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Education Dive
The first day of any job can be stressful. This is especially true when you find yourself responsible for an entire building of students and educators. What also rings true is that there are any number of things most people wish they had known their first day on the job. At the National Association for Secondary School Principals' 2016 Ignite conference last week in Orlando, we asked seven principals to share what they wish they had known, and this is what they had to say.
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The Conversation (commentary)
Students who recently took the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers scored lower when they took the test on a computer than when they used paper and pencil. This might not matter much if the results of these tests played a minimal role. But they do not. Test scores are used for accountability purposes at the federal, state and local level. In some states, test scores play a role in student graduation and the evaluation of teachers and principals. The question is, does the method of test taking actually influence test results?
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By: Brian Stack
 Two years ago in a MultiBriefs Exclusive, I wrote about how project-based learning had transformed classrooms in my New Hampshire high school. In that article, I talked about how our small learning community "pods" put science into action by partnering with the University of New Hampshire and the local conservation commission to solve a problem that had been plaguing lakefront property owners. I am pleased to report that the PBL model is alive and well in our school.
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The New York Times
The fifth graders in Jade Cooney's classroom compete against a kitchen timer during lessons to see how long they can sustain good behavior — raising hands, disagreeing respectfully and looking one another in the eye — without losing time to insults or side conversations. As reward for minutes without misconduct, they win prizes like 20 seconds to kick their feet up on their desks or to play rock-paper-scissors. And starting this year, their school and schools in eight other California districts will test students on how well they have learned the kind of skills like self-control and conscientiousness that the games aim to cultivate — ones that might be described as everything you should have learned in kindergarten but are still reading self-help books to master in middle age.
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ADDitude Magazine
Marci G. started talking when she was 15 months old. By age three, she was reading "The Cat in the Hat." Her parents started calling her their "little professor" because of her incessant questions and articulate chatter. "She soaked up words like a sponge," her mother, Irene, recalls. But unlike other children her age, Marci, who lives in New York City, never liked the sandbox or the playground. More interested in talking to her parents than playing with her peers, she preferred asking questions to physically exploring the world around her.
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Scholastic Administration Magazine
When you think of STEM, it's likely you think of science, technology, engineering and math, all rolled into one. At Kankakee Schools in Illinois, our STEM program aims to do a lot more than teach four topics: We want our students to apply what they learn in real-life settings. According to projections by STEMconnector.org, by 2018, the U.S. will need 8.65 million workers in STEM-related jobs. As a district, we have to ensure that our graduates are prepared for life after formal education and ready for the jobs of the future.
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eSchool News
Recently, President Barack Obama announced his administration's commitment to provide computer science education for all students. Endorsement by the White House is valuable to those new to introducing computer science in the classroom, as well as others, like members of the Digital Promise League of Innovative Schools, who have championed CS for years. Members of the League, a coalition of 73 of the most forward-thinking U.S. public school districts, have long prioritized computational thinking and CS education for their students. Thirty League districts, representing over one million students, made commitments to the White House to further the president's proposal.
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NPR
In just a few short weeks, students in California will be taking high-stakes tests. But the tests won't just cover math, reading and science. Students will also be responding to survey statements like "I usually finish what I start," or "I can do anything if I try." A group of big-city districts there is among the first to try to measure students' self-control, empathy and other social and emotional skills — and to hold schools accountable for the answers. The new federal education law requires states to include at least one non-academic outcome in their accountability formulas, so these kinds of tests are likely to become more common nationally. The Nation's Report Card will be asking questions like this next year; so will the international PISA test.
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The Hechinger Report
This is an exciting time to be a mathematics teacher-educator. In the past two decades, we have developed a much better understanding not only of how children learn math, but also of how to teach math — and how to prepare teachers to teach math. A short (though incomplete) list of teaching practices that we know work to support student learning includes posing challenging tasks that connect to children's prior understandings and out-of-school experiences, providing opportunities for children to make sense of and talk about mathematics, and promoting the use of mental mathematics based on patterns in our number system.
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Scholastic Administration Magazine
Every day your school district spends time, money and resources on teaching and learning. But are students actually mastering the knowledge and skills they're supposed to be? How do you know? Successful assessment requires the development of a district assessment plan. Here are five key questions to ask as you begin developing your plan.
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NPR
"Stronger Together" is not the name of the latest social-media fitness app. It's a grant proposed in President Barack Obama's new budget, reviving an idea that hasn't gotten much policy attention in decades: diversity in public schools. If the request is approved, $120 million will go to school districts for programs intended to make their schools more diverse. As a new pair of reports from the progressive Century Foundation shows, integration policies have seen a resurgence: In 2007, 40 districts pursued integration.
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eSchool News
Technology has become a mainstay within the walls of today's schools. One-to-one computing is enhancing and enriching the student experience, transforming the way we teach and the way we learn. K-12 schools were expected to spend approximately $4.7 billion on technology this past year, according to IDC, with no sign of a plateau. But as rapid technology adoption continues unabated, the safety of the students who are meant to benefit from these advances is frequently overlooked.
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Edutopia (commentary)
Elena Aguilar, a contributor for Edutopia, writes: "In order to build equitable schools, we'll need to have some really hard conversations. We'll have to talk about racism and slavery, about privilege and class, and about sexism and patriarchy. We'll have to talk about our own experiences as kids in school and about our own biases and misconceptions. There's no way we have these conversations without experiencing emotions. And there's no way we can transform our schools without having these conversations. The road to equity is paved with emotions."
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Education Week
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said teachers are often scapegoated to explain low-student achievement when policymakers refuse to properly fund K-12 education—and she doesn't appear to see unions as the driving force behind keeping less-than-stellar teachers at low-performing schools.
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New Haven Register
In a move to redefine how schools receive state funds based on need that also could alter how Connecticut schools view success, the state Department of Education announced a Next Generation Accountability System that will evaluate schools along 12 indicators. The previous system of evaluating school progress was criticized for giving a "snapshot" of a moment in time, by focusing solely on state test scores and graduation rates, drawing criticism for ignoring longitudinal progress and not giving a picture that is holistic enough to evaluate whether a school is successful.
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The Tennessean
Micah Davis sits quietly with folded hands, posture straight, in the corner of an Una Elementary gifted and talented classroom. After teacher Paula Pendergrass pulls out a sticky, squishy model brain, Micah seems above the excitement displayed by many of her fellow third- and fourth-graders. Although she is quiet, the 9-year-old knows she belongs with the rambunctious crowd. "I feel smart in general," Micah said.
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NAESP
Supporting the emotional needs of teacher candidates and smoothing their transition in your school is essential. This important milestone, which is considered the most valuable and memorable experience candidates have as they develop into teachers, is both exciting and challenging because it places the teacher candidate in unfamiliar situations.
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NAESP
Participants will engage in activities that will assist with identifying areas in their current schools so they can establish themselves as instructional leaders. This webinar takes place Thursday, March 10, 3–4:30 p.m. ET. For more information and details on how to register, visit www.naesp.org/webinars.
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