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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

Struggling schools get hands-on help from success story in same district

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Three chronically underperforming Baltimore City Public Schools are now getting intensive, hands-on guidance from educators at a fourth district school, Commodore John Rodgers, that...
Admin & Management

Badging breakthroughs

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Next time you want to reward students or teachers for going above and beyond, consider how you might turn that recognition into something substantial—something...
Curriculum & Instruction

After-school endorsements

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Middle and high school students in Providence, Rhode Island, can earn badges—and class credit—for skills learned in after-school programs. The Providence Afterschool Alliance offers badges...
Communication

How to build a badging program

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Districts have several options when introducing a badging program. For students, the process tends to be more intricate because these badges, often awarded for soft...
Curriculum & Instruction

Superintendent of Kansas City, Kansas Public Schools builds diversity

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KANSAS CITY, Kansas—Superintendent Cynthia Lane learned the cello a few years ago, but not to fulfill some lifelong dream of soloing with the local...
Student Success

Districts urged not to release records on student discipline to colleges

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Syracuse City Schools in New York took a stand in 2015 to protect students from what leaders saw as a prejudice in the college...
Admin & Management

Is it time to require media literacy in K12?

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The National Association for Media Literacy Education (NAMLE), which helps schools find resources to teach the subject, is among several organizations campaigning for state...
Admin & Management

Use the news to teach reading comprehension

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Allowing students to explore news articles that spark their curiosity can provide a bigger literacy boost than having them read nonfiction texts about random...
Admin & Management

How schools teach mindfulness exercises for children

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Every morning, principals in the West Bridgewater School District in Massachusetts get on the PA system to lead students through a few minutes of mindful breathing exercises.
Admin & Management

Science and universal values keep mindfulness education secular

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When adding a mindfulness program, superintendents and principals may face parent backlash, possibly about religious concerns, especially when it includes yoga. Fiona Jensen, whose nonprofit...
Admin & Management

Censoring student journalists can suppress learning, educators say

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Neither Principal Mike Havener nor any of his administrators preview stories the students at Kirkwood High School produce for their TV broadcast, or for...
Admin & Management

Power of inclusive preschool

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Pre-K programs for students with special needs vary widely in quality and scope. Some states and districts have long included students with special needs in pre-K classes alongside their more typically developing peers.
Curriculum & Instruction

Assessing inclusive early education

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Learning social skills such as sharing and teamwork in preschool has become all the more critical as kindergarten has become more rigorous and focused...
Curriculum & Instruction

K12 sex ed goes beyond the birds and bees

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High school students in the tiny Magazine School District in Arkansas receive three hours of sex education a year in grades 9 through 12—an approach that Superintendent Brett Bunch acknowledges is inadequate.
Admin & Management

Schools try to remove stress of class rankings

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Millard Public Schools near Omaha, Nebraska, will switch to a college-like ranking system that designates graduates as magna cum laude, summa cum laude and...
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