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.PRINCIPAL LEADERSHIP
Is the CDC ready to change its school mask guidance?
District Administration Magazine
With state after state banning mask mandates and many other districts dropping theirs, the CDC has signaled that it may soon change its masking guidance for schools. Georgia, Iowa and Texas have prohibited mask mandates in the last few weeks as students as young as 12 became eligible for vaccinations.
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Is public school enrollment set to make a comeback?
K-12 DIVE
Enrollment dips were especially pronounced for districts that stayed closed longer and for students in the earlier grades, especially kindergarten, Robin Lake, an education researcher and director for the Center on Reinventing Public Education, a nonpartisan think tank, said in an email. As in previous years, most families who redshirt their children will eventually send them to public school, Rios predicted, as keeping them home for several years will be unsustainable and eventually illegal.
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Extended learning time: 5 things to consider
Tech & Learning
Congress put an emphasis on addressing learning loss in the latest round of stimulus funds from the American Rescue Plan Act, which places new ideas and strategies at the forefront of addressing the toughest challenges emerging from the pandemic. Many districts are putting extended learning time into their plans in the hope that students, especially the most vulnerable, will come back in the fall having closed the gaps created during the last two years.
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Addressing the challenges of rural students
Edutopia
Rural districts are an often-overlooked part of the complex American education system, even though 9.3 million students — or one in five nationally — attend a rural school. These districts are typically disregarded because of their small populations compared with larger single districts in more urban areas. In terms of funding, national and state legislation tends to be more directly applied to the larger districts in an attempt to effect the most positive change for as many students as possible. However, when considered as a group, rural districts encompass a large number of students nationwide.
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A great summer break?
MiddleWeb
This school year was packed with uncertainty and new challenges. The transitions between remote, hybrid and in-person teaching were mentally and physically exhausting.
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8 considerations for designing high-impact tutoring
Education Week (commentary)
Kevin Newman, a contributor for Education Week, writes: "With the return to in-person learning in sight, K-12 leaders are urgently setting priorities for the coming school year. Each spring, educators are eager to find that 'just right' approach to their biggest challenges. As a former middle and high school principal, I know that's especially true after a tough year — and no year has been tougher than this one."
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Ready for teacher residency? 4 keys to success
District Administration Magazine
Coming out of the COVID-19 pandemic, there are significant new streams of state and federal funding for establishing teacher residency programs. At the federal level, President Biden is calling for investments of $2.8 billion in "Grow Your Own" programs and year-long, paid teacher residencies, which have a greater impact on student outcomes, teacher retention and are more likely to enroll teacher candidates of color.
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Some young immigrants work to support their families. Can schools support them?
EdSurge
In January, the COVID-19 pandemic was reaching its apex in the US and quarantine had most people stuck at home. But travel restrictions didn't stop 18-year-old Geovanni Diaz from logging hundreds of hours in transit. He had to go to work. Diaz is a high school student in Oakland, Calif. He arrived in 2019, from Guatemala, and like thousands of recent immigrant kids in the U.S., he's worked while attending school in order to pay rent and support himself and his mother. He's no stranger to a long commute, either.
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In the coming year, student data can drive learning plans that help all students catch up and move new learning forward. We’ve put together resources, worksheets, and other tools to help your team identify student needs, guide student-centered instruction and intervention decisions, and accelerate each student’s growth. Open free toolkit.
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2 steps to become your aspirational self and still be your real self
Leadership Freak
Growth is becoming your aspirational self, not languishing with the façade of authenticity. Don't turn from challenge or opportunity with self-affirming nonsense like, "It's just not me," or, "That's not who I am." "Authenticity" is self-sabotage when it prolongs inaction, incompetence, and pitiful self-satisfaction.
