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.PRINCIPAL LEADERSHIP
Fake pages, rumor accounts, mean gossip: How schools are handling instagram drama
We Are Teachers
Many teens have started setting up fake pages and gossip "tea" accounts. Some of these Instagram drama accounts are downright hateful as they target LGBTQ students or call out "mean teachers." Teachers and principals have been asking for help. They need advice with finding the culprits behind the anonymous accounts, how to respond, and ways to encourage a positive culture.
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For bullied teens, online school offered a safe haven
The Conversation via Phys
Online school during the COVID-19 pandemic was hard on many teens, but new research I co-authored has found a potential silver lining: Students were bullied less during remote instruction than while attending classes in person.
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K-12 must rebuild the pipeline to avoid long-term teacher shortages
District Administration Magazine
Enrollment in colleges of education has also taken a significant hit during COVID as students experiencing financial hardships during the pandemic are choosing to study more lucrative career fields, says Jacqueline Rodriguez, vice president for research, policy and advocacy at the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education.
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Using telehealth to expand student access to care
Tech & Learning
Renee Kotsopoulo, director of health services for the Garland ISD in Texas, helped bring telehealth to her students and believes technology can help keep kids healthy and in school.
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The science of reading is a powerful lever for equity. Tune in to this on-demand webinar for guidance on implementing the science of reading within an MTSS. You’ll explore effective literacy assessments and the use of systematic and explicit instructional strategies to remove barriers to reading success.
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DIBELS data illustrates pandemic reading setbacks
K-12 Dive
More young elementary students are at-risk of falling behind in learning to read than two years ago, according to a report from Amplify that analyzed performance results from the Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills assessment.
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When nothing is enough: Constant dissatisfaction burns out the perfectionist student
Phys
Perfectionists are students who place extremely demanding personal goals on themselves while remaining very dissatisfied with their own performance at the same time.
Students who are considered ambitious also set their personal goals high, but they are not characterized by the constant dissatisfaction, concern and sense of inadequacy about their efforts typical of perfectionists.
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TEACHER VOICE: Why we are being driven straight out of our classrooms
Hechinger Report
Building something that people can believe in has the power to transform a barren landscape into a place of opportunity and access. The reverse is also true. Education is being dismantled and erased by an army of legislators who appear to value destruction over innovation.
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How art class became a rare bright spot for students and families during the pandemic
EdSurge
For some students, art classes during the pandemic were a welcome escape; for others, they were a critical release — an opportunity for self-expression at a time of extreme stress and isolation. At the forefront are art teachers themselves, who juggle these competing perspectives as they help guide students through a particularly challenging time.
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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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4 steps to evaluating ESSER program effectiveness
THE Journal
The $190 billion in Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) funding approved by Congress since March 2020 gives K-12 school systems much-needed federal aid, but it also comes with key challenges.
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.EDUCATION POLICY
How supportive state policies can help kids' mental health
MindShift
There's a growing consensus that the pandemic has taken a big emotional toll on young people. Among other troubling signs, children's hospitals across the country have seen more kids showing up in their emergency rooms for mental health reasons, seeking care for everything from severe anxiety and eating disorders to suicide attempts.
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What will happen after CISA's K-12 Cybersecurity Act review?
EdTech Magazine
The review and impending guidelines could mean changes to the way cybersecurity is managed in school districts across the country. To prepare for these changes, IT leaders should know what CISA is looking at and what to expect when the review concludes.
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.SCHOOL TECHNOLOGY
How can student data drive positive learning outcomes?
EdTech Magazine
In the digital education landscape, modern technology collects a large amount of data. While it’s important to protect student data, it’s also important to note that there is more digital data available to educators than ever before. With the right mindset — and proper professional development — educators can use this data to drive positive outcomes in the classroom.
