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Education Week
One thing was very clear when schools made a massive pivot to remote learning this spring: Students, who already spent huge amounts of time staring at cellphone and computer screens, would be on them even more. The impact that the increased screen time will likely have on K-12 students' development and social skills is yet to be seen. But the potentially negative effects were already a big concern among educators and child-development experts well before the pandemic.
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District Administration Magazine
Schools that attempt to start the year with something other than social-emotional learning are "going to lose," says Ralph Simpson, deputy superintendent school leadership and improvement at Clayton County Public Schools outside Atlanta. Students and their teachers will need to discuss the pandemic's personal impact, and then build on that foundation to develop core competencies such as self-awareness and social-awareness, Simpson says.
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EdTech Magazine
The return to school won't be business as usual this year. Across the country, many school districts are still weighing their options for how to reopen schools amid continuing coronavirus concerns. In May, the CDC released back-to-school guidance on maintaining healthy environments and operations, such as installing physical barriers in areas where it's difficult to maintain a safe distance from other people and implementing staggered schedules for students.
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Education Next
The 2020 Education Next survey reveals a paradox related to what American parents think about the quality of the instruction their children received after schools closed their doors in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The parents of a substantial majority of school-aged children — 71% — think their kids learned less than they would have in school. At the same time, parents of 72% of children say they are satisfied with the instruction and activities provided by schools during the closure.
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MindShift
Design processes typically start with an average population in mind. As a result, "a lot of people who are at margins get left out, or we worry about them 'catching up' to the design," says MIT professor of civic design Ceasar McDowell in a 2014 video by the Interaction Institute for Social Change. McDowell likens that approach to staking a large tent with poles at the center. When a strong wind comes, it will collapse. If, instead, the tent is staked from the outside, it is more likely to withstand the weather.
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EdTech Magazine
Before the pandemic, we knew there was a digital divide in America. But for many, the issue was abstract, unimaginable or simply not their problem. Enter COVID-19. The need to close the divide can no longer be ignored because students of all ages are locked out from school — not just because of the virus itself, but from lack of an internet connection at home.
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EdSource (commentary)
Thomas Courtney, a contributor for EdSource, writes: "From the moment she arrived in the fall, my student teacher, Shadi Roueenfar, decided that she was going to focus her professional growth and instruction on social-and-emotional learning. The students of Room 801 were no more: Instead, we became The Thunder Eagles of Fifth Grade and, with embedded and directed social-and-emotional learning strategies, Roueenfar created a community of compassionate learners noticed campus-wide by other staff and colleagues."
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District Administration Magazine
Putting your own job on the line while making sure students know their actions have consequences fuel former principal Linda Cliatt-Wayman's approach to turning around low-performing schools. When she took over an urban high school labeled as "persistently dangerous," she was startled one day to discover the level of apathy students expressed toward the violence around them, Cliatt-Wayman tells District Administration.
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EdTech Magazine
The unexpected shift to remote learning last spring revealed that many educators still struggle to teach with technology. A recent University of Phoenix survey of more than 1,000 K–12 teachers found that nearly 50% were unprepared for online instruction. Of those surveyed, 41% also reported feeling overwhelmed from receiving too much information, resources and tools to assist them with virtual learning. The survey also found that most teachers (81%) plan to seek additional training this summer to prepare for the upcoming school year, which may involve remote or blended learning for most districts.
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NPR
In 1954, the Supreme Court ruled in Brown v. Board of Education that racial segregation in schools was unconstitutional. The decision is often framed as a landmark decision that transformed education for Black students, allowing them equal access to integrated classrooms. But more than six decades later, segregation in American schools is still very much a reality, says Rebecca Sibilia, founder of EdBuild, a nonprofit that investigated school funding inequities in America.
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Entrepreneur (commentary)
Arthur Langer, a contributor for Entrepreneur, writes: "Across the United States, nearly every nonessential business big and small has been forced to go remote. This puts people in leadership positions in a unique spot. As academic director of the Columbia Executive M.S. in Technology Management program, I interact with and coach hundreds of emerging leaders each year. The global health crisis has made the leadership skills we teach more important than ever."
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Fast Company
Here in Austin, TX, the COVID-19 pandemic has worsened. In May, the strict social-distancing measures we had practiced for two months were lifted, and almost immediately the mood shifted. Even though city officials were still suggesting that people stay home and that they wear masks whenever they were out, suddenly, there were people outdoors everywhere. Crowds gathered at food trucks, restaurants and bars. And gradually, the virus emerged throughout the city.
