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Education Week
School leadership groups are calling on Congress to protect federal spending on programs that support principals and local initiatives that recruit and retain principals to work in high-poverty districts. One effort asks Congress to protect Title II funds, which are slated to be eliminated in President Trump's proposed budget as part of a reduction in federal education spending by $9 billion, or 13 percent.
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By: Cait Harrison (commentary)
 A new presidential era means more changes are in store for education. President Donald Trump recently signed bills rolling back two regulations measuring school accountability and teacher training under the Every Student Succeeds Act. The school accountability measure overwhelmingly passed in the Republican-controlled House, but narrowly made it out of the Senate with a 50-49 vote — despite opposition from business, labor and civil rights groups, as well as Democrats.
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Education Week
Educators tasked with finding instructional materials for their districts and classrooms face a dizzying array of options these days. Classroom resources are available in print, digital textbook formats, and online. They can be paid for, subscribed to, or downloaded for free. They're available as comprehensive, yearlong curricula; individual thematic units; and single activities and games.
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Education World (commentary)
Misconceptions, myths, and stereotypes run abound in gifted education. Research with teachers, experienced and new to the field, suggests widely held views on what constitutes "giftedness" and appropriate methods for educating this group. To preface this discussion, understand that numerous definitions for "gifted" exist (this adds to the complexity of this topic). School districts generally depend on intelligent quotient tests along with other measures, such as behavior-characteristic checklists, to identify gifted students.
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EdTech Magazine
In a flipped classroom, teachers assign short videos of their lessons for students to view at home, or sometimes in class while the teacher works with other learners. During class time, students work, either individually or in small groups, on activities that reinforce the lessons (while the teacher circulates to offer help and suggestions). Personal computing devices like notebooks, desktops and mobile gadgets; learning management systems; streaming video services; and other technologies enable the switch and deliver content and activities to make the model work.
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eSchool News
Engaging young children in STEM is critical for creating a lifelong love of learning and for developing critical thinking skills which will serve them well across all academic disciplines and prepare them for the 21st Century workforce. The recently released report, STEM Starts Early: Grounding Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math Education in Early Childhood by the Joan Ganz Cooney Center and New America is a summary of current research and makes critical recommendations for both STEM communication to parents and future research in early childhood STEM.
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PsychCentral
We know a large number of students are not reaching their full potential in our educational system. They are not being taught the proper learning techniques for improving educational outcomes. Research shows that students are relying heavily on techniques that received a low utility assessment, as compared to effective techniques such as distributed practice, that rank high. Knowing there is a need for improving the educational system's process, learning scientists set forth to study and identify specific learning techniques that can aid teachers and students in reaching their goals. Among these techniques, Distributed Practice was considered a successful tool in helping students succeed.
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School Library Journal
In an increasingly social media–driven world, school library media specialist Cindy Symonds sees herself as the personal tech guide to the teachers and 560 students at Round Top Elementary School in Blythewood, South Carolina. One media tool she's recently introduced is interactive comic strips. Her students have been creating stories using the comic generator MakeBeliefsComix.com. With perpetually limited funds, librarians and teachers are turning to the growing number of free make-your-own-comic websites and apps. These allow students to create their own characters, settings, dialogue and stories. In particular, they seem to be stimulating literacy, communication and linguistic skills among students with special needs. Often, they improve such students' attention span and increase their class participation.
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District Administration Magazine
Telemedicine, in which a remote doctor or physician's assistant provides health care via the internet, has caught on in the business world and is now making its way into public schools. Five of the Title 1 buildings in Maryland's Howard County Public Schools offer telemedicine for students, says Sharon Hobson, a registered nurse who coordinates the district's telemedicine program for the Howard County Health Department. "The goal of the program is to keep children in school so they aren't being sent home for minor illnesses," says Hobson.
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NPR
Muslim children are more likely to be bullied in school than children of other faiths. A new survey by the Institute for Social Policy and Understanding reveals that 42 percent of Muslims with children in K-12 schools report bullying of their children because of their faith, compared with 23 percent of Jewish and 20 percent of Protestant parents. These results confirm recent findings by other research and advocacy groups showing that bullying of students of color is on the rise.
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EdTech Magazine
Chromebooks are becoming the go-to computing device for K–12 schools, as officials are increasingly drawn to the platform's low price, ease of use, ease of maintenance and high functionality. Getting maximum return on their investment, however, often turns out to be a harder equation.
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Education World
Educators for High Standards commissioned a survey that asked 800 teachers and teacher advocacy leaders about their perceptions of ESSA's potential impact on their schools and profession as well as their role in its implementation. The results show that teachers are generally skeptical about whether the federal law will lead to significant education reforms.
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The Brookings Institution
The controversial appointment of Betsy DeVos, an advocate for expanding school vouchers, reanimated long-standing arguments over school assignment, funding and segregation. There is a great deal of political heat here: racial divisions in U.S. schooling echo and amplify the nation's racist history. Education is a vital ingredient for success in adulthood.
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Benchmark Advance and Adelante build K-6 literary and content-area knowledge through close reading and collaborative conversations. Foundational skills, writing to sources, and use of text evidence are seamlessly integrated, as are resources for ELs that amplify meaning without simplifying language. Fully equitable Spanish edition also available. FREE sampler.
