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District Administration Magazine
Principal preparation programs continue to place more demands on candidates, in some cases requiring a yearlong internship. When the time comes to assume the role, no amount of preparation can prepare a person for what lies ahead. The constant demands, interruptions, rules, pressure and stress can wear down even the most resilient person. In a Rand Corporation study of first-year principals, researchers found that 107 of 519 new principals left the profession within two years.
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Education World
Behavior issues are typically high on the list of school problems educators talk about each year, but often not as high on the list of professional development topics school administrators stake out for the staff. And experts say even when they are covered, the sessions too often don’t create change. "The absence of ... professional development in the critical competencies of classroom organization and behavior management significantly reduces the effectiveness of many teachers, especially new ones," says a report on the topic from Vanderbilt University researchers.
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By: Tammy Gibson (commentary)
 A new toy trend is literally spinning its way through schools. Surprisingly, it's not a high-tech gadget — it's a colorful piece of plastic called a fidget spinner. The top-like gadgets that you spin with your fingers were originally designed as a stress-release tool meant to help children with ADD, ADHD, anxiety and autism focus by occupying their hands, therefore improving concentration. These toys are the latest craze, but are they actually doing what they're marketed for?
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MindShift
Education researchers Jal Mehta and Sarah Fine have been observing different school systems over the past six years in an attempt to document the variables that contribute to deeper learning. But as they spent more time in schools, it was hard to ignore the ways in which the activity around the edges of institutions — elective courses, extracurricular activities — was where students and teachers "were most fired up," said Fine, a postdoctoral student at Harvard Graduate School of Education.
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District Administration Magazine
Across the country, youngsters in all grades are connecting with senior citizens on projects that transcend community outreach to provide students with true curricular value. While doing research for National History Day, students in Tea McCaulla's Florida high school stumbled upon Women's Airforce Service Pilots and Letters from Home, a book by World War II veteran Bernice "Bee" Haydu, now 96. Students contacted Haydu in 2015, who agreed to an in-person, videotaped interview three hours away in Palm Beach, where she lives part of the year.
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Over 75% of transgender students feel unsafe at school, and staff do not know how to help them. Welcoming Schools, the nation’s premier professional development program for elementary schools, provides educators with best practices to support transgender students and prevent bias-based bullying.
Visit www.welcomingschools.org to learn more.
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EdTech Magazine
If you can't beat 'em, join 'em. The internet has become ubiquitous in our lives, so much so that we ask our smartphones questions before we consult each other. School districts have latched onto this by bringing the technology into classrooms. Where once phones and tablets were banned, they're now welcomed and used as part of the curriculum. And why not? It makes perfect sense. More than 90 percent of teenagers engage in online use and more than 75 percent of them own cellphones, according to the Pew Internet and American Life Project. Teens use the internet more than any other medium to gather and share information and to connect with one another.
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THE Journal
One in five children have learning and attention issues, or brain-based challenges in reading, writing, math, organization, focus, listening comprehension, social skills, motor skills or a combination of these, according to the National Center for Learning Disabilities. In a new report, the NCLD examines why students facing these issues are three times more likely to drop out of school.
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Edutopia
Giving students a dedicated spot in the classroom to collect themselves helps them learn to manage their emotions — a valuable life skill.
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Education Week
Some aspire to leadership positions believing they will have latitude and power to make decisions greater than the ones in whatever role they currently have. To a certain degree that may be true. For sure, the expansive of those decisions will be greater. But, successful leaders will tell anyone that their results relate to being skilled collaborators and communicators. Surely, people still look to them for wisdom, decisions and answers but few of them are as autonomous as they used to be.
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By: Susan Winebrenner (commentary)
 Teaching and parenting students with learning difficulties is extremely complex and sometimes very frustrating for all parties concerned. For the students, the challenge is not to lose confidence in their abilities to learn successfully. The parents and teachers, meanwhile, struggle with the issue of knowing how to give help the "Goldilocks" way — not too little, not too much, but just right. The obvious thing to do is empower students with learning methods that can be successful in almost any area of learning.
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The Associated Press
One in every 5 middle and high school students has complained of being bullied at school and the number of reports of sexual assault on college campuses has more than tripled over the past decade, according to a federal study. "There are areas of concern in terms of bullying and rates of victimization being high," said Lauren Musu-Gillette, one of the authors of the report by the National Center for Education Statistics and the Justice Department.
