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School Leaders Now
"I have a great new program! Everyone will love it! It's game changing! A best practice! The best thing since sliced bread! It will change the world!" ... Aaaaaand the teachers show no interest. Can't they see how amazing this idea is? Why aren't they doing the new thing? Do I have to push and prod them? Am I not selling it right? Why can't I get teacher buy-in? Is something wrong with my idea? Is there something wrong with me?
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eSchool News
It's not always easy to move new ideas for teaching and learning from theory to practice, but a new theory offers a framework to help education leaders foster support among teachers for new initiatives. Many school initiatives fail because education leaders "thrust new programs into classrooms in a top-down manner and compel teachers to change their practices to keep up with the new program," according to research from the Clayton Christensen Institute.
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Education Week
Teachers, administrators and police officers sat in rows at laptop computers, enacting a scenario they hope to never experience in real life. On their screens were three-dimensional models of classrooms, a science lab, angular intersections of school hallways. The users, each representing a character in the simulated school, wore headsets that filled their ears with the sounds of gunfire and echoes of students screaming.
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Inc.
Motivating yourself to be productive isn't easy, but you probably have some favorite tactics for keeping yourself on task and moving your business forward. Motivating your employees to be more productive is another matter altogether, but it's even more vital to your company's success.
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Forbes (commentary)
Ken Gosnell, a contributor for Forbes, writes: "Some of the most significant problems that a leader will ever face are problems in the mind. The leader's thinking will often determine how far they can go and what they can accomplish. I've discovered that there are five essential affirmations that a leader must embrace if they are going to continue to experience breakthroughs and break out of ruts and setbacks."
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Education World
The demands of the school day are altering the role of substitute teachers as placeholders or baby sitters. More districts are training their subs in classroom management and instructional skills so a teacher's absence does not mean a lost day of learning.
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Entrepreneur
Why do we interrupt people while they're asking questions? Many speakers are guilty of doing this. We rush to answer questions before we've heard the entire thing, but why? Perhaps it's ego resulting from being in a position of informational power, or maybe it's a genuine desire to help. Maybe we interrupt questions because they are unscripted and unnerving. Either way, it's interrupting.
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Leadership Freak
The good news is you earned the opportunity to lead. The bad news is you'll probably crash and burn. (But get up again when you do.) No. 1 — Determine how you want to show up before you show up. Know your values, strengths and mission. If you don't know who you are, you'll end up pushed around by the loudest voice.
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Forbes
Baby boomers sometimes believe millennials are entitled and lazy, but this couldn't be further from the truth. Millennials have entered a professional world where their realities are wildly different from the ones Boomers knew. They prioritize things that don't make sense to boomers because their environment has different demands.
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By: Simma Lieberman (commentary)
 Whenever a CEO or someone in a leadership position makes a public statement in support of diversity, equity and inclusion, people who agree get excited. They point that person out as a true ally, and quote them all over social media. It's always affirming, inspiring and uplifting for employees and consumers who feel the same way. But ultimately, the test and the business results are in the actions. A real inclusive leader knows how to support employees that may be different than the majority.
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Harvard Business Review
When we think about productivity at work, we often think about how to motivate ourselves — or the people on our team. But sometimes the people who are struggling to stay focused and engaged are our peers. And while it may not be an official part of your job description, helping a colleague is the kind thing to do and can be beneficial to your own productivity.
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Leadership Freak
People tend to choose urgent tasks they can complete quickly and put off important tasks that take longer to complete. Important tasks take longer and are more demanding than unimportant urgencies.
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Education Week
Many state accountability plans for the Every Student Succeeds Act don't do a great job of incorporating the performance of vulnerable subgroups of students, such as racial minorities, English learners and those with disabilities, according to an analysis released by the Alliance for Excellent Education, a research and advocacy organization in Washington. And many states are skirting ESSA's requirements when it comes to identifying low-performing schools, and those where subgroups of students are struggling, the Alliance found.
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School Leaders Now (commentary)
Derek Boillat, a contributor for School Leaders Now, writes: "When I started my current job two years ago at a 1:1 school, I believed laptops were going to transform the way my students learn and how I teach. It turns out it wasn't so simple. At the beginning of the year, we jumped right in, and I had them use their laptops to create websites and market ideas to an outside audience. We would take the English content we covered in class and apply it in a way that was authentic and exciting for my students!"
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EdTech Magazine
Chances are, if you've heard about a student hacking a computer or network, it probably wasn't good news. But there is a flip side to the phenomena. Some schools and organizations are working hard to channel what used to be, at best, creative mischief for good. Today, students are learning how to deal with sophisticated cyberthreats by becoming hackers themselves — the good kind. With the help of experts and educators, many middle and high school students throughout the U.S. are taking ethical hacking courses and setting themselves on the path to becoming cybersecurity experts.
