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Education DIVE
Taking on responsibility for the success of a building filled with students and educators is no small feat. Even for experienced educators making the jump to administration, the first day — let alone the first year — as a principal carries a ton of pressure. To help alleviate some of the stress, we asked a handful of veteran superintendents and principals from a variety of districts nationwide what advice they'd give to first-year principals.
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EdSource
Most Americans believe that K-12 schools deserve more money, the federal government should chip in a bigger share of education costs and a college education — especially at community colleges — should be tuition-free, according a nationwide education poll. The annual poll by Education Next, an education journal that encourages school choice and charter schools, found a record level of bipartisan support for higher pay for teachers. It also recorded a rebound in overall support for charter schools after a precipitous drop among Democrats following the election of President Donald Trump and his selection of Betsy DeVos as his secretary of education.
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USA Today
For millions of American kids, going back to school is an exciting time of reconnecting with friends, learning about new ideas and engaging fresh possibilities. But for too many of them, particularly racial minorities living in low-income neighborhoods, the excitement of learning is curbed by sweltering classrooms with little or no air conditioning. This is not merely a question of discomfort. Rather, our research suggests that overheated classrooms contribute to racial achievement gaps by lessening learning in a way that adds up over time and could affect future earnings potential.
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EdSurge
Most school shooters are current or former students. Most are suicidal. And most share their plans in advance. These are among the key findings of The Violence Project, a research effort examining 50 years of mass shootings in the U.S. The project's insights have been cited widely in news stories in the wake of recent mass shootings in Dayton and El Paso. While informing the American public is certainly of interest to project leaders Jillian Peterson and James Densley, the professors have a more specific audience in mind. They want to translate their work into practical training for teachers and school administrators hoping to prevent violence from breaking out in their classrooms and campuses.
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Leadership Freak (commentary)
I sent the following text message to a leader I'm mentoring. He's scheduled for a job interview and I thought I'd give him something to think about. "I wonder what humility looks like in a job interview. You have to 'brag', right?"
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By: Simma Lieberman (commentary)
 According to Forbes magazine, hate crimes in 30 major U.S. cities rose by 9% in 2018. Most of the victims were black, Jewish, LGBT or immigrants. This is serious and not only impacts us in our communities but also in the workplace. Racist rhetoric is on the rise, along with the perpetuation of stereotypes and bullying based on religion, skin color, ethnicity and sexual orientation. If people are afraid of being verbally or physically attacked outside of work, they can't be productive at work.
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Forbes
When something unfamiliar happens, is your initial response negative? When an excited friend or colleague approaches, do you react with irritation over being interrupted? When someone reaches out unexpectedly, is your answer lukewarm? We all get tripped up from time to time, and the reasons are endless; you might be surprised, distracted or consumed by your seemingly endless to-do list.
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Inc.
If you've spent any length of time in a leadership position, you'll likely have had the opportunity to take over a pre-existing team rather than building it as you go. Promotions, job switches, organizational shifts, and mergers or acquisitions all lend themselves to a leader inheriting an existing team and needing to get up to speed pretty quickly.
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By: Catherine Iste (commentary)
 New employees show up eager, optimistic and open. The blank slate of opportunity at a new job, often combined with the joy of leaving an old job, can be quite inspiring. However, even those among us who truly enjoy our positions tend to face waning enthusiasm every now and again. And the eagerness with which we looked at new opportunities or the bring-it-on attitude with which we faced problems may be even harder to come by. Instead of losing touch with them altogether, take these steps to get back to that new employee feeling.
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Fast Company
Self-discipline doesn't come naturally to everyone. In fact, if you weren't taught discipline as a child, it can be extremely difficult to learn it on your own as an adult. You're essentially playing the role of both the parent and the kid — you have to tell yourself what to do and follow through. But without self-discipline, you'll be too distracted to excel at your chosen career.
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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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By: Terri Williams (commentary)
 Your employees want you to recognize their hard work and efforts, but a survey of 16,000 professionals in 4,000 companies representing various industries and roles reveals that they may not want to be recognized for only major accomplishments, don't necessarily want a cash reward, and some would prefer that the recognition didn't occur in front of everyone in the organization. According to a recent Deloitte Greenhouse survey, most employees (54%) would prefer a verbal "thank you" for day-to-day accomplishments, while 31% would prefer to have that thanks in writing.
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EdTech Magazine
K–12 schools must take many steps before they can install ambitious tech upgrades and enhancements. While implementation may feel like the end of the mission, IT leaders face a significant challenge — ensuring these upgrades and enhancements stick. What best practices can be put in place to ensure a school's investments pay off?
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EdSurge
There are over 132,000 school communities in the United States. Many have some innovative programs at their edges, but few have redesigned the core of school in a meaningful sense, or in ways that meet the needs of diverse learners, equity and a radically shifting economy. Meanwhile, billions of dollars have been spent on edtech by these same school communities. By and large, these investments have only served to reinforce the status quo. But there may be an alternative.
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EdTech Magazine
In K–12, assistive learning can be a tricky beast to tackle. Schools have a duty to attend to all students' needs, but it can be difficult to create a curriculum that addresses every student, especially as an increasing number of schools experience overcrowding. Technology helps educators give each student the attention he or she needs, through tools such as online learning modules, personal tablets and, now, virtual and augmented reality. Experts have found virtual environments can give students who require extra assistance the opportunities to build the skills they need to be as successful in the classroom as their peers.
