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College Board: No AP course changes due to new laws
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The College Board will not make any changes to its Advanced Placement courses in response to state laws banning certain topics, including gender and sexual orientation. The statement was made in response to a request from Florida's Department of Education for potential edits to AP Psychology and comes after a controversial rollout of an AP African American Studies pilot course.
Full Story: Education Week (6/15),  The Hill (6/15) 
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R.I. students learn about history, healing with poetry
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Students at a Lincoln, R.I., middle school recently heard from a poet who shared the cathartic healing power of writing to process emotions. Poet Mariadaluz Fortes, mother of a seventh-grader at the school, was invited by teacher Kileen Gilroy to speak with students as part of a lesson on the Harlem Renaissance and the role art can play in exploring social issues.
Full Story: The Valley Breeze (Lincoln, R.I.) (6/15) 
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Transformational Leadership
To meet the professional learning needs of educators, many school districts have hired instructional coaches, writes Donna Spangler, a retired instructional coach from Pennsylvania. In this blog post, Spangler writes that it is important to measure the impact of these programs to ensure their effectiveness and then adjust based on findings.
Full Story: SmartBrief/Education (6/14) 
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Iconic performer Madonna embodies the qualities good leaders should emulate including never wavering from core values, finding ways to reinvent yourself and leveraging the power of collaboration and ambition, writes Nancy Doyle, founder of Genius Within. "Madonna showed us how to be in charge whilst also uplifting those around her," Doyle notes.
Full Story: Forbes (tiered subscription model) (6/14) 
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Technology in the Classroom
Md. district joins suit over effects of social media
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The Montgomery County school district in Maryland has joined the growing list of school districts in a federal lawsuit against social media companies. The lawsuit, which alleges that social media platforms contribute to a youth mental health crisis, seeks funding and staffing resources for school districts to address this crisis.
Full Story: The Washington Post (6/15) 
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Managing Budgets
The Minneapolis Board of Education passed a balanced budget for fiscal year 2024, but school officials anticipate tougher financial decisions ahead due to declining student enrollment and rising expenses. To address these challenges, the approved operating budget for FY 2024 includes $29 million for intervention teams, $1.5 million for services to advanced learners and other expenses.
Full Story: K-12 Dive (6/15) 
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New from ASCD
Education leaders play a fundamental role in shaping curricular expectations and students’ access to books. But it’s not easy to know how to respond when leaders are under intense political pressure to pull a book (or topic) from the proverbial shelves. Education professors Daniel Liou and Kelly Deits Cutler share five practices leaders can employ to advance equitable curricula.
We want to hear your stories! In each issue, Educational Leadership's "Tell Us About" column publishes brief contributions from readers describing their experiences related to that issue's theme. For the October 2023 issue on "What New Leaders Need," we'd like to hear what advice you would give to new school leaders about their first 90 days on the job. Share your 100- to 200-word submission by July 1.
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Policy Watch
Vt. adopts universal school meals
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Legislation mandating free school meals for all Vermont students, regardless of their family's income, has become permanent law. Gov. Phil Scott ultimately allowed the universal school meal bill to become law without his signature, citing its importance in addressing pandemic learning loss and youth mental health challenges.
Full Story: VTDigger (Vermont) (6/14),  Rutland Herald (Vt.) (tiered subscription model) (6/14) 
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Faculty Lounge
The renewed interest in the "science of math" approach to teaching focuses on achieving the correct answers rather than building a conceptual understanding of math, says National Council of Teachers of Mathematics president Kevin Dykema. Educators should frame math education around five ideas -- procedural fluency, conceptual understanding, adaptive reasoning, strategic competence and productive disposition -- to help students understand the purpose behind math.
Full Story: K-12 Dive (6/14) 
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