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The Hechinger Report
It's a few minutes before 8 a.m. and Krystal Hardy, the principal of Sylvanie Williams College Prep elementary, a charter school in New Orleans, is greeting a line of third-graders as they shuffle down the hall. "I like the way you keep your eyes forward and your voice turned off," she says to a student with a green bow in her hair who has been ignoring a whispered conversation behind her. The girl shoots Hardy a cautious smile. "Tuck in that shirt," Hardy says to another. The young boy hastily shoves his green polo shirt into his khaki pants. "We need you to be ready to learn, so you need to look like you're ready to learn," says Hardy.
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The Christian Science Monitor
The playground game of "Tag" was temporarily banned at a Washington elementary school, but the ban was met by parent protests at a time when school recess is considered by many educators as one of the keys to better test scores. Parents at Lakeridge Elementary School protested when they learned that the school's new "hands off" policy — designed to reduce injuries during recess — also banned "Tag," reported the Bend Bulletin.
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U.S. News & World Report
Unequal access to rigorous math content is widening the gap between low-income students and their more affluent peers not only in the United States but in countries worldwide. The findings come from a study by the American Educational Research Association, which used data from the results of more than 300,000 students on the 2012 Program for International Student Assessment, or PISA, an international assessment given to students in countries that are members of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development.
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Scholastic Administration Magazine
Knollwood Elementary School in Salisbury, North Carolina, is a transformative kind of place. Almost half of the students are English language learners, and many come to school speaking very little English, says Katie Gardner, a kindergarten ESL teacher. One little boy "came to kindergarten not knowing any English," says Gardner. "He cried for the first half of the year." But by year's end he could speak short sentences in English and retell a story. "He was very excited to come to school and learn," Gardner recalls. "He's teaching his mom to speak English and read his books at home. Mom signed up for an adult ESL class at night so she can start to learn with him."
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Education World
Just days after the release of a report that found a state-funded preschool program to be largely ineffective at raising achievement in children, a new study from the National Research Center on Hispanic Children and Families found positive results of early education on low-income Hispanic learners. "The report shows that public pre-K programs and subsidized center-based child care for low-income Latino children has positive effects on their kindergarten readiness and their academic achievement and their ability to learn through third grade," said Forbes.
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Education World
October is Bullying Prevention Awareness Month, a month dedicated to discussing and supporting efforts to reduce the harmful effects of bullying on young victims in schools. Bullying is said to be the number two health concern for youth, just under childhood obesity, and the effects of bullying can be just as deadly and long-lasting as physical health problems. Navigate through this resource to find current research on the subject as well as different tools to help prevent and stop bullying in your classroom.
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Connected Principals (commentary)
Dan Kerr, a contributor for Connected Principals blog, writes: "So after 5 years, and countless hours of research and writing, and entries from over 10 countries and from 4 different continents, I've finally reached my 150th blog post ... who knew there was so much to write about in the field of education? When I first started putting my thoughts out there it was simply to try and open up a dialogue with my Upper School faculty at that time, and to try and find a way to stay current. I eventually started sending my posts out to educator friends of mine from all over the world to see if we could bounce ideas off of one another, and to hear about what was working and not working in their schools."
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Edutopia (commentary)
Dr. Richard Curwin, a contributor for Edutopia, writes: "I like the idea of zero tolerance. Unfortunately, those with social agendas have perverted this concept in both school and law. This injustice can be rectified with common sense and an accurate definition of terms. Let's start by defining what zero tolerance actually means: 'No rule violation will be tolerated.' This definition has little to do with any consequence or punishment, only that breaking the rule requires action. I strongly believe that all rules should be followed."
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MindShift
Despite the increasing emphasis on technology as a learning tool in the classroom, many school districts still aggressively filter the Internet that teachers and students can access. While the federal Children's Internet Protection Act requires that schools filter for pornographic images, many districts are over-filtering, blocking sites that can be used positively for education. There are a lot of myths about how tight these required filters must be.
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Education Dive
Medical emergencies are attention-grabbing. In New York, Pennsylvania, and elsewhere, preventable student injuries and fatalities have helped draw focus to the lack of school health services and school nurses. Many schools will never face those kinds of high-profile incidents — or have to deal with the fallout, either. But that doesn’t mean school health and student wellness isn't important. September is National Childhood Obesity Month, and it's a good time for schools to take a look at their approach to student health — and the way that approach supports student learning. For example, school health initiatives can be a tool for encouraging academic improvement. Research has found that common issues like asthma, colds, obesity and lack of physical activity can provide real barriers to student learning.