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CBS News
Wilder, Idaho, has a population of about 1,700 but the tiny farm town's school district is one of only a handful across the country to personalize how kids learn. Wilder was just named one of the 25 most innovative districts in America. As CBS News' John Blackstone reports, technology is just one part of a new formula that's energizing students. Students there spend much of their time learning to use 3-D printers, studying robotics, or creating animated movies using the same technology as Hollywood studios. Instead of everyone learning the same subject at the same time, at Wilder, each student is working on a different subject using their individual iPads.
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Edutopia
Teachers don't have to look far to see how changes in technology and social media are shaping students and influencing classrooms. We watch kids obsess over the latest apps as they chat before class. We marvel at the newest slang edging its way into student essays, and wonder at the ways constant smartphone communication is shaping students' friendships, bullying and even study habits.
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Education DIVE
A 2016 report from the Information Technology & Innovation Foundation noted the challenges that schools face in trying to add computer science to the school day. But with technology permeating individuals' daily lives, automation within industries and the demand for professionals with computer science skills, policymakers and business leaders are calling on schools to make computer science more than just a one-time event during the school year.
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EdTech Magazine
Imagine the perfect learning environment for your students. What would it look like? Would there be books, Chromebooks, interactive screens, comfortable chairs? Would there be a space for students to collaborate on projects or for them to work alone? Would the typical rows of chairs from days past give way to children on the floor of a makerspace, coding for robots and being creators? Would your students be engaged, energetic and enthusiastic about learning in this new environment?
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Edutopia (commentary)
Maurice J. Elias, a contributor for Edutopia, writes: "I'd like to offer up four social and emotional learning skills that can be built up during physical education class or recess. Outdoor physical activities are an ideal time to develop SEL. Some of this is done in the moment, while at other times it involves instruction and preparation. For example, you may call students' attention to certain actions during their participation and observations during play, and follow this up by facilitating a class discussion around their observations."
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American Psychological Association via Science Daily
As early as the fourth grade, girls perform better than boys on standardized tests in reading and writing, and as they get older that achievement gap widens even more, according to research published by the American Psychological Association.
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THE Journal
Suspension in the elementary school years can lead to more suspensions in middle and high school, according to a study from Louisiana State University researchers. However, the earliest suspensions can have a lasting effect on a child's development since time out of the classroom means less time spent on early learning experiences.
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University of California-Irvine via Science Daily
People who include a little yoga or tai chi in their day may be more likely to remember where they put their keys. Researchers at the University of California, Irvine and Japan's University of Tsukuba found that even very light workouts can increase the connectivity between parts of the brain responsible for memory formation and storage.
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Kokomo Perspective
Maconaquah Elementary School was a pitstop last week for the President of the National Association of Elementary School Principals. Eric Cardwell, the NAESP President, has been on a 4,500-mile roundtrip this fall. He's been visiting elementary schools along the way in Georgia, Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky, Michigan, Tennessee, and Wisconsin. And he visited Principal Kelly McPike at Maconaquah Elementary last week.
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THE Journal
When it comes to the Every Student Succeeds Act, school leadership from Delaware, Nebraska and South Carolina agreed that the 2015 law was demonstrably better than the No Child Left Behind Act. However, the leaders agreed that there is room for improvement. "Our design to include science and social studies proficiency in the achievement and progress sections of our accountability system failed, even though Secretary DeVos has strongly encouraged states to 'think out of the box,'" said Susan Bunting, Delaware's Secretary of Education, at a Sept. 25 Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions hearing.
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The Tennessean
Tennesseans overwhelmingly support early education and have strong favorable opinions of lawmakers who support it, according to a new poll. "The poll shows that Tennesseans are interested and care deeply about early education," said Mike Carpenter, Tennesseans for Quality Early Education executive director, whose organization commissioned the poll.
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EdSource
Two years ago, McClymonds High School in Oakland, California, found alarmingly high lead levels in water coming from a locker room shower. Water from some fountains and sinks tested high as well, leading health and community activists to demand that the district ensure safe water for all children. As the new school year begins, Oakland is carrying out an aggressive strategy to limit lead in water by expanding water testing, installing filtered water stations and adopting a lead limit of 5 parts per billion, lower than the state and federal limit of 15 parts per billion.
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NAESP
In honor of National Principals Month, NAESP will be taking part in a briefing on Capitol Hill entitled "Leveraging Principals to Retain Quality Teaching and Boost Student Learning." Those that can attend are encouraged to register, but anyone can watch the breifing remotely on the livestream below.
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NAESP
Across the country, more than 400,000 children enter kindergarten from Head Start programs each year. Your local Head Start program has supported and tracked each child's social, emotional and academic progress and health. Your school extends that "head start." Compared to peers, Head Start "graduates" are more likely to finish high school, go to college, be employed and enjoy good health.
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