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How to deploy emotional intelligence for work success
Entrepreneur
The concept of emotional intelligence has been studied for decades. It wasn't until 1995, with the publication of Daniel Goleman's book "Emotional Intelligence," that EI was pushed to the forefront. At the same time, employers still didn't embrace EI in the workplace. Maybe it was because they believed that emotional intelligence myths like the idea that there actually isn't such a thing. That has changed as research has found that emotional intelligence was the strongest predictor of workplace effectiveness.
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How to get your team to stop asking you every little question
Harvard Business Review
You're finally in the flow, typing away and making progress on that strategy document. And then a team member IMs you a question. And then another one pops up. Before you know it, your afternoon is gone and you've made no progress. Sound familiar?
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It's talent poaching season. 5 ways to keep your best and brightest
Inc.
After more than a year of COVID-19 lockdowns, the hiring floodgates are about to open — and managers should be prepared. Since March 2020, employment has been a seller's market. Very few people have been able to switch jobs. With a period of double-digit unemployment, workers were feeling fortunate to keep the jobs they had.
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One of your employees screwed up. Here's how to handle the situation without killing morale
Fast Company (commentary)
Ethan Karp, a contributor for Fast Company, writes: "I've learned a few times in my career that words matter. In fact, it once happened at work during an exit interview. 'I don't feel the great culture others do because my boss can be really sharp and it makes things uncomfortable,' the employee, who had quit for another job, told me. When I asked what 'sharp' meant, the exiting employee said that after he made a mistake, he got a short email that said, 'You forgot to do this thing. You need to do it now. Why did you do this?'"
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You can't cure your employee's existential crisis. But you can help.
Harvard Business Review
Humans' fundamental need to perceive life as meaningful — which comes from the feeling that one's existence has purpose and significance — is nothing new. But the prolonged fear, uncertainty, isolation and grief brought about by the pandemic has caused many people to reexamine what gives their lives meaning.
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Dr. Don Vu examines six conditions for building a school’s culture of literacy to create an environment where immigrant and refugee children can thrive. Vu’s work is a testament to the transformative power of reading—a key to opening the door for all to realize the American Dream.
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4 ways to send your perfectionism packing
Entrepreneur
You've likely heard people, especially in the entrepreneurial world, describe themselves as "perfectionists" with a hint of pride. For some, this word signifies hard work and dedication, but it's likely not as favorable of a characteristic they'd like to believe. A recent study by psychology researchers found that colleagues rated perfectionistic coworkers lower than others in terms of social skills and attraction.
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MULTIBRIEFS EXCLUSIVE
4 ways to leverage emotional intelligence in workplace communications
By Jessica Day
Emotional intelligence has been shown to boost your chances of promotion and makes for a more effective management environment. It relies on our communication with those around us, whether that's knowing when to be chirpy and positive or when to just sit back and listen. Emotional intelligence features an essential set of soft skills to have — so how can we leverage it to work for us in the workplace?
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Are you building back better after the pandemic?
The Lead Change Group
While the ravages of the pandemic have yet to subside entirely, many businesses, local authorities, and community organizations have already begun to look to the future. That view remains uncertain, as the full extent of the COVID-19 impact is not yet known, yet building back is necessary. But can you build back better than before, and what elements might you focus on to do just that?
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.EDUCATION POLICY
There are big funding gaps affecting high-poverty schools. Can Biden close them?
Education Week
The part of President Joe Biden's proposed education budget with the most potential to break new ground might be the pitch for new "equity grants" to change how education funding works nationwide. It's an ambitious proposal that highlights longstanding concerns that disadvantaged students often don't get the resources they need and deserve.
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Office for Civil Rights details COVID's 3 big equity impacts
District Administration Magazine
The COVID-19 pandemic's disparate impacts on specific communities of students are highlighted in a new Department of Education Office for Civil Rights report that urges continued efforts to ensure equitable access and resources for students disproportionately affected by the pandemic.
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Rich schools, poor schools and a Biden plan
The New York Times
Can President Biden fix America's inequitable public school funding? The administration's latest budget proposal suggests he's going to try. The plan includes a $20 billion program for high-poverty school districts. States would get additional funding if they "address longstanding funding disparities" between rich and poor districts.