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Harvard Business Review
One day amid a flourishing career, you might find your personal life in crisis and threatening to upend your professional life. If so, you're not alone.
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Forbes
In times of crisis and social unrest, compassionate leadership can unify us as human beings, like a glue that binds us together in times of unrest. Without it, we become lonely individuals, facing challenges alone. For ten years at Potential Project, we have done research in the field of compassionate leadership and have helped thousands of executives to become more compassionate. In this work, we have faced a big challenge: Leaders mistake empathy for compassion.
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The Lead Change Group
Nobody likes conflict — or crisis — or change — especially in the workplace — or as we're facing today in our lives. That doesn't mean it should, or can, be avoided. Often viewed as counterproductive, dysfunctional and a waste of time, interoffice conflict can be a headache for many leaders, and it just gets worse with everything moving online. But what if you could reframe your thinking and utilize the conflict, crisis and change to start seeing possibility, collaboration and innovation?
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Fast Company (commentary)
Diana Vienne, a contributor for Fast Company, writes: "Recently, I had an in-person meeting with a colleague who lives locally. It was the first time I had met with a professional colleague in person since early March. The meeting went longer than planned, and, in addition to our agenda, we chatted a bit about our personal lives. We had so many ideas. I left the meeting inspired, energized and full of new purpose. Even though I am an introvert, the in-person collaboration created a spark that I had been missing."
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The New York Times
President Trump demanded that schools reopen physically in the fall, pressing his drive to get the country moving again even as the coronavirus pandemic surged through much of the United States and threatened to overwhelm some health care facilities. In a daylong series of conference calls and public events at the White House, the president, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos and other senior officials opened a concerted campaign to lean on governors, mayors and others to resume classes in person months after more than 50 million children were abruptly ejected from school buildings in March.
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NPR
Several Democratic-led states and the District of Columbia have joined in a lawsuit against Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, accusing the Trump administration of trying to unlawfully divert pandemic relief funds from public schools to private schools. California Attorney General Xavier Becerra announced the lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. Michigan, Maine, New Mexico and Wisconsin have also joined.
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District Administration Magazine
With the quick-changing landscape of ed tech and the plethora of products available, incorporating evidence-based programs is key for districts under tight budgets, even in normal times. That's the case even more so now, with COVID-19-triggered digital learning necessities and the need for pandemic-related budget cuts. While many products are currently being offered for free, costs will eventually kick in.
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Education Week
In 2015, Elliot Soloway and Cathie Norris made some predictions about what education technology would look like in 2020. Soloway and Norris have long worked as a team to research ed tech and help districts put it into practice. In early March, Education Week caught up with them by phone when they were in Paris to speak at an ed-tech conference. We asked them how their 2015 predictions had fared. Then, we talked again in late April, when the coronavirus had suddenly transformed K-12 education into a massive remote learning system.
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eSchool News
Now that online games have become so popular among K-12 students, school and district administrators can use gamification techniques to create a positive school climate and encourage positive behavior by individual students who have differing needs. Shawn Young, co-founder and CEO of Classcraft, explained during a recent edWebinar how gamification techniques can be combined with research-based approaches such as Response to Intervention, to create engaging and systematic Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports.
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Tech & Learning
Teachers across the globe made a rapid transition to online learning in 2020. In many cases this happened with little advance support or guidance, and as a result, not everyone made a smooth transition to teaching this way. Some schools simply used an online platform as a substitution for face-to-face learning, which might have involved providing students with scanned worksheets or reading material and then expecting them to respond on paper. This is the lowest degree of technology integration according to Reuben Puentedura's SAMR model.
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eSchool News
More than 70% of schools are considering starting an esports program, citing an opportunity to improve the campus experience for students and foster STEM learning, according to a survey from Extreme Networks and eCampus News. The report, which surveyed 281 technical and administrative leaders across K-12 and higher education, found that 1 in 5 schools already have an esports program, and 71% are considering or might consider adding a program in the future.
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The 74
Uncertainty surrounds the start of the 2020-2021 school year. Districts around the country must prepare for three types of learning environments: the in-person style they've known for decades, the distance learning most were tossed into during the pandemic and the most likely of scenarios — a hybrid environment, mixing both remote and in-classroom education. This is the style districts are least familiar with.
