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Education Week Teacher
Forty-two percent of teachers have little or no input on their professional development, a new Education Week Research Center survey found.
That might be one reason why teacher professional development has long been criticized for being expensive and ineffective. But as Education Week explores in a new special report, districts and states are taking steps to reconsider and revamp their efforts to improve teacher practice.
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EdTech Magazine
The early model of the flipped classroom came from Jon Bergman and Aaron Sams, who created a video source for students that missed labs due to school events for sports, clubs or illness.
Other districts quickly learned of the videos and asked for permission to use them, and the flipped classroom was born. Today, the Flipped Learning Global Network has grown exponentially as teachers have adopted this teaching and learning method around the world.
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The Oklahoman
The way Mackinley Cross sees it, her profession could use a little good news. Cross, a special education teacher, and three colleagues provide needed professional development at no cost to teachers, schools or districts hit hard by budget cuts. Cross, Jessika Hill, Wilbur House and Amy Walls call themselves Inspiration for Instruction. Their mission is to increase classroom engagement and student achievement. "There really is a hunger among teachers for professional development that matches the reality of the classroom," said Walls.
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Inside Higher Ed
John Warner writes: "Before class I play music, YouTube videos, that is when I'm not playing clips of goat yoga.
Several years ago by accident, because I was teaching four classes back to back in the same room, I discovered the magic of being present in the classroom during the passing period between classes.
It allows for what I now think of as a 'soft open' to class, a period where we're listening to music together or watching goofy videos, talking, engaged with each other."
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eSchool News
The Science and Engineering Practices of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) require students to "obtain, evaluate and communicate information." As students engage in argumentation, verbal reasoning and explaining with evidence, it is critical that they have access to dynamic technology tools to promote and guide such communication.
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The Washington Post
If you have paid attention to the school reform debate in recent years, you would be forgiven for thinking that public schools across the board are failing students and that schools that are struggling can only improve if they fire all of their staff, become a charter school or let the state take them over. It's not so.
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Education Dive
Recent years have seen education become a top field for freelance work. This embrace of the gig economy can be traced to a number of factors, including low pay increases, perceived lack of public support and high demands on time that come with the teaching profession.
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Education World
Every student has a primary learning style, right? Not exactly.
If you've been on social media as of late, you've likely seen some version of this story: attacks upon the popular theory of "learning styles," after 30 academics from the worlds of neuroscience, education and psychology wrote a letter to The Guardian, effectively encouraging educators to abandon the idea in their approach to education.
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Education Week
In Susannah Young's second grade classroom, the first step in a student's writing process isn't a rough draft; it's a conversation with a peer.
Students explain their ideas to a partner, respond to questions and push each other to more fully explore their thoughts before they put them down on paper.
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eShool News
Everything starts with suspicion.
You take a student's essay, start reading it and it doesn't feel right. The writing structure, word constructions and deductions are unlike this mentee of yours! You go to PlagiarismCheck, Copyscape or any other resource to check that essay for plagiarism and ... ta da!
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By Brian Stack
 Unlike a broken bone, which is healed by way of a visible cast or sling, people who are suffering from a concussion don't look like they are suffering from an injury. It is especially difficult for children, who oftentimes cannot articulate what they are feeling or why. Thus, educators need to know how to identify a concussion in their students, and what steps need to be taken to help a student heal from the injury and return to regular classroom activities.
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HealthDay News
A child bullied in fifth grade is more likely to show signs of depression in seventh grade, and abuse substances like alcohol, marijuana or tobacco in 10th grade, researchers say.
Their study of more than 4,000 kids in Los Angeles, Houston and Birmingham, Alabama, suggests a dangerous trajectory between not-uncommon childhood abuse and worrisome behavior in high school.
