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Matt Zalaznick

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Matt Zalaznick is the managing editor of District Administration, covering K-12 public school leadership, teaching and learning, student achievement, education technology, and federal education policy. A journalist since 1996, Zalaznick has reported on politics, law enforcement, and breaking news for newspapers and websites across the U.S. Virgin Islands, the San Francisco Bay Area, Colorado, and the New York City suburbs. He holds a B.A. in English from Tufts University.
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How district report cards can build data transparency

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Report cards can be an effective tool for embedding transparency into the process of sharing and assessing student data.
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How research will guide COVID recovery in schools

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Research will be key this school year as school and district leaders set priorities and decide where to invest resources during the continuing COVID outbreak. 
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

Female, Black, Latinx and LGBTQ students report more obstacles

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Distractions at home, along with depression, stress and anxiety, were the biggest obstacles to virtual learning that students reported in the Youth Truth survey. 
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Half of students said online learning assignments helped

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Students who typically get higher grades rated their experiences much more positively than did lower-performing learners.
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Relationships with teachers were a bright spot

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Students rated their relationships with teachers slightly better than normal but also said their sense of belonging had declined.
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Some students report health and well-being less positively

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Overall, only around 30% of all students said they were getting healthy food and enough physical activity since the COVID outbreak.
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How to use climate data as a tool for equity

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Principals can invite students to help construct the climate of the school, but annual or semi-annual surveys are not quite sufficient
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Embedding climate data into all school activities

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Principals can make sharing climate data a priority whether the school year beings with online learning or in-person.
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How to set climate data starting points

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Principals should identify a few inquiry-based starting points to prioritize the use of climate data and to take meaningful action.
Admin & Management

Harnessing ‘Hamilton’: 6 ways to use hip-hop pedagogy

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Hip-hop as a teaching tool is not limited to Lin-Manuel Miranda and 'Hamilton'—it works in at least one college of education. 
Admin & Management

6 ways the future of work is changing education

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Students will need flexibility as they face a future of work that will operate increasingly as a gig economy and—since the COVID outbreak—a remote economy, says one K-12 expert. 
Admin & Management

SEL equity: 9 changes educators should make

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Students of color need social-emotional learning that affirms Black and brown identities as schools reopen during COVID and the anti-racism movement, report says.
Admin & Management

COVID-era SEL means preparing students for the unknown

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Clayton County Public Schools near Atlanta has created school-level teams to serve as SEL coaches for teachers as classes resume.
Admin & Management

SEL priority: Students must feel safe before they can learn

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Administrators in Naperville School District 203, where SEL has been entrenched in the curriculum for years, have focused first on professional development for teachers in the post-COVID world.
Admin & Management

9 ways to boost social-emotional learning post-COVID

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CASEL and the Committee for Children's Second Step program—two of the leading nonprofit SEL providers—offer tips for social-emotional learning during the COVID pandemic.
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