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School Leaders Now
Principals need to find ways to ignite our own learning. Our busy lives leave little time to add one more task to our plates. That said, the task of writing is already a part of our daily schedule. Why not principals as writers? Newsletters, emails and meeting minutes are already typical fare within our duties as administrators. Why not take this skill to the next level and become a lead writer in our building?
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U.S. News & World Report
Public school students in Houston won't be starting school until at least Sept. 5, as the powerful storm dubbed Harvey continues to swirl overhead, dropping epic amounts of rain that's caused severe flooding and has submerged large swaths of the sprawling city. "Thank goodness it seems like we're pulling through, but the flooding is not over yet," says Richard Carranza, superintendent of the Houston Independent School District. "Probably the most obvious thing is we've had to call off the whole first week of school, but our first concern is the safety of our students, teachers and community."
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Education Week
The research team whose work runs counter to conventional wisdom about minority enrollment in special education has released a new study that looks at a different, larger data set and comes to the same conclusion as its previous work: black and Hispanic children, as well as children of other races, are enrolled in special education at rates significantly lower than those of their white peers.
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eSchool News
As our district has started exploring the role that computer coding should play in our students' educational lives, more than once the following question has come up: What NGSS standards will this cover? This is a critical question. If we are going to take instructional time to work with students to code more, we are going to have to quit doing something else in order to have the time to do it. So, what should we give up? Will coding allow us to cover other standards to ensure that students will be well prepared?
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District Administration Magazine
In just the last few months, several districts and states have eliminated tests and cut assessment time to make room for instruction and reduce stress. The average student takes 112 mandated standardized tests from pre-K through grade 12, according to the Council of the Great City Schools. "It allows superintendents and other policymakers to experiment with and implement alternative forms of assessment based on real performance, not just filling in bubbles," says Bob Schaeffer, public education director at the National Center for Fair & Open Testing.
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Edutopia
Many teachers believe that you should start each school year with a disciplined, teacher-centric environment and relax it over time. However, research shows that to really get a handle on classroom management and encourage student achievement, a teacher should immediately allow kids to talk and build community through collaboration.
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By: Savanna Flakes (commentary)
 We know it is important to build relationships and set expectations for our students at the beginning of the school year. It is equally important to build relationships and set expectations between co-teachers to establish and maintain shared responsibility for efficiency, learning and student success. Co-teaching implemented with fidelity has a profound impact on a range of learners with and without disabilities from a variety of cultures.
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Taylor & Francis Group via Science Daily
Schools are failing to offer sufficient opportunities for students from diverse backgrounds to engage in science-based learning outside of the classroom, and should be doing more to open up participation, according to new research.
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NPR
The start of the school year can be rough on some kids. It's a big shift from summer's freedom and lack of structure to the measured routines of school. And sometimes that can build up into tears, losing sleep, outbursts and other classic signs of anxiety. "Going back to school is a transition for everyone," says Lynn Bufka, a practicing psychologist who also works at the American Psychological Association. "No matter the age of the child, or if they've been to school before."
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The Hechinger Report
The new school year is well under way in much of nation and many kids are anxious, frightened, confused and questioning. Why is it that some children are dreaming of their straight-A report cards while for others, it is a time of dread? Why are psychologists documenting back to school anxiety, showing increases in mental health events for children during the school year after a dramatic decline over the summer, including an extreme anxiety labeled school refusal, a disorder marked by a child refusing to go to school on a regular basis?
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By: Bambi Majumdar (commentary)
 It's back-to-school time, and it's no surprise that smart products are trending for both educators and students. Overall back-to-school spending, including college students, is expected to rise 10 percent to $83.6 billion. Schools are gearing up for an exceptional year in which they can successfully incorporate more digital products into the curriculum. New apps are being introduced to impart knowledge and manage classrooms at the same time.
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Education Week
Americans' support for public schools has risen in the last year — across the country and across the political spectrum — but the public also wants schools to go beyond academics to provide more career and student health supports, according to the 49th annual education poll by Phi Delta Kappa International. The percentage of Americans rating K-12 education quality — at both the national and local levels — at an "A" or "B" is the highest it's been since the 1980s.
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Edutopia
You don't have to reserve phone calls to parents or guardians for bad news. Try these tips to deepen communication with families.
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MindShift
When Michael Essien became an administrator at Martin Luther King, Jr. Academic Middle School in San Francisco it was immediately apparent that he needed to help teachers get behavior issues under control. If students acted out in class, teachers sent them to an in-school detention, where they waited for disciplinary action. Pretty soon, any kid who struggled with a lesson was trying to get sent to detention, thus avoiding challenging work that might be embarrassing. Essien could see too many kids were not learning in this dysfunctional system.
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U.S. Department of Education
The U.S. Department of Education activated its emergency response contact center in response to the devastating impacts of Hurricane Harvey. The Department of Education's primary role in natural disasters is to assist school districts and institutions of higher education in their recovery efforts. In addition to internal agency briefings, the Department is participating in daily interagency briefings led by the Department of Homeland Security and FEMA in order to understand the extent of the damage to educational infrastructure and the needs of its education stakeholders in the wake of Harvey.
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Education Week
A Wisconsin school district is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to decide whether school policies that require transgender students to use the restrooms corresponding to their biological sex violate Title IX or the U.S. Constitution. "This is a matter of national importance," says the appeal filed Aug. 25 by the Kenosha Unified School District. "School districts, students, and parents across the country need guidance on this issue given the conflicting decisions by various courts, guidance which has been issued and withdrawn by the [U.S.] Department of Education, and the lack of any other definitive answers."
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Chicago Sun-Times
The Illinois Senate approved a "compromise" school funding bill in what's being called a historic move towards reforming the way the state funds public education. But it was the inclusion of a private school scholarship and tax credit program within the deal that took up most of the debate — both on the House floor on Monday and the Senate floor.
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District Administration Magazine
Three chronically underperforming Baltimore City Public Schools are now getting intensive, hands-on guidance from educators at a fourth district school, Commodore John Rodgers, that has achieved a dramatic turnaround. Educators at the struggling elementary and middle schools — Harford Heights, James McHenry and Mary E. Rodman — won't just follow a set of guidelines.
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NAESP
Retired principal Liz Ortiz writes "Don't crash and burn under the stress of disorganization and lack of planning. Add the year-long calendar, the Friday Focus, and the 'Eat That Frog' listing strategies to your flight plan, and you can fly through the school year, and focus on what matters — your teachers and students."
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NAESP
While the start of the school year is always a busy time, most veteran principals will be in familiar territory. However, those just beginning their career as school leaders face more challenges. The position carries many new roles and responsibilities that can leave new principals feeling unprepared.
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