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School Leaders Now
All too often, when a student misbehaves in class, they are sent to the front office, an administrator assigns a detention, and the instance gets swept under the rug. The teacher is left assuming that the student showed up for their punishment and that sitting in a quiet place for an hour after school "fixed" the problem. However, more often than not, the detention doesn't work. Those of us who manage the detention hall see the same kids every week, making it clear that repeat offenders are not learning from this discipline practice.
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The New York Times
By his own account, Alejandro Cruz-Guzman's five children have received a good education at public schools in St. Paul. His two oldest daughters are starting careers in finance and teaching. Another daughter, a high-school student, plans to become a doctor. But their success, Cruz-Guzman said, flows partly from the fact that he and his wife fought for their children to attend racially integrated schools outside their neighborhood. Their two youngest children take a bus 30 minutes each way to Murray Middle School, where the student population is about one-third white, one-third black, 16 percent Asian and 9 percent Latino.
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Inc.
You've heard the notion of the "self-fulfilling prophecy" right? In a negative sense, it's a false expectation about something or someone that may affect your behavior in a way that causes those expectations to be fulfilled. Not good. It's like a manager, for example, who expects employees to be slackers and, in turn, treats them in a way that will drawn out the very response he or she expects ("They're slackers!"). Sure, it starts with our own thinking patterns — grounded in our beliefs and values. But it gets worse when verbally expressed as words that reinforce false beliefs. In other words, the very language we choose affects how we experience our world, and how others experience us.
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By: Lisa Mulcahy (commentary)
 If you have a staff member who's dealing with an unexpected major illness or must take time away from work to deal with treatment for a chronic condition, you can only imagine how difficult their absence must be to deal with. From worrying about falling behind on their work, to dealing with unsympathetic peers who have to pick up their responsibilities, a worker on sick leave will often imagine the worst — but you, as his/her supervisor, can do a lot to relieve this stress.
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eSchool News
In light of tragic events that have put a spotlight on school safety issues, it's more important than ever to understand the value of students' social and emotional learning. While many districts have started conversations about SEL and its correlation to student success, it's time to start acting. The majority of students face daunting socioeconomic and emotional pressures. An alarmingly high number of students experience trauma at home, and their attitudes towards learning can vary due to these outside factors. In fact, studies show that up to 60 percent of all high school students are "chronically disengaged" from their own learning.
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Harvard Business Review (commentary)
David Siegel, a contributor for Harvard Business Review, writes: "Every manager knows the termination playbook: Be direct, keep it short, walk the employee out the door, shut down access to email, and so on. Having led three businesses, managed thousands of employees, and overseen hundreds of terminations, I had always followed the playbook drilled into me by legal and HR professionals."
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Leadership Freak
You've probably had a lousy leader. He made life miserable. She had irritating habits. People don't leave organizations, they leave lousy leaders.
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Harvard Business Review
Common wisdom in management science and practice has it that to build support for a change project, visionary leadership is needed to outline what is wrong with the current situation. By explaining how the envisioned change will result in a better and more appealing future, leaders can overcome resistance to change. But our research, recently published in the Academy of Management Journal, leads us to add a very important caveat to this.
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Fast Company
Some of us are not just that productive in the morning. It doesn't matter how early we try to make ourselves go to sleep, what we eat for breakfast, or whether we dragged ourselves out of bed for a grueling workout. We're simply not wired to wake up at 5 a.m., and forcing us to concentrate at a 9 a.m. meeting is a recipe for a wasted day.
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HR DIVE
Healthy, energetic and focused employees are both more effective and more engaged than tired, stressed and distracted employees. Much of the onus lies on the employee to maintain and improve personal well-being by eating healthy foods, being active and getting enough sleep each night, but the responsibility isn't for employees to bear alone. It is also the responsibility of the organization to create a work environment that supports well-being.
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Entrepreneur
Benahili Ojeme, a contributor for Entrepreneur, writes: "In case you're wondering why having a healthy relationship with your employees is important, I'll let you in on a little secret. Your relationship with your employees translates to their relationship with your customers. Providing a conducive work environment filled with trust and security for your employees will translate to commitment, dedication and loyalty on their part. A healthy relationship is not bought, but earned. And although it will take time, dedication, sacrifice and resources to build a healthy relationship, it is one that comes with the power and knowledge to build more."
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The Lead Change Group
Organizations around the world are struggling with the increasing rate of change, the degree of global interconnectedness, multiculturalism and the pace of technological advances. Climate change is accelerating. Product specialization is accelerating. Cultural diversification is accelerating. It is becoming obvious that keeping pace in this world will require teamwork and collaboration of all sorts based on the higher levels of trust and openness created by more personalized relationships.
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Forbes (commentary)
You've all seen the clickbait headlines: "8 Habits of Highly Successful Leaders." "12 Habits of Exceptional Leaders." "20 Habits of Highly Successful and Effective Leaders." But the reality is great leaders do have some good habits. Do you?
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The Washington Post
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos is considering allowing states to use federal grant money to buy guns for schools, people familiar with the matter said. Two people said the question being contemplated inside the department is whether states are allowed to use money available through Student Support and Academic Enrichment grants to buy firearms. Unlike other federal grants, this one does not expressly prohibit such purchases.
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The Associated Press
Melania Trump talked up the importance of teaching children positive cyber habits, the same morning that her husband sent tweets deriding current and former U.S. officials, including one message referring to a former CIA director as a "political hack." Asked about the contradictory messages, the first lady's office said in a statement that she "is aware of the criticism but it will not deter her from doing what she feels is right. The President is proud of her commitment to children and encourages her in all that she does." Mrs. Trump delivered brief remarks to help open a government-sponsored summit called Federal Partners on Bullying Prevention, encouraging social media and technology companies to provide more opportunities for young people to share ideas for how to be good citizens online.