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.SCHOOL TECHNOLOGY
K-12 leaders must prepare for retiring outdated tech
EdTech Magazine
Those of us old enough to have lived through Y2K may remember that the doom and gloom ushering in the 21st century mostly surrounded obsolete technology systems that needed workarounds and fixes. Since then, we've all encountered outdated pieces of technology, legacy systems that paved the way for more current applications.
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E-learning to reach $1 trillion within 6 years
THE Journal
The surge in distance learning during the COVID-19 pandemic is helping to drive staggering growth in the worldwide e-learning market. As of 2020, the e-learning market was at $250 billion, according to market research firm Global Market Insights. That is expected to surge at a compound annual growth rate of 21% through 2027 to hit $1 trillion. That includes academic, corporate and government use of e-learning.
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Here come the virtual academies
EdSurge
A few weeks after Kali Klingler — and millions of other students across the country — had started remote learning last spring, her district announced that its school buildings would remain closed for the rest of the academic year. They would finish out the semester online. It came as a bit of a shock to most. Some students experienced confusion and panic. Others were devastated, realizing they wouldn't get to finish their sports season or attend prom or see their friends again. But Kali, if she was being honest, mostly just felt relieved.
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Virtual learning will become more permanent post-COVID
eSchool News
About two in 10 U.S. school districts have already adopted, plan to adopt or are considering adopting virtual learning after the end of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a RAND Corporation study published earlier this year. The survey of district leaders indicates that virtual learning was the innovative practice that most district leaders anticipated would continue, citing both student and parent demand for continuing various forms of online instruction.
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How K-12 schools tamed silicon valley
Education Week
On the first Friday in May, Tyler Bosmeny called an all-staff Zoom meeting for 9 a.m. The sale of his company — ed-tech juggernaut Clever, founded in 2012 and now used by more than half the country's 50 million public school students — had been announced the previous evening. The CEO planned on striking his usual optimistic-but-pragmatic tone. But when he saw the faces of his 180 employees staring back from the rectangles on his screen, he was overcome with emotion.
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Stepping Stones Museum for Children brings its reputable, multidimensional learning approach to the Stepping Stones Studio. The Studio gives students access to a virtual world of brain-building, STEAM and fun-infused learning experiences, whether they are learning in the classroom or at home.
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.PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Trauma and teaching: Boundaries and bridges
MiddleWeb (commentary)
Alex Shevrin Venet, a contributor for MiddleWeb, writes: "Why didn't she tell me? I was completely caught off guard when my school administrator called me into a meeting to update on one of my students, who I'll call Jade. My administrator let me know that Jade had experienced a significant traumatic event a few weeks before and gave me some advice about how to support her in class."
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How to help children develop executive functioning skills
eSchool News
Math. Social studies. Science. There's no shortage of important topics the U.S. education system imparts on our youth. And yet, there is a set of skills that's not given enough attention in the classroom: Executive functioning. Executive functioning is the management system of the brain — it refers to how well students pay attention, organize and prioritize, stay focused on tasks through completion, regulate their emotions, and keep track of the things they are doing. While executive functioning is starting to gain some deserved attention in the classroom, parents can have a huge impact on the growth of these skills for their children.
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How to teach coding with no prior experience
Tech & Learning
Can a classroom teacher — or parent volunteer — who knows nothing about coding actually teach coding to a classroom of elementary or middle school students? Yes! With a positive attitude, a willingness to learn and the right supports, anyone can teach coding and have fun doing it.
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Eric Litwin, the original author of the best-selling Pete the Cat series, and Dr. Gina Pepin, an award-winning teacher, share practical tools and strategies to transform your classroom into a “reading playground”—a space where children read, sing, dance, and celebrate words and texts. The Power of Joyful Reading provides research-based solutions to implement successful shared reading experiences in daycare, preschool, kindergarten, and early elementary classrooms. These tools build students’ foundational literacy skills and help them learn to love books and see themselves as successful readers.
