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Education World
A long-awaited break is just around the corner. As the break approaches, here are some activities you might implement with staff to let them know you are thankful for the opportunity to work with them.
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The Brookings Institution
School resource officers, law enforcement personnel that are responsible for safety and crime prevention in schools, have been in place for more than six decades. In the wake of high-profile school shootings, SROs are receiving renewed attention as integral components of school safety strategies. Despite widespread usage, we know very little about whether safety outcomes improve because of SROs.
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Edutopia
At Rawlinson Middle School in San Antonio, Assistant Principal Patti Vlieger gets to work every morning at 6:15. In the two hours and 15 minutes before school starts, she'll be monitoring teacher absences and using the district's Smart Find software to locate replacements — substitute teachers. Sometimes it goes smoothly, she said, and other days, "it's 8:15 and I'm still looking." Finding substitutes is by nature an often frantic task. At most campuses across the country, a staff member spends the first hours of their workday making sure absences are covered, preferably by a qualified educator.
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EdScoop
What's the best way to know what's going on in schools? The answer, of course, is to visit the school, talk to the staff and students, and observe the learning process. What's the easier way? Looking at proficiency data. For better or worse, standardized test scores are simple for anyone to access, and are typically a link or two away on the web. But as Mitch Slater, co-founder and CEO of Levered Learning, pointed out in a recent webinar hosted by edWeb.net, looking at data from one set of assessment scores without context is virtually meaningless.
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Fast Company
How often do you find yourself in this situation: With a pressing deadline, you sit down at your desk and tell yourself you're not going to get up until the task is finished. Focus, we assume, is what we need in order to be successful. But what if what we really need is to allow ourselves to be distracted?
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Training Industry Magazine
In a world where sharing feedback on companies online is so easy, companies continue to be faced with a large problem: How do we become the employer of choice in our industry? The answer to the question is not found within the industry or in what competitors are doing — it's found with the employees of the company itself. Many employers make assumptions on what their workforce wants — be it benefits, perks, forms of communication, system upgrades, etc. — but fail to ask the question to the employees directly.
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Forbes
With today's unemployment rate sitting below 4 percent — a figure not seen in 30 years — many entrepreneurs and small business owners are struggling to fill openings. Between the oft-discussed skills gap and candidates' ability to be more selective, hiring has become much more difficult. And those offering jobs at the ends of the spectrum — entry-level roles and highly specialized jobs — are suffering the most.
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Inc. (commentary)
Martin Zwilling, a contributor for Inc., writes: "While the willingness and ability to change is recognized and espoused by every business owner or founder I am asked to advise, far too many of you seem to be stuck in a rut, or very slow to actually decide what changes are necessary to survive and thrive. You may not be blind to the changing market and technology, but being blind to internal traps that can be just as devastating."
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Harvard Business Review
On his first day as CEO of the Carlsberg Group, a global brewery and beverage company, Cees 't Hart was given a key card by his assistant. The card locked out all the other floors for the elevator so that he could go directly to his corner office on the 20th floor. And with its picture windows, his office offered a stunning view of Copenhagen. These were the perks of his new position, ones that spoke to his power and importance within the company.
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Forbes
There was a time — before cell phones became another limb on our body — when we could sit at our desk to work in a relatively focused and productive manner. Of course, there would be the occasional interruption by a colleague who would want to engage you in the latest office gossip. Or the water cooler conversation that would potentially derail your day by a few minutes if you wanted to get caught up on the latest between Ross and Rachel on "Friends." Other than a few social disruptions that would also build camaraderie, most of us could give our tasks and responsibilities the attention they deserved.
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Fast Company
Often, articles that draw advice from psychology for people in business focus on exciting new findings. That makes sense. A new finding may make you think differently about the way you work. A danger in focusing on new research is that subsequent studies may demonstrate that the initial reports do not hold up to further scrutiny.
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While every school wants to accelerate student math proficiency, administrators at five Texas school districts faced unique obstacles. And although each school had a different story, those administrators shared many key questions when considering tools to reinforce their math curricula. What solution could legitimately:
Boost learning outcomes for students of all economic backgrounds from 1st to 8th Grade?
