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School Leaders Now
Q. It's the holiday season in my elementary school — school holiday parties, concerts, movies, Secret Santas. It seems like the only thing missing in my school in December is learning. Not to be a Scrooge, but it seems that a lot more time is spent on holiday activities than on learning goals this month. Is there a way to find a better balance? A. I think your concern will resonate with a lot of elementary principals. Of course, there are lots of classroom activities that are holiday-themed but can help students learn or practice skills.
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By: Catherine Iste (commentary)
 We often overlook things that are too simple, delaying them for a time that never comes or not making the time because it does not seem big enough to add to a list or calendar. Yet taking some simple steps, regularly, can prove to be the difference between being a creative leader and a stressed manager. Try these three simple ways to add more sustainable creativity into that leadership bag of tricks.
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Inc.
Tell me if you agree with this statement: For any human relationship to thrive, it has to be founded on trust. If you agree, then know that it's really no different in the workplace, especially in the relationship between boss and employee. The best company cultures, where collaboration is humming and the needle is moving on performance, demonstrate a high degree of trust. And trust starts with the people you've placed in leadership positions.
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Harvard Business Review (commentary)
Matt Plummer, a contributor for Harvard Business Review, writes: "Like many of my classmates, shortly after college, I joined the ranks of a top strategy and management consulting firm. I knew I was signing up for long hours, but the reality of that didn't really sink until a few months in, when I asked for a vacation day to go to a friend's wedding. My request was granted, sort of. My wife handled the long drive to the wedding, while I spent my "day off" in the passenger's seat working furiously on my laptop, with occasional stops at cafes to recharge my computer and send emails via the free wifi."
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Leadership Freak
You produce weakness in others when you exercise power unless you use power to fill others with confidence. You cannot empower people by exercising power over them. The work of successful leaders is easy to spot. Their teams walk around with heads up and minds open — eager to seize opportunities. But lousy leaders walk around beating their own chests and beating others down.
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The Lead Change Group
What is productivity? It's such an intangible thing, yet we all know the vital role it plays in becoming successful as a leader. Unfortunately, we also know how quickly days zip past. Before you know it, the eight hours you've set aside to get things done and push the business forward have vanished, never to be seen again.
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Training Industry Magazine
Business leaders from virtually every sector are facing a dilemma: How do we manage and lead the emerging generation of leaders? They expect to receive information, answers and solutions immediately. They have an idea and move to quickly implement it, without considering consequences and ramifications. Many business leaders are perplexed and frustrated with the on-demand millennial generation.
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The Washington Post
Coy Ferreira stood inside a rural California classroom, more than a dozen 5- and 6-year-olds huddled in the corner as a gunman sprayed bullets at the school and tried to break his way in. Ferreira was terrified that people would die. But the doors were locked and all of the children were inside, part of a school plan the staff and students had practiced in drills and knew by heart. They barricaded the school in just 47 seconds that morning last month, probably saving the lives of countless people at Rancho Tehama Elementary School.
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eSchool News
Although 90 percent of principals said they believe technology is critical for student learning, only two-thirds would rate their school technology as strong, according to a new report from MDR EdNET Insight. The report, "School Trends: Principals' Perspectives on Instructional Initiatives and Purchasing Decisions," includes data broken down by school level, size, location, and Title I status. In combination with the research from the entire four-part series, the report offers a 360-degree view of decision-making authority at all levels, from an administrator, to a principal to a classroom teacher.
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District Administration Magazine
Bomb threats sent to teachers through an international proxy server. Computer-generated shooting threats called in to your school office. An irate parent with a gun reportedly headed to your school. A chemical spill at a nearby factory. How can administrators prepare staff with best practices and reasonable emergency plans? How can you communicate safety to your parents in a social media world on digital steroids?
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EdScoop News
Computer technology has fundamentally changed how we live and work. Can it change the way we think? In a new report, the independent nonprofit Digital Promise advances the argument that computational thinking is not only central to computer science but also is widely applicable throughout the education sector and the workforce.
