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Transformational leadership: Safe harbors, or turbulent seas?

eSchool News

Key points: Transformational leaders have both vision and insight and accept the obligation to equip young people for today’s world Advancing digital equity through teacher leadership Em-pathy, not un-pathy, in school leadership For more news on transformation, visit eSN’s Educational Leadership hub A ship is safe in a harbor, but thats not what ships are for [1] Successful educational transformation in contemporary times is like courageously navigating from where you are to where yo

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How Flexibility and Choice Leads to Better Learners

EdTech Magazine

As the needs of K12 students change, and educators become more pressed for time, more school leaders should implement personalized learning. It challenges the traditional, one-size-fits-all approach and leads to a dynamic, student-centered learning environment. We define personalized learning as all students getting what they need when and where they need it to learn.

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A critical shift in digital instruction in 2025

eSchool News

This post originally appeared on the Christensen Institute’s blog , and is reposted here with permission. Key points: Learning at the right level is one of the most powerful solutions for children Growing communicative, knowledge-building composers: A focus on process Asking the right questions: Unlocking the full potential of AI tools For more news on digital instruction, visit eSN’s Digital Learning hub Most K-12 schools in the US will continue to use learning management systems (L

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Fostering Academic Excellence and Student Wellbeing

k12 Digest

James Kemp is an experienced international school leader, educational consultant, and published writer. Currently the Deputy Head of School at Mooltripakdee International School in Pattaya, Thailand, he has over 15 years of experience in education across the UK, South America and South East Asia. Passionate about leadership through service, he believes in fostering both academic excellence and student wellbeing.

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Gale and Utah State Library Partner to Provide Residents Free Access to New Digital Resources

eSchool News

Salt Lake City, UTAH & FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. Utah State Library has partnered with Gale , part of Cengage Group, to provide Utahs more than 3 million residents with free access to Gale digital resources. The resources are available online to all Utah residents with a local public library card through Utahs Online Public Library (UOPL). With expanded access to reliable, high-quality content, Utah public libraries can better support the educational, lifelong learning, homeschooling, profess

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What Job Design Can Teach Us About Course Design

Faculty Focus

As an industrial/organizational psychologist, work is always on my mind. Naturally, I am interested in understanding ways to make work better for others, but I also regularly apply research and theory to my own job. One long-standing approach to building better jobs is to make them more interesting for employees. Work that is interesting is inherently more motivating, more satisfying, and reduces turnover (Parker et al., 2017 for a summary).

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Beyond Tired: Recognizing Teacher Burnout Symptoms

Teach Hub

Many teachers invest so much in their students, their lessons, and managing the demands of their classroom that they dont even realize when exhaustion creeps in, and what once felt fulfilling now feels overwhelming. Teacher burnout isnt just feeling a little tired or stressed, its a deep, persistent fatigue that drains your energy. It affects your mood, your motivation, and your ability to find joy in things you once loved.

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The BEST Test-Taking Strategies

Teaching with a Mountain View

State testing season is just around the corner, and we know the pressure it brings… not just for students but for you as their guide and biggest cheerleader. To help make test prep a little easier, were sharing the BEST test-taking strategies that set your students up for success! These practical tips will save you prep time while giving your students an edge.

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Beyond Tired: Recognizing Teacher Burnout Symptoms

Teach Hub

Many teachers invest so much in their students, their lessons, and managing the demands of their classroom that they dont even realize when exhaustion creeps in, and what once felt fulfilling now feels overwhelming. Teacher burnout isnt just feeling a little tired or stressed, its a deep, persistent fatigue that drains your energy. It affects your mood, your motivation, and your ability to find joy in things you once loved.

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Beyond Web Filtering: Why Schools Must Invest in Smarter Student Safety

Gaggle Speaks

Recently a school district CIO wondered aloud, How many of the students we lost to suicide used a school-issued device or account to learn about suicide? How many of them used school resources to look for help? These are the kinds of questions that no educator or school leader wants to askbut they are the ones that demand urgent answers. Student safety is no longer just about keeping explicit or violent content off school networks.

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Idaho Moves to Deregulate Child Care in First-of-Its-Kind Legislation

Edsurge

Idaho is poised to become the first state in the country to eliminate state-mandated child-to-staff ratios for early care and education settings a longstanding and universal licensing requirement used to ensure minimum quality standards and health and safety in environments where babies, toddlers and young children are being served. Its one of a handful of changes included in a bill that seeks to deregulate key components of the early care and education industry.

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As Some High Schoolers Fret Over College Costs, These Majors Earn Students $100K

Edsurge

As high school seniors ponder the route they want to take for college, a fresh cache of data sheds light on which higher education institutions and programs are paying off for students and which ones are yielding smaller pay days. Parsing education data into snack-sized servings. EdSurge crunched the newest batch of data from the U.S. Department of Educations College Scorecard to see how colleges stack up when it comes to earnings, student debt and graduation rates.

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