Friday, 16 April 2021

The Woke Meritocracy

Private Schooling Under COVID-19.  Hanging Dangers Remain

Private Schooling After a Year of COVID-19:  How the Private Sector Has Fared and How to Keep It Healthy

Teaching After the Pandemic.  What Innovations Are Worth Keeping?

Reduce Class Size, Lengthen the School Year, Provide Tutoring, Or Let Principals Decide

Summer School Programs are Set to Grow.  Here are Tips to Make Them Successful

10 Ways to Harness the Power of the Chat Function

Build it Together:  Co-Constructing Success Criteria With Students

The Debate Over School Start Times

Superheroes Teach Here!

When Will It Be Safe to Stop Wearing Masks?

Online Schools Are Here to Stay, Even After the Pandemic

28 Pioneering Women in Science and Biotech to Know

Ninth Graders Do Better With Fewer Classes, New Research Shows

Don’t Say Nothing:  Silence Speaks Volumes.  Our Students are Listening

Confronting Inequity:  Getting the Endings Right

What the West Gets Wrong About China

Americans are Still Spanking Their Kids.  A New Study Shows How Harmful That Is.

What’s Wrong With Points?

10 Graphic Biographies Bring Notable Figures to Life

Under-Management is the Flip Side of Micro-management

The Art of Strategy is About Knowing When to Say No

10 Ways to Teach Outdoor Education and a Sense of Wonder

Ready to Engage:  A Report on SEL and Service Learning

An Open Letter to My Children Regarding the Commencement of Asynchronous Parenting 

 

Friday, 9 April 2021

Florida GOP Wants to Take on “Cancel Culture” By Secretly Recording Professors

Don’t Blame Privileged Parents for Education Inequity

Create a Streamlined Student Onboarding Experience

International Student Recruitment and Online Communications in the Age of COVID

Attitudes About Homeschooling May Get an Unexpected Boost From a Year of Remote Learning

Waiting Lists:  What to Expect

Four Practices to Improve the Teacher Experience in Your School

Four Ways to Support Teacher Well-Being

Research:  A Little Recognition Can Provide a Big Morale Boost

Why Black Teachers Walk Away

Adopting a “Pen Pal” Mindset When Giving Feedback

The Importance of Listening to Learners:  Three Important Questions to Ask Right Now

Misgendering Students is Not “Academic Freedom.”  It’s an Abuse of Power

Abuse Can Be a Preventable Risk

Civics Education is Essential

The Art of Civil Conversations:  Nine Strategies for Parents

Students Need Emotional Support When Returning to School in Person.  Here’s How

Students are Struggling.  They Are Asking Us to Slow Down and Focus on Relationships

Kids Need to Play This Summer, Not Catch Up on School

Filling Our Buckets:  How High-Achiving Students Should Be Spending Their Post-COVID-19 Summers

How Universal Design for Learning Can Help With Lesson Planning

Five Strategic Steps to Design for the Future of School

For a More Creative Brain, Take Breaks

Teaching Personal Finance

How to Start a Major Gifts Program at Your School

Has the Era of Overzealous Cleaning Finally Come to an End?

Uproar Erupts at the University of Richmond with Renaming Buildings

Tuesday, 30 March 2021

Contrasting CDC Studies Show Pitfalls of Rejecting Guidance on School Re-openings

Why Virus Tests at One Elite School Ran Afoul of Regulators

This Company Just Banned ZOOM on Fridays and Why You Should, Too

With a Private School Hit Piece, The Atlantic Abandons Ethical Journalism

The Private School Stigma

Do Top Colleges Favor Applicants Who Are Extremely Wealthy?

A New College Admissions Scandal

If Equity is a Priority, UDL is a Must

How to  Create an Inclusive Workplace

2021 AP Exams Show the College Board Doesn’t Care Enough About Students

How to Help Teens With Sleep and Social Media Use

A New Way to Inoculate People Against Misinformation

History Isn’t Just for Patriots

EdTech and a Global Curriculum

Teaching Digital Literacy

Let’s Teach Computer Science Majors to Be Good Citizens

How Education Can Make Global Experiences Accessible to Students

Imperfect Girls Make Perfect Role Models

Encouraging Girls in STEAM

Matchmaker, Matchmaker Make Me An algorithm:  STEM Contest Winner Pairs Data

Italian Parents and Children Protest Against COVID School Closures

Teachers Lament “Chaotic” Virus Rules in German Schools

As Pandemic Upends Teaching, Fewer Students Want to Pursue It

England’s Digital Skills Revolution is Shaping Up to Be a Flop

Paper Beats Pixels with Most Picture Books, Research Finds

The 2020 Notable Children’s Books in English

Does Too Much Screen Time Have Your Preschooler Acting Out?

Michelle Obama’s Lesson to Kids:  You Are What You Watch

Read and Watch

Podcasts for Bigger Kids

How Community Service Supports Students in Tough Times

He Said He Was Going to Watch Cartoon.  Instead, He Opened His Dad’s Gun Safe

Teenage Brains May Be Especially Vulnerable to Marijuana and Other Drugs

As Schools Reopen, Prioritizing Student Mental Health Can Prevent “Twin-demic"

Pandemic-Fueled Confidence for College Presidents

This Company Could Change the Broken College Admissions System

The Hybrid Campus:  Three Major Shifts for the Post-COVID University (and K-12 can learn from this!)

Getting Proven Tutoring Programs Into Widespread Practice

Massachusetts Court Gives Green Light to Lawsuit Arising from Campus Closure

Southern NH University Reinvents Campus Academic and Financial Models, Transforms Cost and Delivery of Higher Ed

Mergers as a Strategy for Success

Nonprofits Need to Change for Good, and the Moment is Now

How to Host Engaging (Fundraising) Virtual Events

Let’s Hear it for the One-Woman Development Office

How to Fix Your Next Capital Campaign

What Do We Want New Parents at Our School to Feel?

