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THE Journal
Disturbingly little is known with any certainty about President-Elect Donald J. Trump's plans for education. Even credible speculation is difficult, given that Trump is far from a traditional Republican and that his statements on a range of issues have proved somewhat inconsistent over the last year or so. But one thing is certain for a Trump presidency backed by a Republican-dominated Congress: Education policy is going to move in a new direction.
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eSchool News
With a smartphone glued to 90 percent of the parent population's hands, how is it that schools still depend on old methods such as sending notes home, newsletters, and emails to communicate with parents? A recent study by Gallup found only 1 in 5 parents are fully engaged with their child's school, meaning 80 percent of parents are either indifferent to or actively disengaged from their kids' school. It's clear there is a disconnect between the way teachers are communicating and the way most of the world is getting its information.
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By: Howard Margolis (commentary)
 Should teachers recommend the promotion of struggling learners to the next grade if they've worked hard but achieved little? The answer is yes, but provide learners with whatever supports they need. Needed supports may well include preteaching, mentoring, cooperative learning, peer teaching, active co-teaching and 1-1 tutoring. For all such learners, it will require individual and group activities, homework and materials at their proper instructional and independent levels.
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Education Week
Despite requiring some technology use, the Common Core State Standards for English/language arts don't do enough to ensure that students become effective digital readers, some literacy experts say. "At the top level, they're saying, yes, we recognize literacy means being digitally literate," said Bridget Dalton, an associate professor of literacy studies at the University of Colorado at Boulder. "But when you go to specific standards in reading, there's not a lot there to guide you."
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eSchool News
Will we ever become technology? It sounds like a science fiction statement, but it's actually not too far from reality. Humans rely on programmable devices for every aspect of their daily lives. These devices have transformed from stationary, to carried and worn, to physically implantable. There is no end to this progression; innovations keep evolving. With the ongoing focus of technology in education, and the need for schools to keep up with the ever-changing scope of its use in the classroom, it is essential that we provide students with the knowledge of how technology affects, and will affect, society.
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The Atlantic
As of January 2014, about 76 percent of Americans over the age of 18 said they had read a book in the last year, according to Pew Research data. But surely the other 24 percent of the population read something over the course of those 365 days. They read Google Maps directions to get to the dentist, they read popcorn-cooking instructions so the kernels didn't burn, they read Wikipedia articles as they spiraled down conspiracy-theory rabbit holes. So even though book reading isn't exactly ubiquitous, the process of mentally converting letters on a page or screen into meaning is.
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Wiley via Science Daily
A new study found that speech difficulties are linked with difficulties in learning to read when children first start school, but these effects are no longer apparent at 8 years of age. Researchers confirmed that early language impairment that co-occurs with speech difficulties predicts poor literacy skills at both 5½ and 8 years of age. Having a family history of dyslexia had a small but significant effect on literacy at both ages, above and beyond the effects of speech and language.
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[FreshGrade Education Inc.]
Encourage your students to guide their own learning and begin to master their destinies. In this free eBook from FreshGrade, you’ll learn how to reclaim assessment, create purposeful assessment, and implement innovative approaches with real examples of innovation from schools across the United States. EdTech RoundUp described FreshGrade as uniquely combining student-led portfolios with flexible, custom assessment and parent engagement in one. FreshGrade is used by teachers, parents, and students in all 50 states and in more than 70 countries around the world.
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MindShift
As the world economy shifts away from manufacturing jobs and towards service industry and creative jobs, there's a consensus among parents, educators, politicians and business leaders that it is crucial students graduate into university or the workforce with the ability to identify and solve complex problems, think critically about information, work effectively in teams and communicate clearly about their thinking. While many teachers agree with this premise, they don't often know exactly how to teach these skills explicitly, especially because many of the mandates and required curriculum seem to push in the opposite direction.
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Edutopia (commentary)
Kathryn Nieves, a contributor for Edutopia, writes: "One of the biggest problems I encounter as a resource room teacher is the self-esteem of the students in my classes. After years of disappointing academic experiences, their confidence is low and their motivation has declined. Combine those points with the peer pressure, bullying and stresses of middle school, and the students do not have a positive outlook on their education."
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Edutopia (commentary)
Elena Aguilar, a contributor for Edutopia, writes: "Recently, an instructional coach asked me about facilitating professional development sessions focused on equity. "Interrupting inequities, particularly racial inequities, is a fire in my bones,' she said. 'I know we have to have conversations about this in our schools, but I don't know how to lead them.' If you're a teacher leader, a coach, or an administrator who shares this commitment, I'm so glad. Our students need us to explore these issues."
