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District Administration Magazine
One of the most pressing challenges school districts are facing this year is having enough substitute teachers to cover classes. Most states are already grappling with teacher shortages in areas such as science, math and special education. Add in a pandemic and virtual learning, and the near future of instruction, especially face-to-face, looks a bit hazy. Some districts have it better than others, relying on a pool of either veteran or permanent substitutes to fill in.
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Edutopia (commentary)
Melissa Roy, a contributor for Edutopia, writes: "On my first day of work, my administrator handed me a thick binder and said, 'This is the instructional pacing guide, which the district requires you to follow. Please do not deviate from the plan.' Suddenly I understood why the teacher I was replacing had quit midyear."
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Education Week
With the prospect of students opting out of public school this fall or attending via less staff-intensive remote learning models during the pandemic, a growing number of superintendents are warning their staffs to expect another round of layoffs in the coming weeks. Superintendents already had been pressing state legislatures to untether K-12 revenue from how many students walk through the door, the traditional way of allocating funds. They worried that a significant number of parents would choose to home-school or send their children to private school, and that would mean mean less money from the state.
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NPR
School districts, parents and teachers are all facing big decisions about how to return to the classroom this fall. NPR health correspondent Allison Aubrey and education correspondent Cory Turner join Geoff Brumfiel to discuss what the science says about kids and COVID-19, what schools are doing to try to keep students and teachers safe and why there are so many differing approaches in school districts around the U.S.
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The 74
As we read return-to-school plans from states and school districts across the country, we see guidance on social distancing, on hallway traffic patterns, on maximizing indoor and outdoor spaces and taking temperature checks. Of course, all of this is important for safeguarding students and staff against COVID-19. But as leaders prepare for a new school year that already requires dramatic changes, what long-needed steps are they taking to protect the Black students, Indigenous students and students of color whom our systems have disproportionately failed for generations?
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By Patrick Gleeson (commentary)
 Will your child's K-12 school be open and stay open for in-person instruction this fall? Unfortunately, there's no widely agreed-upon answer. Here's a thumbnail history of the dispute, along with some of the variables, unknowns and recently emerging revisions of the underlying facts.
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District Administration Magazine
This coming school year will look and feel much different at Princeton City School District, at least at the start, because of COVID-19. Nearly 4,400 of our students will participate in a rotating, hybrid learning model where students will be split into two groups with one group in class for a week and then learning remotely the next. When not in school, students will learn through the support of digital and non-digital learning packets, synchronous instruction, and live office hours. Additionally, more than 1,600 students will participate in complete remote instruction, which was an option we offered to all families.
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We Are Teachers
We are losing good teachers, and it may not be reversible.
In June, we began to realize just how severe the loss could be to the education system. One in five educators said they didn't think they'd be back or were scared to return. Stories are emerging from around the country of teachers being forced to choose between a career they love and their health. Teaching was already suffering as a profession, with widespread burnout, strikes and unmet needs.
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Education DIVE
The education sector was still feeling effects from the Great Recession when the coronavirus pandemic shuttered school buildings this spring, sending the country into economic shock — one that is expected to be much worse than the 2007-2009 recession. Prior to the pandemic, more than 20 states were spending less per K-12 pupil post-Great Recession, and in nine states, those expenditure levels were still declining. Across the nation, cuts to state education budgets made during the last recession are being linked to sizable and long-lasting losses in student achievement and outcomes.
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Yahoo News
More than 30% of parents plan to keep their children at home if schools reopen in the fall, according to a new study published in the journal JAMA Pediatrics. For the study, involving 730 U.S. parents of school-age children (ages 5 to 17), researchers asked parents whether they planned to either opt for distance learning at home or send their kids to in-person school, if available, and looked at what factors influenced their decisions.
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Classcraft
In an effort to adapt to the sudden outbreak of COVID-19, many school administrators are going virtual overnight and are, understandably, feeling slightly overwhelmed. Transitioning from a brick-and-mortar to a virtual school is no small task, and you may find yourself in uncharted territory.
So, where do you start?
Here are five questions you should ask about online learning to help get you started.
