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Education Week
Recently released federal data confirm what many people already know: The salaries and benefits of teachers, administrators and support staff consume the vast majority of spending in education. Salaries and benefits make up a combined 80 percent of school spending, according to the Condition of Education 2017 report, published by the National Center for Education Statistics. Eleven percent goes to purchased services, such as professional development and food, and 8 percent toward supplies, from textbooks to heating oil.
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By: Bambi Majumdar (commentary)
 K-12 funding has always been an area of debate, but perhaps never more so than this year. Within the first 100 days of President Donald Trump's administration, there has been a furor of concern over slashing education budgets across the country. The fierce protests may have made a difference for several state budgets now showing a boost in funding. Let's take a look at some of the education budget battles across the U.S.
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Connected Principal blog (commentary)
Jimmy Casas, a contributor for Connected Principal blog, writes: "A few days ago I was having dinner with a Superintendent when he presented me with the following question, 'How do you address underperformance, especially when you expect your staff and team to perform at a high level? Right now I am struggling with some folks who just refuse to get better.' It was a fair question and one that I often get when I am providing training or coaching school leaders. In fact, if I am being completely candid, I would argue that this dilemma has reached almost epidemic proportions in schools and business organizations across the board."
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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.
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Edutopia
Does project-based learning raise student achievement? If you've been involved in PBL for long, you've undoubtedly encountered this question. Over the last few years as education researchers at University of Michigan and Michigan State University, we have worked to address this question through a large study of the effects of PBL on social studies and some aspects of literacy achievement in second-grade classrooms.
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eSchool News
Even when students aren’t sitting through lectures, they’re still accustomed to letting their teachers dictate the pace, style, and direction of learning. But some forward-thinking classrooms have turned that model completely on its head, handing students control over lessons and often shifting teachers to supporting roles. Make no mistake: it can be a difficult adjustment for everyone. Many teachers are hesitant to give up control of the classroom—and the truth is that students are often so used to sit-and-get lessons that project-based learning can actually be daunting. Those schools that have made the transition to a more student-centric approach, though, report that the potential for learning is unmatched.
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EdTech Magazine
With more schools embracing technology to tailor learning to the needs of each student, the Future Ready Schools initiative is ensuring that the 9 million kids in rural public school districts aren't left behind on the trend. After conducting research, FRS adapted its guide to help schools implement personalized learning approaches specifically for rural schools. "I've seen firsthand the many challenges facing rural schools, from teacher recruitment and tight budgets to a school principal who also drives the school bus," says Bob Wise, president of the Alliance for Excellent Education that funds FRS — and former governor of West Virginia, in a press release.
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By: Brian Stack (commentary)
 Every weeknight, my kitchen table is a story of two boys raised by the same parents who approach their school work from two opposite ends of the spectrum. For my 11-year-old, homework time can’t end soon enough. My 9-year-old, on the other hand, has developed a series of coping strategies to help him persevere through challenging academic situations with grit and tenacity. These strategies did not manifest themselves on their own.
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NPR
The land border crossing between Tijuana, Mexico and San Ysidro, Calif. is one of the busiest in the world. Every day 25,000 people cross the border on foot. Among the crowd are students whose families live in Tijuana. Each morning their families commute many hours to bring the children to school in the U.S. Juan and his mom, Maria, wake up at 5:30 a.m. each day to make the trek from their home in Tijuana to Juan's high school in San Ysidro. Some mornings, crossing the border can take up to an hour and half. "It's been kind of, it's been a lot," Juan says. "Every day crossing it's like, the time management, it's finishing homework on time. It's a lot."
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Education World
Has your art classroom seen better days? Are your shelves, cabinets, drawers and bins full of chaos and clutter? Are bottles that once held fresh paint, poured from clean nozzles, now empty, crusty or clogged? Are the crayons formerly wrapped in crisp paper, shaped with a perfect, waxy point now unrecognizable nubs, too small for even the smallest grip?
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By: Mark S. Miller (commentary)
 Trust is such a small word, yet so complicated. The word trust has only five letters, but has a multitude of interpretations. Throughout one’s professional and personal careers, many will be asked to "trust" or believe. Some will do so without hesitation; others will be apprehensive. Why is there such a wide response to such a small word?
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Chalkbeat
After months of uncertainty, Indianapolis Public Schools leaders have chosen a new plan for a struggling northside elementary school. More technology in the classroom and more physical activity during the day are some of the panoply of tools Principal Bakari Posey hopes will help improve School 43. The school has struggled with unstable leadership, discipline problems and plummeting test scores. But with a new principal on board — who grew up in the neighborhood — the district is betting it can turn the school around.
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Education Week
Democrats — and even some Repubilcans — are really unhappy with what they see as a lack of transparency around writing the Senate health care bill. And that got us thinking about the process that lead to the Every Student Succeeds Act, which became law about 18 months ago. Remember how lawmakers agreed on ESSA? We're guessing you've forgotten about most, if not all of that. So we thought we'd take a peak back into the past, and compare the legislative process behind ESSA to the current fight over changing federal health care law.
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Education World
Even though school segregation under law was left behind in the middle of the 20th century, many of the country's schools remain segregated, both economically and racially. It's not a problem strictly in the Deep South either — though Alabama schools are guilty of it — but can be found in schools from New York City all the way to California. In the 1950s, when the Supreme Court handed down its ruling in Brown v. Board of Education and the desegregation process in U.S. schools was put underway, it was a step in the right direction. Slowly but surely schools across the country have begun sliding backwards to becoming more segregated with 37 percent of our nation's schools being almost entirely one-race schools.
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Los Angeles Times
A $7.5-billion Los Angeles schools budget set for approval includes 121 layoffs and 180 "reassignments" that would result in pay cuts and possible additional job losses. Among the hardest hit in the proposal are library aides: 30 would lose their jobs, leaving 43 elementary schools without library staffing because some of the aides work at two campuses. That's about 9 percent of the library aides in the nation's second-largest school system.
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NAESP
School leaders from across the country will embark on a journey to Philadelphia, July 9–11, and experience what it means to turn theory into practice, engage in authentic conversations with peers, and discover innovative tools that enhance learning. Attendees will have the opportunity to engage in self-directed interactions and learn from the perspective of world-class thought leaders.
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NAESP
Summer vacation is not only a break for students, it is also a time for educators to take a mental break and focus on areas of improvement to apply to the upcoming school year. Whether it's your first year or if you're a seasoned principal, summer professional development can help to grow your leadership skills.
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