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Center for Teaching Quality
More than 25 years ago, the late Phil Schlechty made a brilliant observation in Schools for the 21st century: Leadership imperatives for educational reform (Jossey-Bass, 1990). If school improvement is to be sustained over time, he noted, teachers must be seen as "inventors" and principals must become leaders of leaders, who "create conditions" in which teachers thrive. If they do so, students can thrive too. And reforms can go beyond being flashes in the pan.
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District Administration Magazine
More than five years after many states implemented Common Core, the impact on student achievement remains unclear — though some states show small academic gains, with persistent achievement gaps. "Common Core is alive and well," says Adam Ezring, policy director of the Collaborative For Student Success, a nonprofit that supports use of the standards. "While it's still too early to know the full impact of the standards, we've seen some promising results from early adopters." More than 40 states have Common Core or very similar standards in place, he adds.
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By: Sheilamary Koch (commentary)
 When I asked junior high students to look back on their school career and describe the assignment that stood out most for them, most named activities where they were in the driver's seat. They claimed having the opportunity to take responsibility for their learning motivated them to achieve their best. Improved student engagement is just one reason for teachers to consider incorporating lessons that allow students increased autonomy.
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MindShift
The education world is full of incremental change — the slow process of individuals learning about new strategies and approaches, trying them out, improving on their skills and hopefully sharing their learning with colleagues to continue growth. While that process is necessary and good, if the changes to education are all in the service of doing the same thing better, they may be missing the point. The world has changed since education became compulsory and the current moment necessitates an education system that isn't just better, but different.
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Education Week
Some test questions are likely harder to answer on tablets than on laptop and desktop computers, presenting states and districts with a new challenge as they move to widespread online assessments. Analyses by test providers and other organizations have pointed to evidence of small but significant "device effects" for tests administered in some grades and subjects and on certain types of assessment items.
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Education World
Public school students in California will soon be exposed to an LGBT-inclusive curriculum after state education officials voted to include the accomplishments and struggles of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered Americans into the state's social studies courses. "In the new curriculum, LGBT milestones will pop up in history and social studies lessons multiple times throughout elementary, middle, and high school," said Yahoo! News.
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K-12 TechDecisions
All school leaders understand the value and importance of school-to-home communications. Whether via text, phone call, email or social media, these communications help ensure a strong school community, involve parents in their child's learning, alert guardians of changes in the school calendar, or notify families when there are critical incidents at school, such as weather-related closings, evacuations or lockdowns.
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By: Steve Spillane (commentary)
 Years ago, a family was enjoying a moment of peace in their new addition to their house. They sat together in the family room eating sandwiches and watching a movie. The father, though relatively at ease, was hypervigilant to avoid escalations of his complex, wonderful son that would lead to a potentially traumatic episode. Fortunately, he had enough free attention to observe and seize an opportunity to nurture his son's self-awareness, self-esteem and self-direction.
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EdTech Magazine
Collaboration comes naturally to teachers, but creating, sharing and tracking down resources still takes time. That's the problem Amazon set out to solve with its June 27 beta release of the Amazon Inspire, an online hub where teachers can upload, share and review free digital learning material. "With Amazon Inspire, we aim to quickly and easily put the best and most trusted digital resources at teachers' fingertips, saving them valuable time that can be devoted to what they do best and enjoy most — teaching," said Rohit Agarwal, general manager of Amazon K-12 Education, in a press release.
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Education Week
Bernadette Kerrigan was concerned, though not alarmed, when her daughter Emma was identified as having dyslexia and dyscalculia as a 1st grader. A mother of two, Kerrigan had stretched her budget to buy a home in an affluent suburb of Cleveland, in large part because of the quality of the school district. The teachers there would certainly be qualified, she thought, to help her daughter overcome her struggles with reading and math.
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Missoulian
Montana's Board of Public Education adopted new standards for teaching art, health and physical education in K-12 schools. The approval was the last step of a multi-year process to revise current standards, which are educational outcomes school districts are required to address. Individual school districts set their curriculum — how they teach the standards, what materials they use and any areas of emphasis or additional subjects covered.
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The Atlantic
In leafy, liberal Park Slope and the Brooklyn neighborhoods nearby, many parents divide the local middle schools into two tiers: the "Big Three" and the rest. First among the Big Three is M.S. 51 on Park Slope's bustling Fifth Avenue. One of a dozen middle schools that families can choose from if they live within a four-mile-long stretch of west Brooklyn known as District 15, M.S. 51 is where Mayor Bill de Blasio sent his children and where students find a well-traveled path to the city's most elite public high schools.
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NPR
Morgan Polikoff has a modest proposal. The associate professor at the University of Southern California's Rossier School of Education has been looking over the new federal education law. He thinks the Department of Education should abandon what has been the central principle of school accountability for the last decade and a half. He has submitted a public letter during the feds' open comment period for rulemaking and asked other researchers and education figures to sign on. So far, dozens have joined him. What Polikoff wants the government to ditch is a reliance on the "proficiency rate." Under No Child Left Behind, schools have been held accountable for the percentage of students who are proficient — meaning they meet a given cutoff score on a standardized test.
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WFYI
More than half of Indianapolis Public Schools teachers feel they haven't received enough training on the district's new student behavior plan, according to educators who responded to an optional online survey. The unscientific survey administered by the IPS teachers union found that 69 percent of secondary teachers and 59 percent of elementary teachers don't feel prepared to carry out the techniques IPS wants staff to use as means of improving classroom behavior and cutting down on out-of-school suspensions. Only two elementary teachers who responded to the survey ranked their level of support in dealing with student discipline as a 10 out of 10.
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NAESP
There's an often ignored, yet critically important, trait for leadership and success in life: emotional intelligence. At #NAESP16, internationally renowned psychologist Daniel Goleman presented a compelling keynote about the significant impact of emotional intelligence in education. EI, he pointed out, is more than two and half times more important than cognitive competency in determining life success. Therefore, principals have a powerful responsibility to develop a school atmosphere in which every teacher and student can achieve at high levels.
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NAESP/MultiView
In 2009, NAESP set out to simplify the online search with the launch of its Principals' Buyers Guide. By using innovative search technology, the directory made it easier for members and industry professionals to find the products and services they need to manage their business. Today, NAESP launches a revamped Principals' Buyers Guide that not only enhances its existing features, but added several new key elements taking the user experience to a whole new level. With its mobile responsive format, a simpler and more powerful search and an enhanced focus on the companies represented within the marketplace, the new Principals' Buyers Guide lends itself to a better member experience.
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