A Principal's Reflections

JANUARY 30, 2023

Humans crave a deep connection when it comes to learning something new, especially if they initially don't see any value in what's being taught or facilitated. We expect this as adult learners, so it goes without saying that our students both want and need this as well. In the absence of authentic meaning there is a tendency to disconnect or go off task, putting the learning experience at hand in jeopardy of not being successful.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 30, 2023

In recent weeks, news outlets and social media have been filled with depressing stories about “declines” in student achievement, in both reading and math. These reported downturns were not observed in terms of student problem-solving or thought processes, but on standardized test scores. This measured dip in performance, according to the stories, can be attributed to the attention-grabbing phenomenon called “learning loss,” a post-pandemic term that has become common parlance in educational circ

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Measuring the effects of extreme weather requires extreme numbers. Climate change racked up an eye-popping $165 billion damages tab in the U.S. last year, as tallied by a recent federal report. And back in September, around 82 percent of Florida school districts closed for at least one day — keeping roughly 2.5 million students out of school. With experts predicting more extreme weather in 2023, that undoubtedly means schools will suffer more disruptions in a K-12 education era already defined b

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Teaching Anthropology

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Anne Schiller, George Mason University From the outset of the SARS-Covid 19 pandemic, governments and private entities worldwide launched health awareness campaigns that included instruction on cleansing one’s hands. Wall signs and foot markers materialized in a thrice. A barrage of how-to videos were posted on websites the world over. Medical doctors modelled competence, washing their hands on television while singing the happy birthday song (twice).

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Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

The post Student-Led Innovation To Promote Better Mental Health for Teens and Teachers appeared first on Digital Promise.

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JANUARY 30, 2023

This story was originally co-published on January 26, 2023 by THE CITY, Columbia Journalism Investigations, Type Investigations and City Limits as part of “MISSING THEM,” THE CITY’s COVID-19 memorial and journalism project. Sign up here to get the latest stories from THE CITY delivered to you each morning. In April 2020, as the death toll from COVID mounted across New York City, an elementary school teacher at P.S. 343, the Children’s Lab School, in Sunnyside, Queens, organ

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ED Surge

JANUARY 31, 2023

Teaching is about attention — getting students to pay attention to the material, and to engage with new ideas so they can develop new skills and abilities. But getting and holding the attention of students has become more difficult since the pandemic, according to many college instructors around the country. A couple months ago I visited a big public university – Texas State University – and observed three large lecture classes, to get a sense of what teaching looks like these days.

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The Effortful Educator

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

The classroom quiz. A staple of most classrooms; usually building to a larger, more summative assessment or test. For years, I followed this norm and provided quizzes worth 100 points in the gradebook for my students during a unit of study. But, with the advent of learning management systems (LMS), I’ve developed a few simple modifications that provide what I believe to be a better way to quiz.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 31, 2023

There has been significant attention paid to the alarming negative effects the pandemic has had on the well-being of students in K-12 schools. Just as concerning are the potential impacts on younger children, including those born during or just before the pandemic. Babies born during the pandemic have been getting lower scores on communication and fine and gross motor skill assessments; toddlers are speaking less and experiencing more language delays; and parents are worried about increased beha

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ED Surge

JANUARY 30, 2023

For 50 ninth graders, showing up to school this fall meant taking part in an experiment. The students had enrolled in the latest effort by Sal Khan, founder of Khan Academy, the online tool he started by making videos on YouTube that is now used by hundreds of districts in the U.S. Khan’s new project is a fully online school with a mix of self-paced online learning and group activities.

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ASHP CML

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Making Queer History Public Episode 2: Trans Lives and Oral History with Michelle Esther O'Brien Wednesday, February 1, 2023 - 11:01 In the second episode of Making Queer History Public, we talk with psychotherapist, teacher, and activist, Michelle Esther O’Brien. We discuss the work Michelle has put in coordinating the NYC Trans Oral History Project, a community archive devoted to the collection, preservation and sharing of trans histories.

