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Evolving principal role requires new professional development

Adam Rogers | May 17, 2015

Principals shifting their roles from building manager to instructional leader need more extensive PD to ensure top performance from teachers and students, according to a new policy brief from ASCD. Race to the Top's requirements linking teacher evaluations to student test scores is largely responsible for the change in the principal's responsibilities, says Susan Race, […]

Administrators respond to Common Core opt-out requests

Adam Rogers | May 14, 2015

Millions of students took Common Core tests this springÁ'and while it was business as usual in many districts, the spreading opt-out movement left some administrators caught between concerned parents and state requirements. The largest opt-out numbers are from New York, where by mid-April over 177,000 students had refused to take Common Core math and ELA […]

The latest in school library technology

Adam Galvan | April 20, 2015

Providing students with the right academic resources is crucial to their success. Whether it's finding printed books, e-books or other research materials, new software can help librarians organize materials and make them easy to find. The software also gives students access to these materials on phones, tablets and other mobile devices. Destiny Library Manager Follett […]

The business of school air conditioning

Adam Galvan | April 19, 2015

When a classroom is sweltering, nobody is productive. More and more teaching days are being lost to hot, humid weather even though there is a way to mitigate the problem: air conditioning. The challenge is justifying the cost of installation and maintenance at a time when competition for budget money is fierce. The place to […]

Slideshow: Students learn to rebuild history

Ariana Fine | April 13, 2015

New York City students are getting a taste of carpentry and other trades through a partnership with the National Park Service (NPS) focused on refurbishing historical buildings. Former U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar challenged NPS' New York regional department about five years ago to gather ideas to increase involvement with local communities that […]

NYC schools observe Muslim holidays

Adam Galvan | April 10, 2015

New York City Public Schools will become the first large urban district to observe two major Muslim holy days in the academic calendar. The move has sparked other ethnic and religious groups to fight for recognition of their respective holidays. Starting in 2015-16, schools will close on Sept. 24 for Eid al-Adha, which commemorates the […]

Making the Transition to Blended Learning

Adam Galvan | March 29, 2015

While blended learning has become a common topic of discussion and an increasingly common district-level strategy for driving student achievement, strategies for successfully making the transition to this new model of learning are often ignored. In this web seminar, originally broadcast on March 17, 2015, presenters explored best practices and lessons learned from blended learning […]

Teaching Technology Skills That Drive Achievement

Adam Galvan | March 26, 2015

It's crucial for today's students to develop foundational technology skills that can be applied to their core subject learning. To accomplish this goal, districts need to coordinate the efforts of technology and academic staff to embed digital learning into the curriculum. In this web seminar, originally broadcast on March 10, 2015, a district technology leader […]

Climate change ed in NYC schools heats up

Adam Galvan | March 22, 2015

New York City students may soon learn formal lessons on climate change as a proposed curriculum continues to win endorsements from leading environmental groups. Two groups, the Alliance for Climate Education and Global Kids, have been encouraging the New York State Department of Education to add climate change to the city's K12 curriculum. The effort, […]

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