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PBS Newshour
Millions of American children take a school bus to school each day, and statistically it's the safest option. But could school buses be even safer? Special correspondent Lisa Stark of Education Week reports that a record number of states are considering legislation to require seat belts and other safety upgrades, but for many school districts it may not necessarily pay to have students buckle up.
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EdTech Magazine
When it comes to providing access to technology, many experts are concerned about the digital divide between high-income and low-income students, particularly in the home. The Joan Ganz Cooney Center, an independent research lab (and part of the Sesame Workshop) that focuses on the challenges of education in the changing world, researched how the parents of these low-income students feel about technology.
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NPR
The day Ayden came home from school with bruises, his mother started looking for a new school. Ayden's a bright 9-year-old with a blond crew cut, glasses and an eager smile showing new teeth coming in. He also has autism, ADHD and a seizure disorder. (We're not using his last name to protect his privacy.) He loves karate, chapter books and very soft blankets: "I love the fuzziness, I just cocoon myself into my own burrito." "He's so smart but lacks so much socially," says his mother, Lynn.
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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?
Read more: http://www.classcomposer.com/news
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Reuters
Fewer than one in 10 U.S. daycare center directors have taken concrete steps to prepare for a pandemic flu outbreak, a recent study suggests. Researchers surveyed directors of licensed childcare centers in 2008 and again in 2016, to assess flu prevention measures before and after the 2009 pandemic outbreak of a new strain of H1N1 influenza. Among other things, they looked at flu prevention activities like daily health checks for kids, infection control training for staff, communicating with parents about illness and immunization requirements for children and staff.
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The Washington Post
The historic Supreme Court ruling in Brown v. Board of Education turns 63 years old on Wednesday, May 17, 2017. The decision famously ordered the desegregation of public schools in the United States, declaring segregated schools "inherently unequal" and unconstitutional, but all these years later, segregation is far from being eliminated. In fact, 2016 federal data showed that poor, black and Hispanic children are becoming increasingly isolated from white, affluent children in America's public schools. Given that, how should Brown v. Board be evaluated? Given persistent school segregation, was it a failure? This post addresses that question.
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Education Week
A bill that would repeal the means Congress used to overturn regulations for the Every Student Succeeds Act has been introduced by three Democratic lawmakers, including one possible presidential hopeful for 2020. The legislation would get rid of the Congressional Review Act, which allows Congress to overturn recently enacted federal regulations, like those that President Barack Obama's administration wrote to govern accountability and state plans for ESSA.
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Education World
Students in Arizona public schools could have a teacher next school year without traditional teaching experience. In a radical move, Arizona's governor, Doug Ducey, signed a bill allowing anybody to teach, regardless of formal teaching training, so long as they have five years of experience in the field they'll be teaching. According to The Associated Press, Arizona has been struggling with a shortage of teachers and Ducey believes this is a step in the right direction of expanding opportunities for new "teachers."
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The New York Times
At an elementary school in Freehold, over 500 students share a vast, open space where bookshelves, whiteboards, storage cubbies and other pieces of furniture are the only boundaries between classrooms. There are no walls because the building was originally designed in the 1970s to be a smaller Montessori school, Rocco Tomazic, the superintendent of the Freehold Borough School District, explained during a recent tour. But now it is noisy and crowded, and the district does not have the money to move students into traditional closed classrooms — the kind with walls and fewer distractions.
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NAESP
The U.S. Department of Education Green Ribbon Schools Program awardees have been recognized for their success in reducing environmental impact, improving health and wellness, and offering effective environmental and sustainability education to students. These schools’ innovative efforts showcase 21st Century Learning framework by preparing all students for the challenges of work, life, and citizenship in the 21st century and beyond, as well as ensure ongoing innovation in our economy.
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NAESP
Are you interested in strengthening your career while preparing a new generation of leaders? The National Mentor Training and Certification Program offers a highly structured professional development program which integrates a mentor training component that can make the critical difference in sustainability of skilled leaders. NAESP will be hosting upcoming mentor trainings in Mason, Michigan, June 21-22; and Alexandria, Virginia, July 27-28. Click here to register and find more information.
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