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Learning Forward via Education Week Teacher
Many administrators struggle to develop a professional learning program that is individualized and meaningful for all teachers. The easiest and least effective way to address professional development is to provide one-size-fits-all professional learning opportunities, which means only a portion of attendees finds it valuable. This is the struggle for school leaders who plan professional learning opportunities for teachers. The goal of professional learning should be to change practice for the better. If the learning does not apply, then how will teachers change their practices for the better?
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Education Week
In a report titled "How Deeper Learning Can Create a New Vision for Teaching," the National Commission on Teaching and America's Future's says, "Just as students need opportunities to develop as curious learners, work collaboratively and connect with community resources and issues; teachers need the same. Principals should support opportunities for teachers to learn collaboratively with their colleagues and provide ongoing, job-embedded professional learning for educators that deepens their understanding and practice of teaching for deeper learning."
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USA Today
The Trump administration said it planned no changes to an international girls' education program championed by first lady Michelle Obama, disputing earlier media reports that said the administration had effectively dismantled the effort. USA Today reported that Peace Corps employees had been told to stop using the name of "Let Girls Learn," an international education initiative — and that, based on an internal message by Peace Corps acting director Sheila Crowley, "Let Girls Learn" as a program unto itself was ending.
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Education Dive
With Trump's election, a renewed interest in school choice was a foregone conclusion, and his initial proposed budget fit this approach. In addition to more than $9 billion in federal education cuts, it allocated $1.4 billion to promote school choice, including money for charter schools and potentially investing in voucher programs.
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KVUE-TV via KHOU-TV
Texas children could get some relief from having to take so many standardized tests and the weight those tests carry could decrease if bills passed by the Texas House of Representatives become law.
The House of Representatives passed House Bill 22. The bill revises the unpopular A-F rating system for schools and districts that was passed by the legislature last session.
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The Oklahoman
At Hilldale Elementary School in the Putnam City, Oklahoma, district, it's all about the relationships.
Children are active and engaged and want to do right by their teachers, who credit regular collaboration and lots of professional development for the school's success. In four years, Hilldale has gone from targeted intervention school to High Progress Reward School, a designation reserved for schools that consistently show improvement from year to year, according to the state Education Department.
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Times Union
A nearly two-year process to revamp reading and math standards in New York classrooms is nearing the finish line.
State education officials have announced what they consider "substantive" changes to the state's K-12 standards, which were overhauled in 2011 to be more rigorous but criticized for being age-inappropriate, especially for younger children.
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WNCT-TV
Pitt County (North Carolina) Schools announced the initial rollout of their innovative Career Pathways program for teachers. The district has allotted 66 Facilitating Teacher (FT) vacancies to schools across the county, starting with the 2017-2018 School Year. These FTs will serve as teacher leaders who facilitate collaborative action research projects and lead communities of practice at their schools.
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The Associated Press via The Daily Progress
Some Illinois school districts are revamping their summer school programs this year with virtual programs designed to allow students to complete lessons outside of the classroom.
But education experts are worried that online learning programs aren't the best approach for younger students. They are questioning whether the move is due to the school districts' desire to cut costs and redirect money at a time when the state is $13 billion behind in allocating school funds due to the budget impasse.
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NAESP
Eric C. Sheninger and Thomas C. Murray outline eight keys in their book, Learning Transformed: 8 Keys To Designing Tomorrow's Schools, Today. Each is a piece of a puzzle for transforming the K-12 education system of teaching and learning to intentionally design tomorrow's schools so today's learners are prepared for success and stand ready to create new industries, find new cures, and solve world problems. This webinar takes place Monday, June 13, 5-6 p.m. EST. Attendees are eligible to earn a CE certificate.
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NAESP
The assistant principal occupies a unique position at his or her school. The old stereotype of assistant principals as the enforcers of discipline is challenged by the much more varied and nuanced roles they occupy in today's schools. As administrators, instructional leaders, and family partners, they not only provide critical support to the principal, but play an essential part in making a school successful. As part of a Principal magazine roundtable, we asked assistant principals to share some of their best practices on the assistant principalship. Here's what they had to say.
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