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Discover the challenges, strategies, and triumphs of troubleshooting, guiding, and inspiring not just a classroom, but an entire academic community.

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  • How to Increase Transparency in Teacher Evaluations

    When administrators share evaluation instruments early in the year, teachers can work on necessary skills and improve their teaching practice.
    Jo Lein
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  • A Guide to Psychological Safety for Educators

    A school administrator discusses the concept of psychological safety and how it applies in schools.
  • Redefining What High School Is Supposed to Look Like

    From restorative grading to paid internships, an equity-centered approach to education creates rich learning opportunities for all students.
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  • Illustration concept for deemphasizing F grades

    The Case Against Zeros in Grading

    Teachers can rethink their grading practices to make them more mathematically fair for students and allow for redemption for a missed assignment.
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  • Under the careful watch of principal Keith Moore (r) and a staffer, in-person learning resumes for the first time since March at Campbell Elementary in Austin.

    Schools, Not Teachers, Must Reduce Stress and Burnout—Here’s How

    Educators’ health and well-being should be prioritized in school culture; school leaders can help create the conditions for that.
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  • Rethinking the Role of the Instructional Coach

    When instructional coaches also teach in the classroom, they can build mutual trust and respect with teachers.
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  • 5 Steps in Your Path to Becoming a Successful Principal

    A former administrator explains how to apply tips from leadership expert John Maxwell in the context of your school.
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    Too Much Focus on ‘Learning Loss’ Will Be a Historic Mistake

    Learning loss is real and needs to be addressed, but how we go about it should be commensurate with the size of the moment.
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    Defending a Teacher’s Right to Disconnect

    Remember personal time? For many educators, technology has driven it toward extinction—and it’s time to get serious about reclaiming it.
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  • Making Sure Each Child Is Known

    A middle school in Nevada uses a simple strategy to build deeper connections between teachers and students.
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  • 4 Steps to Managing Conflict in Schools

    Skillfully embracing conflict can help administrators create a more welcoming and transparent school culture.
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  • A teacher hugs her student.

    The Power of Being Seen

    How well do you know your students? In a Nevada school, a simple strategy pushes teachers to look beyond the lessons.
    57k
  • How One Principal Builds Strong Relationships

    An award-winning principal shares how she navigates social and emotional learning and community building at school.
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  • Research-Backed Ways to Improve Feedback for Teachers

    New research shows that common methods of delivering feedback may not be the most effective.
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  • Israeli pupils wearing protective gear make their way to their classroom upon return to school after the COVID-19 lockdown, at Hashalom elementary in Mevaseret Zion, in the suburbs of Jerusalem, on May 3, 2020.

    Schools Are Opening Worldwide, Providing a Model for the U.S.

    Children are returning to school in countries that are weeks—or months—ahead of the U.S. in battling Covid-19. Here’s how it’s happening.
    30.1k

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