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The Journal
Two education researchers have found that teachers who received their training through alternative sources were likely to leave the field at higher rates than those who were trained in traditional schools of education. Christopher Redding, a doctoral candidate at Vanderbilt University's Peabody College of education and human development, and Thomas Smith, dean and professor at the Graduate School of Education at the University of California, Riverside, examined data from the Schools and Staffing Survey for the years 1999 to 2012.
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MindShift (commentary)
As computers become a common part of daily life for most adults and children, the debate about whether handwriting should be taught in school has heated up. Some claim it will be more important for students to learn keyboarding than writing with pen and paper given the ubiquity of digital communication. But there's a lot of strong research showing that learning to write by hand aids cognition. Linking motor skills and the sense of touch to writing helps the brain recognize letters, an important part of learning to read. But while handwriting is supported by research, as well as the link between writing by hand and memory, it is far less obvious that students must learn cursive in order to get those cognitive benefits.
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The Conversation
Shortage of science, technology, engineering and math professionals has been an important concern in the United States. It is estimated that over the next 10 years, the nation could face a shortage of one million STEM workers. Research shows that science achievement gaps begin very early. Between fourth and eighth grade, the number of children reporting positive attitudes about math and science drops from about 71 percent to about 48 percent.
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Scholastic Administrator Magazine
"I'm teaching students to focus on the reliability and credibility of multiple print and digital sources, as well as multiple perspectives," says Mona Al-Hayani, a ninth- and 10th-grade social studies teacher at Toledo Early College High School in Ohio. "They're going to look at who's funding the campaigns, the bias and tone of the campaigns. I'm also having them look at [candidate] speeches to pull out their views on K–12 education, immigration, or whatever issues are pertinent to students."
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Edutopia (commentary)
How does real violence in the media such as police shootings and terrorism "bleed" into the world of fantasy violence in games and movies? What can we do about it?
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NPR
Bertha Vazquez has taught earth science for more than 25 years. "For many years I covered the basic standard, probably like most people in the country do," she says. Then one day, she says, she decided to throw that all out the window after seeing former Vice President Al Gore speak at the University of Miami at a screening of An Inconvenient Truth, his documentary about climate change.
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HealthDay News via UPI
High blood pressure may affect the brains of some children and teens, a new study suggests. Researchers assessed the cognitive (thinking) abilities of 150 youngsters. The kids were between the ages of 10 and 18 years. Half of the kids were newly diagnosed with high blood pressure, while the other half had normal blood pressure. The researchers compared the groups and found that children with high blood pressure scored lower on tests of visual and verbal memory, processing speed and verbal skills than those without high blood pressure.
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Education World
A new study from the American Institutes for Research has found that providing teachers with professional development opportunities helps to improve their own math skills but does not help them improve student achievement in their classrooms.
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Edutopia
To avoid turning into that boring teacher, try waiting longer for student responses, teaching "do not call on me" signals and enjoying these young people for who they are.
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Chalkbeat New York
Students taking high-stakes tests often try to control as much as they can, down to what they eat for breakfast and even the pencil they use. But they can't control the temperature outside — and that can make a big difference, according to a new study that looked at the impact of heat stress on exam performance in New York City. The study, a working paper by a Harvard University graduate student named Jisung Park, focused on Regents exams, the tests that students must pass to graduate from high school in New York. Most of those tests are taken in mid-June, when it can be temperate in the city — or sweltering.
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EdTech Magazine
We see it on the horizon, if not already overhead, not only in business and healthcare but also in government and education: the cloud. Hyped and feared in seemingly equal measure, "the cloud" is an umbrella term covering a range of services and capabilities that are stored on a remote network.
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Education Week
Another school shooting occurred, leaving educators, policymakers and parents grappling for lessons. Jacob Hall, a 6-year-old kindergarten pupil in Townville, S.C., is fighting for his life after a 14-year-old gunman allegedly opened fire from the school's playground, also wounding another student and a teacher. School safety and design experts say the most important steps schools can take are controlling access to classrooms, increasing visibility and ensuring that staff members are trained and prepared for possible intruders. The district said such measures prevented the attack from being worse.
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EdTech Magazine
A few weeks ago, "The NMC/CoSN Horizon Report: 2016 K–12 Edition" outlined coding, online learning, robotics, artificial intelligence and virtual reality as the key education trends for the next five years. But is the average school's network ready for such developments? That's what the State Educational Technology Directors Association wants to ensure. As identified in its 2016 reported titled "The Broadband Imperative II: Equitable Access for Learning," SETDA recommends that making sure enough high-speed internet is available is paramount to a school's future.
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By: Sheilamary Koch
 Play embodies a plethora of activities that activate the child's growth on multiple levels — physical, neurological, emotional, intellectual. The important role each type of play has in the development of a preschool-aged child was addressed in my previous article. Still, some educators along with parents concerned about school readiness, academic standards and their child's competitiveness in today's world may be uneasy when valuable class time is devoted to play instead of work.
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The Conversation
Stephen Sireci, a contributor for The Conversation, writes: "Now that the first month of school is over, parents can get ready for the next milestone of the school year — they will soon get reports of the state tests their children took last year. My estimates show that approximately 26 million students in public schools took statewide tests in reading and math last year. Many of them also took statewide tests in science. These tests provide important information to parents about how well their children are doing in school."
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Disability Scoop
For the first time in more than three decades, the U.S. Supreme Court says it will consider how much educational benefit schools must provide students receiving services under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. The nation's high court said that it will hear arguments in a matter known as Endrew F. v. Douglas County School District. At issue is the IDEA's mandate that public schools provide children with disabilities a free appropriate public education, or FAPE.
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eSchool News
A new analysis from the Data Quality Campaign shows more and more states are taking steps to ensure student privacy through legislation. During the past three years, every state but Vermont has introduced at least one bill and 36 states now have at least one new student privacy law. In 2016, 14 states passed 16 laws.
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District Administration Magazine
For decades, the J. Sterling Morton High School District in the Chicago suburbs was in bad shape. It had a gang problem. Some students underperformed on state tests and were no longer accepted to their first-choice colleges. And the district faced a deficit of millions of dollars. In 2008, when Michael Kuzniewski became superintendent, he vowed to change all that, with help from a new school board.
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NAESP
Each October, National Association of Elementary School Principals, the National Association of Secondary School Principals, and the American Federation of School Administrators (invite communities nationwide to celebrate the critical role that principals play in school and student success. And as we do every year, we have a number of activities planned to commemorate the occasion and to spotlight principal leadership among the education community and the general public.
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NAESP
With a combined seven decades of experience from the classroom to administrative leadership positions, Stephanie Johnson and Diane Watkins have managed an array of difficult personalities at a variety of levels. Their professional collaboration and friendship has allowed for shared strategies to help other administrators manage human resources to maximize organizational success.
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