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School Leaders Now (commentary)
Anne Rubin, a contributor for School Leaders Now, writes: "One interaction at a time develops positive school culture. I want people to embrace the discomfort that comes with growth, take risks, and learn to ask questions that propel us forward. Creating this kind of environment does not happen by accident. If the goal is to create an atmosphere where innovation, growth, and change can be embraced, school leaders must be intentional with their cues to faculty and staff."
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U.S. News & World Report
When America's public and private schools open again in a couple of weeks, nearly 56 million children will be headed back to the classrooms. And while much attention is given to what happens while students are at school, most probably don't think much about how they get there. The relative lack of attention is amazing especially when considering that somewhere between 10 and 14 percent of rush hour traffic is due to school-related transportation. In fact, our nation's fleet of school buses — which transport about 25 million of those students — is more than twice the size of all other forms of mass transit combined.
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School Leaders Now
David Robinson, a contributor for School Leaders Now, writes: "As educators, we understand that developmental stages affect how and what our students should learn. We can't teach history to a 5-year-old in the same way we do to a 12-year-old. When it comes to elementary discipline though, we are far more likely to treat them all the same — from kindergarten to sixth — in the name of consistency. Our approach to behavior support must shift as our students grow and change. One strategy I've found particularly helpful for upper elementary students is a Peer Support Group."
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Medical Xpress
Kids in violent neighborhoods often do worse in school. Now, a new study helps explain why. U.S. researchers found that exposure to violent crime changed kids' sleep patterns, which increased their levels of the stress hormone cortisol. "Both sleep and cortisol are connected to the ability to learn and perform academic tasks," said study lead author Jenni Heissel, of Northwestern University's School of Education and Social Policy in Evanston, Ill. "Our study identifies a pathway by which violent crime may get under the skin to affect academic performance." Previous research has found a link between violent crimes and performance on tests, but it wasn't clear why crime affects academic achievement, Heissel said in a university news release.
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EdSource
Transitional kindergarten is an option for younger children, who are not old enough for kindergarten, to gain social and academic experience. The program, like kindergarten, isn't mandatory but children must have their 5th birthday by a certain month to even qualify.
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The Hechinger Report
Which kind of preschool is more beneficial for young children: academic or play-based? Recent research has breathed new life into a debate that has been around for decades. For many parents and policymakers worried that children are being pushed into structured learning too early, there's immediate concern when the word academics is associated with preschool. Children need to have fun, be creative and make their own choices, they say. To them, the term academics connotes flashcards and a rigid, constrained environment.
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By: Erick Herrmann (commentary)
 Language skills are important for every student, especially in terms of academic language and vocabulary. Speaking, writing, reading and listening skills can and should be taught to students as part of every subject area, as these skills are paramount in learning the deep academic content taught in schools. But these language skills are especially critical for English learners to ensure their success in school and in an ever-changing world.
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Education World
As of 2015, there are 41 million native-Spanish speakers or roughly 13 percent of the population in the United States. To put that in perspective, there are more people, including second-language speakers, in the United States who speak Spanish than in Spain. Spanish is the second-most natively spoken language in the world, with around 400 million. Mandarin Chinese takes the top spot at nearly a billion native speakers, while English comes in third place. With business being more global now than any other point in human history, the need for more bilingual education is on the minds of many education experts.
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Edutopia (commentary)
Rebecca Alber, a contributor for Edutopia, writes: "I admit it: I allowed students to chew gum in class. Why? Because I chewed gum. I have a throat that tends to get dry after mid-morning, and gum helps. The point is that if you have a rule, you have to follow it yourself or the kids will question you, and worse, may lose respect. No food allowed in the classroom and you eat a blueberry scone during class every morning? I learned from experience. The beauty of teaching 16- and 17-year-olds is that they don’t often hold back their opinions. Being a model for what we expect is at times inconvenient and exhausting, but it comes with the job."
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By: Howard Margolis (commentary)
 Simply put, there's no perfect method or commercial program for teaching struggling readers how to read. Every method or program has flaws. As Richard Allington, past president of the International Literacy Association, has noted, no program is complete, and no program is as important as the teacher. Allington found that exemplary teachers used six key features to guide reading instruction, features that were far more important than methods or commercial programs. He called these features, found in a series of studies, the Six T's.
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HealthDay News via UPI
Mom was right — eating breakfast really is important. Without it, kids may not get recommended amounts of nutrients, British researchers suggest. "This study provides evidence that breakfast is key for parents to ensure that their children are getting the nutrition they need," said senior study author Gerda Pot, a lecturer in nutritional sciences at King's College London. The researchers used food diaries to track the diets of more than 800 children aged 4 to 10 and nearly 900 kids aged 11 to 18. Their food intake was tracked from 2008 to 2012. The researchers compared levels of key nutrients that the kids ate to British nutrition guidelines.
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Education Week
Teachers tend to be white, female and have nearly a decade and a half of experience in the classroom, according to new data released by the federal government. But there are signs that the nation's teaching force is gradually growing more diverse. It is also more heterogeneous: The nation's charter school teachers look significantly different from teachers in traditional public schools.
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Education DIVE
Denver Public Schools students who have unpaid lunch debt from last school year can still expect a hot meal this fall when they go through the lunch line. That's because a local nonprofit that encourages children to get involved in giving back to their communities and a Denver business owner have picked up the almost $14,000 tab. In fact, across the country this past year, individuals and groups have launched similar fundraising campaigns to erase the debt for families who don't qualify for free lunch but have fallen behind on their lunch accounts. From New York City to Bellevue, WA, community members have used social media and set up online payment accounts so people can contribute.
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Education Week
After a rocky start in which U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos' team was criticized for being too heavy-handed, confusing, or inconsistent in responding to states' plans for the Every Student Succeeds Act, approvals of state plans are now coming at a fast clip. Six states — Connecticut, Delaware, Louisiana, Nevada, New Jersey and New Mexico — had received the all-clear on their plans as of mid-August.
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Reuters
The failure of three U.S. states to enact legislation to fund education has left hundreds of school districts scrambling for cash as students return to the classroom.
Connecticut, Illinois and Wisconsin began fiscal 2018 on July 1, but lawmakers have been unable to pass an overall budget or a way to distribute budgeted money to schools, which depend on local property taxes and state dollars for their operations.
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The New York Times
There were 100,000 homeless students in New York City public schools during the 2015-2016 school year, a number equal to the population of Albany. The daunting challenges that creates, both for individual children struggling to learn and for schools trying to improve performance, are laid out in a report to be released on Wednesday by the Institute for Children, Poverty, and Homelessness. If current trends continue, the report's authors say, one in every seven New York City public school students will be homeless at some point during elementary school.
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The Denver Post
Tens of thousands of students will stream back to Colorado classrooms this month, their backpacks loaded with pencils and paper, binders and ballpoint pens — and, increasingly, items that schools used to supply: tissues, cotton balls, hand wipes, zip-close bags. The price tag to equip one child can easily reach $150, school officials and parents say. And that doesn't include clothes, shoes and specialty items like calculators.
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NAESP
There are those who say that the most important element in a successful conference is the content. We wholeheartedly agree! We always look to you for speaker ideas for our conferences and other events. Have the perfect speaker in mind? Let us know!
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NAESP
Are you interested in strengthening your career while preparing a new generation of leaders? The National Mentor Training and Certification Program offers a highly structured professional development program which integrates a mentor training component that can make the critical difference in sustainability of skilled leaders. NAESP will be hosting upcoming mentor trainings in Mason, Michigan, Oct. 5 – 6; and Alexandria, Virginia, Oct. 26 – 27. Click here to register and find more information.
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