Education Week
Amid the coronavirus pandemic that has pushed many K-12 classes online, parental backing for having their children take some high school classes virtually has hit 73% in an annual education survey's latest poll results — 17 percentage points higher than it was just over a decade ago. In addition, the poll by the policy journal Education Next indicates that overall support for the nation's schools has grown significantly in the last half-dozen years, even as those the survey called political populists are much more skeptical of them.
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Fast Company
We're months into the biggest remote work experiment of our lifetimes, and for many, it's going well. A future where we work from home at least part of the workweek, even beyond the pandemic, is now favored by 82% of company leaders.
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The Lead Change Group
Nobody likes dealing with office politics, but learning how your company operates and identifying who is holding the power over your advancement is a key component to success in your career. Bonnie Marcus, author of The Politics of Promotion: How High-Achieving Women Get Ahead and Stay Ahead, shares strategic tips to navigate office politics in her upcoming webinar in the Women's Empowerment Series.
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Leadership Freak (commentary)
"A loaf of bread should be much shorter. The longer the loaf, the longer the wait for my favorite piece of bread. The heel! To be clear, thin heels get too crunchy when toasted. But a plump heel, toasted on the darker side, delivers spectacular delight. (Don't you love how the edges curl up after a heel is toasted?)"
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Entrepreneur (commentary)
Mita Mallick, a contributor for Entrepreneur, writes: "'It starts with an I, and ends with an E,' my manager once said to me. 'Initiative. I need you to show more initiative.'
One of my first jobs out of college was being an assistant. Although I was a hard worker, a go-getter and someone who (I thought) already took initiative, I tried hard to course-correct once I received that feedback. I did everything I could to take even more initiative."
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Inc.
Unconscious bias can affect your company in a significantly negative way — resulting in poor people decisions around hires and promotions, and even in the vendors and partners you choose. How can entrepreneurs defeat unconscious bias? First, let's define what it is. Unconscious bias (also called implicit bias) is an unconscious form of discrimination and stereotyping that is based on gender, race, sexuality, ethnicity, ability or age. It's different than cognitive bias, a predictable pattern of perceptive errors that result in a misunderstanding of reality. Falling for a cognitive bias lowers the probability of getting what you want.
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Entrepreneur
We'd all be better off by following the millennial model: showing more empathy at work. Empathy in the workplace has been a millennial-led trend for a few years, and if companies and leaders don't adapt, it's going to be increasingly difficult to find and retain talent. We hear over and over how millennials have ruined, well, everything. However, they're getting a lot of things right, especially when it comes to expecting better treatment from colleagues and higher ups.
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Education DIVE
The report comes as debates continue in a number of school districts nationwide following civil rights protests sparked by the police-involved deaths of Minneapolis resident George Floyd and other Black Americans. Some districts have chosen to sever contracts with their local law enforcement agencies, while some boards are still debating the issue. Meanwhile, other districts, like Chicago Public Schools, have decided to retain SROs in schools.
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Education Week
School districts developing their plans for reopening for the new academic year should find ways to offer as many outdoor activities as possible, from classes to recess and lunchtime, the nation's top infectious disease expert recommended in an online discussion. Dr. Anthony Fauci, who heads the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, also suggested in his Facebook Live chat with Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo that, on school buses, windows should remain open and students wear their masks as much as possible.
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The 74
It's tough to overstate just how much the pandemic is asking of school districts and their financial leaders. They're being asked to budget in the face of whiplash-inducing on-again, off-again reopening scenarios — all set against a backdrop of collapsing state revenues for K-12 education. At Edunomics Lab, we've been tracking districts' budget decisions in the wake of the pandemic-triggered financial upheaval, based on news reports and, where feasible, budget and school board documents. Although our effort doesn’t provide an exhaustive national picture, it does offer a hit-or-miss, selective snapshot of a fast-moving situation.
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EdTech Magazine
Online and blended learning have long been recognized as innovative ways to teach K–12 students. With the current pandemic, they quickly became the new norm in education. COVID-19 upended the traditional model of teaching in brick-and-mortar schools, pushing educators to explore other avenues of delivering meaningful learning experiences to students. According to a recent Microsoft survey of nearly 500 educators, 61% said they expect to start the next school year with a mix or remote and in-person learning, while 87% expect to use technology more than before once they return to their classrooms.