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District Administration Magazine
Three years ago, Tom Brabson, business manager of Plain Local Schools in northeastern Ohio, heard the superintendent of a district 60 miles away describe how his life had changed in 22 seconds. In those seconds, a troubled 17-year-old sprayed the Chardon High School cafeteria with bullets, killing three fellow students and creating widespread panic. Since then, galvanized by the nearby tragedy, Brabson's 6,000-student district has spent more than $150,000 on security, choosing some of the same technology-based devices —such as portable panic buttons and cloud-based crisis management systems — that school administrators across the country are turning to in the search for new ways to keep students and staff safe.
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eSchool News
A new survey finds that just 13 percent of participating educators have used social media as part of their classroom learning. The University of Phoenix College of Education survey of 1,002 U.S. K-12 teachers found that 87 percent of those surveyed said they have not embraced social media platforms. Sixty-two percent of those surveyed said they are reluctant to use social media in the classroom, compared to 55 percent of participating educators in a 2013 survey. Fewer than half of teachers surveyed (44 percent) said they believe social media can enhance a student's educational experiences.
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The Atlantic
In America, schools with a lot of minority students are chronically underfunded. Is that the case because these students are poor, and poor communities have fewer resources for funding their schools? Or, is it because of the color of these students' skin? Unsettlingly, recent research from data scientist David Mosenkis finds that poverty alone does not explain the underfunding. Mosenkis delved into funding data for 500 school districts in the state of Pennsylvania. Because richer school districts are able to drum up more cash through taxes, they should receive less state funding, and poorer districts should receive more. He looked at how much money they received and sorted those findings based on race and income.
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By: Ronald M. Kraus (commentary)
 Though there is surprisingly scant research on motivation and learning disabilities, motivation is in fact key to helping create change for students with learning differences. It is the engine that drives the train of learning, the spark that propels the individual. To understand motivation, here is a look at what the research by Richard Ryan and Edward Deci says. It first describes a continuum of different types of motivation, followed by an explanation of each.
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The Washington Post
Education Secretary Arne Duncan thinks the chances that Congress will replace No Child Left Behind, the main K-12 federal education law now eight years overdue for revision, took a nosedive with House Speaker John Boehner's decision to retire. Before Boehner announced that he will leave Congress at the end of October, the chances for passage of a new law were "maybe 50-50," Duncan said after delivering a speech at the National Press Club. "Now it's probably worse, not better, very disappointing. I'd be happy to be proven wrong there. I hope we can get there. I think that task, that journey, just got harder in the past week."
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Education Week
A variety of legislative disputes, court rulings and a budget fight that has been stalled in no-man's land for months loom large for education finance around the country as the new school year gets underway. Perhaps the most turmoil for schools is taking place in Pennsylvania, where schools were operating in the 2014-2015 academic year without any state funding due to an ongoing budget stalemate. But in other states, long-running legal battles over K-12 spending have either reached their conclusion or are getting close to the finish line.
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eSchool News
New legislation introduced in Congress would support "innovative strategies and methods to increase out-of-school access to digital learning resources" in an effort to boost both student and educator engagement. The Digital Learning Equity Act of 2015, introduced by Rep. Peter Welch, D-Vt., and co-sponsored by Rep. David McKinley, R-W.V., would call for a national study on what is known as the "Homework Gap" and would support pilot programs to extend digital learning opportunities for students when they are not in the classroom.
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The Washington Post
Educators and policy wonks of many stripes pretty much agree that U.S. classrooms need more minority teachers. But how to make that happen? One Philadelphia principal is trying to do his part by launching a new organization that aims to bring together Philly's black male educators and provide them with professional support to thrive in their jobs. The group, called The Fellowship, also wants to become a hub for the recruitment and retention of black men in education.
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NAESP
NAESP salutes top-notch principals across the nation for National Principals Month. Here's how: Recognizing Outstanding Principals — Nationwide. A highlight of National Principals Month is NAESP's National Distinguished Principals award program. On Oct. 15-16, the 2015 class of NDPs will be honored in Washington, D.C., for their outstanding contributions to their school communities. Established in 1984, the program honors principals from both public and private schools and schools from the United States Departments of Defense Office of Educational Activity and the United States Department of State Office of Overseas Schools for their exemplary achievements.
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NAESP
What do outstanding principals do and what does that look like in real life? In Clayborn Knight, principal of Nesbit Elementary School in Tucker, Georgia, spends his day roaming from classroom to classroom to observe teachers, give them informal feedback and present model lessons. In Brooklyn, Deirdre Keyes, principal of PS/IS 206, created a "go-to" list of teachers and their strengths so teachers share their expertise with each other. Kimberly Washington, principal of Hyattsville Middle School in Maryland, instituted student uniforms, got extra help for misbehaving students and celebrated students' accomplishments at rallies.
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