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eSchool News
Smarter technology and ed tech resources are helping students become independent learners and problem solvers, according to new research. In fact, many of today's students first turn to technology for answers to their questions, and they aren't depending on their parents for homework help as often as in past generations. The research from Lenovo surveyed more than 15,000 people across the globe. Overall, 75 percent say their children are more likely to look something up online than to ask them for help with schoolwork.
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Disability Scoop
A new opinion letter from the U.S. Department of Labor suggests that many parents of kids with disabilities are entitled to take time away from work to attend their child's individualized education program meetings. In response to an inquiry from a parent, the federal agency said that employees can qualify for leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act, or FMLA, if their presence at an IEP meeting is significant to their ability to provide care for their children.
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By: Bambi Majumdar (commentary)
 One recent change in education involves a multistate initiative to expand access to and diversity in K-12 computer science. 33 states have passed legislation to that effect in 2019, and about $42.5 million has been funded for this cause. Interest in computer science education is rising, as it should in the digital age. Stakeholders, from parents to policymakers, recognize the importance of this investment. Much of this success can be attributed to the Code.org Advocacy Coalition, which has worked hard at advocating the cause since 2013.
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EdSurge (commentary)
Kevin Behan, a contributor for EdSurge, writes: "The start of a school year means a new seating chart for each classroom — full of students that the teacher likely hasn't met. Without knowing the students, how does a teacher know where to assign their seats? This question comes up each summer as teachers strive to create the best learning environment possible. From my experience in the classroom, I've found that seating chart choices can be critical to how students engage with one another and the teacher."
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District Administration Magazine
English language arts and math are the one-two punch of the elementary school curriculum. Yet the average teaching time spent on these two areas is far from equal and balanced, with ELA receiving significantly more classroom time despite the recent and growing emphasis on STEM subjects. It's easy to understand why teachers focus on ELA and math. Standardized testing and pressure from administrators and parents emphasize these two areas more than other subjects. But why is ELA favored over math? Let's look at this trend to better understand what's happening.
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Language Magazine
California Department of Education has released the much-anticipated "California Practitioners' Guide for Educating English Learners with Disabilities." The guide will help with identifying, assessing, supporting, and reclassifying English learners with disabilities. "This resource will benefit the teachers and other professionals involved in the education of more than 220,000 identified English learner students with disabilities," said State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond.
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MiddleWeb (commentary)
Cheryl Mizerny, a contributor for MiddleWeb, writes: "Every so often, a confluence of events occurs that gets my wheels turning and the end result is putting my thoughts down on paper to sort them out. This happened over summer break. In June I was speaking with a colleague who is a principal of a large, suburban middle school. He told me that the design of his school was such that all of the student lockers were concentrated in one small area and all students needed to access them at the same time."
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Education Week
In reading, math and science, teachers whose students scored low on a national test reported being less likely to ask their classes to engage in higher-order thinking or offer them advanced work than teachers whose students scored high, a report from the National Center for Education Statistics finds. The new analysis uses data from the 2015 NAEP assessment. As a component of the test, teachers and students answered survey questions about classroom instruction — what content teachers covered and what activities they did.
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The Hechinger Report
Decades of research have documented that students of color, particularly black children, are disproportionately classified by schools as having disabilities. In 2016, 12 percent of black children across the nation received services at school for disabilities ranging from emotional disturbances to physical disabilities to intellectual impairment. Only 8.5 percent of white children received those services. The disability rate for Hispanic students — 9.4 percent nationally — is only slightly higher than for whites and the disparity hasn't been as contentious as the disproportionality for blacks. Some academics and advocates have argued that disability status had become a tool to perpetuate racial segregation, especially in the South.
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By: Anthony Milla (commentary)
 For most young adults, leaving home and setting out on their own is inevitable, but success in this endeavor is not. Right now, your student is dependent on you for a variety of things from waking them up and keeping track of their schedule to making food for them. The goal, before they leave home to set out on their own, should be personal independence. Students with a learning difference and their parents can increase the likelihood of a successful transition to adulthood by focusing on four critical areas to prepare for the obstacles ahead.
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Education Week
While some may argue in favor of punitive measures for students who bully and others side with improving school climate, a recent survey singles out another factor that may help curb bullying: a sense of belonging. "The more a child feels like they can connect with their family, their peers, and their school, the less likely they are to engage in bullying behavior," said Christopher Slaten, a co-investigator for the survey and an associate professor for the University of Missouri's College of Education.
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U.S. News & World Report
Nearly every state in the U.S. has raised the bar over the last decade for what it considers grade-level achievement in math and reading, according to a new study from the National Center on Education Statistics. Because each state sets its own standards for what proficiency in a subject means, researchers at the center developed a formula that could compare each state's bar for proficiency on state assessment tests to the one used in the NCES-administered National Assessment of Education Progress. Using that score as a baseline, researchers were able to compare states to each other.
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NAESP
Students might be enjoying the final weeks of summer, but principals and their teams are hard at work preparing for the new school year. This Back-to-School Toolkit will help guide your interactions with students, staff, and families at the start of the year. Find fact sheets to share with staff and families, school-project funding opportunities and professional development ideas, as well as resources on topics such as attendance, home visits and connected leadership. Early career and veteran principals alike will find this information useful.
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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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