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School Leaders Now
More than half of all American teachers have a master's degree. All go through a minimum of four years of rigorous post-secondary education, including full-time student teaching. They must renew their teaching certificates on a regular schedule and, in the midst of their work in the classroom, obtain hundreds of hours of professional development.
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eSchool News
Whether a principal, superintendent, head of technology or head of curriculum, there is likely a gem of a resource among your staff who could push your Future Ready agenda forward. Long gone are the days when librarians were simply the "keeper of books," and the administrators who have grown to realize this have found it much easier to accomplish their strategic vision by mobilizing this dedicated and knowledgeable part of their staff. Here's how many are doing it.
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District Administration Magazine
At the start of the 2018-19 school year, Polk County Public Schools in Florida had 120 unfilled teaching positions. The district of more than 100,000 students grows each year, yet fewer teachers are entering the field now than in the past and competition to hire newly minted educators is stiff, says Superintendent Jacqueline Byrd. To attract more young people to the profession, Byrd recently launched Establishing Leaders in Teacher Education. Through the program, high school sophomores take teacher education classes and earn an associate degree along with a high school diploma.
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Entrepreneur (commentary)
John Stoker, a contributor for Entrepreneur, writes: "This summer was a learning experience for me. This is the first time in a number of years where my two oldest sons returned home to work and live. I must admit that I have not been forced to relate with these two 20-somethings for such an extended time in such close quarters. I had to relearn how to connect with them as adults."
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Education DIVE
A third of students reported that they experienced bullying during the 2017-2018 school year — up from a fourth in previous school years, according to survey results released today by YouthTruth Student Survey, a San Francisco-based nonprofit organization. Schools in which the majority of students are white were more likely to report bullying than those where students of color make up the majority — 36 percent compared to 32 percent. In schools with more students of color, however, white students still reported experiencing more bullying.
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By: Roberta Matuson (commentary)
 Lots of companies are changing their tune when it comes to hiring former employees. In the past, this was verboten. However, today, this is a strategy well worth considering. Staffing decisions like these are rarely black and white. However, you can avoid having to address questions like these when you have a solid plan in place for succession and employee development. Before you jump on the bandwagon and hire an employee who wants to return, consider the following six things.
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The Lead Change Group
Or, can you? The headline is arguably the most memorable line in the 1992 movie, "A Few Good Men." The line by Jack Nicholson's character echoes what we've found is a common blind spot among today's leaders: An openness to hearing the truth. It's clear that truth telling is not a core competency for today's organizations, based on our research and studies like the Edelman Trust Barometer. Many leaders believe that to be effective and successful, they need to be smarter than the next person, fight for their area of the business, and not show vulnerability.
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Forbes
LinkedIn has more access than just about anyone to data about a) the skillsets of today's top talent and b) the skillsets companies are seeking. There is a mismatch between the two that LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner calls a significant skills gap. "Somewhat surprisingly," Weiner says in an interview with CNBC, "interpersonal skills is where we're seeing the biggest imbalance. Communications is the number one skills gap."
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School Leaders Now (commentary)
Trevor Muir, a contributor for School Leaders Now, writes: "When I was a freshman in high school, my arch nemesis slammed me in the back with a music stand when I wasn't looking. I did what many 14-year-old boys would do in that situation: I turned around and punched the kid in the face. He didn't get a chance to hit me again because my band teacher was there and marched us both down to the principal's office. Even though I made it clear to the principal that the kid hit me first, that I was innocent, and that I'd never been in trouble before, I was suspended from school for the rest of the week."
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Education Week
U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos is very close to knowing how much money her department has to spend in the next fiscal year. The House approved a spending package that includes fiscal 2019 funding for the U.S. Department of Education. The legislation, which the Senate passed, includes several increases for programs such as Title I, special education, a big block grant that districts can use for creating safer schools and education technology, and charter schools grants, among others. The legislation now heads to President Donald Trump for his signature.
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EdTech Magazine
5G, the fifth generation of wireless networks, promises to be the catalyst for a new age of connected technology and network speed. Experts working to develop the new technology have noted three key areas where 5G will improve on the current 4G LTE networks that are used right now: increased device capacity, faster network speed and lower latency. Forecasters expect 5G access to increase more dramatically through 2019, with the number of 5G devices becoming more ubiquitous in 2020. And with the race to 5G in full swing, educators are wondering what this network will mean for them.
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eSchool News
Parents are unsure of the impact technology will have on the future workforce, but half of parents in a recent survey believe their children should learn coding and computer programming. The Microsoft and YouGov survey takes a look at technology, parenting, and education. The survey finds that 60 percent of surveyed parents say they feel optimistic or hopeful about the role of technology in their child's life as they grow older, while 30 percent say they are unsure or scared.
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Axios
Generation Z students, classified as being between the ages of 14 and 23, believe that YouTube is a bigger contributor to their education than textbooks, according to a study by Pearson Education. Why it matters: Education in America is shifting from more traditional methods of learning through text and lesson plans to more technological methods such as YouTube videos and other virtual platforms.
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Edutopia
Blended learning continues to grow as an approach to meeting learner needs, especially as schools put more computers and other devices into student hands. The growth of blended learning is generally paced at the comfort of teachers as they expand their use of digital tools for teaching and learning — at present learning to teach with digital tools seems to be the greater focus than exploring how to deepen students' learning.
