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Ensuring academic integrity in the AI age AI detection is a great way to flag assignments, but detection of AI use warrants further investigation before punitive measures on students.

Ensuring academic integrity in the AI age www.eschoolnews.com/digital-lear... via @eschoolnews
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Combining PBL and Play in Early Childhood Classrooms Teachers can integrate play in early elementary classrooms to align students’ developmental needs with academic goals through PBL.

www.edutopia.org/article/comb... Combining PBL and Play in Early Childhood Classrooms | Edutopia
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The Five X-Factors That Distinguish Real Leaders Charisma and credentials aren’t enough. In the pressure cooker of leadership, it’s the subtle, often invisible factors that determine who lasts—and who doesn’t.

Charisma and credentials aren’t enough. In the pressure cooker of leadership, it’s the subtle, often invisible factors that determine who lasts—and who doesn’t. chiefexecutive.net/the-five-x-f...
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The Benefits of Anti-Models for Boosting Learning Teachers can explore with students what not to do—like confusing operations in math or using boring word choices in writing—to set students on the right path and boost learning.

www.edutopia.org/article/powe... The Power of Anti-Models for Learning | Edutopia
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3 parent engagement missteps — and what schools can do instead Educators should have frequent, ongoing communication with families and share complete pictures of student academic progress, NWEA research says.

3 parent engagement missteps — and what schools can do instead www.k12dive.com/news/3-misst... via @K12DiveNews
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Students are often bored in math class. Are they underestimating themselves? A new RAND study finds that students who feel confident in math and understand it are more engaged. Their ideas about themselves as math learners frequently form at an early age.

Many students decide they’re not a ‘math person’ by the end of elementary school, new study shows
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Humility as a Psychological Task for Leaders Once leaders can define humility as a psychological task, they can begin benefiting from its honesty, acceptance, lack of pretense, and security.

Humility as a Psychological Task for Leaders | Psychology Today www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-...
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How to help older students with reading deficits - SmartBrief Older students with reading deficits often go undetected, writes Silvia Gonzalez-Powers, who offers ways to address the issue.

www.smartbrief.com/original/how... How to help older students with reading deficits - SmartBrief
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3 Ways to Help Students Overcome the Forgetting Curve Our brains are wired to forget things unless we take active steps to remember. Here’s how you can help students hold on to what they learn.

www.edutopia.org/article/help... Helping Students Overcome the Forgetting Curve | Edutopia
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3 Leadership Conversations You Need to Have Every Month Discover the 3 leadership conversations a great leader needs to have each month to drive clarity, momentum, and healthy team culture and create alignment!

chrislocurto.com/blog/leaders... 3 Leadership Conversations You Need to Have Every Month
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Rethinking What Strong Leadership Looks Like Leadership isn’t about being the smartest person in the room—it’s about staying curious.

Rethinking What Strong Leadership Looks Like ascd.org/blogs/rethin... via @ASCD
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Teens Are Confident They Can Succeed in Class. Do Teachers Agree? Survey examines student confidence in STEM and English/language arts classes.

Teens Are Confident They Can Succeed in Class. Do Teachers Agree? www.edweek.org/leadership/t...
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The Art of Soulful Listening — Tune Into Leadership As a teenager, I listened to jazz so deeply that an outsider looking in might have thought that my life depended on it. Looking back, I now realize that the music was nourishment for my very soul. I...

The Art of Soulful Listening
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Less Math, English Time At La Grange D102 But students will get more instruction in science and social studies. Some parents are opposed.

Less Math, English Time At La Grange D102 patch.com/illinois/lag...
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Collaboration Tips to Help Instructional Coaches Maximize Their Impact
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A Provocative Look at the Words We Take for Granted Author Maryellen MacDonald shares 5 key insights from her new book, More Than Words: How Talking Sharpens the Mind and Shapes Our World.

A Provocative Look at the Words We Take for Granted
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What Leaders Get Wrong About Listening A conversation with Simon Fraser University’s Jeff Yip about common mistakes managers make.

What Leaders Get Wrong About Listening
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What School Leaders Learned When They Talked to Families About Absenteeism A district enlisted its community to find out why students were missing school and responded accordingly.

What School Leaders Learned When They Talked to Families About Absenteeism www.edweek.org/leadership/w...
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Vetting AI tools for schools? Consider these 4 pieces of advice School district technology leaders advise being mindful of protections for student data and bias mitigation.

Vetting AI tools for schools? Consider these 4 pieces of advice www.k12dive.com/news/vetting... via @K12DiveNews
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How This Teacher Makes Math a Team Sport—and Gets Kids Excited to Participate Fifth grade teacher Michaela Sicuranza helped lead her Title I school to a math championship. Here's how she gets kids excited about math.

How This Teacher Makes Math a Team Sport—and Gets Kids Excited to Participate www.edweek.org/teaching-lea...
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The Expectations for Kindergarten Have Changed. How Teachers Are Adapting Here's how three kindergarten teachers keep the fun in formative learning.

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4 Language Shifts That Support a Culture of Continuous Improvement When educators shift how they talk about challenges, they make room for meaningful reflection, collaboration, and growth.

4 Language Shifts That Support a Culture of Continuous Improvement ascd.org/blogs/4-lang... via @ASCD
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WVU Today | WVU researchers help college students understand why mathematics classes matter West Virginia University researchers are changing how college mathematics is taught by evaluating and sharing a model for problem-solving that supports what students learn in other courses like busine...

WVU researchers help college students understand why mathematics classes matter
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15 Formative Assessment Hacks to Boost Students’ Learning Common formative assessment techniques can work a little better with these simple tweaks.

15 Formative Assessment Hacks to Boost Students’ Learning
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Grades are no longer enough - SmartBrief It’s time to evolve how we talk about student achievement with K-12 families, Jacob Bruno of NWEA writes.

Grades are no longer enough www.smartbrief.com/original/gra...
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23 Ways to Quiet a Chaotic Middle School Class Teacher-tested attention-getting routines to help you quickly restore calm and focus to noisy middle school classrooms.

23 Ways to Quiet a Chaotic Middle School Class
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What happens to reading comprehension when students focus on the main idea Large-scale replication in high-poverty schools yields mixed results

What happens to reading comprehension when students focus on the main idea
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Learning Together as a Team Boosts Both Teachers’ Practice & Student Achievement Fisher & Frey: Our work in 115 schools shows the benefits of professional learning communities that focus on student data and continuous improvement.

Learning Together as a Team Boosts Both Teachers’ Practice & Student Achievement @The74 www.the74million.org/article/lear...
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5 ways great leaders give feedback that improves performance - SmartBrief When leaders take the time to master the art of feedback, they'll improve team performance and strengthen relationships, Joel Garfinkle writes.

5 ways great leaders give feedback that improves performance www.smartbrief.com/original/5-w...
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High School Grads Lack Clarity on Next Steps, Survey Shows Recent high school graduates share insights on what would have changed their trajectory in a new survey.

High School Grads Lack Clarity on Next Steps, Survey Shows www.edweek.org/teaching-lea...
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