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School Leaders Now (commentary)
"I recently was hired to be the principal at the school where I've been a teacher for 12 years. As a teacher, I became Facebook friends with most of the other teachers and staff people at my school and in my district. Since my promotion, I've realized it's probably time to unfriend these folks, but I'm not really sure how to go about it. Do I have to be Facebook friends with coworkers?"
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The Brookings Institution
As the new school year kicks off, of the many newsworthy education stories that continue to unfold, one of the most compelling is how teacher protests and strikes continue to develop across the U.S. This story began with a nine-day strike in West Virginia this February and eventually boiled over last spring to strikes and protests over pay, pensions, and education spending across a number of states, including Arizona, Kentucky and Colorado. The advent of summer break lowered the heat to a simmer in states like North Carolina and Oklahoma, where some concessions were made, but left some teachers still agitating for more.
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Education Next
Education's political landscape has shifted dramatically over the past year. To the consternation of most school-district officials, Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos used the bully pulpit to promote charter schools, vouchers and tax credits for private-school scholarships. To the distress of teachers unions, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down an Illinois law requiring government workers who elect not to become union members to pay representation fees. To the chagrin of civil-rights groups, the U.S. Department of Education said that it was reviewing a letter sent to school districts by the Obama administration informing them that they were at risk of incurring a civil-rights violation if students of color were suspended or expelled more often than their peers.
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Harvard Business Review
Dirk was puzzled about what just happened. To the best of his knowledge, he had only asked Jerome (a recently hired senior executive), to deal more proactively with some of the company's clients. But Jerome had suddenly become angry, defensive, and stalked out of his office. Jerome, for his part, was also confused. Why had he reacted like that? Usually he was quite in control of his emotions. Somehow, however, Dirk's comments had hurt and he had reacted without thinking.
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Education DIVE
According to a 2016 study conducted by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, 46 percent of teachers report high daily stress that affects their quality of life and teaching performance which, in turn, lowers levels of both social adjustment and academic performance in students. The study suggests that schools use interventions to reduce teacher stress by changing the school culture and approaches to teaching. It also suggests that stronger programs for mentoring, workplace wellness and mindfulness be put in place for the benefit of both teachers and students.
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By: Lisa Mulcahy (commentary)
 Concentration — it's the key element you need in order to do your very best work for your organization. Yet, even the most dedicated managers can get distracted from time to time. Between those emails you think you must answer right this second, the unexpected fire on a project you needed to put out an hour ago, or responding to pressing questions from your staff, your attention is being pulled in many directions. Want to reboot your focus immediately, so you can do an amazing job on that important report or presentation that's waiting on your desk?
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Inc.
The fact that toxic workplaces are the fifth leading cause of death may not be overtly known by leaders, but many are starting to at least intuit that such a culture ain't good for health. An increasing number of empathetic leaders are actively trying to avoid being a contributor to a toxic culture — especially for Millennial employees who just aren't having it. So the last thing we need is to have unspoken rules ruling the roost and quietly poisoning a workplace. Yet that's exactly what can happen to the leader caught unaware.
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Inc. (commentary)
David Finkel, a contributor for Inc., writes: "Over the past decade of business coaching, I have helped thousands of business owners grow and develop their key employees. A task, which isn't always an easy feat. Most managers and business owners tend to point out flaws and places for improvement when coaching their direct hires. They feel that such an approach will help their employees correct their behavior and do better in the future. Our experience however shows the exact opposite."
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By: Roberta Matuson (commentary)
 I've been sitting back watching as leaders continue to fill up LinkedIn threads with "We’re Hiring!" posts. The same leaders do this day in and day out, which tells me this strategy isn’t working. Would you continue to solicit for new clients and customers the same way if you discovered what you were doing was not resulting in new prospects? Of course not! Yet, here we are. Let me share with you why you can't fill jobs and what you can do to change this.
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Fast Company
We're wired to live in the present, and that can be helpful when you need to be focused on an immediate task. It becomes a real impediment, however, when you need to make decisions about the future, says Alice Mann, author of "Future First: How Successful Leaders Turn Innovation Challenges Into New Value Frontiers."
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Entrepreneur
Entrepreneur Network partner, Brian Tracy breaks down four ways you can improve as a leader, and it's all about prioritizing your actions. Don't do things simply because you always have before. Examine what's working and what's not, and don't be afraid to make changes. Because, just as Brian Tracy says, a good leader never stops growing and developing.
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By: Hank Boyer (commentary)
 You and I have been born into an accelerating world. Travel that took a week by horseback two centuries ago is now competed in a few hours in the air-conditioned comfort of your car. Just 10 years ago, the two-hour meeting you had in the next time zone that required flights and overnights is now completed in two hours, plus two minutes for the setup and tear down of a GoToMeeting session. Email, smartphones, internet, Skype, social media…everything is happening faster and faster. We’ve become so used to speed that we actually believe there is something called instant coffee.
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The Lead Change Group
Everyone experiences failure now and then. What do you do when a poor performance triggers a strong reaction of shame and regret? How can you turn performance failure into learning?
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Education Week
When it comes to ranking school quality, one high-profile marker — academic achievement — takes center stage. How much students actually learn, whether they complete their K-12 education and how states stack up against each other can offer a rough proxy for how well the nation's public school system is doing its job.
