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Boost Morale with These Simple Strategies

A Principal's Reflections

Using self-determination theory (Deci & Ryan, 2008), a study involving 735 workers was conducted to examine autonomy's impact on overall morale. Creating a roundtable for staff to share what is on their mind is another solid option, but digital forms that allow anonymous responses could very well be the best route. & Fouquereau, E.

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How Did State-Funded Preschools Respond to the Pandemic? Special Report Offers a Glimpse

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Hoping to demystify that impact, and to get a comprehensive look at how programs and policies were reshaped over the last year, the National Institute for Early Education Research (NIEER) at Rutgers University has produced a special report on the topic. First, a look at the staggering number of programs affected.

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New ‘Horizon Report’ Looks Back on What Past Predictions Got Wrong

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It led the Horizon Report, an annual attempt by a panel of experts to forecast educational trends, to predict in 2012 that gamification would be a major force in education within three years. In fact, after 2015, the Horizon Report stopped mentioning it at all. About a decade ago, FarmVille and other Facebook games were all the rage.

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PROOF POINTS: Schools staff up as student enrollment drops

The Hechinger Report

The first act followed the Great Recession of 2008, as schools added back staff that they had been forced to cut in the economic downturn. That’s because Americans made fewer babies after the 2008 recession. The post PROOF POINTS: Schools staff up as student enrollment drops appeared first on The Hechinger Report.

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The Problem With Zeros

A Principal's Reflections

This not only reflects grading as punishment but also creates a hole that students cannot dig out of (Guskey, 2000; Reeves, 2004; Reeves, 2008; O'Conner and Wormeli, 2011). Reporting student learning. Below is what the committee came to a consensus on in regard to zeros: No zeros : Students are not to be assigned a grade of zero (0).

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Proof Points: How deep coronavirus school budget cuts are expected to harm student achievement

The Hechinger Report

The last time that schools had to slash spending was after the 2008 recession. Specifically, they calculated that a $1,000 reduction in per-pupil spending after the 2008 recession reduced reading and math test scores by about 1.6 Spending fell by less than a $1,000, on average across the nation after the 2008 recession.

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EdTech Success in LAUSD

eSchool News

Then there was the $95 million payroll system snafu back in 2008. Further, 53% of English-speaking parents reported that LAUSD-provided internet access has a big impact on their child’s learning capabilities, and 85% of Spanish-speaking parents agreed. There was a ransomware attack at the beginning of school in 2022.

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