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THE Journal
Every 10 years, the National Association of Elementary School Principals performs a survey of Pre-K-8 principals to understand their challenges, the students they serve and the conditions under which they work. The latest one, developed with the help of the University Council for Educational Administration, identified numerous areas of professional development need: improvement of student and staff performance, the understanding and application of technology, time management, the effective use of social media and better school improvement planning. The top-ranked concern for 2018, however, was figuring out how to deal with the increase of students with emotional problems.
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School Leaders Now (commentary)
Many LGBTQ kids struggle through their time in school, not feeling welcome and also not feeling safe. However, schools can make a difference. The five strategies outlined in this article provide action-oriented practices that can positively impact your LGBTQ students' experience while they are in school.
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Harvard Business Journal
It's natural to want to get deadline-driven tasks squared away and off your mental to-do list. A paradox many people face is that our most meaningful tasks are less likely to have deadlines than tasks that are relatively unimportant. This article provides tips to help you prioritize your task list.
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The Seattle Times
Working with schools in Philadelphia, researchers randomly assigned about 28,000 students into four groups, two of which received one of two versions of a nudge letter: one that included a tally of how many days of school the student missed, and another that compared that tally to a class average. A third group received a generic message that absences, excused or not, make a difference in how much a student learns, while a fourth control group received no letter at all. In the families that received the nudge letters, chronic absenteeism rates fell 10 percent.
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The Conversation (commentary)
Rutgers University assistant professor Domingo Morel writes: "When states take over local school districts — like they've done or are trying to do in Kentucky, Georgia and Mississippi — school improvement is typically the stated objective. Although the research on the effects of state takeovers on academic outcomes is mixed, takeovers often have devastating political and economic implications for black communities. As states increasingly attempt to take over school districts in major Southern cities, it's worth exploring whether school improvement is the real purpose, or whether political motives are at play."
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Government Executive (commentary)
Management coach Art Petty writes: "In a perfect world, we would all start our roles as managers and emerging leaders fully aware of the behaviors and ingredients that promote success. In reality, the work of leading is learned through clumsy practice and, hopefully, refined over time. ... Unfortunately, there are no do-overs in leadership, just opportunities to do different."
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Japan Math’s K – 2 curriculum teaches math through problem solving.
Aim: Developing the will and skill to use math.
Methodology: Problem solving for deeper understanding
Program: Efficient and Effective Topic Arrangement
Click here for more information: japan-math.com
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Entrepreneur
When asked to define the ideal leader, different people would have different definitions. For some, it's the right use of effective management skills and for others, the traditional traits associated with leadership such as intelligence, determination, will-power and vision form integral components of effective leadership. Then there is a set of people who feel personal qualities like analytical skills, technical skills and emotional intelligence possessed by an individual determines the effectiveness of a leader. Even though there is a long list of qualities that are expected out of a leader, there are always a few that are more important than the remaining ones.
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Education Dive
The U.S. Department of Education is postponing until July 1, 2020, the date states need to comply with an Obama-era rule under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act that would address whether minority students are disproportionately placed in special education. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos' office has also announced postponing the date for including children ages 3 to 5 in the analysis of significant disproportionality from July 1, 2020, to July 1, 2022, according to a document released by the department and published in the Federal Register.
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Education Week (video)
A new federal proposal to merge the Education and Labor Departments is on the table. This video from Education Week answers four basic questions to help you get up to speed.
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GeekWire
Pretty much every traditional "textbook" company, from Scholastic to Pearson, appears to now offer digital video. Digital audio, too, is routine, though there are improvements. Children's book publisher Capstone, for example, expanded Spanish audio in its PebbleGo online collection of articles on varying subjects for grades K-2. Spanish language support in digital media is increasingly important to a large number of schools with English language learners.
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By Bambi Majumdar
The U.S. Senate recently voted to restore net neutrality rules, and school districts are hopeful that the bill will eventually become law, overturning the Federal Communication Commission's December 2017 vote. If the bill dies in the House, or on President Trump's desk, then K-12 schools should brace themselves for the new era of no net neutrality, which officially began on June 11. School officials need to be aware of all the major implications and work on easing the transition, as technology is at the heart of education today.
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CLOSING THE ACHIEVEMENT GAP
U.S. society believes teachers are interchangeable because education is standardized. Countries who have consistently higher student scores prove great teachers are the driving force behind educational success. We have been expecting teachers to be effective without training. We must support teachers who help kids compete in the global marketplace.