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Maitri Learning

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Here it is, the second video recording my amazing interview with author Paula Lillard Preschlack! In this second in the series video, we talk about: The Eight Character Traits that we are striving to develop in our children. How we can help children RE-engage and deal with the overwhelming sense of helplessness they feel as the burden of the future is placed on their shoulders How do we tell the difference between when a child is repeating something and we're not sure if it's skillful or unskill

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FEBRUARY 1, 2023

New tools of monetary policy? And what are “ample reserves”? If you are teaching AP Macroeconomics, you definitely need to know! If you don’t already know, College Board updated the Course and Exam Description for AP Macroeconomics for the Fall of 2022. (Link to the CED here: [link] ) The biggest addition was updating 4.6 Monetary Policy to include the new tools of monetary policy.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 31, 2023

The ratio of students to school counselors in the United States continues to narrow, with data released this month showing it has reached the lowest point since 1986, the year the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) began tracking student-to-counselor ratios. The new data reflects the 2021-2022 school year and reveals that, nationwide, there was an average of 408 students for every one school counselor.

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Edthena

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

A new year brings a fresh start to classrooms and is the perfect time to set new goals for teaching and coaching. Perhaps you’re a teacher working on increasing edtech use with students or an instructional coach supporting teachers to foster strong mathematical thinking. We’ve gathered helpful recent resources for teachers and coaches from January 2023.

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Civics for All of US

JANUARY 31, 2023

The Civilian Conservation Corps: Civics at Work Katie Munn Tue, 01/31/2023 - 14:37 Body Join the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum for this teacher workshop that will provide resources for exploring how the development of a government "safety net" to protect Americans devastated by the Great Depression affected civic life. The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) is a great example to use in teaching about how the government responds to crises.

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Diane Ravitch

JANUARY 31, 2023

The Miami Herald reported today on Governor DeSantis’ plans to cleanse higher education in the state. Conservatives are creating “civics” institutes as a vehicle for patriotic indoctrination, not as a means to think critically about how to improve democracy. Censorship, which DeSantis practices, would be condemned in any genuine civics class. Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday announced a package of major reforms to Florida’s higher education system, including tighter controls on faculty tenure, the e

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

After gorging ourselves on Chinese takeout, my husband opened his fortune cookie and read the following line: “It is never crowded along the extra mile.” I had a visceral response to this seemingly harmless message. It took me a while to figure out why this banal comment evoked such anger. The phrase “going the extra mile” turns up frequently in schools.

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Perspectives in Anthropology

JANUARY 31, 2023

By Jehron Muhammad Every year, including 2023 we in the United States celebrate the life and legacy of civil rights icon Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The celebrations frequently focus on Dr. King’s dream of ending discrimination in America. But those tributes rarely if ever mention Dr.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 30, 2023

Why is it that some states, like Alabama, have more than $1,000 to spend on each student for each week of pandemic learning loss, and other states, such as Massachusetts have only $165? This story also appeared in Mind/Shift The answer, according to a January 2023 report by the consulting firm McKinsey & Company, is that $122 billion in federal pandemic recovery money has been allocated to schools based on the percentages of children from low-income families even though there’s not a tight c

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ED Surge

JANUARY 30, 2023

At Indian Prairie School District (IPSD), located just west of Chicago, one of the crucial alignment points—a “north star,” if you will—for the district’s 35 schools is its Portrait of a Graduate profile. Widely adopted by school districts across the country, Portrait of a Graduate outlines the interdisciplinary skills that a district believes its students should embody and exemplify by high school graduation.

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Learning can happen anywhere — in a classroom, in a park, on a field trip or at a museum. But, the reality is that space matters. I had a classroom last year, and while it was shared with my math counterpart, it was large and just for us. We taught lessons, organized student materials and met with families in this space. The other two special education teachers at my school also shared a classroom.

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

When COVID-19 forced college courses online, Stuart Middleton, a senior lecturer at the University of Queensland in Australia, was having trouble connecting with his remote students. So he decided to try to meet them where he heard they were happy to spend time — on TikTok. He started creating videos on TikTok, and he worked to make his posts fit the playful spirit of the platform.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Future of Learning newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes every other Wednesday with trends and top stories about education innovation. Subscribe today! Hidden in more than 4,000 pages of the omnibus appropriations bill that President Biden signed in December is funding for a key education initiative that advocates have been pushing for decades.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

I grew up and attended schools in the South in an area known as the Black Belt , a name given to the region because of its large Black population and black soil. I never took a course in African American history during that time, the late 1980s and early 90s, despite being enveloped in Blackness in my neighborhoods, churches and schools. My knowledge of Black history came as sprinkling rain, a paltry amount that was never enough to have a significant impact.

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