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.PRINCIPAL LEADERSHIP
3 equity strategies for reversing COVID learning loss
District Administration Magazine
Numerous studies have attempt to gage the depth of learning loss — which some educators prefer calling "unfinished learning" — that students have experienced during COVID. One recent report warned students will have experienced as much as five to nine months of unfinished learning by the end of June 2021. Studies of students in 19 states, meanwhile, estimate students lost a third to a full year of reading with even larger deficits in math. And, in a national survey, 24% of school leaders in high-poverty districts said elementary school distance learning focused on reviewing content rather than new material.
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Poll: Learning setbacks a top concern for parents
The Associated Press
Parents across the U.S. are conflicted about reopening schools. Most are at least somewhat worried that a return to the classroom will lead to more coronavirus cases, but there's an even deeper fear that their children are falling behind in school while at home. 69% of parents are at least somewhat concerned that their children will face setbacks in school because of the coronavirus pandemic, including 42% who say they're very or extremely worried about it, according to a new poll from The University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy and The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.
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To dismantle structural racism, having school leaders who look like me matters
The 74
When you picture a public charter school teacher, what image comes to mind? Chances are, it doesn't look like me: a Latino male. As a former public school student in south Texas, and a longtime charter school educator, I know how powerful it is when students learn from adults who look like them, who can affirm their identity and resonate with their lived experiences. If you look at public charter schools today, you will see that more teachers and leaders are Black or Latino than ever before. Representation matters, and we need to do better in our schools.
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How COVID-19 will make fixing America's worst-performing schools even harder
Education Week
Six years ago, barely a third of the students at East High School, in Rochester, N.Y., graduated on time. Students were being suspended at a rate of more than 2,000 each year. More than half were chronically absent, and more than three-quarters couldn't meet the state's academic benchmarks.
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How state grading during COVID devastated a district
District Administration Magazine
Laurel School District leaders felt confident their school system was on the verge of shedding its F rating from the state of Mississippi — and then COVID hit. During the 2019-2020 school year, first semester testing and other district data showed students were making substantial progress. But when COVID cancelled spring 2020 testing, Laurel's students did not have a chance to show the growth, Superintendent Toy L. Watts says.
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New data highlight disparities in students learning in person vs. remotely
MindShift
The U.S. Education Department has released the first in a series of school surveys intended to provide a national view of learning during the pandemic. It reveals that the percentage of students who are still attending school virtually may be higher than previously understood. As of January and early February of this year, 44% of elementary students and 48% of middle school students in the survey remained fully remote. And the survey found large differences by race: 69% of Asian, 58% of Black and 57% of Hispanic fourth graders were learning entirely remotely, while just 27% of White students were.
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Access to in-person learning was uneven this winter
District Administration Magazine
More than three quarters of fourth- and eighth graders attended public schools that provided hybrid or in-person instruction during the last few weeks of winter, a new survey reports. Consequently, 24% of students — in 3,300 schools in 42 states — were offered only remote or online instruction, according to the Department of Education's ongoing Monthly School Survey Dashboard. The data was collected by the department's Institute of Education Sciences from Feb. 22 through March 12 in efforts to meet President Joe Biden's call to reopen schools.
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Homeschooling doubled during the pandemic, US Census survey finds
NPR
In a year when so much about schooling has changed, add this to the list: A significant increase in the number of households where students were homeschooled. That's according to data from the U.S. Census Bureau's Household Pulse Survey, an online survey that asks questions about how the pandemic is changing life in U.S. homes. When the survey began, the week of April 23-May 5, 2020, 5.4% of U.S. households with school-aged children reported homeschooling.
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Why Common Core failed
The Brookings Institution
More than a decade after the 2010 release of Common Core State Standards in English language arts and mathematics, no convincing evidence exists that the standards had a significant, positive impact on student achievement. My forthcoming book next month — "Between the State and the Schoolhouse: Understanding the Failure of Common Core" — explores Common Core from the initiative's promising beginnings to its disappointing outcomes.
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3 questions you must say 'yes' to if you call yourself a leader
Inc.
Ever reported to someone in a leadership role that made such a lasting impression on you that you still beam about her to this day? Chances are pretty good that you were well taken care of — as an employee and human being — under this person's leadership. The reason you still remember her, perhaps years or decades later, is because of how she made you feel.
