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Education DIVE
There's no course or resource book that can truly prepare school leaders for every situation they will encounter — but there are key strategies and mindsets that can help aspiring administrators be effective leaders in the future. "The pandemic is a classic example," Steve Joel, superintendent of Lincoln Public Schools in Lincoln, Nebraska, told Education Dive. No one in school administration had professional development coursework in preparing for a major health crisis that would close school buildings for extended periods, he said.
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District Administration Magazine
Food distribution efforts at the nation's four largest city school systems revealed best practices for feeding communities during COVID and other emergencies, researchers say. First of all, the free meal programs operated at the New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago and Houston school districts increased access to healthy food for children and adults, according to a study by the Laurie M. Tisch Center for Food, Education & Policy at Teachers College, Columbia University.
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EdSurge
The sweep of the coronavirus across the U.S. has produced an information paradox. News reports — and rumors — about the pandemic are inescapable. Yet without a coordinated national response to the crisis, reliable data that could help inform policy is scarce. School leaders trying to make decisions about whether and how to reopen physical classrooms this fall are feeling the absence of useful statistics acutely. So too are parents wondering whether to send their kids to school in person, if and when they have that option.
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eSchool News
We've begun a new school year with continued challenges for students, teachers, parents and other learning guardians. Having spent the spring semester navigating the new world of widespread distance learning, we all hoped the 2020-2021 school year could have started in person. Students across the country received a different education experience at home this past spring. In prioritizing student and community health, we've accepted there will continue to be variation in students' learning environments for now — and this calls for a new look at assessments.
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THE Journal
A group of national education organizations, researchers and technology experts has launched the National COVID-19 School Response Dashboard, a database that maps schools' voluntary responses to the pandemic across the United States. The data is intended to help school administrators, state leaders, families and the general public review the current conditions of the virus in their own communities, compare that information to other places and make decisions for the school year based on the data.
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MiddleWeb (commentary)
Cheryl Mizerny, a contributor for MiddleWeb, writes: "Every year, I look forward to the new school year with excitement and determination. I mentally run through all my inspirational teacher quotes, including the brilliant poem What Teachers Make by Taylor Mali. I can't wait to meet my students and hit the ground running. Until this year. This year, COVID-19 is ever present and it has worn me down."
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District Administration Magazine
Six million students across the United States have asthma, a condition that accounts for more than 13 million lost sick days at school. Their return to face-to-face instruction during a pandemic has also raised concerns about complications that could arise if they contract coronavirus. For K-12 schools, ensuring a healthy and safe environment has been paramount in reopening strategies. Beyond social distancing measures, there has been a clear focus on cleaning measures and products being used to sanitize classrooms. But are they safe for this group of students? And are they safe for all students?
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Education Week
When a COVID-19 vaccine is finalized and approved, schools will serve a key role in administering it, and educators may be among those to receive the earliest available doses, a new federal plan says. That plan positions U.S. schools, which have experienced unprecedented disruption because of the pandemic, as a crucial partner in one of the largest public health operations in recent memory.
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We Are Teachers (commentary)
"I get it. Nobody is okay. Everybody is working from home with kids underfoot. Everyone is trying to figure out why a single multiplication problem takes up an entire page in Common Core math and why suddenly telling your child to "carry the one" in an addition problem meets the gasps formerly reserved for the F word. We're worried about our kids' social and academic development, we’re worried about whether we'll keep our jobs, we're worried about whether we'll get sick, and we're worried what will happen if we do. But teachers are extra not okay right now, for a variety of reasons."
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District Administration Magazine
In light of COVID-19, some parents may prefer to take their children to and from school rather than allow them to ride the school bus. And in many districts, physical distancing requirements on buses have led to the need for more drivers, routes or both. One way to alleviate some of the strain for capacity is for parents to transport their children. When transportation is included in a student's IEP as a related service, school districts can always ask parents if they’d be willing to transport their own children to and from school but cannot require them to, says Teri Engler, a school attorney at Engler Callaway Baasten & Sraga, LLC in Oak Brook, Ill.
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Classcraft
In an effort to adapt to the sudden outbreak of COVID-19, many school administrators are going virtual overnight and are, understandably, feeling slightly overwhelmed. Transitioning from a brick-and-mortar to a virtual school is no small task, and you may find yourself in uncharted territory.
So, where do you start?
Here are five questions you should ask about online learning to help get you started.