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Edutopia
As educators take advantage of digital tools to communicate with families and communities, do we think enough about who can access the information we share? According to the Digital Accessibility Toolkit: What Education Leaders Need to Know: "Accessibility is essential for leveraging technology and providing educational opportunities for all students, including those with disabilities and English learners. School systems need to ensure all information provided to the public, parents, and guardians is accessible."
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Education Week
The two-year-old Every Student Succeeds Act was supposed to free states up to go off in bold, new directions on K-12 policy. So did state plans — all of which have been turned into the U.S. Department of Education — live up to that promise? Not so much, according Bellwether Education Partners, a Washington consulting firm that reviewed the plans as part of a partnership with the Collaborative for Student Success, a nonprofit advocacy organization.
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The Hechinger Report
The number of pre-kindergarten seats in New Orleans has dropped substantially since Hurricane Katrina, and researchers think it's connected to the shift to independent charter schools. During the school year prior to Hurricane Katrina, there were 67 pre-kindergarten seats for every 100 public-school kindergarten students. Ten years later, according to the study, there were 44 seats per 100, a 34 percent drop. Meanwhile, the number of pre-kindergarten seats for 4-year-olds statewide has risen, according to the study by Tulane University’s Education Research Alliance for New Orleans.
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The Brookings Institution
In today's changing world, students need a broader range of skills beyond traditional academic subject areas that they can apply to a wide range of real-life situations. Students will encounter many future situations where they have to bring together multiple complex skills to complete tasks. Using examples from the U.S. and Australia, we will outline two complementary methods that teach these complex skillsets. In the U.S., a 4th grade reading class uses a method to develop collaboration skills, while simultaneously developing critical thinking skills. Similarly, an example from Australia will show how a secondary level history class also teaches these two skills simultaneously, but with a different method.
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By: Sheilamary Koch (commentary)
 Valerie Savana suffered low self-esteem throughout her school career largely because classmates and even teachers stopped listening when they couldn't understand her fast-paced, irregular speech. This continued to affect her professional and personal life as an adult. Recently, she began speech therapy and discovered that reason for her confusing way of speaking was little-known disorder called "cluttering."
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The Atlantic
Is a good teacher one who makes students enjoy class the most or one who is strict and has high standards? And are those two types even at odds? A new study that tries to quantify this phenomenon finds that on average, teachers who are good at raising test scores are worse at making kids happy in class. "Teachers who are skilled at improving students' math achievement may do so in ways that make students less happy or less engaged in class," writes University of Maryland's David Blazar in the study, published in the peer-reviewed journal Education Finance and Policy.
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U.S. News & World Report
Until earlier this year, Illinois was one of the last states in the country whose education funding system relied almost entirely on property taxes, spawning a vicious and inequitable funding cycle that left property-poor districts with large numbers of low-income students chronically underfunded. After years of partisan bickering, state legislators approved this summer a new funding formula that directs more resources to poor and rural districts.
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NAESP
Together with Crayola, NAESP offers a special opportunity to apply for a Champion Creatively Alive Children Grant. Your school could receive a $3,500 grant (a $2,500 check and $1,000 worth of Crayola products) to establish a creative leadership team and build the creative capacity of your professional learning community. The deadline to apply is Friday, June 22. (The Early Bird deadline is Monday, June 5. Early Bird applications will receive a Crayola product Classpack). For more information, visit www.naesp.org/crayola-grant.
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NAESP
Are you interested in collaborating with Pre-K–8 colleagues from across the nation? If so, register for NAESP's 2018 Pre-K–8 Principals Conference. Next year's conference in Orlando will host thought leaders in education and sharing their best practices. keynote speakers Sean Covey and Daniel H. Pink. Register by Dec. 15 to receive the discounted early bird rate. Visit naespconference.org to learn more.
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