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Administration & Leadership

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

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  • Question: How Should the Systems for Evaluating Teachers Change?

    Share your thoughts on teacher evaluations. We're listening and may quote you!
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  • How School Leaders Can Help Teachers Flourish in the Classroom

    A teacher and coach offers strategies to help ensure that educators will feel supported as professionals.
  • Using Data to Proactively Manage Student Behavior

    Schools can identify trends and patterns in student behavior in order to help correct issues and prevent them from recurring.
  • A Guide to Psychological Safety for Educators

    A school administrator discusses the concept of psychological safety and how it applies in schools.
  • Embracing Patience in Education

    For school administrators, it’s tempting to rush into new initiatives, but setting a slower pace offers many benefits.
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    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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    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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  • 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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    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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  • 5 Steps to Evaluate Intervention Programs

    Administrators should carefully evaluate the goals of intervention programs, what they hope to achieve, and how closely they are being followed.
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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.
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  • Helping New Teachers Develop a Sense of Agency

    Administrators can help teachers adapt to their role using the concept of psychological ownership to bolster their feeling of belonging.
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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.
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  • Guiding Students to Manage Their Emotions

    Schools can play an integral role in the development of the self-regulation skills that will help students thrive in any situation.
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