USA Today
Before life went sideways in March, Jennifer Ludtke and her daughters were deeply rooted in the public schools in Las Vegas. Ludtke was a principal of a charter high school and had worked in the Clark County School District, and her daughters took advanced classes at a district middle school. This year, after a lot of research about COVID-19 and schooling options and after the district announced it was starting virtually, Ludtke withdrew the girls and enrolled them in a state college that offers online classes.
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The New York Times
For generations, snow days meant sleeping in, loafing in front of the TV with hot cocoa, and hours of sledding and snowball fights. Now, they are likely to mean logging into a laptop for a Zoom lesson on long division. As the weather cools and winter looms, many school leaders in snow-prone states are preparing teachers, parents and students to say goodbye to snow days.
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Edutopia
In the spring of 2020, our jobs as facilitators of professional learning drastically changed. As we went from delivering several face-to-face professional learning sessions every month for small cohorts of educators to delivering virtual learning sessions weekly for hundreds of participants, we were faced with the challenge of creating high-quality learning opportunities.
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In 1956, a British doctor named Alice Stewart made an alarming discovery. Pregnant women who were exposed to X-rays, she found, were more likely to have children who would die from cancer. We know now that the radiation from X-rays is indeed harmful. But at the time, Stewart's finding flew in the face of the accepted narrative about X-rays — that they were the paragon of modern scientific achievement, and that their use would improve lives, not harm them.
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By Jill Ratliff (commentary)
 While "love" and "leadership" might sound like incompatible concepts, leaders who are unafraid to add love to their leadership style will find it motivates and engenders loyalty in their teams like nothing else can. Obviously, I'm not talking about hearts-and-flowers love or even familial love; those types of love are usually best left out of the workplace (family businesses aside). The kind of love I'm talking about is broader, more encompassing.
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Fast Company (commentary)
Kim Brimhall, a contributor for Fast Company, writes: "Since the death of George Floyd in May, dozens of companies such as Apple, Estée Lauder, and Facebook have vowed to increase diversity and inclusion in their workplaces. The diversity part seems straightforward enough. But what's meant by inclusion? As a social work scholar, I study how leaders create socially just, equitable and inclusive workplaces, particularly when they have a diverse workforce."
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Leadership Freak
Distracted leaders are octopods spinning like tornados with sucker-filled tentacles clinging to "important" trivialities. You can't go eight directions at the same time and make meaningful progress. The centrifugal force of distraction drives leaders toward triviality, anxiety and burnout.
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Forbes
The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on society and the workplace are coinciding with a renewed quest for racial equity. There are two related dynamics at play for leaders to consider: One is how employees return safely to the workplace while COVID-19 is still active. The choices leaders make today must provide for the employees' basic needs for safety and a level of future security.
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Harvard Business Review (commentary)
Jennifer Moss, a contributor for Harvard Business Review, writes: "How many of us are currently living without margins — the space to handle life's simplest stresses. I know I've fallen into this trap myself. It can happen after being mentally stretched and dealing with chronic stress for too long. Basically, we are left with zero margin for error. It also means that we don't realize we're at our max until it's too late. Before we know it, we've hit the wall."
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Education DIVE
School districts nationwide "are really scrambling" to line up their budgets with expected expenses as a result, Griffith said, adding it's likely districts will change their budgets multiple times over the school year. In Texas, North Carolina, California and other states where funding is directly linked to enrollment, districts are being "held harmless" for dipping enrollment numbers. However, Kevin Brown, executive director of the Texas Association of School Administrators, said that's only until early November in his state. If the state doesn't act after that, districts will get "hammered on funding," Brown said.
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Education Week
Schools no longer have to worry about a federal government shutdown right before the presidential election. And the short-term agreement reached by Congress and the White House to keep the government open includes a provision to make it easier for schools to serve students meals during the pandemic. But the deal also means Congress has punted on approving spending levels for education for the upcoming budget year, and schools won't know for some time if they'll be getting an increase in federal funding.
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The 74
The chances that school districts will see more emergency funding before the end of the year slipped further away as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin seemed unable to reach agreement over another COVID-19 relief package. The Democrats' scaled-down, $2.2 trillion proposal includes $175 billion for K-12 — significantly more than what was in the first version of the Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions, or HEROES Act. But they were still far apart from the roughly $1.6 trillion, with a total of $150 billion for higher education and K-12, that Mnuchin was proposing.