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To lead better under stress, understand your three selves
Harvard Business Review
Alice is the 38-year-old CEO of a New York-based consulting startup that was growing rapidly when we began working with her in early 2020. Then the pandemic struck. Alice was compelled to quickly pivot the company from providing most of its services face-to-face to creating a comparable level of personalized attention for clients online.
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The 5 worst mistakes leaders make
Leadership Freak
You're more likely to succeed if you stop doing stupid things. No. 1. Passivity in the face of recurring frustration. Speak up if your meetings aren't useful, for example. You don't have to insult people by saying this meeting sucks. Sprinkle aspiration on frustration.
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5 morning habits that will start your day with purpose
Entrepreneur
We all know that waking up early in the morning makes us more productive. Since our childhood, we were taught to follow, "early to bed and early to rise" as a ritual. Waking up at the crack of dawn and starting our day in the right way makes us more productive and purposeful.
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Transcending the layers of leadership identity
Forbes
While working to become a self-aware leader, one of the inquiries we need to explore is our leadership identity. As leaders, we create, promote or allow our leadership identity to take shape. While we grow as a leader, our initial identity will act as a foundation. Subtle changes take place over time as we experience life events that we might categorize as wins or losses. How many of us have ever said to ourselves, "Well, I'll never do that again," and then repeated the action? If so, it's time to grow our self-awareness.
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.EDUCATION POLICY
Education Department releases $81 billion in American Rescue Plan funding
District Administration Magazine
The Biden administration is making $81 billion of the $122 billion ARP ESSER funds immediately available to states as part of its efforts to return students to in-person learning. President Joe Biden made the announcement during the National Safe School Reopening Summit on March 24. "Getting our kids safely back in schools is essential," Biden said. "And I'm really proud to announce that starting today, states will begin receiving nearly $130 billion in school funding that we included in the American Rescue Plan. In fact, $81 billion will be arriving today to those schools, so I need states to move quickly to get these resources down to the school districts and put them to work."
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The federal government finally has data on schooling during COVID. Here are 3 key takeaways.
Chalkbeat
The federal government has released its first, long-awaited snapshot of schooling during the pandemic. A newly released federal survey shows that a huge swath of American school children — particularly students of color — were still learning remotely in January. Of those students, a small but substantial share were getting little or no live instruction from a teacher.
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.SCHOOL TECHNOLOGY
How would you spend $7 billion to narrow digital divide?
District Administration Magazine
Superintendents, CIOs and other district leaders can share ideas on how communities will spend $7 billion from the American Rescue Plan to boost connectivity for students and staff. The Federal Communications Commission is now accepting public comment on distribution of the $7.171 billion Emergency Connectivity Fund contained in President Joe Biden's American Rescue Plan Act.
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5 tech tools and strategies for the final end-of-school push
eSchool News
Now that we are heading into spring, there is about one-fourth of the school year remaining. Many schools are opening or converting to hybrid, so in a push for a strong finish, it's important for educators to keep students motivated during the final stretch.
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Looking for an educational life raft? Apps may not be the answer
The Brookings Institution
In less than a single second, you can find half a billion Google hits for "learning loss Covid!" As we pass the first anniversary of remote learning and school closures, parents and policymakers are terrified of the pending learning loss from schools' closed doors and the switch to virtual reading, writing, and math lessons.
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3 ways to help students do efficient online research
eSchool News
Today's students don't know the world without the internet. They spend days and nights on YouTube, Twitter, Instagram or Snapchat but hardly know how to translate all this information into learning. Gen Z doesn't necessarily think critically about what they find online. As educators, we can teach the academic side of the internet to them.
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Sheer access to tech a big part of learning loss
THE Journal
A big part of the "learning loss" being identified for K-12 students is due to family income. They can't afford the technology required for continuous access to classes, teachers and study resources. A recent analysis found that while more than nine in 10 students (92%) in families with household incomes of $200,000 or more always had a computer available for schooling, it was true for only six in 10 students (61%) in families with incomes of less than $25,000. For daily internet access, the gap was bigger.
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.PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
This math teacher brings his students together through yoga
We Are Teachers
Alonzo Nelson is a math teacher, yogi, husband and dad. At least that's how he's defined himself on his Instagram page. But these highlights barely scratch the surface of this St. Louis area educator who first got into teaching while living in L.A. and training for the Olympics.
