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District Administration Magazine
A cadre of canines visits San Francisco Bay Area elementary schools, where struggling readers gain confidence and improve literacy by reading aloud to their furry friends. Readers of the Pack, a program run by the nonprofit 4Paws Learning and Wellness Center, sends certified therapy dogs and handlers to schools, libraries and after-school programs. "Young students really believe the dog is listening to them," says Mara Kahn, 4Paws coordinator of Sonoma County. "It's greatly improved their reading."
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MindShift
There's a growing consensus among students, parents, teachers and education leaders that the current education system isn't appropriately preparing young people for the future. Many districts are looking toward technology to patch the disconnect, but several recent reports indicate that technology alone cannot fix the ailing system. High-quality teachers are essential to learning environments that consider each student as a unique, individual learner, but very few schools have good systems in place to support teachers learning together and sharing their expertise.
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By: Howard Margolis
 Struggling learners often suffer from a widespread problem that dramatically affects their learning: forgetting. "Yesterday, when I taught it to Wilson, he knew it. Today he doesn't," teachers often lament. "It's like he's never seen it. And this happens again and again." Unless the countless numbers of Wilsons get the help they need, they and everyone who cares about them will suffer. Too often, however, they don't get the help due to a critical missing ingredient.
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EdTech Magazine
A new coalition backed by some of Silicon Valley's brightest stars wants to shake up how students are taught computer science — and it couldn't have arrived at a better time. For years, education leaders have been trying to foster growth for the next generation of computer science experts, a field expected to grow dramatically over the next decade. According to the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics, "employment of computer and information research scientists is projected to grow 11 percent from 2014 to 2024, faster than the average for all occupations."
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GoodTherapy.org
Randy was short, scrawny and well below the average size for an elementary school boy. This could not have helped him acclimate to the relative dog-eat-dog mentality of his competitive school culture. His undersized physique and introverted personality were all too apparent as he sulked his head, staring down at the results of his first-ever spelling test. He shuffled one foot in front of the other, walking at a snail's pace, as schoolmates passed him by with the jovial, high-pitched mannerisms expected of schoolchildren headed to recess.
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MindShift
English teacher Michael Godsey is an early adopter of podcasts as a teaching tool in his high school. At first he used episodes of This American Life and Serial because he was impressed by the critical thinking and engagement he saw from students. He also liked that students were having deep discussions about the stories with other adults who were listening to the same podcasts. But recently, he noticed something else important: listening to podcasts makes his students want to read more.
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Education DIVE
When teachers are able to see themselves teach in the classroom, everyone stands to improve. That's the notion that guides a new initiative unfolding in the Georgia, where Cayanna Good, Deputy Director of Innovation and Strategy for the Governor's Office of Student Achievement, is spearheading a statewide program that aims to bring video observations to more classrooms across the state.
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Edutopia
Devon dropped out of school at age 13. No one knows where he is today. Most likely, he's not in school. Devon was going to be retained to spend another year in the sixth grade as a 13-year-old. He was embarrassed and felt alone. He didn't want to be with a new group of kids who were younger. Truth was, Devon had been passed along with low reading skills for years. Now, in the beginning of his adolescent years, he was told he was going back. He gave the class a try for three weeks and then disappeared. With good intentions, Devon's teachers had recommended an intervention — retention — that resulted in the opposite effect of what they had hoped.
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Creating a culture of safe, healthy play transforms children's social, emotional, and physical health. And that has a big impact on the classroom. Kids who get healthy play at recess come back to class ready to learn. In one study, teachers reclaimed 21 hours of class time each through a healthy play culture at recess. Healthy play means fewer conflicts spilling over into the classroom and smoother transitions back to class. But the impact for schools goes beyond productive class time.
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By: Brian Stack
 Many in the education world believe today's parent-teacher conferences have shifted away from their purpose, with parents and students "ganging up" on the teachers. If that is an accurate depiction of how things are at your school, then you need to take a serious look at how you involve students and their families in the learning process. One powerful new trend to promote a collaborative relationship among parents, teachers and students is with a student-led conference model.
