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Teaching and Learning
Houston ISD considers new model for high-risk schools
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The Houston Independent School District is considering a new instructional model where teachers would spend the day teaching high-risk students but leave the administrative tasks, grading and behavioral issues to "teacher apprentices" -- much like how a surgeon enters the operating room to use their high-level skills but leaves the pre- and post-operation tasks to others. These teachers would earn higher salaries yet leave school each day without afterschool tasks, creating an improved work-life balance.
Full Story: Houston Press (6/12) 
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Kan. school's students struggle with learning to read
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Students at Highland Elementary School in Columbus, Kan., continue to struggle with their reading skills, despite a relatively shorter period of remote instruction and efforts of teachers to help them recover from learning gaps. One third-grade teacher arranged reading partners, providing one-on-one writing assistance, and asking questions aloud, but students continue to struggle as assessments show 13 of 24 students are reading below grade level.
Full Story: The Associated Press (6/10) 
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Survey: What math teachers want in curriculum
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High schools should focus more on data analysis and practical statistics than calculus, according to a survey of more than 465 Hechinger Report readers. The teachers' surveyed said they want to replace out-of-date math lessons and ensure that students have strong math foundations before moving forward to conceptual math.
Full Story: The Hechinger Report (6/12) 
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Lead important & meaningful race discussions
Take on race conversations in the elementary classroom with vulnerability, bravery, and humility using the strategies and resources shared in We're Gonna Keep On Talking by Matthew R. Kay and Jennifer Orr. Learn More
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Transformational Leadership
A phenomenon known as decision fatigue can happen to the best of leaders, but there are ways to counteract it, writes Sam Reese, CEO of the Vistage executive coaching firm. Reese advises that it's important to stay focused on the company's mission and operating principles when making choices and to have a trusted group of people who can challenge biases or blind spots.
Full Story: Entrepreneur (6/9) 
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Technology in the Classroom
Educators debate the role of textbooks
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Many teachers say that they prefer to craft their courses using Google and other online sources for direction. But some students and educators say that having a textbook gives a necessary foundation and accessible source material that everyone can reference to fully understand a subject.
Full Story: Edutopia (6/11) 
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Managing Budgets
Why universal school meals are necessary
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Universal school meal legislation has been introduced in many states across the US as one way to combat the $19.2 million in meal debt amassed since November, according to a School Nutrition Association report. "When you've got an unpaid meal debt it's got to be paid for," said Lori Adkins, president of SNA "So, it will eventually fall to the general fund."
Full Story: ABC News (6/9) 
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New from ASCD
Let go of the idea that all classroom knowledge rests on teachers' shoulders, and instead consider students as co-creators in their own learning. Read more from educators David Davis and Mike Anderson.
Many schools say they want to do a “DEI audit.” But diversity, inclusion, equity, and justice are distinct concepts, and audits focused on each of these concepts would ask different questions and look for different information. Lauren Porosoff outlines what the four kinds of curriculum audits involve and how to decide which type of audit is best for your school.
Full Story: Educational Leadership (2/2022) 
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Policy Watch
Cardona praises hands-on learning during CTE school tour
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US Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona praised the benefits of hands-on learning when he visited two career and technical education-oriented high schools in the Seattle area, including the Seattle Central College's Maritime Academy in Ballard. “This is just good teaching pedagogy, giving students an experience to let them manipulate it,” Cardona said, after walking through a simulation activity with a virtual ferry and dock.
Full Story: The Seattle Times (tiered subscription model) (6/9) 
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Faculty Lounge
The collision of English and Spanish in South Florida has spawned a new dialect. This article explains how such new dialects are formed, including the important role 'calques' play in the process. Calques are when people translate words, but no necessarily meanings, directly from one language to another.
Full Story: The Conversation (6/12) 
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