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EdScoop
In order to foster success among students, school administrators should be well-versed in data literacy, according to a new brief by the Data Quality Campaign, an education nonprofit. The report from the Washington, D.C.-based organization, which advocates for the use of data in education, argues that school and district administrators need to be able to collect, analyze and use data to make decisions that will ultimately improve outcomes for students.
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eSchool News
The teacher-absence policy at my school was clear: The teacher isn’t coming to school? No technology for the class. The rationale is that it’s just not worth it. Devices are too valuable to be trusted with kids when they don't have experienced supervision. Only the classroom teacher can manage classroom tech. It's true that subs don't always find quick success with classroom management. Some can maintain a positive environment by establishing relationships with students right away. But devices cost a lot of money, and schools typically will do everything they can to protect that investment. But how does this policy affect students?
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District Administration Magazine
When Amy Arbogash took the reins of the technology department at Verona Area School District in Wisconsin in 2017, it was in the middle of a multiyear shift to personalized instruction. Students were developing their own learning plans during the rollout of a 1-to-1 iPad program. That is why the district gave Arbogash the title of director of technology and personalized learning.
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Edutopia (commentary)
Todd Finley, a contributor for Edutopia, writes: "Recently, I made a request on Twitter: 'Could anyone tell me what it's like to teach while battling depression?' Twelve heartbreaking emails answered my question. The teachers reported several symptoms of depression, including a feeling of shame. After his wife suddenly left him, Phillip had to fight the urge to break down in class. (Names throughout have been changed, aside from teachers who have publicly written about their struggles.) A diagnosis of post-traumatic stress disorder fueled these feelings. 'I felt guilty and silly telling people I had PTSD—that was something warriors and soldiers got.'"
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Oregon State University via Science Daily
When adults are participants in school recess — leading games, monitoring play and ensuring conflicts are mediated quickly — children are more likely to be engaged in recess activities, a new study has found. The study, which focused on the recess environment and student engagement during school recess periods, also found that students were more likely to be active and engaged during longer recess periods; that boys were more engaged in recess that girls; and that recess provides more than a quarter of students' school-based physical activity each day.
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Teaching Channel
The importance of social and emotional learning is evident. 40 years of research show that kids who master core life skills will succeed in the classroom and beyond, and now finally teachers have great tools to help scaffold and mold their students to do so. When a teacher is standing in front of the classroom modeling how to patiently wait your turn to ask a question, they're teaching their little ones a core skill for social and emotional learning — impulse control.
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Edutopia
Many educators are concerned with managing stress and preventing burnout, well aware as we are of the demands of the profession and the high rate of turnover in schools. We know we need to sleep, eat well, exercise, and maybe meditate, and those habits are certainly useful in cultivating resilience, which is the ability to tackle adversity and emerge stronger than before.
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Portland State University via Science Daily
A new study suggests that the disproportionate placement of racial minorities into special education for learning disabilities is largely because of social inequities outside of schools rather than racially biased educators.
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Psychology Today
Should U.S. students be doing more math practice and drilling in their classrooms? That's the suggestion from a recent most emailed New York Times op-ed. The op-ed's author argued that more practice and drilling could help narrow math achievement gaps. These gaps occur in the U.S. by the primary grades. Yet others worry that more math practice and drilling will stifle creativity. They argue that routine practice and drill interferes with understanding underlying mathematical concepts.
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The Brookings Institution
An increasing amount of evidence shows that alignment in the racial or ethnic identity of teachers and students is associated with a range of positive student outcomes, from test scores to disciplinary actions to teacher expectations. Due to the underrepresentation of teachers of color in the current workforce, minority students stand to disproportionally benefit from efforts to increase teacher diversity.
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The Atlantic
The results of a new poll suggest that a majority of Americans now support the expansion of school choice for all families. With 54 percent of respondents saying they favor universal-choice policies — which typically come in the form of programs that let families use government money to pay for private schools — the findings released on Tuesday by the policy and opinion magazine Education Next indicate that the idea has enjoyed a substantial jump in popularity since last year, when just 45 percent of respondents said they supported such proposals.
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The Motley Fool
Parents, if you're finding back-to-school shopping a bit of a chore, consider this sad trend: Your kids' teachers are taking more money than ever out of their own pockets to pay for the classroom supplies, instructional materials, and professional development they need. To ensure they have the tools required to do their jobs for your offspring, those educators are laying out an average of $652 apiece, according to a new survey of 538 U.S. K-12 teachers from SheerID and Agile Education Marketing. That's the highest total in the five-year history of the survey, and a 39 percent increase over last year. In total, for America's 3.4 million K-12 teachers, that adds up to about $2.2 billion.
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Bloomberg
Texas's 5.4 million students are returning to school amid the usual scramble for textbooks, lockers and desks. The state is also facing a huge problem of its own creation: how to find, evaluate and properly teach as many as 200,000 students wrongly denied special education or overlooked as it sought to limit spending for the nation's fastest-growing school population. And then there's the question of how Texas, under orders from the U.S. government, will pay for it all.
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NAESP
NAESP has issued a statement on U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos's proposal to allow gun purchases and firearm training for educators with funds appropriated under Title IV, Part A of the Every Student Succeeds Act.
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NAESP
Have you ever wanted to invite your Member of Congress or state legislator to visit your school, but you weren't really sure how to do it? In preparation for National Principals Month in October, which will include school shadowing visits for state and federal legislators, NAESP is partnering with the Congressional Management Foundation to deliver a webinar on the nuts and bolts of inviting your legislators to your school and ensuring a successful visit. This webinar takes place Monday, August 27, 4-5 p.m. EDT.
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