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Education DIVE
Communities across the country have serious questions about how their students were affected by the rapid transition to distance learning wrought by the COVID-19 pandemic. How many attended online classes? How much did they really learn through virtual instruction? How far behind might they be in September?
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eSchool News
Like so many districts across the country, the Greenville Public School District in Mississippi faced the challenge this spring of quickly pivoting to online learning due to the COVID-19 pandemic. While Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves recommended state-wide school closings on March 14, 2020, GPSD had closed for spring break on March 6, creating even more of a standstill for ramp-up efforts to put distance learning into motion.
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EdTech Magazine
There is no shortage of challenges in K–12 education, especially given the enormous changes brought about by COVID-19 and other recent world events. Amid the chaos related to physically closing schools, rewriting significant portions of curricula, dealing with frustrated parents and setting up virtual classrooms, the impact of cybersecurity has only increased in significance.
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Tech & Learning
Google Forms is a fantastic tool for teachers to help enhance the way class works. Since it's a free, online-based platform that plays nicely with Google Classroom, it's well worth a try for anyone new to this excellent organizational tool.
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Education DIVE
As students head back to school this fall following a spring disrupted by the coronavirus pandemic, educators are eager to improve upon their experiences with the quick transition to remote learning. By embracing reflective practice, educators can better position themselves to pivot when emergency scenarios arise, using a deeper understanding of what has or hasn't worked face-to-face in their efforts to improve digital lessons.
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Tech & Learning
This past March we were all thrown into a world in which video became the main connecting force for learning. Districts across the country scrambled to find a video conferencing platform that worked for them. Whether it be Zoom, Teams, Google Meet or others, districts invested time and energy in making sure teachers could maintain that connection with their students.
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District Administration Magazine
Teachers are eager to use ed tech to personalize online learning as schools recover from COVID but say they aren't receiving enough formal professional development, a new University of Virginia survey says. In fact, the most common source of training for remote instruction cited by teachers was learning from and collaborating with colleagues, according to the survey conducted by EdTech Evidence Exchange, a university-affiliated nonprofit.
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Teaching Channel
Whether you're a seasoned online teacher or a newbie to the virtual world, with all the new research around distance learning, we can adopt some practices to help set us up for success this year. As you prepare for the unprecedented 2020-2021 school year, you need the right resources and tools for distance learning. Even if your district plans to go with a traditional reopening, you know you need to remain flexible.
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MiddleWeb (commentary)
Tan Huynh, a contributor for MiddleWeb, writes: "School closures have made learning more challenging. For students without access to technology, this challenge might seem insurmountable. How can we reach distance learners who don't have regular access to technology or the internet? Yet I keep hearing stories of teachers who are continuing to support language learners who have no access to technology – and are doing it well."
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Edutopia
Since remote learning started this past spring, Bitmojis have taken the education community by storm. Available through the Bitmoji app, these customizable, mini-me avatars have become stand-in teachers running virtual classrooms, enforcing rules and expectations, collecting assignments — and making students smile, we've heard. Simply put, they're fun.
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“Together, We Thrive,” the latest series of webinars and resources from Classcraft, is designed to equip educators with the tools they need to support students through MTSS or PBIS, maintain consistency when shifting between in-person and remote learning, actively engage parents, and promote equity. Join us!
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MiddleWeb
Our students will be changed by this pandemic. No doubt. And what all the changes will look like aren't clear at the moment. What is clear is that for many students across the country, and the world, learning this year will look much different. There are systemic issues of equity. There's the lack of resources. And even without the issues of monetary or support equity, middle grades kids are coming at this process from many different developmental places.
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By Douglas Magrath (commentary)
From time to time, deaf students may be in one’s ESL classes. Remember that their L1 is likely a sign language system. They are learning a new language and possibly a new signing system since sign language is not universal. Deaf students whose L1 is American Sign Language encounter the hearing culture in a similar way that L2 students encounter American or other English-speaking cultures.