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The Atlantic
Developed countries like the United States have seen a remarkable transformation in education over the last century: Girls and young women — once subjected to discrimination in and even exclusion from schools and colleges — have "conquered" those very institutions, as a report from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development put it. Today, for example, women comprise a growing majority of students on college campuses in the U.S., up from around 40 percent in the 1970s.
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Education DIVE
Successfully completing class assignments doesn't mean students are meeting grade-level standards that will put them in a strong position for college-level work, according to a new report by TNTP, a research and advocacy organization that usually focuses on teacher policy and equity issues. Specifically, "The Opportunity Myth" finds that almost three-fourths of the time — 71 percent — students are doing the work that teachers give them, but less than a fifth of those assignments meet standards for college-readiness. That's why there's a myth, the authors say.
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Edutopia
In spite of their reputation for simplicity, graphic novels can display a surprising level of depth. This sense of depth can come through in a variety of ways — from the language to the interplay of words and images to the themes that can be explored in visual texts. And like novels, graphic novels employ a range of literary conventions, so they're ripe for classroom discussion.
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By: Brian Stack (commentary)
 My seventh-grade son Brady informed me the other day that with the change to bus routes this year, he is now on the bus for nearly 45 minutes each way. At first, I was surprised. We live in a small town of about 10 square miles, and it would take less than 10 minutes to drive from our house to the school. Yet, he was right. He is one of the first students picked up in the morning, and one of the last to be dropped off in the afternoon. Each day, Brady, like millions of other children from coast to coast, deals with one of the great inefficiencies of our education system — bus transportation routes.
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U.S. News & World Report
One was on the roof of a Habitat for Humanity house in California when it occurred to her. Another was in a state senator's office in Oklahoma City. Still another was at an education conference in Minneapolis when she began to consider it. It's a decision hundreds of educators across the country have made this year: To change the conditions in their classrooms, they would have to run for office themselves. Some 550 educators will be on election ballots this fall, according to the National Education Association, running for everything from local school board to governor.
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Edutopia
For children who have adverse childhood experiences, co-regulation is at the heart of teaching — and of discipline. These children need assistance regulating their nervous system before they can learn new coping strategies and understand the consequences of their choices and decisions.
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The Hechinger Report (commentary)
Jill Barshay, a contributor for The Hechinger Report, writes: "When I first became an education journalist back in 2011, there was a lot of talk about individualized instruction, particularly by using educational software to tailor subjects for each student. I visited many elementary and middle schools where students, with bulging headphones wrapped over their heads, stared at separate computers, each learning something different at the same moment. Some were reviewing topics they should have mastered years ago. Others were jumping ahead to concepts that were grade levels ahead of what they would traditionally be learning."
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MindShift
Many people have experienced some kind of trauma in their childhood, such as loss of a caregiver, substance abuse in the home, homelessness or abuse. There are ten types of "Adverse Childhood Experiences" that were identified in a study conducted in the 1990s. The total number of childhood traumas someone has experienced determines their ACE score. About 2/3s of the people in the groundbreaking study had at least one ACE, but the researchers also found higher rates of adult physical and mental illness associated with the amount of trauma people experienced as children.
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Chalkbeat
When Marquita, a Memphis mother of six, became homeless, her children began to struggle in school. "The kids were just out of control," she said. "Their grades weren't the same." “What people don't understand is what adults go through, kids go through it too," she said. "I didn't know kids get depressed until I went through this situation."
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The Atlantic
In certain parts of the United States, it's getting more and more likely that rather than a game of dodgeball in gym class or a round of Heads-up, Seven-up as a break between lessons, students will instead find themselves doing downward-facing dog. The internet is saturated with yoga-based lesson plans, teacher-training courses, and "mindful" music playlists designed for schools, while programs for certified yoga instructors who want to bring their practice onto campus have also gained popularity.
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PBS Newshour
Puerto Rico's school system was struggling long before Hurricane Maria struck a year ago. But the disaster exacerbated deep problems, as schools were destroyed, thousands of children moved to the U.S. mainland and students struggle with trauma. Now, special correspondent Kavitha Cardoza of Education Week reports, the system is at a crossroads as the schools chief advocates for charter schools.
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Chalkbeat
The rugs and bean bag chairs, the workboxes full of hands-on learning games, the file folders that help her track student progress — all came out of special education teacher Laura Keathley's own pocket.
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NAESP
A step back in time. After the visit to Barrow Elementary in Athens, Georgia, I hopped into the trusty NAESP/Meemic car and pointed the vehicle north. 800+ miles later, I stayed in South Bend, Indiana, and was ready to head to Kincheloe Elementary in Dowagiac, Michigan, the next day.
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NAESP
Times can be tough in schools and education. Budget shortfalls, escalating recruitment and retention challenges, state and federal mandates, growing accountability and assessment requirements ... the list goes on and on. How can principals meet all the demands they are facing? What skills are essential when the going gets tough to ensure student needs are exceeded? Join Dr. Ray McNulty, President of Successful Practices Network, in this informative webinar and learn how to successfully face the storms of controversy in uncertain times.
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