Spoiler alert : Schools are social environments, and “Community” has been a major factor in keeping teachers, administrators, students, and parents engaged over the last 24 months. On Tuesday, October 5th Dr. Matthew X. Joseph moderated a conversation with 5 educators to discuss what we thought we’d learned over the last year, and how those…
This is an excerpt from my weekly newsletter – ThreeThingsToTryToday. I hope it teaches you more about TikTok’s dangerous business practices and how they can affect our young learners. Unless you have been lucky enough to live under a rock this week, you probably know about the TikTok Devious Lick and bathroom challenges sweeping…
A K1212LEADERS Webinar– October 5th, 2021- 7:30 PM (eastern) Education has changed during this time of pandemic learning. As a result, there are new challenges daily in education regarding effectively educating students and leading schools/districts. Join 5 K12Leaders from the classroom, school, and district level as we reflect on the opening of school and share…
I shared this the other day in response to a question on K12Leaders.com- “What should we leave behind as we look forward to school next fall?” My response was Whole class instruction…The idea that one size fits all has been disappearing for decades as the one red school house becomes a relic of the past…
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It feels like there’s a finish line in sight… it just happens to be a dozen or so weeks away, and then we can take a breath. Maybe. For many educators, anticipating the end of the 20-21 school year involves a blend of dread, relief, and hope. In this update I’m condensing many of the conversations…
The AP posted a story yesterday that should be interesting for any of our data-centric friends… Despite the surge in COVID-19 cases among Massachusetts teachers and students, there’s no indication that school buildings are where those cases are being transmitted. According to Russell Johnston, senior associate commissioner at the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary…
While we continue to track important data points across the country to assess the safety of returning to classrooms, and while we try to measure the impact of the pandemic based on standards attainment, there is some encouraging news… and it’s all based on opinion. A post last week from The Brookings Institution almost-everyone-is-concerned-about-k-12-students-academic-progress/ reminds…
While schools undoubtedly need some degree of accountability in order to assess effectiveness and identify areas for continual improvement, one of the major lessons from this past year of intermittent instruction was that effective education involves the entire learning community. Parents, libraries, and even municipalities all play significant roles in supporting kids’ learning. Unnecessary challenges…
I like The 74 and read their updates most mornings… Todays’ piece on 40,000 LA high school students being off track falls into a common trap as it outlines a number of distressing facts that we’ve heard or anticipated for this past year… (https://www.the74million.org/article/report-learning-loss-data-shows-40000-los-angeles-high-school-students-off-track-to-graduate) But we continue to ‘skate to where the puck is, not…
