A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 27, 2022

When it comes to leadership, there is no one right way or quick fix. Just like with learning, it's a process, not an event. Another given is that no matter where your practice lies, or that of your staff, there are always areas to improve. Herein is why I stated the following in Disruptive Thinking : Chase growth, not perfection. While honesty and vulnerability are necessities to get the ball rolling, action must follow to advance practice.

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TeachThought

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

The relationship between learning goals & empathy may be unclear. What and why we choose to study are deeply human pursuits. The post What Role Does Empathy Play In Learning? appeared first on TeachThought.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

T he numbers were supposed to shed light on what was happening in public schools. That was the idea behind the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. It mandated that every third through eighth grade student had to take an annual test to see who was performing at grade level. In the years after the law went into effect, the testing and data industries flourished, selling school districts interim assessments to track student progress throughout the year along with flashy data dashboards that translate

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Dangerously Irrelevant

MARCH 2, 2022

Hechinger Report just published an article on how having teachers study student data doesn’t actually result in better student learning outcomes. Think about that for a minute. That finding is pretty counterintuitive, right? For at least two decades now we have been asking teachers to take summative and formative data and analyze the heck out of them.

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ED Surge

MARCH 2, 2022

When high school senior Cameron Samuels started attending school board meetings in the Houston suburb of Katy last year, they were typically one of only a few voices—and at times the only voice—speaking in support of student access to LGBTQ materials. Samuels, 18, who uses they/them pronouns, started by beseeching their district to unblock websites like the Trevor Project, a suicide prevention organization for queer youth, and to refrian from banning library books that featured LGBTQ+ characters

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Edthena

MARCH 1, 2022

Educators are excited about the launch of the AI Coach by Edthena because helping teachers reflect and enact instructional growth is connected to positive student outcomes. But what do the experts on artificial intelligence have to say about the platform? AIxOutlook and AiThority, two news outlets covering the latest in technology, wrote about the platform and here’s what they said: A new artificial intelligence (AI) Coach platform from Edthena revolutionizes teacher professional developme

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 1, 2022

For too long, the dream of pursuing a college degree has turned into a nightmare of loan default for millions of students. Like the well-documented effects of traffic fines and court fees, the penalties resulting from federal student loan default plunge too many Americans deeper into financial instability, perpetuating rather than helping to resolve the vicious cycle of poverty.

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ED Surge

MARCH 1, 2022

It’s been almost a decade since I left the education frontlines. While I loved teaching, I don’t think I could go back today. It’s not the classroom or kids, it’s the working conditions. For years, teachers have organized to make lovable work livable. They have fought for higher wages so second jobs aren’t needed, bills get paid, and vacations are possible.

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Edthena

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

It’s been a short but eventful month, and we’ve curated this month’s top resources for teachers and instructional coaches. This edition of noted and notable content for educators includes effective communication for ‘managing up’, trends in professional learning needs, and a roundup of coverage for our new AI Coach platform. Here are our top picks for the Feb. 2022 reads you shouldn’t miss.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

As an educator, one of the most annoying things you can hear a student say is, “This is stupid,” or, “Why are we learning this?”. But if you think back to the subjects that caused you the most frustration in school, you will likely recall wishing you were given clear reasons why learning them was important and how they would benefit you in the present or later in life.

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Education Elements

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

In late May of 2020, as our country battled the coronavirus, the murder of George Floyd sent shockwaves through many communities, across the United States. In fact, his murder galvanized millions of Americans to examine structural and institutional inequities particularly for Black Americans, but also across race, gender, sexuality, and socioeconomic status – a renewed focus not seen since the civil rights movement of the 1960s.

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ED Surge

MARCH 2, 2022

The Rhodes Scholarship is the oldest graduate fellowship in the world, and probably the most famous. But the prestigious and highly competitive scholarship, whose winners have gone on to become presidents, U.S. senators and Nobel Prize winners, is wrestling with its own history as it tries to attract a more diverse pool of applicants. Because, it turns out, the origin story of the Rhodes Scholarship involves blood diamonds, colonization and racism.

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Learn for Living

MARCH 1, 2022

We believe relationships are the foundation to thriving school culture. These Connect Cards are designed to help make connections in a fun and low risk way. Carve out a few minutes at your next staff meeting or in the classroom and pick a question or two. Perhaps you will discover shared interests and experiences and learn more about your colleagues or students, while also sharing a part of your story.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 2, 2022

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! The ability to understand a child’s struggles — and then do or say just the right thing to help them through — is arguably the skill society prizes most in its teachers.

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Pedagogy and Formation

FEBRUARY 27, 2022

When fears rush in, how can we support our children? In light of the crisis in Ukraine, while nations seek to push back an international bully, parents across all nations will wonder, how can we encourage and reassure our children? As children see and hear newsflashes that adults seem very interested in, what might they be thinking. And if they ask questions about the situation in Ukraine, what might we say?

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ED Surge

MARCH 4, 2022

Editor’s note: In an excerpt from her upcoming book, professor and inventor Marina Umaschi Bers shows how coding can help students learn human virtues. When it comes to teaching students to code, and the skills and ideas they will learn, it can help to think of a painter’s palette. But in this metaphor, instead of thick daubs of oil paint, imagine a collection of virtues and values.

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Edthena

MARCH 4, 2022

Edtech tools are in abundance nowadays, which makes choosing the right classroom tech for students tricky. Should you adopt the latest flashy app? Should you stick to the tried and tested that your school has been using for years? Or, perhaps it’s just time to return to papers and chalkboards. There’s no one right answer for every classroom. Rather, Monica Burns, author of “Ed Tech Essentials” and ClassTechTips founder, told us how educators can decide what classroom tech they should use.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 3, 2022

Students who are learning English often face extreme barriers to getting an education in the United States. From kindergarten through 12th grade, they’re entitled by law to the resources it takes to get them the same education as their English-proficient peers, but what they receive varies drastically depending on where they live. As a result, about 67 percent of English Learners earn a high school diploma, compared to about 84 percent of the general population.

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Letters and Ink Blog

FEBRUARY 26, 2022

Whether you’re about to start hunting for our very first teaching job or you’re seeking out greener pastures, it can be frustrating and anxiety- inducing when it comes time to create or write your resume. Luckily, I have moved around a lot in my career ( inside and out of education), so I’ve been around the block a few times! Let me help you craft a teaching resume that is polished, professional, unique, AND gets you that interview!

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Postsecondary institutions are charged with developing people's academic skills, technical skills and positioning them for jobs and additional education through high-quality degree programs. Community colleges in particular have a difficult dual mission to train students for work and additional education. Indeed, these institutions can and should do both.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 1, 2022

When Ann Civitareale’s father passed away in 2009, she little fathomed that she would spend thousands of her inheritance on medical and educational testing for her two sons. Yet the boys, 12 and 14, have struggled with multiple disabilities — including developmental and speech delays and profound challenges learning to read — that she did not feel the schools could sufficiently diagnose.

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ED Surge

MARCH 1, 2022

By this point, calling edtech big business is probably an understatement. Conservative estimates hold that the U.S. spent $100 billion on edtech during the last decade–with companies raising up to $8 billion in 2021 alone. But despite explosive growth in edtech spending, there’s still very little that’s known about which educational products actually work.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 1, 2022

Our reporters are spending the year listening to people from across the country who are involved in their local public schools in one way or another. This winter, we talked to a parent in Cleveland, a superintendent in Wyoming and a basketball coach in New Mexico among more than a dozen others. CHOOSE A LOCATION. PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA. FAYETTEVILLE, ARKANSAS.

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