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eSchool News
Before COVID-19, home internet access for all students was a goal — one that some districts even thought they had achieved. But the pandemic and forced distance learning have exposed a plethora of inequities in schools that many district leaders now see as issues they must address. In the edWebinar "Digital Equity Strategies for Learning Beyond the Classroom," school leaders talked about how they are managing digital equity in the COVID-19 era and what they see as the critical next steps.
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Edutopia
As the pandemic grinds on and protests against police brutality and systemic racism continue, young people are coping with high levels of stress and uncertainty, writes Dr. Pamela Cantor in "The Stress of This Moment Might Be Hurting Kids' Development" for Education Next. With the likelihood that remote learning will continue in some form this fall, many children will once more be separated from the support systems that help balance their lives by keeping them connected to routines — and to the people outside their immediate families who care about them.
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Teaching Channel
If you're a teacher, your summer break might look substantially different than it has in years past. In the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, many families will look to you for advice on activities to keep their kids engaged this summer. You may also need to modify classroom crafts into virtual ones in which you guide children from a distance. The best projects combine learning and fun — after all, kids are missing their traditional vacations. While they might balk at textbooks, they will adore engaging their creativity. Recommend these at-home crafts for kids to your home-schooling family partners, or use them to create video tutorials to keep kids engaged while on summer break.
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By Alyssa Abel (commentary)
 Students have faced multiple hurdles throughout the current pandemic. Some of them saw their prom and graduation dreams shattered, struggled with their grades during online learning, or missed out on the comforting social interaction of attending school. Others postponed their plans to go to college or don't know what next year will bring for their college applications. How can you support student mental health while teaching virtually? While distance learning does present unique challenges, the following activities can help you better care for your students.
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Edutopia
"Alone, isolated, left out: This is the way most students with special needs feel in school," says Jayne Clare, a veteran special education teacher. A study published in 2001 suggested that it's not just a feeling: Students with special needs are often deliberately excluded by their peers in academic and extracurricular settings.
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MiddleWeb
Many teachers are familiar with content objectives. Some may also be familiar with language objectives. But if you're like me, you might not have heard of a culture objective. A culture objective develops students' socio-cultural competence and connects the content to their backgrounds and personal experiences. These kinds of objectives also help us make sure we positively reflect students' cultures in our lesson plans.
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District Administration Magazine
While schools may be closed for summer, district leaders are working tirelessly to determine how to reopen safely, reconnect with their students after months apart, and measure where students are in their learning. Administrators find themselves addressing these tough questions amid a heightened awareness and (long overdue) discussion about racial injustice and inequities in U.S. schools.
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Edutopia
The trigger for feedback is often when students complete a teacher-assigned task and then receive comments that ask them to make changes. Students typically revise their work for the sake of boosting their grade. Feedback in these cases has limited impact, since the teacher told students what to fix.
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Education Week
The parents of nearly three-quarters of students in a recent poll believe their children learned less during remote instruction than they would have if they'd been in school for face-to-face lessons, according to a new Education Next survey. And parents of a whopping 40% of students said their children had no one-on-one meetings with their teachers during that period. Still, a majority of them — 72% — said they were satisfied with the activities and instruction that their children's schools provided during COVID-19's prolonged disruption of schooling.
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WDIV-TV
School districts in Michigan are facing a likely substitute teacher shortage as some full-time teachers might not want to return to the classroom when schools reopen. Recent college graduates and retirees are being urged to join the fight to educate children this fall, as the coronavirus creates a shroud of uncertainty.
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NPR
Florida's education commissioner says that when schools open in the fall, they'll really open. In the state where more than 7,300 new coronavirus cases were announced, Education Commissioner Richard Corcoran declared that upon reopening in August, "all school boards and charter school governing boards must open brick and mortar schools at least five days per week for all students."
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NAESP
NAESP's new principal panel is the first and only national program dedicated to gathering and sharing the experiences of new principals in rural, urban and suburban schools across the country. Panelists participate in online surveys each year on a relevant topic, which take less than 10 minutes to complete. Panelists receive the survey results and resource recommendations from their peers.
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NAESP
The NAESP Annual Conference & Exposition is the one national event that provides the strongest unified voice for pre-K-8 educators across the U.S. and around the world. Join us in Chicago July 8–10 to help celebrate NAESP's 100th anniversary with a history of offering professional learning experiences designed to spark the imagination and inspire bold thinking and fresh ideas. Sign up and you'll receive an email about a discount for early registration.
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