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It's time to reimagine reading comprehension
MiddleWeb
Cobwebs have had many months to accumulate in the minds of our readers following a year that has been anything but ordinary. In March 2020, COVID sent students fleeing from their classrooms, and educators scrambling for curriculum that could work well enough at home virtually, in a hybrid model or six feet apart when students had the opportunity for in-person learning.
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Creating access, connectivity and support for English learners
THE Journal
Even under the best of circumstances, remote learning can be challenging. For English learners, this challenge is compounded by linguistic barriers, lack of access and socioeconomic stressors. To ensure learning gaps aren't being exacerbated during the pandemic, it's crucial that educators consider how to create access, connectivity and family supports for English learners. Here are steps that can be taken to address these priorities at the district and classroom levels.
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A 3-step strategy to build students' reading fluency
Edutopia
Fluency is often discussed by elementary teachers simply as the rate of words read aloud per minute, although the full definition includes reading accuracy plus voice tone and inflection. It's an important measure of student reading success, and as students move through grades, poor fluency becomes increasingly serious.
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Digital escape rooms for fun and formative assessment
We Are Teachers
My favorite escape rooms provide a tidy Google Form where students input their answers and seamlessly move through different challenges. Students must work together to solve the problem, then follow the instructions to break the code.
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5 ways to boost student engagement with STEM learning strategies
eSchool News
As educators, we are always trying to find ways for all students to achieve success. Research has shown us that students who are engaged in learning are more likely to be successful. So how do we know when students are truly engaged in learning? They are active participants — they listen and ask questions, they are invested in and internalize what they are learning, they make real-life connections and they take pride in the work they produce.
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35 out of this world space-themed classroom ideas
We Are Teachers
You already know that your students are out of this world, which is exactly why you need to check out these amazing space-themed classroom ideas! From nameplates to bulletin boards and incredible reading nooks, your classroom transformation will be ready to blast off in 3 ... 2 ... 1!
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.EDUCATION RESEARCH
Pfizer to test COVID-19 vaccine in larger group of children below 12
Reuters
Pfizer Inc said it will begin testing its COVID-19 vaccine in a larger group of children under age 12 after selecting a lower dose of the shot in an earlier stage of the trial. The study will enroll up to 4,500 children at more than 90 clinical sites in the United States, Finland, Poland and Spain, the company said. Based on safety, tolerability and the immune response generated by 144 children in a phase I study of the two-dose shot, Pfizer said it will test a dose of 10 micrograms in children between 5 and 11 years of age, and 3 micrograms for the age group of 6 months to 5.
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.IN THE STATES
Colorado adopts more rigorous reading test for prospective teachers
Chalkbeat
Colorado soon will require prospective elementary, early childhood, and special education teachers to take a more in-depth exam on reading instruction to earn their state teaching licenses. The State Board of Education voted unanimously Wednesday to adopt the new exam, called the Praxis 5205. The requirement will take effect Sept. 1 for all teacher candidates who are taking licensure tests for the first time on or after that date.
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.ASSOCIATION NEWS
Celebrate NAESP's 100th anniversary: Create a video tribute
NAESP
We are creating a video montage (or tribute) for NAESP's 100th anniversary celebration to showcase our members' love for their association and let our biggest supporters help us celebrate #ACenturyOfNAESP. It will only take you a minute to film and submit your video. We plan to use the tribute as we celebrate our anniversary on social media, on our website, and onsite at the NAESP Pre-K-8 Principals Conference in Chicago July 8-10, 2021.
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Calling all aspiring principals
NAESP
Are you a teacher leader, an assistant principal or an early career principal searching for quality professional learning to take your leadership to the next level? Are you a district leader committed to building a strong, diverse principal pipeline? The National Aspiring Principals Academy is accepting applications for its next cohort.
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