Succeed on a limited budget, with financial constraints restricting most options?
Engage students, with disengagement being the number one complaint from teachers?
Meet the needs of a diverse student population with a wide range of proficiency levels?
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HR DIVE
A third of workers feel the greatest sense of belonging in the workplace, compared to 62 percent who feel that in their home, according to EY's Belonging Barometer study. The survey of 1,000 employed Americans found that half of the respondents believe diversity is best represented at work. Almost 40 percent of respondents said they have the greatest feeling of belonging when colleagues regularly check to see how they're doing, both personally and professionally. Most of the female respondents (61 percent) said they believe exclusion is a form of workplace bullying, compared to only 53 percent of males in the study.
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Leadership Freak
The leaders' job is to help their team identify the right problem before coming up with a creative solution. Leaders eventually row in the wrong direction when they keep looking at problems from the same perspective. The skill of a rower is nullified when the boat is pointed in the wrong direction.
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By: Candice Gottlieb-Clark (commentary)
 Many of us often carry around biases that we don't even realize. They're ingrained in us from how we grew up, who our parents are, and from the societal and cultural norms that have been feeding us. As a result, when it comes to equality in the workplace, many of us feel like things are pretty good. In fact, almost half of men and a third of women agree that a mere 10 percent of female senior-level executives is a sufficient amount, according to the 2017 Women in the Workplace study. Is 10 percent of women leadership in business really good enough?
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By: Catherine Iste (commentary)
 Treating others the way they want to be treated sounds so much less selfish than treating others the way we want to be treated. However, it is not easy. Entire consulting practices and professional certificate programs exist to help us business folk try to decipher how someone else wants to be treated. Even with all this help, we do not always get it right. To understand why, it may help to consider both the golden and platinum rules together.
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HR DIVE
Employees in a new study by mobile coaching pioneer Betterup will produce more, work harder, stay with companies longer and forego higher pay for meaningful work. The study of more than 2,000 U.S. professionals concluded that meaningful work is measurable and achievable, and that employers can make substantive gains by responding to employees' desire for meaning at work.
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Entrepreneur
If leaders want to be effective, they must earn the trust of those they lead. Developing trust is essential for your team's success and your success as a leader. According to a recent PwC survey of more than 1,400 CEOs worldwide, 55 percent of respondents believe a lack of trust is a serious threat to the success of their teams and their business.
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Promote visual literacy across the curriculum with easy-to-use activities for 21st century classrooms. Includes customizable forms and a PDF presentation for professional development.
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Education Week
U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos and her team have created a guide to help parents make better sense of the maze of data that states are required to put in their new report cards under the Every Student Succeeds Act. You can check it out here. DeVos previously put out a "Parent's Guide" to the law itself. "Parents deserve to know what is happening in their child's school," DeVos said in a statement. "They should not have to parse through a 500-page legal document to understand how a law or policy affects their children's education.
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Education DIVE
After months of suspense, the results of the midterm elections — arguably some of the most important the nation has seen in years — are in. The stakes are high, with voters weighing in on issues like healthcare, immigration and President Donald Trump's controversial tenure. Among the top issues this election cycle is education, and this year, educators took matters into their own hands by running for public office.
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EdScoop
In front of an audience of state education leaders and private sector vendors, Federal Communications Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel shared ideas to increase digital equity — expanding the federal government’s E-rate subsidy program and establishing a billion-dollar national fund dedicated to closing the “homework gap,” or the the educational divide between K-12 students who have internet access at home and those who don’t.
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EdTech Magazine
The increasing digitalization of education has put even more emphasis on internet access in K–12 schools, leading more school districts, nonprofits and government agencies to invest in programs and services to ensure each student is connected. How much speed do you need? It depends on your learning goals, according to EducationSuperHighway.