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District Administration Magazine
The second leading cause of death among students is suicide. More than 10 in every 100,000 students ages 10-18 will die by taking their own life, according to figures from the Centers for Disease Control. And they are on the rise. During a decade of research ending in 2017, the CDC noted that suicides nearly tripled among children 10-14.
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THE Journal
Most K-12 teachers said their students received less coverage of instructional material in the spring than compared to the typical school year, and most of lessons consisted of asynchronous activities. While a majority of administrators said their districts and schools were able to provide formal professional learning opportunities on technology-based remote instruction to their educators, half as many teachers said the same.
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eSchool News
As schools across the country both open and close their doors, administrators are furiously working to keep students, parents and educators in the loop and armed with information about the latest COVID-19 protocols. This, in addition to normal workloads and prepping for potential transitions to e-Learning at the drop of the hat, is a monumental task in terms of effort. School leaders can use tech to support stakeholders to keep them up-to-date in their current learning environments.
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EdTech Magazine
The return to school did not go as planned for some school districts this year. Months of preparation for online and hybrid learning were challenged by cybercriminals who capitalized on today's increasingly remote environments. The sharp rise in ransomware attacks, in particular, even forced some schools to delay reopening.
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The Hechinger Report
Even before the global pandemic pushed many colleges and universities to teach students remotely, online learning had become an increasingly important part of higher education. Yet, as this spring's pivot to online learning showed us, equity remains a significant challenge. Debate about the fairness of online learning tends to revolve around technology access. And there are indeed sharp disparities in home access to computers and reliable broadband service.
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THE Journal
New research has found that female students are still skeptical about the merits of computer science education and show less interest than male students in learning computer science or pursuing careers in the field. While 73% of boys said they were confident they could learn computer science if they "wanted to," just 60% of girls said the same. This was similar to the gender gap that was reported in 2016 in the same survey.
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Tech & Learning
What Screencastify is can be summarized in a few words: an easy screen recording tool. But what it can do is far more wide spanning and impressive. Screencastify is a powerful app that allow teachers to capture important moments online which can help save time and enhance learning in the long run. Since Screencastify is an extension it's easy to install, use and run across lots of devices.
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Education DIVE
Datacasting, or data broadcasting, has been used for years in the public safety sector, helping first responders prepare for natural disasters, search and rescue missions and school safety operations. Now, the concept is being repurposed to provide rural students who don't have reliable access to the internet with remote learning opportunities.
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We Are Teachers
There’s no question that our kids need STEM to develop the skills needed for their future jobs. It’s no surprise that STEM is a big opportunity for teachers as we see the government prioritize funding for STEM programs and schools eagerly recruit teachers that have this unique skillset. Until recently, STEM was offered as an elective or a curriculum enhancement.
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eSchool News
More and more educators are being trained in the science of reading. Backed by a body of research amassed over five decades from disciplines including linguistics, cognitive psychology and neuroscience, the science of reading has provided some baseline guidance for teaching all students. Of course, as is always the case in education, the implementation of evidence-based best practices is not always simple — and the school closures caused by COVID-19 have added a new complication.
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We Are Teachers
The 2020 presidential election has been politically charged, to say the least, but you can still educate your students about voting and the presidential election process in ways that won't leave you with a class divided. Help your students understand the facts and fundamentals with these activity ideas.
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eSchool News
Students are on their devices and in front of screens more than ever now, as COVID-19 has mandated fully- or partially-online classes across the globe. With more screen time comes the risk of increased exposure to inappropriate content and online predators — not to mention heightened feelings of isolation, stress, and depression brought on by physical separation from friends, peers and teachers.
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We Are Teachers
Should teachers post photos of their students online? This is a debate that's been around for a while, but in this time of pandemic, it's taken on renewed urgency. On Twitter, the topic is trending after a user posted photos of a Zoom dance party where student names could be seen. Here's what teachers are saying.
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Tech & Learning
Is STEM education important right now? Amid the chaos of the new school year — distance learning, hybrid learning, in-person instruction — is STEM still a top priority? Yes, says Kanoe Namahoe, director of content for SmartBrief Education. "STEM skills are key to fixing the big, complicated problems we face right now — closed schools, tense social environment, volatile economy," Namahoe says. "STEM teaches students how to pick apart the thorny issues and come up with creative solutions to address them."
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MiddleWeb (comentary)
Curtis Chandler, a contributor for MiddleWeb, writes: "Several weeks ago, I had a Saturday with far too many things to do than I had time for. I resolved to get a stubborn tree stump out of my yard before one of my boys had a morning soccer game, so my father-in-law and I got to work as soon as the sun came up. He used a spade shovel to dig up the roots and dirt around the stump while I hacked away at it with an axe."