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eSchool News (commentary)
Jeanne Carey Ingle, a contributor for eSchool News, writes: "Don't tell anyone, but I think the COVID-19 crisis might have made me a better educator. Over the past 3 months I have taken my fully on-ground, in-person classes and put them completely online, done all my advising and research mentoring virtually, and I think I might be doing the work a little better. Don't get me wrong–I miss teaching my students in person and I can't wait until we get back to some semblance of normal. But normal won't be this fall, and possibly not even in the spring of 2021, so I decided, as I prep for the fall, to look at my teaching and see what went right this past semester."
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MiddleWeb
Our students are returning to school in a variety of ways this fall: in-person, online or a hybrid of the two. No matter how they are resuming their academic lives, they all have something in common: they have been through a lot this year. One of our tasks as teachers is to care for their mental health. In 2009 researchers found that thirty minutes of reading lowered blood pressure, heart rate and stress in students.
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We Are Teachers
We are entering the new school year with a lot of unknowns. While some districts hope to return to in-person school, most of us are preparing for a distance or hybrid learning model. This means not only adapting academic lessons, but rethinking how to provide students with meaningful social-emotional learning. With many families experiencing financial worries and a lack of social connection, building a strong class culture to support students' social-emotional needs is more important than ever.
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Education DIVE
The findings of the study could be used for education policy and changes in instruction. English language arts instruction has recently come under scrutiny, with new research suggesting not enough students are writing. A recent study shows only about 25% of middle-schoolers and 31% of high school students practice their writing skills 30 minutes a day, which curriculum experts say is the minimum amount necessary. By comparison, 33% of middle school students and 34% of high school students only spend 15 minutes a day writing.
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U.S. News & World Report
Six in 10 Americans oppose reopening K-12 schools for in-person instruction, including a majority of voters in every region of the country. And as President Donald Trump continues to pressure states and schools districts to reopen in person in order to jump-start the economy — going so far as to condition federal aid on it — 61% of voters believe instead that returning students to brick-and-mortar schools will harm the economy further by fueling the spread of the coronavirus.
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The Associated Press
Zita Robinson, who's 77 and diabetic, has been careful around her granddaughter since the coronavirus pandemic took hold. A door connects Robinson's apartment in Phoenix to the main house where 8-year-old Traris "Trary" Robinson-Newman and her mother live, but it mostly stays shut. Their only physical contact is if Trary walks in with her back toward Grandma. Then Robinson will kiss her own hand and lightly touch Trary's back — "like I'm sending her a kiss with my hand." "It's very hard," Robinson said. "We live together, but we live apart."
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PLOS via Science Daily
A city-wide school influenza vaccine intervention was associated with a decrease in influenza-associated hospitalizations for all age groups and a decrease in school absence rates among students in seasons with an effective influenza vaccine, according to a new study.
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The 74
Teacher Shereldene Scott wears a surgical mask as she looks down at the half dozen preschoolers seated at their assigned places on the rug at her feet at the Louis Stokes Head Start Center in Cleveland. Three children have masks snugly around their mouths and noses, for the moment, while the others have their masks tucked under their chin. One student has no mask at all.
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NPR
At the Bruneau-Grandview School District in rural southern Idaho, a couple of dozen teachers are crowded into the small library. They're doing a refresher training for online teaching. In person-classes are scheduled to begin, but with coronavirus cases continuing to rise in Idaho and other states, it's an open question for how long.
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The New York Times
Of all the ways to describe the fraught decision to reopen schools during a pandemic, Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida, a former Navy prosecutor, chose an especially dramatic example when he compared the commitment of teachers and administrators to the resolve of Navy SEALs given the mission to go after Osama bin Laden.
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Chalkbeat
With less than a month remaining before New York City plans to reopen school buildings, a crucial piece of the reopening puzzle remains uncertain: What will teaching and learning look like for students with disabilities? That question is particularly complex for about 100,000 students who attend classes that are set up to integrate special and general education students in the same classroom and which are required to be staffed by two teachers.
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NAESP
Don't miss a unique opportunity to advance your career and strengthen the leadership skills of new principals. Your knowledge and expertise is critical to ensure the success of the next generation of school leaders. As with any career, mentors offer guidance and support to help others become highly effective leaders. Take the time to invest in yourself, your career and the principal profession with NAESP's National Mentor Training and Certification Program™.
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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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