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EdScoop
The mobile internet is now the primary knowledge platform across the world, and that means educators and administrators must evolve their pedagogy along with it, Apple Education executive Jon Landis said. Speaking at the State Education Technology Directors Association 2018 conference, Landis implored a room of state education officials and technology vendors to adopt what he called the new "knowledge economy," a world of mobile application-based learning.
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Forbes
There is a gap in education between the knowledge of prevention and the act of prevention. According to the American Academy of Pediatrics early universal screening for the risk of learning disabilities leads to better intervention, improved student performance throughout her or his education career, and less money invested in IEPs. Yet, we do not embrace universal testing in our K-12 education system. Today’s interview with Dr. Vincent Alfonso, dean the School of Education at Gonzaga University, dives into the world of early childhood development testing, why we do and do not test more, what can be done in your school to help support your special education program and opportunities to improve your processes.
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eSchool News (commentary)
Kimberly Jay, a contributor for eSchool News, writes: "When Florida State Assessment scores revealed that our third-graders were under-performing in reading, my colleagues and I analyzed the data to determine the root cause of performance. The data showed a need for an explicit, phonics-based approach to literacy for our young students. Unless they develop foundational reading skills early, students will experience literacy deficits across all subjects, and phonics instruction embedded in comprehensive reading instruction is the most effective way to teach them how to read."
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Education World
"Gobble, gobble, gobble...." Increase your students' knowledge and skills when you use turkeys as a teaching theme. "The return of wild turkeys to appropriate habitats is truly a success story in the field of wildlife conservation," say wildlife biologists from the State University of New York in The Return of the Wild Turkey. And that success in New York State has been echoed in many other states. About a century ago, wild turkeys all but disappeared — their habitats destroyed when forest areas were cleared. Now, wild turkeys are back. They can be found in 49 states — all but Alaska. Many states have conservation programs to reintroduce wild turkeys and to relocate turkeys in new habitats.
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Edutopia (Commentary)
Michele Lew, a contributor for Edutopia, writes: "In the last few years, I’ve noticed an increase in stress, anxiety, and depression in high school students. The causes range from intense pressure to perform academically to social media expectations and influence to home and environmental issues. The common thread, no matter the cause, is students' inability to cope with the stressors they experience."
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Scientific American
Nowadays, a typical news session begins with us logging on to our preferred social media website in the morning to catch up on what we missed while we slept. We quickly scroll past the memes from high-school friends or extended family, rolling our eyes at their attempts to ridicule opposing viewpoints with a few characters' worth of oversimplified, clickbait logic. After debating whether to deploy the "block content" button, we move on to consuming self-aligned content whose conclusions support our own existing views.
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Education Next
As many as 8 million U.S. public school students struggle academically simply because they miss too much school. Recognizing this, 36 states and the District of Columbia have begun holding schools accountable for chronic student absenteeism under the federal Every Student Succeeds Act. That leaves school and district leaders scrambling for proven practices to keep students coming to school every day. One smart, simple, and inexpensive strategy is using "nudges," an approach that aims to alert parents and caregivers when attendance becomes problematic.
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NAESP
This webinar will address the top items elementary principals need to know about special education. It will contain an update from the recent Supreme Court case, and specifically include reminders on how to monitor whether a student is receiving a free appropriate public education. The webinar takes place Wednesday, Nov. 14 at 3 p.m. ET.
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NAESP
Join us for our next #NAESPchat on Twitter on Wednesday, Nov. 28 at 8 p.m. ET. We'll discuss the what and why of SEL and how to develop instructional skills and strategies in — and out — of school. Use #NAESPchat to be part of the conversation.
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EdSurge
Remember the many hours you used to spend preparing and printing documents each week, only to watch them make their way from students' desks to the floor, the trash bin or the bottom of their backpacks? This was the reality for teachers living in the paper era. The traditional system of printing all our classroom learning materials is both chaotic and inefficient. Today, the concept of a paperless classroom is more than just a trend. Schools across the country are now opting for apps and other software as a replacement for traditional pen and paper. And as technology improves, so do the benefits for teachers, schools and, most importantly, students.
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