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Students more positive about online learning
THE Journal
Overall, students felt more positive about online learning in the fall than they did in the spring, according to a new report from YouthTruth. For example, in the fall 61% of students said they learned "a lot almost every day," up from 39% in the spring. That's nearly the same as pre-COVID results, when 59% of students concurred. There was a five-point variation in responses, depending on the format of learning. While 64% of students attending classes in person agreed that they learned a lot almost every day, 61% of students in virtual classes and 59% of students in hybrid programs said the same.
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Turning around a co-teaching relationship
MiddleWeb (commentary)
Tan Huynh, a contributor for MiddleWeb, writes: "Every teaching partnership has a story. One of my partnerships started off quite rough but became the most collaborative experience of my 13 years teaching. This article not only summarizes the highlights of my podcast conversation with Shawna Carnahan, one of my co-teachers, but it also is a reflection of how we turned our collaboration around."
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Teaching students how to learn from videos
Edutopia
Whether a part of online or in-person classes, videos are a teaching tool that can enable students to learn new concepts and skills and engage in practice activities, all at their own pace.
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12 awesome classroom activities that teach job readiness skills
We Are Teachers
When it's time to go start working and/or head to college, in addition to academic knowledge and vocational skills, students also need "soft skills," otherwise known as job readiness skills. Soft skills are those characteristics that help you function as an individual (motivation, self-confidence, and flexibility) as well as within a group (teamwork, negotiation, and respect). To succeed in the workplace, these skills are key! After all, if you can't show up on time, speak up for yourself or get along with your peers, chances are you're not going to have a very smooth go of it.
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Music reaches and teaches: Purposeful children's music
Teaching Channel
Have you ever read a book to your child so many times that you don't even have to look at the words? Maybe you've noticed the way you rhythmically chant the words, until you're practically singing the story together?
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.EDUCATION RESEARCH
Report: Most states fail to measure teachers' knowledge of the 'science of reading'
Education Week
For many elementary school teachers, teaching students how to read is a central part of the job. But the majority of states don't evaluate whether prospective teachers have the knowledge they'll need to teach reading effectively before granting them certification, according to a new analysis from the National Council on Teacher Quality.
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Paper beats pixels on most picture books, research finds
The Hechinger Report (commentary)
Jill Barshay, a contributor for The Hechinger Report, writes: "Digital picture books have been a godsend during the pandemic. With libraries shuttered and bookstores a nonessential trip, many parents have downloaded book after book on tablets and smartphones to keep their little ones reading. The technology allowed my daughter to read the Berenstain Bears, a classic picture book series, to a younger cousin over Zoom when a family trip was canceled."
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.IN THE STATES
States target learning loss with summer school and extended days, but some parents want option to hold kids back
The 74
Even before President Joe Biden signed the latest federal relief bill — which requires a portion of funds to be spent on learning loss — state lawmakers were already moving on their own proposals to help students make up for missed instruction due to school closures. Legislatures are weighing proposals to establish summer learning initiatives, expand afterschool programs and extend the school year. But for those who need more to get back on track, some states are examining a more controversial option: holding students back.
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Spared debt over missing students, NYC principals plan how to use money to ease COVID learning loss
The 74
New York City Principal Jodie Cohen received some much-needed good news: Mayor Bill de Blasio and new Schools Chancellor Meisha Ross Porter announced the city would cover the debt owed by schools for children who didn't show up in classrooms this year. For Cohen, who runs James Madison High School in Brooklyn, that was $180,000 she wouldn't lose — money she could spend on two-to-one tutoring sessions for students, air conditioning units, and incorporating Department of Education-issued iPads into the curriculum.
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What are California teachers seeing as the early grades go back to school?
EdSource
Rarely has the prospect of going back to school generated so much glee in the hearts of young children. Now, as many California children in the early grades have started to venture back into the classroom after a long year of lockdowns and distance learning, teachers say they are seeing much rejoicing, as well as some anxiety, on campus.
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.ASSOCIATION NEWS
The NAESP Principal Podcast: Learning and growing over summer
NAESP
For principals, summer learning is more than just a reading list assigned to students. The summer break can offer more time for educators to learn and grow in their own practice. In this episode, we sit down with Chicago principal Dr. Efraín Martínez to share summer learning best practices.
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Transform the norm: Rethinking how teachers teach & principals lead
NAESP
What if we as educators reimagined what our classrooms could look like, sound like or be like...to help prepare our students for the 21st century we must move away from being the sage on the stage to the guide on the side. We must give our students choice and voice in all that we do in our classrooms. Join me as we look at transforming the norm. Participants will leave with ideas and thoughts about creating a classroom where kids thrive and become better prepared for the future.
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