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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.
Admin & Management

Students face an ‘opportunity gap.’ Here’s how to close it.

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Social capital, or who a student can rely on for support, leads to success in education and the workforce. But not all students have equal opportunity to build such a network. 
Admin & Management

Risk-benefit analysis: What pediatricians say about reopening schools

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School leaders must weigh the risks of COVID infections with the academic, social-emotional and economic benefits of reopening classrooms for in-person learning.
Admin & Management

Why in-person elementary school should be a first step for reopening

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District leaders should prioritize full-time, in-person instruction for grades K-5 and students in special education when reopening schools later this summer, a team of education researchers say.
Admin & Management

How to provide mental health care before students start school

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An unmet need for mental health care motivated Jurupa USD leaders to develop behavioral supports that begin with prenatal care and continue through graduation.
Admin & Management

Specialized ‘virtual learning team’ will create district’s online lessons

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To take some pressure off teachers, a virtual learning team will create all of the online lessons for the Mountain View Whisman School District in Silicon Valley this coming year.
Admin & Management

How to ensure cybersecurity when students take devices home

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When online learning students in Ulysses Public Schools can't access a website, they use software to send an immediate request for approval to the district's IT team.
Admin & Management

How a principal’s risk-taking and discipline gave urban students hope

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Former principal Linda Cliatt-Wayman's formula for turning around low-performing schools includes professional bravery and ensuring students know their actions have consequences.
Admin & Management

How students develop voice on their eighth-grade council

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The members of the Superintendent's 8th Grade Council in Arizona's Pendergast Elementary School District develop their voice while helping plan budgets, sharing students' concerns and performing community service.
Admin & Management

Why social-emotional learning must come first when schools reopen

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Social-emotional learning will guide students and their teachers in having potentially controversial discussions about their experiences of COVID, the killing of George Floyd and other pressing issues.
Admin & Management

Why social-emotional learning starts with caring for teachers

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Social-emotional learning for the coming school year actually began in July with professional development in Naperville School District 203 in the Chicago suburbs.
Admin & Management

How rural schools sought opportunity in school closures

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How educators in small, rural schools systems have committed to finding innovations amid challenges of building closures and online learning.
Curriculum & Instruction

Why slower school supports students’ social-emotional health

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Tornados, hurricanes and other natural disasters can provide some social-emotional learning guidance as schools reopen in the “uncharted territory” of the continuing coronavirus pandemic.
Admin & Management

Coronavirus is yet another trauma for East St. Louis students

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Among the social-emotional stressors East Saint Louis School District students, the coronavirus pandemic “has just been one more thing,” says administrators Tiffany Gholson.
Admin & Management

Sunray ISD accelerates shift to self-paced learning

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In rural North Texas, closing school buildings sped up Sunray ISD's journey toward student-driven instruction freed from the strictures of standardized tests.
College & Career Readiness

Gilmer County Schools pick up STEAM

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Gilmer County Schools in West Virginia has used $220,000 in state grants to create STEAM labs that transformed its K-5 and 7-12 buildings into West Virginia “model tech schools."
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