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Do Schools Really Need Principals? - Finding Common Ground - Education Week - 50 views

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  • few are prepared for the demands of a system that can't afford free riders
  • few are prepared for the demands of a system that can't afford free riders
  • few are prepared for the demands of a system that can't afford free riders
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  • What kind of legacy will you leave behind when you are finished being a principal?
  • principals who don't provide much feedback, don't seem to know a great deal about learning
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Teacher Magazine: Boys Trail Girls in Reading; Can Fart Jokes Help? - 32 views

www.edweek.org/...boysgirlsreading_ap.html reading boys gender motivation education
shared by Sydney Lacey on 22 Jul 10 - Cached
  • Sydney Lacey on 22 Jul 10
     
    Parents of reluctant readers complain that boys are forced to stick to stuffy required school lists that exclude nonfiction or silly subjects, or have teachers who cater to higher achievers and girls. They're hoping books that exploit boys' love of bodily functions and gross-out humor can close the gap.
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U.S. Teenagers Really Don't Know the Value of a Dollar, Global Test Shows - Inside Scho... - 20 views

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  • "Financial literacy is concerned with the way individuals understand, manage and plan their own and their households' financial affairs, and with their awareness and understanding of the overall financial and economic landscape they live in," 
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    Financial Literacy Education
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    Financial Literacy Education
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High School Graduates Feel Unprepared For College and Work, Survey Finds - College Boun... - 44 views

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  • 5. Have an assessment late in high school so students can find out what they need for college (77 percent.)
    • Sharin Tebo
      Sharin Tebo on 19 Dec 14
       
      What kind of assessment? I mean, if it is a standardized test, does that really help students prepare for life, whether college-bound or not? 
  • So, how can high schools better serve students and bridge this divide? Respondents' top suggestions for change: 1. Provide opportunities for real-world learning (90 percent);
  • A recent survey of public high school graduates finds about half feel they are unprepared for life after high school and most would have worked harder if they had realized the expectations of college and the workplace.
  • Amy McCorkle on 19 Dec 14
     
    I'm not so sure that I believe that less than 1,500 graduates nationwide over the span of just three graduating classes is exactly representative of all high school grads in America, but at least it was conducted by a nonprofit and not one of our education deformer companies or a textbook publisher. Also, isn't a certain amount of laissez-faire attitude a normal teenage brain condition? "I wish I'd paid more attention in high school" was a major theme of conversation at *my* 20 year high school reunion last year (did I just date myself)  BUT I did feel better prepared in study skills and habits, perhaps because in 1993 we weren't so test-centered. Just sayin' Thanks for sharing!

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COPPA and Schools: The (Other) Federal Student Privacy Law, Explained - Education Week - 4 views

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  • In a nutshell, COPPA requires operators of commercial websites, online services, and mobile apps to notify parents and obtain their consent before collecting any personal information on children under the age of 13. The aim is to give parents more control over what information is collected from their children online.
  • This law directly regulates companies, not schools. But as the digital revolution has moved into the classroom, schools have increasingly been put in the middle of the relationship between vendors and parents.
  • In some cases, companies may try to shift some of the burden of COPPA compliance away from themselves and onto schools
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  • “That is not without risk, and COPPA has a whole lot of gray area that gives school attorneys pause.”
  • Less clear, though, is whether COPPA covers information such as IP (internet protocol) address, device identification number, the type of browser being used, or other so-called metadata that can often be used to identify users.
  • some school lawyers have taken the FTC’s previous guidance to mean that their districts must get consent from every single parent, for every single product that collects information online from young children.
  • First, according to the FTC, schools can grant consent on behalf of parents only when the operator of the website, online service, or app in question is providing a service that is “solely for the benefit of students and the school system” and is specific to “the educational context.”
  • How are schools supposed to determine if a website or app is strictly educational?
  • will any information collected from children under 13 be used or shared for commercial purposes unrelated to education? Are schools allowed to review the information collected on students? Can schools request that student info be deleted? If the answers to that second group of questions are, respectively, yes, no, or no, schools are not allowed to grant consent on behalf of parents, according to the FTC.
  • Many vendors also allow third-party trackers (usually related to analytics or advertising) to be embedded into their sites and services.
  • How do schools notify parents and get their consent under COPPA?
  • Often through an Acceptable Use Policy or similar document that is sent home to parents at the beginning of the school year, said Fitzgerald of Common Sense Media.
  • Even better, Fitzgerald said, is when schools provide a detailed list of exactly what websites/online services/apps students will be using, and what the information practices of each are.
  • some privacy experts say that a one-time, blanket sign-off at the beginning of the school year may not be considered valid notification and consent under COPPA, especially if it doesn’t list the specific online services that children will be using.
  • responsibility for deciding “whether a particular site’s or service’s information practices are appropriate” not be delegated to teachers.
  • Many districts do in fact have that kind of review-and-approval process.
  • One is “click-wrap agreements.” Often, these are the kinds of agreements that almost all of us are guilty of just clicking through without actually reading
  • Herold, Benjamin. (2017, July 28). The Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act. Education Week. Retrieved Month Day, Year from http://www.edweek.org/ew/issues/childrens-online-privacy-protection-act-coppa/
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Education Week: Teachers Report Mixed Impact of Digital Media - 66 views

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  • Educators say digital tools used both inside classrooms and outside schools in students' personal lives are having a mixed impact on students' academic and social development, according to two surveys released last week.
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Education Week Teacher: In Common Core, Teachers See Interdisciplinary Opportunities - 89 views

www.edweek.org/...o_interdisciplinary_units.html curriculum Common_Core literature interdisciplinary
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  • Brianna Crowley on 13 Mar 13
     
    For English and Social Studies teachers looking to align to Common Core while not sacrifice engagement and content this has some great suggestions. 
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Education Week Teacher: Five Tips for Supporting iPads in the Classroom - 82 views

www.edweek.org/...tln_magiera_ipads.html iPad technology educational technology
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  • Brianna Crowley on 13 Mar 13
     
    Jennie Magiera, a experienced teacher with educational technology, shares key ideas to consider before implementing a one-to-one iPad program in schools. Great practical advice for teachers, administrators. and technology coaches. 
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Response: Student Engagement "Requires A Conversation" - Classroom Q&A With Larry Ferla... - 59 views

blogs.edweek.org/...t_requires_a_conversation.html engagement learning
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      Scott Hoshida on 28 Mar 13
       
      I like the metaphor of "brain sweat." It captures what we're going for as teachers.
  • Are the students teaching each other?
  • Are the questions simple, level 1 questions or higher level questions that could even stump an adult? If a student can make a teacher's brain sweat, then you know they are really engaged and thinking.
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Education Week: Teaching Students Better Online Research Skills - 82 views

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    Digital citizenship & research
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Ideas for the last two weeks of school - 53 views

blogs.edweek.org/...eks_of_school_--_part_two.html recognition awards end of year
shared by Caroline Camara on 13 Jun 13 - No Cached
  • Caroline Camara on 13 Jun 13
     
    Great thoughts for when we are reconsidering things such as Academic Excellence Dinner, Final Awards Assemblies, Sr. Night etc.
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