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School Leader Now
Dealing with school discipline issues is one of the most stressful parts of an administrative job. No one likes to call parents with bad news or give consequences to students who are still learning how to be in a community. Sadly, even the best degree programs in education and educational leadership rarely offer culturally aware, thoughtful approaches to school discipline. Most of the learning comes on the job, and refining one's approach requires continual reflection to land on an approach that feels authentic and student-centered.
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Forbes (commentary)
Jared Narlock, a contributor for Forbes, writes: "As a coach, I am asked by leaders on a consistent basis, 'What are employees looking for from me?' Being a leader is a unique opportunity to make an impact on other people's lives, and when leaders ask me this question, it's usually because they want to give their best to those they lead."
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Harvard Business Review
Here's the dilemma: In a competitive, complex and volatile business environment, companies need more from their employees than ever. But the same forces rocking businesses are also overwhelming employees, driving up their fear and compromising their capacity. It's no wonder that so many C-Suite leaders are focused on how to build higher performance cultures. The irony, we've found, is that building a culture focused on performance may not be the best, healthiest or most sustainable way to fuel results. Instead, it may be more effective to focus on creating a culture of growth.
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Training Industry Magazine
It’s easy to understand why the modern workforce doesn’t get excited about training initiatives. Sure, they are the end consumer and the people organizations want to upskill, but rarely are training initiatives truly about them. Most initiatives go something like the following.
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Leadership Freak
Your team just made an important decision. You think everyone left the meeting ready to go. But Barney sticks his head in the door and asks, "Got a minute?" Barney says, "I'm not sure we made the right decision."
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The Lead Change Group (commentary)
James daSilva, a contributor for The Lead Change Group, writes: "One of the best parts of my job is when I get to sit down with new hires, welcome them to the company, and talk with them about what I and my department do. New hires will have a number of these conversations across departments. It's a high-level introduction, as I'm trying to give them a feel for what’s going on, rather than walking them through the technical details. It's good for everyone, as our departments must work closely and fluidly together to even deliver our core product, much less excel at it. While you can't learn everything in 30 minutes, a new hire will at least have one friendly face in each department to go to and a starting point for exploring further."
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Entrepreneur
As a leader or manager, it's natural to want to demonstrate your business acumen to your direct reports and colleagues. However, if you're always expressing your point of view and dominating conversations, you may be missing out on unique ideas that others are hesitant to share. In an era when everyone is trying to demonstrate their thought leadership in one form or another, you may be forgetting to listen — one of the most powerful communication tools a leader can use to drive engagement and build trust.
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U.S. News & World Report
Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos ripped into state education chiefs at their annual conference, slamming their K-12 accountability plans for lacking creativity and for wasting an opportunity to rethink their education systems. "I have refrained from expressing my opinion thus far out of respect for the process," DeVos said at the Council of Chief State School Officers conference. "But since we're all in this room together now, I couldn't pass up the opportunity to share some candid thoughts. Around my house, we call it 'tough love.'" DeVos then proceeded to dissect the proposals that states have submitted to the department in accordance with the federal education law, the Every Student Succeeds Act.
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U.S. News & World Report
In more than half of the states in the U.S., the poorest school districts do not receive funding to address their students' increased needs — just the latest data point to shine a spotlight on funding gaps that plague the country's public education system. School districts with the highest rates of poverty receive about $1,000 less per student in state and local funding than those with the lowest rates of poverty, according to a new report by The Education Trust.
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EdScoop
"Distance learning" no longer just refers to the aging concept of connecting students from two different locations, but to the limitless ways students are using resources and tuning in from multiple locations, in multiple ways, on multiple devices. While teachers and technology facilitate these connections, students are at the heart of creating new ways of learning. They are learning on their own terms, in ways that most resonate with them and in ways that better engage them in solving real-world problems.
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District Administration Magazine
Many elementary school students in Marion County Public Schools spend more than 20 minutes per night reading with family members. Parents in the central Florida district also report their children feel less stressed this school year, which has led to more robust and relaxed family time, Superintendent Heidi Maier says. In class, teachers lead more vibrant conversations — particularly about the books students choose to read at home — and a marked improvement in vocabulary.
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The Hechinger Report
Imagine reading a book about dinosaurs — and seeing the animals appear in front of you, even watching miniature versions of them walk right up your arm. With augmented reality, that's possible. A book called iDinosaur lets readers hold a Tyrannosaurus Rex in their hands. The University of Texas San Antonio has 36 augmented reality children's books in its libraries, including a handful of titles in Spanish. And future teachers are being introduced to the books as options for their classrooms.
