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#2: 10 education trends for 2018

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Teachers who feel supported in their roles are more likely to stay teaching in the same location. Currently, the average student completes 112 mandatory standardized assessments between grades Pre-K to 12, which equates to 20 to 25 hours of standardized testing each year, according to a report from the Council of Great City Schools.

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8 lessons to help school leaders manage change

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Administrators are managing and supporting not just their students, but their faculty as well, even as they are dealing with new initiatives, new federal laws, new local regulations, new testing mandates, and more. This will often ease others who might be nervous about changes. Understand that change can feel personal.

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Want Transformational Teachers? Here’s Why Change Starts With Coaches

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Our coaches needed to be activated as change management leaders to truly make transformational change across their schools In my search for an answer, I tried everything in my toolkit: after school PD, sending teachers to conferences and even implementing accountability measures.

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The Secret to Being a Better Teacher? Find Your Tribe

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On November 20th, 2015, I received an email in my inbox that would change my teaching career—it was from a stranger. A few weeks earlier, I had won the Georgia Governor’s award for innovative teaching. Eight years into my career, I was frustrated and welcomed any change. As our practices evolved so did our presentations.

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Why Building a Diverse Workforce Requires Computer Science Mandates in Schools

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Few incentives currently drive teachers to commit to teaching software engineering, as schools and districts generally don’t prioritize this coursework. Few incentives currently drive teachers to commit to teaching software engineering, as schools and districts generally don’t prioritize this coursework.

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How Transcend Education Partners with School Leaders to Build New Models

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The organization, which launched in August 2015, was co-founded by Jeff Wetzler and Aylon Samouha; they met while jointly leading Teach for America’s (TFA) teacher preparation and ongoing support division in 2007. He was also Chief Schools Officer at Rocketship Education and held senior leadership roles at Teach for America and SCORE!

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Reinforcing the standardized model of low-level learning and schooling

Dangerously Irrelevant

Identify and address the change management challenges that come with any reform and attend to them throughout your delivery effort. Test makers should not be driving instruction. Monitor progress against your plan, make course corrections, and build and sustain momentum to achieve your goals. To which I say, ‘Meh.’

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