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EdTech Magazine
With Wi-Fi now the primary, default and sometimes only internet access for students and staff in schools, it's vital to get the most out of its infrastructure. This is especially true as the number of users, the number of active mobile devices per user and the amount of data moved by applications all continue to grow rapidly. Getting the most out of what you have, however, isn't difficult. Here are four tips to ensure that your Wi-Fi capabilities meet the mission-critical demands that typify educational computing, both now and into the future.
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eSchool News
Technology can have a dramatically positive impact on student engagement and instructional practices when implemented carefully and accompanied by extensive professional learning and management, according to a new report. The report from SRI International analyzes schools participating in the Apple and ConnectED initiative. That initiative, launched in 2014, brings technology and support to 114 underserved schools in order to promote more personalized and student-centered educational experiences supporting critical thinking and conceptual understanding.
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Education Week
Sure, there will be new apps, devices and gadgets in schools across the country this year. But deeper forces are also at work: Dozens of states are in the midst of adding an entirely new academic discipline, computer science. Sensing schools' safety fears and the possibility of a new market, security companies are making a strong push to get into K-12. Online threats such as the spread of misinformation and cyberattacks are spreading, presenting new challenges for educators and administrators alike.
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THE Journal
A new report commissioned by NWEA revealed that parents, teachers and school leaders agree about the importance of measuring students' soft skills, such as critical thinking, problem solving and teamwork and view them as equally important as academic skills. However, which skills to teach and who should have the primary role in doing so is an area where the roles disagreed. Also, a slight majority of parents said they believe their child is receiving a better education than the one they received. NWEA is a nonprofit that develops assessment solutions for education agencies around the world.
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Edutopia (commentary)
Beth Holland, a contributor for Edutopia, writes: "Recently, I was asked to explain the difference between blended learning, personalized learning, and differentiated instruction. Initially, I imagined a Venn diagram — instead of focusing on the differences, I argued that it's more important to find the commonalities. However, I also realized there was another challenge: the need to define learning. Rather than focus on what term to use, or the merits of a particular strategy, the real effort should go into creating an actionable definition that an entire community can embrace."
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Education DIVE
In connection with early-childhood advocacy campaigns linked to governor's races, the producers of a new documentary film about young children's learning and development will hold screening events in California and Ohio over the next several weeks. Viewings in New Mexico and Vermont are also scheduled. "No Small Matter" calls early-childhood a "a grown-up issue," and recounts what researchers have learned about early brain development and the value of parent-child interaction from birth onward.
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eSchool News (commentary)
Kristen Fudale, a contributor for eSchool News, writes: "I have been in education for 18 years and my strongest belief is that all children deserve a fresh start when they begin each school year. My classroom is a safe environment where students feel it's acceptable to try, even if they're not going to be successful the first time — and that certainly applies to STEM education. Since the spring of 2014, I've worked with Stow-Munroe Falls City Schools in technology integration. The purpose of my position as an Academic Technology Specialist is to help teachers feel comfortable embedding new technology into their classrooms."
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Education DIVE
Observing and evaluating teachers has become a much larger part of a school administrator’s job. But this study suggests that if principals or other evaluators only see teachers during the ELA portion of the day, they may miss out on important information about how teachers organize math lessons, or vice versa. Additionally, teachers might not gain feedback that can help them improve their quality of instruction, which directly impacts the quality of education a student receives.
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The Atlantic
This past March, on a Thursday morning before dawn, more than 70 bleary-eyed parents lined up in front of the Parks and Recreation building in South Windsor, Connecticut. Wrapped in heavy coats and clutching Dunkin' Donuts cups, many of them slouched against the building's cement walls, while others, exercising a tad more foresight, lounged in foldable camping chairs. Most had arrived around 3 in the morning. The first in line had been there since 11:30 p.m. the night before.
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Today
Second grade teacher Brandy Young gained national attention in 2016 when a note she wrote to her class parents was posted on social media. "There will be no formally assigned homework this year... rather, I ask that you spend your evenings doing things that are proven to correlate with student success," she wrote. "Eat dinner as a family, read together, play outside, and get your child to bed early."
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University of Texas at Austin via Science Daily
Parents always worry about whether their children will do well in school, but their kids probably were born with much of what they will need to succeed. A new study published in npj Science of Learning by researchers from The University of Texas at Austin and King's College London explains the substantial influence genes have on academic success, from the start of elementary school to the last day of high school.
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Reuters
The number of children diagnosed with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in the U.S. appears to have increased dramatically, a new study finds. Between 1997 and 2016, the proportion of children diagnosed with ADHD rose from 6.1 percent to 10.2 percent, researchers reported in JAMA Network Open. Greater awareness of the condition may be a factor, said study coauthor Dr. Wei Bao of the College of Public Health at the University of Iowa.
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PBS Newshour
It's back to school season around the country, which makes it a good time to look at a trend under way in many school districts. Many of them have switched from a five-day week to four days, particularly in Western states. In Colorado, for example, more than half of all districts now follow a four-day week, in New Mexico, around 40 percent. But officials in New Mexico have placed a moratorium on the practice because of their concerns about the impact.
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Iowa Public Radio
After a judge ordered the state of Iowa to change how schools determine if students qualify for special education, educators are grappling with how to follow the judge's orders. And while some advocates hope this opens up special education to more students, some families are still going to great lengths to get special services for their kids.
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NAESP
Nearly 8 million students in the nation were chronically absent in the 2015-2016 school year, while one out of every four students attend schools with high or extreme levels of chronic absence. Now for the first time, a new analysis of federal data on school absenteeism will show that data at the state, district and individual school level.
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