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3 ways tech fosters student engagement
eSchool News
Edtech tools that encourage student engagement set a path for student success and innovation--critical components for post-secondary endeavors
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STEAM engine
Comstock's Magazine
While STEM education incorporates science, technology, engineering and math, STEAM adds arts into the mix. Proponents of STEAM say it develops creativity that bridges the sciences with the development of personal expression, emotional intelligence and social awareness: the human factors that define how we relate to the world.
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How I'm using sports to help my students fall in love with STEM
We Are Teachers
"My students are avid hockey fans and players," says Woods, a ninth-grade math teacher in Michigan who also runs his own podcast dailySTEM. "And I'm always on the lookout for relatable content that helps my students make real-world STEM connections."
Even if your students aren't big on sports, they’ll be invested in this gamified take on science and math concepts.
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Closing the equity gap in student data protection
District Administration Magazine
Student data can include name, date of birth, Social Security number, family financial status, and medical conditions. Criminals can use the information to open a bank or credit card account, apply for loans, rent a place to live, apply for government benefits, and more. This identity theft can haunt students for years, disrupting their ability to obtain credit, college financial aid or other government assistance.
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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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.PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
State teaching certification
Language Magazine
Elementary and secondary school teachers in most states in the US must have a degree in education with an endorsement or add-on certification in ESL. Certification requirements can be obtained from state departments of education and may be reciprocal from state to state. University teacher-training programs offer the required courses and are another source of information regarding state certification requirements.
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Supporting struggling students through collaborative problem solving
Faculty Focus
Although outreach is intended to motivate and help, there is a very real cognitive and emotional load that can be demoralizing if not debilitating. This is complicated, if not impossible terrain to navigate for all of us who genuinely want to see students succeed. Greene (2009) developed a framework for collaborative problem solving as a way to organize, support, and deeply engage students in identifying realistic ways to get back on track and succeed within the classroom.
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New national effort to address effective literacy for multilingual learners
Language Magazine
Researchers, educators, teachers, administrators, school board members, and advocates with expertise in literacy and the education of English learner/emergent bilingual students have come together to form the National Committee for Effective Literacy, with the aim of improving research, policies, and practices to ensure that English learner/emergent bilingual students leave school as proficient readers and writers in English , who thrive and succeed at school and in their communities.
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.EDUCATION RESEARCH
.IN THE STATES
States aren't meeting students' needs, wide-ranging analysis shows
Education Week
A new analysis by the nonprofit research group — in partnership with the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning, or CASEL — examined policies around school discipline; wraparound services; educator diversity; professional development; rigorous and culturally sustaining curriculum; and student, family, and community engagement.
While states performed well in some areas but faltered in others, one consistent theme emerged from the analysis: states consistently fell short on collecting data to measure and disseminate the impact of their policies publicly.
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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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Nearly 70 years after Brown decision, New York schools still separate and unequal
Times Union
Every decade or so, a study on the state of New York's educational system reveals the same dismal finding.
New York is the most segregated state in the nation for Black students and second-most segregated for Latino students, following only California, a June 2021 analysis from the UCLA Civil Rights Project shows.
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.ASSOCIATION NEWS
NAESP Releases Policy Recommendations to Address New Demands on Schools
NAESP
The National Association of Elementary School Principals (NAESP) and NAESP Foundation today released the third brief in the Leaders We Need Now (LWNN) research series titled Principals’ Perspectives on Policy: What Education Leaders Seek Through Policy. The research found that principals want policymakers to meaningfully engage them prior to making policies that affect their schools and the profession and to use their communications platforms to support public schools and educators.
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A Culturally Responsive Approach to Student Instruction
NAESP
The principal’s role in creating inclusive schools hinges on their work as advocates for students to have access to appropriately challenging instruction that builds on and respects prior learning and cultures. It’s part of the Professional Standards for Educational Leaders (PSEL): Equity and Cultural Responsiveness. But according to the brief Evolution of the Principalship from a new research series, Leaders We Need Now, from NAESP and the American Institutes for Research, it was a top concern among principals in 2020–2021 that they didn’t have enough time to address, especially during a pandemic and as the national conversation on racial justice swelled.
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