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Steps That Administrators Can Take to Address Secondary Trauma Stress

Insight Education Group

The COVID-19 pandemic has left long-lasting impacts on educators and students alike. According to a report cosponsored by the NEA , “what was once referred to as stress or educators ‘having a bad day’ – which might still be happening – has evolved.” Schools are realizing the very real presence of Secondary Trauma Stress (STS).

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Educator Voice Is Essential to Meeting Today’s Challenges. Here’s How We’re Highlighting It.

Edsurge

Earlier this month, two education researchers revealed an unsettling (though perhaps unsurprising) truth about today’s educators in an article here on EdSurge. Months later, the same educators continue to report high levels of traumatic stress. It’s no secret that the past year has been filled with challenges.

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Guest Post: How We Can Reframe Edtech Selection to Promote Equity

Digital Promise

While this basic level of access is an important starting place, it’s time to move towards a more intentional—and equitable—system for selecting the right tools to meet student needs. While there are still many challenges that remain, schools have an opportunity now to review their processes in order to make them more equitable.

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Teacher Layoffs Are Coming as Pandemic Relief Money for Schools Dries Up

Edsurge

In many cases, that means educator layoffs are coming. But the ESSER “funding cliff” — the fall deadline for districts to allocate money from the final disbursement of Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief grants — isn’t a singular culprit behind the staff cuts that are rolling out around the country.

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Voices at the Center: Asian American Educators Rising

Edsurge

In a year where hate crimes targeting Asian Americans spiked over 300 percent and one in five Asian Americans reported experiencing an anti-Asian hate incident , this shooting was particularly traumatic for a community already reeling from having a target on its back. When they look back on that day, many remember feeling very alone.

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Announcing the 2021-2022 League of Innovative Schools Cohort

Digital Promise

Lines between school and the home became blurred, and in that haze, new forms of innovation emerged at local, national, and individual levels across the education landscape. A Broader View of Education Innovation. Department of Education in 2011. Yellow Springs Exempted Village School District.

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Digital Promise Appoints Jean-Claude Brizard as New President and Chief Executive Officer

Digital Promise

He brings more than 35 years of experience as a teacher, administrator, superintendent, chief executive, and education advocate to Digital Promise’s mission of accelerating innovation in education. There is no question that education in the United States is currently at an inflection point.

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