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.PRINCIPAL LEADERSHIP
Principals went through a lot in the last two years. Here's what they want to hang onto
Education Week
Expanded technology. New staffing options. More community partnerships. A new window into students’ lives outside of school walls.
Those are some of the developments elementary school principals saw over the last two tumultuous years, a new research brief finds—and they’re among the changes these school leaders would like to hang onto going forward.
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OPINION: The pandemic has dashed and deferred too many college dreams
Hechinger Report
High school students tend to dream big. According to the national nonprofit YouthTruth, in 2015 and 2016, over 84 percent of high school students reported wanting to go to college.
But data from the past 18 months tells a sobering story. Amid the pandemic, an unprecedented number of high school grads are putting their college dreams on hold. The drop in enrollment has been especially severe for students from high-poverty high schools.
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Surveillance in schools associated with negative student outcomes
Tech and Learning
Cameras, metal detectors, and other forms of surveillance are designed to keep students safe but can lead to more suspensions, lower math scores, and fewer students attending college after graduation, according to a paper presented at the American Educational Association.
For the paper, researchers used data from the U.S. Department of Education’s Educational Longitudinal Study and looked at approximately 6,000 students.
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What did OECD find in its first-ever survey on social-emotional skills?
K-12 Dive
We know the importance of social-emotional skills for success in work and life, Andreas Schleicher, director of education and skills at OECD, told attendees. He added that in an age of artificial intelligence, people need to be educated to do more than just what they're told.
“We found, for example, the quality of student/teacher relationships was a very big predictor for social-emotional skills, as was the learning environment,” Schleicher said.
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'Growing awareness': Schools focus new policies on equity with students back in school
NBC
Last spring, the Winston Salem/Forsyth County Schools in North Carolina decided it was time to overhaul their disciplinary policies in light of jarring data which showed that Black students in the district were five times more likely to get suspended than white students.
Under the leadership of both a new superintendent and a deputy superintendent, the massive district which serves 53,000 students, of which 29% are Black students, partnered with a Massachusetts based nonprofit group, Engaging Schools, which helps schools develop more equitable practices, to craft more restorative policies.
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8 to 3: Why friendship is hard for many teens right now
Los Angeles Times
After spending most of their time at home for a year and a half, many kids simply don’t know how to act around their peers. Antisocial behavior has manifested in various ways, with physical fights on one end of the spectrum. Younger students especially have had difficulty breaking into friend groups that have become more exclusive during the pandemic (kids have become more protective of what they have, Ohara observed). Some feel so anxious, so alone, that they barely come to campus.
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NSF turns to non-profits to strengthen K-12 computer science education
MeriTalk
In a move to strengthen K-12 computer science education, the National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded two non-profits nearly $1 million to increase computer science education throughout the state of Tennessee.
In a press release, the two non-profits – CodeCrew and CSforALL – said they will use the three-year grant to “leverage the Strategic CSforALL Resource and Implementation Planning Tool (SCRIPT) to create opportunities for local facilitator training throughout the state.”
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2021 testing participation varies widely — what will data mean for districts?
K-12 Dive
Following a brief hiatus in statewide assessments, and shortly after Miguel Cardona took over as secretary of education, the U.S. Department of Education asked local and state education agencies to get back into the swing of federally mandated testing for the 2020-21 school year. As the results slowly trickle in, they show a patchwork of attendance and outcome levels nationwide.
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8 school-focused provisions feature in Biden's Build Back Better proposal
District Administration
The House Rules Committee has published the draft of a bill encompassing President Biden’s Build Back Better framework. In addition to the high-profile universal pre-K program, the draft bill includes several education-related provisions that address teacher and school leader quality, personnel development for special educators and Native American language educators, and career and technical education.
Following are key education-related provisions of the Build Back Better draft.
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U.S. Department of Education releases mental health best practices for schools
Black Wall Street Times
Black youth suicide rates have been rising since before the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, it’s the second leading cause of death among Black youth between the ages of 10 and 19. According to a recently published study, there has been a marked increase in suicides among Black adolescents over the past two decades.
