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Education Week
One of the enduring criticisms of principal-preparation programs is that many still offer courses and experiences that are divorced from the practical skills principals need to address day-to-day challenges they face in schools. After hearing that kind of feedback from their members and digging into the research on school leadership, two national organizations — the ASSA, the School Superintendents Association and the National Association of Elementary School Principals — have joined forces to launch a professional-development program to help aspiring principals and early-career principals fill in some of their knowledge and skills gaps.
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Tech&Learning (commentary)
Shelly Terrell, a contributor for Tech&Learning, writes: "The new school year is approaching fast. I will miss spending all day with my toddler, Savvy, but I am looking forward to trying new ideas with my elementary students. I work with all grades at my school and this is my second year with this group of students. I am now equipped with new procedures, web tools, activities, grading strategies, and classroom management strategies to make this an even better year than last year!"
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NPR
Schools are investing in high-tech solutions to flag potential student perpetrators of violence such as mass shootings. Privacy experts and student advocates are concerned.
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HR DIVE
When the World Health Organization declared burnout an official "occupational phenomenon" in May, it confirmed that burnout is not just a buzzword for feeling stressed at the end of a busy work week. It classified burnout as a serious, widespread health concern. A 2018 Gallup poll revealed 23% of the 7,500 full-time workers it surveyed feel burned out very often or always. Another 44% of those employees said they are burned out sometimes. That means people on your team, including you, could be battling with burnout right now.
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Inc. (commentary)
It's a question women around the world ask themselves every day: Can I have it all? Let's cut to the chase: The answer is "yes," but women must decide what "all" means to them, and acknowledge that the definition will evolve as their lives evolve, too.
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Forbes
Do we all aspire to be people managers? It often feels like a rite of passage, but our differing motivations for this career step can have big implications. Is it because we want the influence to get things done our way, and to see our ideas come to fruition? Is it because we're driven by enabling others to succeed and grow? Or perhaps we see management as pure delegation, a way to outsource our work.
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By: Roberta Matuson (commentary)
 Another company is about to lose a star employee. But they don't know this yet. You see, their star employee hired me a few months ago as his coach to help him better manage his relationship with his boss. We discussed his situation over a few sessions, and it became clear to me that his efforts to change his boss' way would fall on deaf ears. He said he wanted to see if he could make things work with his current employer. That was six weeks ago. He's now seen the light and is ready to move on.
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Harvard Business Review
In their book, "Hidden Value: How Great Companies Achieve Extraordinary Results with Ordinary People," authors Jeffrey Pfeffer and Charles O’Reilly claim that there is mounting evidence that delegating more responsibility for decision making increases productivity, morale, and commitment, all of which impact company culture. A 2015 Gallup study of the entrepreneurial talents of 143 CEOs on the Inc. 500 list showed that companies run by executives who effectively delegate authority grow faster, generate more revenue and create more jobs.
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The Lead Change Group (commentary)
Jane Perdue, a contributor for The Lead Change Group, writes: "I almost spoke but didn't — and was glad of it. My words weren't helpful, noble or persuasive. Only critical. As Dale Carnegie once said, any fool can criticize. I didn't want to be another fool; several others were already present. Serving up one-and-done criticism is the easy stuff of fools. Criticism delivered from a detached distance and couple with a lack of concern for those who may be hurt, belittled or marginalized is safe and effortless."
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HR DIVE
Older workers are active in the labor force, in some cases past the age of traditional retirement, be it due to a lack of retirement savings, a desire to stay active or other reasons. Some employers, wanting to make the transition easier for workers who do wish to retire, have instituted phased retirement processes that allow those workers to continue earning a living in a reduced role. This might take the form of a part-time or flexible work arrangement.
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Prodigy Game
 The search for better teaching strategies will never end. As a school leader, you probably spend too much of your time thinking about how to improve the learning experience of the students that pass through your school throughout the years.
After all, what they learn (and how they learn it) will become a part of these students as they grow, hopefully helping them become successful adults.
This is the main goal of competency based education: giving each student equal opportunity to master necessary skills and become successful adults.
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District Administration Magazine
What are the most significant edtech integration challenges? We see teachers having to grapple with standards and a lot of information, which they must deliver to students. With that kind of pressure, it's hard to bring in technology, especially if educators are not truly aware of how it will enhance their teaching and the students' learning experience.
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The Hill
School districts across the country are increasingly becoming a major target of malicious cyberattacks, leaving both the federal government and state governments scrambling to find ways to fight back. Recent cyberattacks on school districts in Louisiana, Virginia and Oklahoma have highlighted the threat. In Louisiana, Gov. John Bel Edwards declared a statewide emergency last month in response to ransomware attacks on three school districts, and authorized state resources and cyber assistance to help the districts.
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EdTech Magazine
Students can read about dinosaurs, or they can go to the park around the corner and roam the land alongside the ancient beasts. They can dissect frogs or assist a world-famous surgeon in the operating room. They can write book reports or embed videos of characters in their presentations. When teachers talk about bringing lessons to life, they're no longer speaking figuratively. A growing number of educators are using extended reality applications to let students interact with people, places and things on the opposite side of the planet, as well as historical figures.
