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Rising Student Absenteeism: We Need to Change the Way We Do Things

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Schools across the country are grappling with fewer students in classrooms, causing a ripple effect on learning, funding, and engagement. Research shows that the number of chronically absent students has nearly doubled , from about 15 percent in the 2018-2019 school year to around 30 percent in 2021-2022.

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Facing the Great Resignation? Support Instructional Coaches

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A recent Forbes article said, “If the big challenge of 2021 was to get children back into the classroom, the challenge for 2022 is to keep teachers there.”

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Preparing Leaders for the Upcoming School Year

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Across the country, educators and educational leaders have celebrated their graduations, held their end-of-year promotion ceremonies, and cleaned out their classrooms. Consider setting aside some time for your team to officially close out SY 2021-2022, and to prepare for a strong start when they return to start SY 2022-2023.

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How Leaders Can Prioritize Hiring For Equity In This Moment

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In January 2021, school leaders across the country were hopeful that the pandemic would have been entirely behind us. And by July 2021 with the rates of people contracting COVID-19, the new Delta and Lambda variants, the reality is that COVID is most certainly not behind us.

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Reflecting on Your Leadership Through a Year of Unexpected Firsts

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The first time millions of people stopped their daily commute and set up a home office, classroom, or waited to resume their jobs and typical routines. While 2020 was a year of many firsts, there are a few things that we can count on to persist in 2021 and beyond. We can expect that unexpected change is a constant.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Via The Hechinger Report : “How diplomas based on skill acquisition, not credits earned, could change education.” ” Also via The Hechinger Report : “The future of proficiency-based education.” ” Via Edsurge : “Education Technology Tools for Adult Learners Get Mixed Results From SRI Study.”