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By: Brian Stack (commentary)
 In quiet New Hampshire, among the beautiful autumn mountain backdrop and the New England seacoast towns, a silent killer known as opioids is making its way from family to family and from community to community. The issue is sending shockwaves throughout the state and leaving family and friends to question themselves on why they couldn't act sooner to save the lives of their beloved who are succumbing to addiction at an alarming rate. New Hampshire's story is not unique.
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The Hechinger Report
To take full advantage of all the internet has to offer, schools need to have reliable, speedy connections. When teachers don't know if a program will crash midway through class — or work at all — they are often hesitant to use online programs to enhance lessons. In 2013, before a massive federal push to fund and support school internet upgrades, just 19 percent of public districts in the United States reported that all their schools had a speedy internet connection, according to a new report from the Consortium for School Networking, a nonprofit membership organization for school technology professionals. Today, 68 percent of districts say they meet that benchmark — a major increase that reveals just how many schools now see the value in improved internet connections.
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NPR
There's a perception that children don't kill themselves, but that's just not true. A new report shows that, for the first time, suicide rates for U.S. middle school students have surpassed the rate of death by car crashes. The suicide rate among youngsters ages 10 to 14 has been steadily rising, and doubled in the U.S. from 2007 to 2014, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In 2014, 425 young people 10 to 14 years of age died by suicide. "Kids spend a lot of time at school ... it's where they live their lives," says David Jobes, who heads the Suicide Prevention Lab at Catholic University in Washington, D.C. "Suicide prevention has been focused on schools for a long time because it's a place where kids are and where a lot of problems can manifest."
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By: Bob Kowalski (commentary)
 Now that the Chicago Cubs have ended their 108-year World Series drought, we can take lessons from the team formerly known as America's lovable losers. Perseverance is not the only trait individuals and companies can draw from the Cubs' success. Veteran catcher David Ross, known among his teammates as "Grandpa Rossy," was widely credited with providing mentorship to the young club, something that holds value for organizations beyond sports.
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EdSource
Most of the third-graders in Anita Parameswaran's class at Daniel Webster Elementary in San Francisco have had experiences so awful that their brains won't let them easily forget. "Whether it be that they've been sexually molested, or they've seen domestic violence, or shootings, or they know somebody who's passed away," Parameswaran said, "I would say every single year about 75 percent, give or take, come in with a lot of trauma." Now a national campaign is recognizing, backed by research on brain development, the power of teachers like Parameswaran to lower the levels of stress hormones in a child's body and strengthen the neural connections needed for learning and self-control.
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| | FEDERAL ADVOCACY AND POLICY |
Education Week
As he sets his policy agenda, president-elect Donald Trump will get to collaborate on education issues with a Congress that will remain under Republican control in both chambers, with — at this point — little shift in the leadership of key legislative committees. There will be a new head of the House Education and the Workforce committee: The current chairman, Rep. John Kline, R-Minn., is retiring at the end of this session of Congress. The lawmaker perhaps most likely to replace him, Rep. Virginia Foxx of North Carolina, has the reputation of being more partisan than Kline.
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Education World
Donald Trump has been officially declared the 45th President of the United States, leaving those interested in education wondering — what's next? Here are five things you need to know about education under a Donald Trump presidency.
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Fox News Latino
With a chance to turn back the clock to before 1998, California voters have opted to return multilingual education to the state's schools. California voters on Tuesday overwhelmingly repealed a nearly two-decade-old law that limited bilingual education in public schools. Proposition 58 had about 73 percent support with 3.5 million votes counted. The ballot measure essentially overturned legislation passed in 1998 that mandated all students, including first-generation immigrants, be taught in English.
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NAESP
NAESP, in partnership with The Wallace Foundation, invites you to participate in a Twitter chat that has been customized to meet the distinct needs of new principals. Connect with other colleagues and find practical solutions to some of the biggest dilemmas you've had in your career so far. Hone your leadership skills and build a new professional learning community that will help you succeed. The Twitter chat, "Practical Solutions for Early Career Principals," will be guest hosted by Joe Mazza (@Joe_Mazza), leadership innovation manager at the University of Pennsylvania's Graduate School of Education. The chat takes place Tuesday, Nov. 15, 8–9 p.m. ET. Use #NAESPChat to join the conversation.
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NAESP
Fourth graders in Maryland are restoring the Chesapeake Bay, one fish at a time. Students in Maryland's Prince George's County Public Schools raise bluegill sunfish — helpful to the Bay's ecosystem — over the course of the school year. They feed and observe the olive-colored fish, test water quality, and map habitats. In May or June, students release their fish into the slow-moving waters of the Chesapeake during a full-day field trip.
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