4 Practices for Innovative School Leaders

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If your school or district is anything like many others across the country, it has undergone transformational changes at a rapid (perhaps even dizzying) pace over the past two years. The challenges you continue to face demand that you influence more change, driven by creative problem solving and a bit of risk. While innovation takes […]

Learning acceleration is best to move kids forward in math

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As the nation works to collectively get students back on track after pandemic-era learning disruptions, new research provides promising evidence that learning acceleration can help all students catch up and move forward in math. Powered by two years of pandemic-era math-learning data, researchers found when a student is consistently accelerated, they complete twice the amount […]

Who is Shreya Singhal? The IIT Madras BS graduate who turned a lockdown degree into a Harvard journey

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The year 2021 upended classrooms across India. Lecture halls went quiet, attendance sheets turned virtual, and students were left staring at screens, wondering whether what they were learning would actually matter outside an examination hall.One such individual was Shreya Singhal. While studying for her on-campus computer application course, she was getting increasingly disillusioned. While the […]

High-speed internet is a basic necessity–not a luxury–when it comes to learning

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Americans overwhelmingly believe that high-speed internet access is a basic necessity, according to a new survey from Kajeet. Additionally, this need for connectivity is not new, as nearly 75 percent of respondents believed high-speed internet was important even before the pandemic began more than two years ago. The survey also finds that 64 percent of […]

H-1B pause at Florida universities raises concerns for STEM and medical careers

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Florida Universities Face H-1B Hiring Freeze: What It Means for Careers and Research Florida’s public universities are considering a pause on hiring international faculty through the H-1B visa program, a move that could reshape career opportunities and research across the state. The Board of Governors is set to vote on a one-year freeze that would […]

5 ways relationship mapping supports your students

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When students have “positive and diverse” relationships, they are less likely to be at risk, more likely to boost their academic performance and persistence, and are also more likely to have access to a wider range professional opportunities, according to new research from the Clayton Christensen Institute. On the opposite end of the spectrum, students […]

Is there a national teacher shortage? Here’s what we know and don’t know

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This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters. Students across the country are heading back to school. Will there be enough teachers waiting for them?  ABC’s World News Tonight claimed that there was a “teacher shortage crisis.” The Washington Post described a “catastrophic teacher shortage.” Some local school officials say hiring this summer has […]