Between 2003 and 2017, roughly 1,810 Black youth between the ages of 5 and 17 died by suicide. However, the majority of the deaths were among teen boys between the ages of 15 and 17.
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Why student absences aren't the real problem in America's 'attendance crisis'
The Conversation
Nationally, one in six children miss 15 or more days of school in a year and are considered chronically absent. Education officials have lamented that all this missed instruction has for years constituted an attendance crisis in U.S. elementary, middle and high schools.
The fear among policymakers is that these chronically absent students suffer academically because of all the classroom instruction they miss out on.
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Special Olympics program helps schools get unified on inclusivity
K-12 Dive
Students can join monthly Lunch Bunches, where all learners, with and without cognitive and physical disabilities, can meet up for monthly events such as trips to bowling alleys and swim classes, or participate in unified sports teams. But the lunch program in particular, which started at the elementary level, was one that helped the district make the decision to move forward with expanding to all of its schools.
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Education grants: Win or lose, what to do next
Tech and Learning
After you’ve sent off your proposal for an education grant, there’s nothing more you can do to influence the decision. You just have to wait and hope for the best. Stay optimistic. After all, you’ve done a great job planning and writing the proposal, so there’s a good chance you’ll get the grant.
If you win, you’ll have everything in place to get started right away. If not, then get to work planning the next proposal; there are more grant opportunities just waiting for you.
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OPINION: Let's build from COVID-related innovation instead of going backward
Hechinger Report
The COVID-19 pandemic forced educators to get creative. Some school districts became more agile, offering hybrid learning options to accommodate a broad range of family situations.
Now that many schools are back to in-person learning, much of that dynamism could get lost.
Instead of learning from the experiences of the pandemic to bolster distance learning options, some states and school districts have scaled down or dispensed with distance learning altogether, leaving students — especially those who work or who are immuno-compromised — with few good alternatives.
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As school communities have struggled to address the mental health needs of their students, the focus has been on treatment. Understandable.
However, we can start proactively helping our students in elementary school. Brain-based mental health literacy & resilience training provide strong Tier 1 support.
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Responding to COVID by training effective early childhood educators
Language Magazine
Like many states across the nation that serve a large number of English learners/dual language learners, California schools have faced a nested set of challenges stemming from the pandemic. EL/DLL children, their families and their communities were more likely to live in crowded, insecure housing conditions and to have family members who are essential workers.
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U.S. will limit immigration arrests at schools and other 'protected' areas
NPR
Agents and officers are being directed to avoid making arrests or conduct searches at a range of sensitive locations "to the fullest extent possible," according to a memo from DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas outlining the policy.
It is the latest in a series of immigration policies under President Biden aimed at taking a more targeted approach to enforcement. The policy is similar to one under President Barack Obama that restricted arrests at churches and schools.
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32% of U.S. children aged 7 to 9 years use social media, poll finds
Healio
Approximately one-third of children aged 7 to 9 years and almost half of children aged 10 to 12 years use social media apps, parents reported in the C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital National Poll on Children’s Health.
Although some physicians have found that social media relieves patient stress, other studies are less optimistic when it comes to adolescents and children using the services.
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.EDUCATION POLICY
American Rescue Plan funds can jump-start stalled opportunities for youth
Brookings Insitute (Commentary)
By design, ARP dollars are very flexible, and leaders have many demands on their budgets. We argue that investing in educational and career opportunities for young adults is a smart bet on the future. COVID-19 upended two major institutions shaping young people’s lives and early pathways — education and the job market — with potentially disastrous effects. Without targeted policy responses, young people may suffer long-term consequences, especially those whose connections to school and work were already tenuous. Social exclusion and inequality at such a scale will seriously threaten social cohesion and community well-being.
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UN calls for education in conflict, condemns attacks
Associated Press
The U.N. Security Council has strongly condemned attacks on schools, teachers and children and called on all parties to promote the right to education in conflicts.