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The Hechinger Report
No matter whether elementary teachers return to physical or virtual classrooms, this will be a year for the history books. Even kindergartners have plenty of questions about the presidential election, the pandemic and the movement to end systemic racism. What's less clear is how prepared elementary school teachers are to put these seismic events into context.
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Language Magazine
The Coalition for English Learner Equity, a group of national education leaders and organizations, working together to improve educational outcomes for linguistically and culturally diverse students, has launched a new national effort to help address the education disparities faced by English learners across the nation. The COVID-19 pandemic exposed long-standing inequities and school systems are ill-equipped to meet the needs of EL students. This initiative addresses these challenges by providing guidance to district and state leaders as well as educators to reimagine the way this critical population is served in schools.
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MiddleWeb (commentary)
Tan Huynh, a contributor for MiddleWeb, writes: "In a podcast with Heather Estrada and Lisa Perris during the early months of the pandemic, Dr. Andrea Honigsfeld urged educators to let go of the idea that we can return to normal. I could tell that her passing comment was full of gems to be mined, so I had Andrea return in July to further explore what she meant. In our most recent podcast conversation, we identified four areas where we can create a new normal using what we have learned from school closures."
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District Administration Magazine
Picture this: A student with ADHD is attending the two days of in-person classes, as he is expected to, each week, but he fails to log on to participate in synchronous learning at home for several days in a row. Or how about the student with autism who participates in remote learning according to his schedule, but misses several days of in-school learning?
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We Are Teachers
Challenge #1: Frozen screens and tech problems galore. One of the most common frustrations is the hot mess of tech issues that come with trying to get thirty kids on the same call. Sometimes this happens at home, and sometimes as part of a partially live-streamed classroom. Even taking attendance can be a ten-minute process as students join and leave the call for various reasons, some including technical difficulties.
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EdSurge
When schools abruptly moved online as COVID-19 swept across the U.S. this spring, teachers improvised and traded tips on what worked with colleagues. Many also ended up serving as tech support for students and their parents, who themselves struggled to learn new tools as well.
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Language Magazine
A new study suggests that English speakers create more droplets in the air when they talk, which may make them more likely to spread COVID-19. The amount of droplets varies based on different languages due to the amount of aspirated consonants (like the letter p) within the language. While we know that COVID-19 is transmitted through infected people coughing and sneezing — which creates high velocity of droplets — researchers also found that large quantities of droplets may be created by talking and breathing. Further research demonstrated that English, as opposed to Japanese, produced a lot of droplets, most likely due to the amount of aspirated consonants.
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The 74
As students seek to cope with the threat of learning losses wreaked by COVID-19 and months-long school closures, some families have already hit upon a solution of sorts: hiring professional tutors. The idea — commonsensical for the well-off, but prohibitively expensive for most — has engendered a storm of controversy. If a small portion of comparatively advantaged students receive supplemental learning help while millions of families struggle to even access virtual learning a few days a week, already-significant learning gaps between rich and poor could expand further.
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The Associated Press
The two largest school districts in the U.S. are rolling out ambitious and costly plans to test students and staff for the coronavirus, bidding to help keep school buildings open amid a rise in infections among the nation's school-age children. New York City set in motion its program to begin monthly testing of 10% to 20% of students and staff in every building on Thursday, as the final wave of the district's more than 1 million students returned to brick-and-mortar classrooms for the first time in six months. "This is going to allow us to keep a constant eye on what is happening in each school, and make sure we can keep everyone safe," Mayor Bill de Blasio said, imploring parents to fill out consent forms so their children can participate.
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NPR
Some rural school districts in Oregon are starting online learning this week after it was postponed twice by the worst wildfires on record. But the road to recovery is only just beginning. Since many wildfires are still burning, Oregon Department of Education Chief of Staff Cindy Hunt said they have not formally asked school districts to provide data on their condition.
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eSchool News
COVID-19 is leading to months of learning loss for students across the state of California. So state leaders are providing schools $5.3 billion in funding to try to address the issue moving forward. Much of that money is going to devices, software, and internet access for distance learning. The challenge for education organizations here and across the country is knowing how to deploy available funding to have the biggest effect on teaching and learning.
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NAESP
On Sept. 15, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released new guidance on safe school reopenings, which includes concrete indicators for communities and schools to consider before reopening for in-person instruction.
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