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Student Agency is More Than Voice and Choice

A Principal's Reflections

A culture that embraces student agency promotes risk-taking while working to remove the fear of failure helps students develop a growth mindset, and has students applying what they have learned in real-world contexts as opposed to just in the classroom. How would you rate the level of learner advocacy in your school or district?

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A letter of support

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It’s Go Time for 2022-23: Superintendents Want to Keep Moving Forward

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So, the superintendents are asking students and staff to share their stories and explain what’s actually happening in their classrooms. Safety: Schools should be welcoming, trusted environments for students, and the panelists are working on how to address that mindset with their community.

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Leading the Digital Transformation in Rural Districts During Crisis and Beyond

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Already, many teachers don’t have the skills to integrate tech into the classroom—even the young ones. While they may be proficient in using edtech, they don’t know how to create comprehensive lessons to use it in the classroom. Glenn Robbins is Superintendent of Brigantine Public Schools in New Jersey.

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Getting Whole Community Buy-in for 1:1 Technology Initiatives

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Everyone has been to school and has their own image of what a classroom should look like. Yet, 1:1 classrooms, BYOD, and tech-supported education are today’s reality. They are also more likely to back the initiative when the focus is on the learning and how to leverage tech to support it, rather than just on what device to get.

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Critical Steps for Safeguarding Data Privacy

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Yes, discuss how to protect the data, but also explain the benefits of the data and how the schools use it to positively impact student learning. Data-driven decision making may have become a cliche statement, but it really is at the center of how districts can help students. Keep instructional impacts in the picture.

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Getting Stakeholders to Back the Edtech Budget

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Edtech is no longer a one-time purchase or a luxury item—it’s integrated across every system in school districts from the central office to classrooms to school buses. Many stakeholders may still see technology as replacing teachers—or they see it just as a fun addition to the classroom. WATCH THE EDWEBINAR RECORDING.

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