A resolution adopted by the council Friday by a 15-0 vote emphasized the “invaluable role” that education plays in providing “life-saving spaces” and its contribution to achieving peace and security.
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To make the most of federal ECE investments, remember kindergarten & early grades
New America
While federal regulators and program implementers still have a lot of details to figure out, expanding access to high-quality child care and pre-K would undoubtedly be good for children, their parents and caregivers, and society at large.
One area yet to be addressed is what the expansion means for how kindergarten and the early grades must transform. To maximize the benefits of investing in and strengthening ECE options for infants, toddlers, and pre-kindergarteners, decision-makers must strengthen what comes next: kindergarten, first, and second grade.
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.SCHOOL TECHNOLOGY
Voice tech: Coming soon to a classroom near you
Forbes
Voice technology has become a familiar presence in the home, but now it’s on the verge of making a breakthrough into the classroom.
Around one in four U.S. households now have a smart speaker, with more than 120 million units sold. A similar proportion of U.K. households have installed them, using them as personal aides, children’s entertainers and as another member of the family.
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Crucial steps we can take to achieve more diversity in STEM
Now This
Despite the considerable growth in STEM industries, Black and Hispanic workers are still vastly underrepresented, and progress for women of all races is uneven, too. Recent research also indicates that degree attainment in these fields will increase diversity over time, but there is still more work to do — especially across the globe.
Creating a more inclusive workforce starts well before students even think about college degrees, says Moderna expert and STEM diversity advocate Barbara Salami. She identified three key areas of focus that could help bridge the gap.
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As Facebook changes name to Meta, company wants to pull education into its 'metaverse'
EdSurge
And Facebook announced that it would partner with Coursera and edX to help push Meta’s curriculum in augmented and virtual reality, which it calls the Spark AR Curriculum. A spokesperson for edX, which started as a nonprofit by Harvard and MIT but is in the process of being sold to for-profit 2U, said the group would share more information about the partnership and its broader shifts in the coming weeks.
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For this webinar, we’re bringing together educational professionals and digital signage experts to share best practices in setting up and managing digital signage in schools. Hear from a middle school A/V Director, a district Network Video System Analyst, and an elementary school Media Specialist on how they improve their school's communication with digital signage. Join Webinar
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Community is the key to unlocking the full potential of STEM education
THE Journal
A lack of cultural diversity among professionals along with unequal access to quality resources in educational settings are also affecting STEM educators. While the correlation between the former and STEM education may not be immediately obvious, it actually makes a big difference as diversity not only brings new perspectives, but also motivates both teachers and students when they see someone similar to themselves succeeding in the field. According to Pew Research, minorities only make up 33% of the STEM workforce, down 4% from the total share of the overall workforce.
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Gamifying computer science education for Gen Z
MDPI
Generation Z members use their smart devices as part of their everyday routine. Teaching methods may need to be updated to make learning materials more interesting for this generation. This paper suggests gamifying computer science subjects to enhance the learning experience for this generation. Additionally, many students face difficulty in understanding computer science materials and algorithms. Gamifying computer science education is one of the suggested teaching methods to simplify topics and increase students' engagement.
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Technology offers K-12 families 24/7/365 access to learning
EdTech Magazine
A growing number of K-12 leaders agree: The school day is no longer limited to the hours of 8 a.m. and 3 p.m., and learning is no longer tied to a building. Many administrators and teachers say that the tools that they’ve leaned on throughout the pandemic, and the feedback they’ve received from students and their families, have caused them to re-evaluate their previous assumptions about education.
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.PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Promoting self-direction through better feedback
Edutopia
Every teacher desires students to become their own teachers over time. The idea that students develop self-direction — independent of needing immediate support from teachers—and the ability to solve their own problems is a recurring dream of teachers. But how do we develop independent, self-directed learners when we have so many other demands as educators? Interestingly, one of the most powerful strategies we have at our disposal to build student independence in their learning is through our approach to feedback.
