers in math by approximately three months' worth of learning, a new study by Child Trends Hispanic Institute has found. Researchers drew a nationally representative sample of students from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 2010-2011 who were followed through the end of their fifth-grade year. Sixty-two percent of the 2,199 Latino students studied had at least one foreign-born parent, and 45 percent spoke only Spanish or predominantly Spanish at home. Nearly half lived in poverty.
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THE Journal
"Education has not yet fully become an evidence-based sector." So declared Aimee Rogstad Guidera, the founder, president and CEO of the Data Quality Campaign, in the introduction to a report that examined how the use of data has evolved in K-12 over the last 10 years. The DQC is a national nonprofit created to support the use of "high-quality, accessible data in education." Its work focuses on increasing public understanding of the value of education data, improving the capacity of educators to use data and promoting wise policies at the local, state and federal levels regarding student data.
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Benchmark Advance and Adelante build K-6 literary and content-area knowledge through close reading and collaborative conversations. Foundational skills, writing to sources, and use of text evidence are seamlessly integrated, as are resources for ELs that amplify meaning without simplifying language. Fully equitable Spanish edition also available. FREE sampler.
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By: Bambi Majumdar (commentary)
 In a recent EdSurge article, Ken Halla stressed the necessity of rethinking professional development programs for K-12 teachers and making them more useful and relevant. Gone are the days when boring textbook-oriented programs would drone on and on. Teachers today need practical knowledge through continuous professional development programs that can combine the academic and digital needs of K-12 education with the global perspective.
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Edutopia (commentary)
A veteran teacher shares what she's learned in the course of 26 years. Big picture: A little empathy goes a long way.
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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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MindShift
From an early age, children are sensitive to social cues from adults, peers, media and their surrounding environment. A closer look at adults' nonverbal signals — including their tone of voice, facial expression and body language — found that children can "catch bias" simply by observing adult actions, according to a new study out of the University of Washington.
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Detroit Free Press
Wonder the goldendoodle will get another shot in court. The U.S. Supreme Court today unanimously ruled that the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals should reconsider whether Ehlena Fry and her family can sue a Jackson County school district for its decision years ago to tell Ehlena, who has cerebral palsy, that she couldn't bring her service dog to school.
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District Administration Magazine
When the central Connecticut town of Cheshire moved to reduce power use, it upgraded six of its eight public schools with the latest internet of things technology. The plan combined energy-efficient LED fixtures with sensors and cloud-based servers that automatically turn the lights off in an empty room or adjust brightness. The district cut its electricity bill by 84 percent, saving about $390,000 out of an annual $65 million budget.
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Education DIVE
Wendell Smith Elementary School on Chicago's South Side is a turnaround school. Principal Tiffany Brown is in her fifth year at the helm, and she finds herself constantly seeking out ways to create exciting learning experiences for students. For the past two years, she has relied on ed tech pilot programs to identify new technologies that create these experiences. A cohort of teachers at Wendell Smith Elementary tried out MyOn during the 2015-2016 school year, and this year another group is testing ST Math.
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Education Week
Rhode Island is moving forward with a statewide personalized learning initiative that aims to support a variety of efforts to tailor education to the unique needs of each student. The $2 million public-private effort is being headed by Richard Culatta, the state's chief innovation officer and the former director of the office of educational technology at the federal education department. In an interview, Culatta said the early focus is on developing a common statewide vision for what personalized learning entails, supporting and expanding related models in Rhode Island schools, and establishing a research network that can help guide implementation.
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PBS Newshour
Violent crime and unemployment rates are nearly twice the national average in Baltimore. Educators say factors like these add significant stress to children, causing emotional and behavioral problems, so several public schools are working to reduce that stress with mindfulness and meditation.
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NAESP
The first years in the principalship can be some of the most exciting and difficult years in education. It's imperative that new school leaders focus on what really matters during these foundational leadership years. In this virtual book talk, Dr. Brad Gustafson will provide a surprisingly simple framework for applying innovation to the great work already being done in schools. This webinar takes place Tuesday, March 14, 4–5 p.m. EST.
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NAESP
Every year, thousands of educators celebrate Digital Learning Day with classrooms, schools and libraries highlighting great teaching and demonstrating how technology can improve student outcomes. In addition to events held across the country, the Digital Learning Day website hosts a variety of resources and lessons to use. The social media sphere is buzzing as educators on Twitter, Facebook and elsewhere share their best practices.
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