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Edutopia
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, approximately 11 percent of children — that's 6.4 million kids — in the United States ages 4–17 were reported by parents to have a diagnosis of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder as of 2011. Dr. Russell Barkley, clinical professor of psychiatry at the Medical University of South Carolina and an expert on ADHD, says that this disorder is primarily about emotional regulation and self-control and is not just about inattention, impulsivity and hyperactivity. Emotional regulation, which is foundational to social, emotional, and academic success, is underdeveloped in these young people. Barkley emphasizes that ADHD arises from neurogenetic roots and is not a knowledge or intelligence disorder.
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Education DIVE
The vast majority of parents believe their children are performing at or above grade level in both reading and math. According to nationally representative data from nonprofit parent advocacy organization Learning Heroes, across race, class, income and education levels, 90 percent of parents think their children are proficient in these two subjects. Educators know the reality is very different. National data indicates about 33 percent of students are proficient in math and 34 percent are proficient in reading.
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Scrap the sticky notes and shred the spreadsheets. Create fair, first-class classes with Class Composer. Where does it hurt? When it comes to assigning elementary school students to their classes, it’s the knees, the back and the head. Why?
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eSchool News
When a student tweets at their school's Twitter handle, chances are they don't expect a response–it's like tweeting at Starbucks, or the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency — you feel like you're talking to an entity that's far too busy and important to ever respond to you. That's why students in Georgia's Cherokee County School District were so surprised when they tweeted their district, begging for a snow day — and their district tweeted right back.
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| | FEDERAL ADVOCACY AND POLICY |
Education Week
President Donald Trump has proposed getting rid of the Title II program, which has been around for more than a decade and aims to help districts and states pay for teacher and principal development, reduce class size, craft new evaluation systems and more.
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Educators share eight ways to save time and reduce testing fatigue. Learn how to get a clear picture of student progress with a FREE e-book that explores the benefits of data-driven instruction.
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Education Week
U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos told an audience at the Brookings Institution Wednesday that she wouldn't necessarily approve every state's plan for the Every Student Succeeds Act right off the bat. And at the same event, she continued to push her favorite policy: school choice. DeVos didn't say specifically that states would have to embrace choice in their plans in order to pass muster with the department.
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The Associated Press
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos ccused her predecessor of wasting billions of dollars trying to fix traditional public schools and said that school choice was the way to reform the system. Speaking at the Brookings Institution in Washington, DeVos said that Arne Duncan's signature $7 billion project targeting failing schools did not produce any significant improvement. That failure, she said, was further proof that it is vital to give American parents the options of charter, private and other schools.
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Education Week
U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos didn't enjoy the smoothest confirmation process, to put it mildly. How has that affected public perceptions of her? It doesn't seem to have helped. At least that's the conclusion you could draw from a recent nationwide poll from Saint Leo University, in St. Leo, Florida. Using an online survey, the university's Polling Institute asked 1,073 adults for their impressions of various high-profile members of Trump's administration. The response? More than half of those polled, or 52.3 percent, said they either somewhat or strongly disapproved of DeVos. Among those surveyed, 41 percent said they "strongly disapproved" of DeVos, while 11.3 percent said they "somewhat disapproved" of her. Her combined approval rating was 34.5 percent, also the lowest.
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EdSource
Even though substantial research shows that children benefit academically from attending a full-day kindergarten program, only about 70 percent of California's elementary schools offer full-day programs, according to a new EdSource report. That's in part because state law requires schools to offer only a half-day of kindergarten, and the state pays school districts the same amount, based on student attendance, regardless of whether they offer a half-day or full-day program, according the report titled "Expanded Early Learning Time: Accessing Full-Day Preschool and Kindergarten in California."
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Chalkbeat Colorado
The mother was anxious when she arrived at Monte Vista Elementary School in southern Colorado to discuss her 7-year-old daughter's absences and frequent late arrivals. But there were no reprimands that day in the school library. Instead, during a meeting led by an outside facilitator, a school staff member started by saying, "Hey, we really love it when your daughter is here. She's so full of energy and excitement."
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Maine Public Broadcasting Network
In classrooms, there has long been an assumption that students need to be still, calm and attentive to learn. But more and more, researchers are finding that attitude could actually be harming many students. Teachers and students in Maine are trying to change that attitude by transforming what their classrooms look like.
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NAESP
The 2017 NAESP Vice President Election is now open, from March 29 – April 11. Eligible voters should have received an email with a customized link to cast their vote. Click on the link to vote for the next NAESP Vice President. No username or login is required. Voters will receive a confirmation email after voting. Click here for more information on voting and candidates.
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NAESP
Every organization has those go-to individuals who convey an infectious, energizing quality. They are approachable and have a positive effect on the environment around them. In schools, these individuals typically work well with large groups of students, know everyone in the school community, have a vested interest in the school culture, and are trusted and well-regarded for their efforts and outcomes. My experience has shown that physical education teachers are uniquely suited for this role, given the nature of their position and their knack for interpersonal dynamics.
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