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How project-based learning can increase student engagement
Tech and Learning
In the return to in-person classes, re-engaging students and making up for learning loss has been a primary concern for educators. Enter project-based learning (PBL), which focuses on having students solve real-world STEM-related problems by working on a project over an extended period (typically more than a week) that demonstrates they understand the content knowledge. It often involves hands-on work and builds skills, such as critical thinking, collaboration, and creativity, and ends in a tangible product or presentation that showcases the student’s thought and decision-making processes.
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Project-based learning can blossom environmental awareness across curricula
K-12 DIVE
Schools can incorporate environmental awareness into various subjects by tapping project-based learning strategies in the classroom. These options can help enhance student engagement in assignments, and in school overall, which educators may find helpful after a year of social distancing and remote learning for teachers and learners alike.
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How to deal with low-level disruption in the classroom
Standard
According to Ofsted, up to an hour of learning every day is being lost to ‘low-level’ disruption.
Disruption can be high-level or low-level. Students fighting, or throwing a chair, hurling expletives at a teacher is generally considered high-level disruption. But tapping a pen, fidgeting, murmuring, passing notes, etc is low-level disruption.
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.EDUCATION RESEARCH
The pupil in your eye can perceive numerical information, not just light
Science Alert
In a new study, researchers observed the pupil sizes of 16 participants while they looked at pictures of dots. In some of the pictures, the dots were linked together in dumbbell shapes — creating the illusion that there were fewer objects — and pupil size then shrank."This could have important, practical implications. For example, this ability is compromised in dyscalculia which is a dysfunction in mathematical learning, so our experiment may be useful in early identification of this condition in very young children."
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Highlighting is ineffective — here's how to change that
Edutopia
Students tend to rely too heavily on highlighting, often at the cost of more effective studying strategies. But don’t throw out those fluorescent markers just yet: When paired with additional strategies that deepen students’ involvement with material — encouraging them to consider it in new contexts while synthesizing different ideas — highlighting can be a powerful learning tool.
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Does knowing your learning style help you learn better? Science says no
Discover Magazine
Do you consider yourself a visual learner or a verbal learner? Perhaps you're neither and instead you absorb information best by reading texts and taking notes on what you've understood. No matter which mode of instruction you prefer, you probably rely on techniques that suit your individual learning style.
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.IN THE STATES
In L.A., drop in Latino students' grades reflects fallout from pandemic
NBC
With the resumption of in-person classes in the nation’s second-largest public school district, Los Angeles school officials are juggling COVID protocols and how to stem the academic fallout brought about by the pandemic.
A recent Los Angeles Times analysis found that the percentage of A's, B's, and C's earned by Latino students in the second semester of 2021 dropped by over 10 points — from 79% to 68% — compared with the fall of 2019, before the pandemic. For English language learners, the drop was steeper, over 12 points.
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TEA offering funding for afterschool program to help students make up for COVID-19 learning loss
KXAN
Earlier this year, Texas lawmakers allocated more than $16 billion to combat the “COVID slide” — learning loss due to the pandemic.
The Texas COVID Learning Acceleration Supports program, or TCLAS, offers school district grants to help pay for extra tools to catch students up.
“We can’t afford for this child to fail and for the system to fail him,” Lisa Ownes said, talking about her nephew Kingstan. She advocates for his education.
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.ASSOCIATION NEWS
NAESP Twitter Chat: Navigating the New Principalship
NAESP
The next #NAESPchat is on Wednesday, Nov. 10 at 8 p.m. ET. Led by second-year middle school principal Christopher Bailey, Ed.D., this Twitter chat will feature tips and strategies from school leaders of all career stages to support new principals and assistant principals as they navigate their roles.
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Prioritizing principal wellness
NAESP
The principal's role has been expanding for years—first as practitioners took on more responsibility as instructional leaders, and more recently adding pandemic-related school management into the equation. Principals are pros at putting out a fire and moving on to the next, meeting challenge after challenge because that's what's expected. They care deeply about their students and their school communities, putting them above all else. But enough is enough, and we are asking principals to do too much with too little.
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