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By: Susan Winebrenner (commentary)
 "The summer!" you exclaim. "I'm still living in winter!" Yes, you may be stuck in winter on the calendar, but for both gifted kids and kids with learning difficulties, some summer opportunities close their application process by the end of March. The magic of sending kids to one of these camps is that they enjoy the unique experience of finding kids who are "just like me!" A colleague of mine in Illinois sent off his daughter off to such a place with some trepidation.
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Edutopia (commentary)
Lori Desautels, a contributor for Edutopia, writes: "There are many perspectives on the topic of discipline in our classrooms and schools, and I'd like to explore the idea of using brain-aligned discipline with students who have adverse childhood experiences. Traditional punishment with these students only escalates power struggles and conflict cycles, breeding an increased stress response in the brain and body. Punishment is used to try to force compliance. The vast majority of school discipline procedures are forms of punishment that work best with the students who need them the least."
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eSchool News
Teachers applying for jobs in Colorado Springs District 11 are in for a bit of a shock. There will be standard parts of their interview, of course, such as meetings with administrators and other teachers. But those interviews will also include much younger, smaller faces: students. It's all part of the next-generation learning effort happening in several districts across Colorado. What educators in District 11 and other Colorado districts are trying to do is find ways to prepare students for a future we cannot predict. After all, ask most anyone and they'll agree: Today's world is not like it was 10, 25, or 50 years ago. The one thing we can expect from the future is more and greater change.
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NPR
"There was a girl in my class who had on dirty clothes. The other kids laughed at her but I played with her during recess." That's an everyday act of kindness toward a child who is being ostracized. It was reported by an elementary school student who took part in a new, nationally-representative survey of children ages 9 to 11. The purpose was to capture not only the bad, but also the good of how children treat each other, and even a little bit of the why.
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By: Scott E. Rupp (commentary)
 Any beach in the world can tell you a devastating story, showing just how much of an effect humankind has had on the world and the environment. Finding a solution to the causes and impacts of marine litter is now widely recognized a major environmental challenge. New research shows that designing systematic and innovative education tools for teachers and students can make a "significant and positive" contribution to their understanding of the problem.
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The Atlantic
After the school shooting in Parkland, Florida, the young survivors underwent a routine that has become all too familiar. Teams of crisis counselors were dispatched, vigils and funerals were held, and local officials debated what to do about the physical aftermath of the massacre: inspecting the school's buildings and deciding when (and if) the campus would re-open for classes. The psychological damage may be harder to assess.
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Edutopia
To get a sense of the best practices in contemporary school design, we interviewed four of the top K–12 architecture firms in the U.S.: Fanning Howey, Corgan, Perkins+Will and Huckabee. Collectively, the companies bill hundreds of millions of dollars in work annually, and have built or renovated thousands of schools throughout the country and around the globe. Key insights into five common design principles — technology integration, safety and security, transparency, multipurpose space and outdoor learning — surfaced during our conversations.
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By: Bambi Majumdar (commentary)
 Like many other states, New York is suffering from teacher shortages. What was a case of a few districts facing a shortage has blown up into a major issue, as bad as the looming national crisis. Part of the problem is the upcoming retirement of many educators. While that is a natural course of events, the number of impending retirements is significantly outpacing the number of new teachers. New York is certainly not alone in this regard.
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Education Week
A tricky financial-transparency requirement in the Every Student Succeeds Act has cranked up tensions among state politicians, school district administrators, and civil rights activists over public understanding of how districts divvy up their money among schools. ESSA requires districts to break out school-level spending by December 2019 — a first-time federal requirement. It's a level of detail unknown even to most district superintendents.
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Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
New York educators seeking better ways to deal with students' trauma, anxiety, depression and stress gathered in Greece. The three-hour event at Odyssey Academy was the first night of a two-part series sponsored by the School Administrators Association of New York State and its partners. Educators from across the state said they attended to be proactive, looking for services and strategies to better help students.
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NAESP
The National Association of Elementary School Principals announces its support for the STOP School Violence Act of 2018, which was introduced in the U.S. Senate on March 5, 2018. The bill would direct $50 million in Department of Justice grants for training and technology to help school personnel, local law enforcement, and students identify and intervene to stop dangerous or violent activities.
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NAESP
Now that technology is an integral part of our classrooms and schools — think 1:1 devices, class apps and other digital tools — schools and districts are changing the way they communicate with parents. In order to effectively keep parents in the know, principals and administrators must understand exactly how parents prefer to receive information.
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