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THE Journal
In an "Efficacy Research Report," researchers explored questions related to the efficacy of a credit recovery program run by online public school Connections Academy (they have a "high success rate") and what the "key characteristics" are of students enrolling in the system's schools (most commonly identified as one or more of the following: "academically advanced, academically struggling, experiencing health problems, experiencing bullying or seeking increased flexibility and choice"). But the big question was how well Connections Academy schools performed compared to "matched non-charter brick and mortar schools" and "matched virtual schools" on math and reading state assessments.
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EdTech
A frog appears to float in midair. Using a stylus, a seventh-grader wearing "driver glasses" separates the amphibian's skeleton from its musculature and holds it aloft.
It may sound like something out of a mad-scientist video game, but it's happening at Teasley Middle School in Canton, Georgia, where students are using a tabletop virtual reality system called zSpace. Of course, virtual reality systems and other audiovisual tools that make up a modern learning environment aren't inexpensive. And it's easy to be seduced by the latest technology and forget the fundamentals required to make the investment worthwhile.
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School Leaders Now
Summer is a time to take a breather and decompress after a long school year. However, that doesn’t mean the learning and growing stops. During this break from students, leaders and teachers can begin to think about how they can improve their school and make next year better than the last. But let's be honest: Summer professional development is not something most staff enthusiastically embrace when it's 80 degrees outside and the school conference room doesn't have windows. When designing summer PD, school leaders might consider a few guidelines to help them make the most out of this time with their staff.
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Education Dive
Most teachers take part in some type of professional learning community, but how that time is spent can range from conducting a book study to creating assessments to dealing with discipline matters. Not enough PLCs, however, are organized to work with curriculum materials in a way that improves learning for students, Stephanie Hirsh, executive director of Learning Forward, a membership organization for those who lead professional development, said in a recent interview.
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Chalkbeat
Nationally, one in 10 new teachers quits after their first year, according to research by the U.S. Department of Education. Districts across the country are trying different ways to stem the tide. Denver officials hope that investing in novice teachers will allow the teachers to hone their craft faster and to stay at high-needs schools for longer.
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Edutopia
Teacher attrition is an ongoing issue for American schools — a 2015 study found that approximately 17 percent percent of educators leave the profession in their first five years of teaching. Over the past few decades, researchers have studied attrition and whether teacher induction programs can help develop and retain novice teachers. Yet teachers are still leaving. Can these programs be improved?
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Education Week
Between February and April of 2018, the Education Week Research Center administered an online survey to 524 principals, assistant principals, and other school-based leaders asking about the structure and perceptions of civics education in their districts and schools. Leaders reported that students spend an average of 31 hours per month on civics education. Most perceive that this is not enough time.
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EdSource
California's State Board of Education is expected to approve yet another set of revisions to California's plan to comply with the federal Every Student Succeeds Act — and this time, state officials are "very optimistic" that the plan will finally get U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos' signature. If she does, it would end a nearly year-long ordeal during which California twice saw its plan rejected by the Education Department. The state is currently one of only five whose plans have yet to be approved by DeVos.
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Times Herald-Record
A new Benjamin Center study raps New York's standardized tests and lends support to the "opt-out" movement that has reached 40 percent and higher in the mid-Hudson. The study's title, "Tests are Turning Our Kids into Zeros: A focus on failing," refers to the zero scores young students got for their answers to questions on the English Language Arts tests. It was not that the students didn't try to answer the questions; it was that scorers rated many of the kids' answers as "totally inaccurate," "unintelligible" or "indecipherable," the study said.
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NAESP
Over 100 of the nation's school principals will come together Sunday, July 8, to build a playground at Catalina Elementary School in Orlando, Florida. The Community Service Day marks the 10th anniversary of the National Association of Elementary School Principals' (NAESP) partnership with Landscape Structures to donate and build a playground at a deserving elementary school. Other build locations include Tampa, Seattle, Long Beach & Compton, Baltimore, Philadelphia and Prince George's County, Maryland.
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NAESP
It's imperative that our nation's schools not only welcome diversity in the classroom, but also teach students how to navigate an increasingly racially, ethnically and socioeconomically diverse society and global economy. The Principal's Guide to Building Culturally Responsive Schools presents recommendations for four leadership competencies that are meant to guide school leaders in their work to ensure equity for all students.
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