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#EDvice: Timeliness of Feedback is Vital

A Principal's Reflections

Assisting others to be their best is something that we all can do through feedback. Sometimes it is as simple as making an effort to point out commendations that serve as validation and pieces of advice to improve performance. However, sometimes our delivery and words mean otherwise. It is vital to make the distinction between feedback and criticism.

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3 Leadership Moves Help Grow Mutual Respect

My AP Life

To help combat negative perceptions that can surround administration, DeAnna Miller offers three ways school leaders can cultivate mutual respect among staff: (1) offering meaningful feedback; (2) being highly visible; and (3) not being led astray by the Good Idea Fairy. The post 3 Leadership Moves Help Grow Mutual Respect first appeared on MiddleWeb.

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Does ‘Flipped Learning’ Work? A New Analysis Dives Into the Research

ED Surge

Since the pandemic, more instructors at schools and colleges appear to have embraced “flipped learning ,” the approach of asking students to watch lecture videos before class so that class time can be used for active learning. Proponents say the model improves student outcomes by encouraging more interaction among students and professors, and many studies have been conducted to measure the efficacy of the approach.

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TEACHER VOICES: Help may finally be on the way for struggling readers

The Hechinger Report

As veteran educators, for years we have encountered students who struggled with decoding and reading comprehension, yet were continually pushed on to the next grade. That led to questions: How did they get this far not knowing how to read? What reading program did they use in elementary school? What interventions are helping them catch up? Are parents aware that their child has reading challenges?

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SEE Something, Say Something: Speak Up and Join the Conversation

Digital Promise

Time is running out so think fast! Have you heard that expression before? If you have, what does that mean to you? To me, it means to act fast, to get involved, and to be present. History and the now are impacting students like me so much. History represents our past, present, and future, and it flows through the blood in our veins. What we do today can revolutionize tomorrow!

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Celebrating Black Joy

C3 Teachers

As I walk down my hallways, I gaze at my students’ Black History Month posters that cover the walls and I realize how I’ve changed since my early years. This month my school’s hallways are decorated with beautiful images that celebrate singers from Cab Calloway to Summer Walker, athletes like Gabby Douglas and Doug Williams, and influential leaders from RuPaul to Ice Cube.

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Why Many Early Childhood Educators Can’t Afford to Retire

ED Surge

Danielle Caldwell has been operating her home-based child care program, The Children’s Room, for 27 years. But lately, she’s been considering other career options. The North Carolina child care provider has long known that her work would not lead to riches, but years ago, that was less of a concern. “When I got into this, it was about making it fun.

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Innovative Micro-credentialing Initiatives Across The Nation: Three District Case Studies to Consider

Digital Promise

The post Innovative Micro-credentialing Initiatives Across The Nation: Three District Case Studies to Consider appeared first on Digital Promise.

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Curious about the Jim Knight Coaching Model for Teachers? Let’s Break it Down

Edthena

If you’re an instructional coach looking for a teacher coaching model to follow, you’ve likely heard of Jim Knight. With two decades of experience researching and studying professional learning, effective teaching, and instructional coaching, Jim Knight is a leader in coaching approaches. So how would the instructional coaching expert describe his own teacher coaching model?

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What Does It Mean to Have a ‘National’ Teacher Shortage?

ED Surge

There’s been a lot of ink spilled over what’s been framed as a national shortage of teachers , including fears of a coronavirus-related mass exodus from classrooms that never quite materialized. Fewer words have been spent on defining what, precisely, is meant when people say the education system is facing a drought of teachers from coast to coast. That’s what researchers at Kansas State University set out to quantify when they began crunching the numbers on teacher vacancies for all 50 states.

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In New York state, students can be suspended for up to an entire school year

The Hechinger Report

BRENTWOOD, N.Y. — Steven Martinez’s life was turned upside down by an ill-conceived joke. He was a sophomore at Long Island’s Brentwood High School, a few days before Thanksgiving in 2019, when he made a post on Snapchat late one night about hiding an AK-47 at Area 51 in Nevada. This story also appeared in Times Union The police arrived around 2 a.m. looking for him.

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Matching Cards in Action

Maitri Learning

Okay, it's true, I'm always giving the children in my life Maitri Learning materials as gifts. This Thanksgiving, when 18 of us gathered at my sister's house, I gave my great-nephew Edison the Sports Equipment Matching cards lovingly housed in our cerulean blue two-pocket cloth pouch (yes, blue is his favorite color). And, of course, we played with them a lot!

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The Potential of AI for Education (Getting Smart)

Edthena

AI for education — its uses, implications, and potential — has been a hot topic of conversation recently. And as an article in Getting Smart pointed out, AI already does and will continue to impact education. So if you’re an educator, instructional coach, or school leader, what does this mean you should know when it comes to artificial intelligence?

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How Teach for America Crushed My Passion for Teaching

ED Surge

The night before the Teach for America (TFA) summer institute — commencing virtually for the first time due to the pandemic — I lay in my childhood bed at my parents’ house with tears in my eyes. On a whim, I typed “TFA criticisms” into the search bar and read article after article of valid, powerful critiques of the organization that I — bright-eyed and full of naive optimism — had just committed to for the next two years.

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COLUMN: New problems, recycled solutions and lots of hand wringing — how can we restore faith in higher education?

The Hechinger Report

LOS ANGELES — It’s no secret that Americans are doubting the value of higher education these days. Perhaps that’s why years of dramatic enrollment declines, mounting student debt and threat of a recession led American Council on Education (ACE) president Ted Mitchell to issue sharp warnings last week to a group of college administrators. “What do families need most?

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Matching Cards in Action

Maitri Learning

Okay, it's true, I'm always giving the children in my life Maitri Learning materials as gifts. This Thanksgiving, when 18 of us gathered at my sister's house, I gave my great-nephew Edison the Sports Equipment Matching cards lovingly housed in our cerulean blue two-pocket cloth pouch (yes, blue is his favorite color). And, of course, we played with them a lot!

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The Solution to Fighting Misinformation Might Start in Schools. This State Wants to Find Out.

Stanford History Education Group

The Solution to Fighting Misinformation Might Start in Schools. This State Wants to Find Out.

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When Crisis Happens, Schools Should Handle Students With Care

ED Surge

Content warning: gun violence. The morning of Oct. 24, 2022, I was facilitating a meeting in Charlottesville, Virginia for education and youth development leaders when I got word that my 15-year-old godson had been shot at his high school in St. Louis, where I live. He was alive, seriously wounded and being treated at our local children’s hospital. One of the meeting attendees was my friend and colleague, Chidi Jenkins.

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Some people going into the trades wonder why their classmates stick with college

The Hechinger Report

This story originally ran in 2018 and has been updated to reflect the three years of the pandemic, sharp declines in college enrollment, passage of the federal infrastructure plan and the changing U.S. economy, which is prompting more people to go straight into the workforce. Data and statistics are the most recent available, and new developments have been added.

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The Solution to Fighting Misinformation Might Start in Schools. This State Wants to Find Out.

Stanford History Education Group

The Solution to Fighting Misinformation Might Start in Schools. This State Wants to Find Out.

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PROOF POINTS: New federal survey estimates one out of 10 public school students get high-dosage tutoring

The Hechinger Report

The High School of Fashion Industries in New York City is one of thousands of schools around the country that are offering high-dosage tutoring to students. A new federal survey estimates that 10 percent of U.S. students are receiving this kind of intensive, daily tutoring, which can take place in person or virtually. In this classroom, some students are working with a tutor through a video connection on their laptops.

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