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Education Week
A new Trump administration rule regarding immigrants' use of federal benefits could have an indirect but significant impact on schools if it deters families from seeking assistance under certain programs, education advocates warn. The administration has released its final rule for what's known as "public charge." This is the process by which the U.S. government determines if an immigrant seeking to become a permanent resident or extend a visa is likely to become "primarily dependent" on federal benefits — such a determination can lead the government to deny permanent residency or the visa.
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Education DIVE
Six states that faced teacher strikes last year — Arizona, California, Colorado, North Carolina, Oklahoma and West Virginia — have had only small increases in education spending since the 1980s when compared to other states. State and local spending grew relatively slowly in those states, as well. Research suggests achievement and graduation rates, as well as life outcomes such as employment and wages, improve when more money is spent on education. This is especially true for students from low-income families. Increased spending on education can also lead to reduced poverty rates.
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POLITICO
Advocates for closing the gender gap in computer science say part of the solution isn't necessarily increasing the number of classes that K-12 schools offer — it's getting districts to report who's taking them. The nonprofit Girls Who Code is working with Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nev., on legislation that would require schools receiving federal funding for computer science programs to disclose to the Department of Education the number and percentage of students who participate in computer science courses, as well as their gender, race and other demographic information.
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eSchool News
Project-based learning is gaining steam nationwide because of its effectiveness in helping students build 21st-century skills. But there is a difference between just doing a project and doing effective, high-quality PBL. When our school district, Loudoun County Public Schools in Virginia, embarked on a district-wide PBL initiative three years ago, we wanted to make sure we were doing the latter and we knew that doing good PBL required the right training. You can send your teachers to a million training sessions on a topic, but they still may struggle if those sessions aren’t high quality.
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District Administration Magazine
As science education has expanded in recent years to adopt the Next Generation Science Standards — which include project-based learning and multidisciplinary studies in technology, engineering and mathematics — so have the corresponding science fairs. Instead of traditional exploding volcanoes or foam-painted solar systems that are sometimes completed at the last minute at home by frazzled parents, today's projects focus on using the scientific method — from testing a hypothesis to presenting the findings — even for young learners.
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By: Savanna Flakes (commentary)
 Our students have a lot going on inside and outside of school. Our students might be undergoing trauma, stress, and anxiety. To support the social and emotional well-being of our students, we must teach and provide space for students to learn how to self-regulate. The Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning defines self-regulation as, "the ability to successfully regulate one's emotions, thoughts, and behaviors in different situations — effectively managing stress, controlling impulses, and motivating oneself." Our goal is to normalize stress, anxiety, frustration, and the overall idea that, "It is OK to not be OK."
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Edutopia (commentary)
Angelina Murphy, a contributor for Edutopia, writes: "In the past, the first day of school typically ran the same way for me every year: Pass out the syllabus, quick introduction to who I am and what our class is about, an overview of the year, and then a brief ice breaker to end the class. While this format did provide some information to students, it didn't accurately portray what our class would look, sound or feel like. In a classroom rooted in collaboration, community and student voice, it came to seem inauthentic for me to start our year off as a talking head in front of the class."
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Edutopia
Last school year, veteran teacher Jennifer Grau decided to introduce dance as part of her effort to build bonds between her special education students and the general ed second graders at her school on Chicago's West Side. Using videos to help her students learn a few simple steps, Grau was able to get them working with both preferred and non-preferred partners. The energy of the music and the students' focus on the steps helped them forget about any differences they felt between themselves and their classmates.
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EdSurge
When you talk to an adult reader about e-books, they typically come down on one side of the fence or the other. They either love the convenience, access and ease of the digital version, or they're the kind of person who can't imagine life without the smell of the pages and the feel of a book in their hand.
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NPR
Many people are still trying to come to grips with the violence that took place last weekend, in the case of El Paso, violence that was directed towards certain people because of their race or ethnicity. And even as adults are trying to come to grips with their own feelings, it can't be overlooked that children are also taking all of this in — perhaps overhearing news about the shootings, perhaps listening to disparaging comments from the White House about certain people or groups, perhaps hearing friends or neighbors or members of their own families echoing those comments. And that's got public health experts concerned.
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University of Ottawa via Science Daily
A new article suggests that children and youth who do not sleep enough and use screens more than recommended are more likely to act impulsively and make poorer decisions.
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EdScoop
To make its schools safer, Nevada is giving administrators a look at schools through the eyes of students. The state has compiled years of data on students' perceptions of their schools, which it's assembled for schools and officials to parse via an online tool.
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NAESP
Every school stakeholder hopes that students arrive each day with a hunger to learn. When schools make breakfast part of the school day, just like lunch, students succeed. Absenteeism and behavior disruptions decline and students' academic outcomes increase. Most importantly, teachers and principals report a new sense of community that is created as students eat a calm morning meal together. Learn how other principals lead the charge with Breakfast After the Bell. Learn what resources are available through NAESP's partnership with No Kid Hungry to ensure all your students have an equitable start to the day with school breakfast.
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NAESP
Regular school attendance is a major factor in student success. Those with chronic absenteeism are more likely to fall behind in reading, score lower on standardized tests, not graduate high school and not attend college. To improve attendance, it takes a village — of students, families, faculty and administrators all stepping in to make a difference. These four tips are a good place to start to get everyone on the same page.
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