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MindShift
By the time they're in elementary school, some kids prove to be more troublesome than others. They can't sit still or they're not socializing or they can't focus enough to complete tasks that the other kids are handling well. Sounds like ADHD. But it might be that they're just a little young for their grade. Studies done in several countries including Iceland, Canada, Israel, Sweden and Taiwan show children who are at the young end of their grade cohort are more likely to get an ADHD diagnosis than their older classmates.
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School Transportation News
Student transporters need to not only think outside the box but do so smartly by communicating with school staff, parents and students when determining and executing specialized transportation services, an expert told attendees at the TSD Conference. Aptly titled "Making the Case for Specialized Transportation," the session presented by Alexandra Robinson, executive director of the Office of Transportation at the New York City Department of Education and a behavioral specialist, stressed the importance of putting the student's true needs first when planning transportation plans and considering the child's true individual needs first and foremost, and before all else.
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The Journal
People who argue that too much emphasis is placed on teacher preparation as holding the key to improving student learning could be right, according to a new study. A team of researchers affiliated with the National Education Policy Center housed at the University of Colorado at Boulder School of Education undertook a study of four national initiatives set up to improve teacher quality, each with some form of accountability.
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Education Week
The Afterschool Alliance. The League of American Orchestras. The National Science Teachers Association. Wica Agli. Those are just a few of the education advocates and other organizations asking Congress to beef up funding for the Student Support and Academic Enrichment Grants, which are part of Title IV of the Every Student Succeeds Act. Through ESSA, a variety of federal programs dealing with student health and safety, arts education, school counseling, and other issues were rolled into a big block grant for districts.
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Disability Scoop
More than 1 in 7 American children have a mental, behavioral or developmental disorder, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, but prevalence is far from steady across the country. At the high end, 21.5 percent of kids in Arkansas and Kentucky have one of the conditions. By contrast, California logs the lowest rate in the nation at 10.6 percent.
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By: Bambi Majumdar
 A recent report released by the New York City Education Department said that close to 40 percent of New York City students may not be receiving the special education services for which they have been recommended. A lack of reliable data has compounded the problem further and now, even with the report at hand, officials are not sure exactly what percentage of students are being deprived of what they so sorely need.
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EdSource
Every one of California's 50 largest school districts has committed to reducing the number of students sent home for behavioral infractions. But two years into a state requirement that districts let parents evaluate the path of progress, most of those 50 districts have not set specific suspension goals nor provided comparison rates that would allow parents to see if improvement is happening, according to a report.
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The Associated Press via SeattlePI.com
A new study shows Washington state is solidly in the middle of the nation in school funding. According to researchers at Rutgers University, Washington state government has not done a great job of catching up on school funding as the economy has improved, making 28th place in the nation for per-student education dollars, which is a few steps above the previous report. The data studied for the national report from Rutgers' Education Law Center on school funding fairness does not take into consideration the current state budget, which includes more money for education than previous years.
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NAESP
Last December saw the passage of the Every Student Succeeds Act, a comprehensive law outlining the federal government's role in elementary and secondary education. This year, in an effort to ensure principals' voices are heard in the wake of this important legislation, NAESP hosted its annual National Leaders Conference, March 13-15, bringing together nearly 200 principals from around the country to our nation's capital to discuss education policy. Through innovative advocacy programming and visits to members of Congress, attendees had much to learn from — and share with — each other and our nation's lawmakers.
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NAESP
For the first time, the nation's principals of schools across the Pre-K–12 continuum are planning to embark on professional learning together, as the National Association of Secondary School Principals and the National Association of Elementary School Principals combine efforts to conduct the inaugural National Principals Conference in summer 2017 in Philadelphia. The NPC represents the two groups' latest effort to advocate for a cohesive school leadership agenda in the era of college- and career-ready standards.
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