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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

Why PD is key to rural tech integration

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Establishing digital equity in rural schools relies on more than just equipping students with computers and broadband.
Curriculum & Instruction

How to ensure digital equity remains a priority

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As schools reopen, district leaders and their teams will have to consistently track which students need devices and reliable, high-speed connections at home.
Admin & Management

How to overcome college access issues in rural districts

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Students in rural schools enroll in college at lower rates than do their suburban and urban peers.
Admin & Management

How student voice creates a diverse curriculum

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Springfield Renaissance School students told educators in a virtual “voice” session that their curriculum needed more books celebrating diverse cultures.
Admin & Management

Why educators must build trust to encourage student voice

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Giving students to voice to express their emotions will be one way to smooth the transition back to when buildings reopen for the new school year.
Admin & Management

How to embed student voice throughout a district

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Student voice impacts "everything we do" in Maryland's Howard County Public School System, and has recently led to a more diverse curriculum and a looser dress code.
Admin & Management

How students in Chicago Public Schools make their voices heard

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Before Chicago Public Schools steeped itself in student voice, educators there realized their young learners had far more influence on their lives outside the classroom.
Curriculum & Instruction

How student-teacher relationships can prevent a lost school year

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The coronavirus pandemic and online learning show that all schools should become 1-to-1—not just with computers, but also for cementing student-teacher relationships, a leading child advocate says. 
Admin & Management

How SEL, personalized learning drive a Texas district’s reopening

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On the first day of school when classrooms reopen in Texas' Ector County ISD, teachers are more likely to cover social-emotional learning than math or English, Superintendent Scott Muri says.
Arts

How online music delivers social-emotional support

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Music can play a major role in helping students cope with school closures and other coronavirus disruptions—and give them more control over their learning.
Arts

Music instruction moves beyond Beethoven and Bach

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A growing number of K-12 music programs have been adding hip hop, electronic dance and other popular music to their repertoires in an effort to becoming more “learner-centered."
Arts

How music classes have gone digital since school closures

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Hip hop, guitars and SEL joined K-12 music classes as school closures required educators to explore new tools for learning in online classes.
Arts

Why more music classes are covering coding and digital skills

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During online learning, music teachers can help students develop the skills needed on the engineering side of the music business, such as using digital tools to record themselves.
Admin & Management

Here’s the formula for a school district turnaround in an NYC suburb

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What equity-driven school improvement looks like in Mount Vernon, New York: themed high schools, full prekindergarten, revamped middle school and health care.
Admin & Management

What COVID and online learning taught Florida school leaders

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As Florida schools reopen, teachers will offer flexibility for families facing health and financial impacts of the coronavirus but still hold students to high academic standards.
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