Ubiquitous Uniqueness:  The (Almost) Impossible Task of Differentiating Your School

The Boarding School Boom

10 Tips for Filling Up Summer Camp Registrations Fast

So You Want to “Save Women’s Sports”?

The Critical Art of Rethinking

This is a Sign of a Great Thinker

Music’s Most Treacherous Assignment:  Finishing Mozart

Is the Music Over at Mills College

Bill Maher:  Private Schools:  Education or Indoctrination?

The Miseducation of America’s Elites

Education Disrupted:  Captured in 52 Iconic Photos

Four Mantras for Leading With Integrity

Beverly Cleary Helped Boys Love Books

Vaccination Video

 

Friday, 12 March 2021

Designing Next Year With Intention

What are the Post-Pandemic Skills for School Leaders?

Crisis Creates Opportunity.  Will We Seize It?

Obscure Musicology Journal Sparks Battles Over Race and Free Speech

Who Counts as a Social Justice Educator?

Manhattan Private School Warns Against Using “Mom and Dad” in “Inclusive Language” Guide

Woke $57K-a-Year NYC School Bans Students From Saying Mom and Dad, Asking Where Classmates Went on Vacation, etc.

The Miseducation of America’s Elites

Private Schools Have Become Truly Obscene

To Slow Climate Change, Teach Climate Literacy

What Learning Loss Really Means

Personalized Learning for the Wee Ones in the Wake of the Pandemic

How to Start an Esports Club

EdTech’s Failure During the Pandemic and What Comes After

US Schools Receive D Grade For Infrastructure

Who Gains the Most From Canceling Student Debt

New Hires Suffering in Silence:  Two Ways to Improve Remote Onboarding Programs

FREE, No Frills Programs Lead the Class in New Federal Study of Remote Learning

Random Words of Kindness

 

Monday, 8 March 2021

Data is Great, But It’s Not a Replacement for Talking to Customers

Five Mistakes That Killed a Once-Great School and How You Can Avoid Them

Focus on the Positive in Class to Get Better Behavior, Grades

Teaching Students How and When to Change Their Minds

 A Roadmap for Excellence in History and Civics

Attention School Leaders:  Listening is Essential.  Here’s How to Get Better at It

Five Ways to Be More Inclusive

Declare Racism a Public Health Emergency

What to Do When Your Employee is Totally Checked Out

Use These Three Solid Answers Next Time Someone Asks:  “Tell me about yourself"

Can You Get Fired If You Don’t Get a COVID-`9 Vaccine?  Yes

Fundraising Campaign Metrics Template

How to Make Summer Plans When Everything is Uncertain

Parent Fears:  What Can School Leaders Do?

Six Feet or Three Feet Apart?

Family Togetherness Makes Children Happy

I Can’t Keep Prodding My Son to Do His Work

At Least Three Hollywood Private Schools Had Their Servers Hacked Recently

Colleges That Require Virus-Screening Tech Struggle to Say Whether It Works

Why Learner-Centered Education is Key to Meaningful School Improvement

A College President Worried About the Risks of Dorm Isolation.  So He Moved In

Not Submitting Scores

Eight Challenges for Business Leaders That Will Shape year Two of COVID-19

 

Sunday, 28 February 2021

The Healthy Building Movement

Open Books:  Explaining School Finance

Reading Beyond the Pandemic

Six Kids Books Psychologists Recommend in 2021

The Coronavirus is Here to Stay.  What That Means

Four Things That Will Redefine the Way We Work By 2025

Net Tuition Revenue:  The Only Number That Matters

One Sector is Flourishing During the Pandemic:  K-12 Private Schools

Learning Upended:  How Americans Experienced the Shift to Remote Instruction

Eight Predictions for Education in 2021

The Workload Dilemma

The Social Institute

My Social Truth

Video Ask

This Company is Trying to Make a Trampoline Desk Happen

Five Things Emotionally Intelligent Leaders Do to Retain Remote Workers

One Year Into Pandemic, Far Fewer Young Students Are On Target to Learn How to Read, Tests Show

Reading Gaps Widen in Mid-Year Data, Especially for K-1 Students of Color

Project-Based Learning Boosts Achievement Across Demographics 

Three Strategies to Help Students Move From Start to Finish in PBL

New Research Makes a Powerful Case for PBL

A Teacher Wants to Help Students Manage Disappointment Better

The Power of Poetry to Help Kids Cope

Seeing the Curriculum with Fresh Eyes

Digital Self-Harm:  What to do When Kids Cyberbully Themselves

What Public School Students Are Allowed to Say on Social Media May Be About to Change

How to Cope with Parental Guilt, During the Pandemic and Beyond

Picking Your Future “Classroom” Will Shape How Students Learn

How to Simplify Hybrid Learning

Managing In-Person and Distance Learning at the Same Time

Yale Professor Offers Tips for Students During Remote Learning

Student-Centered Assessment Strategies

STEM’s Post-COVID Moment

Three Designs That Could Revolutionize Student Supports

Nation’s Top Teachers Discuss the Post-Pandemic Future of the Profession

Elite Universities Should Enroll a Million Students

A College Admissions Rat Race

The Role of Higher Ed and the Humanities

Inside a Battle Over Race, Class, and Power at Smith College

To Play or Not to Play:  Schools Wrestle with the CDC’s Athletic Recommendations

Pandemic PE is NOT Cancelled

Learn Everywhere

Four Black Philosophers To Be Teach Year-Round

For Younger Job Seekers, Diversity and Inclusion in the Workplace Aren’t a Preference.  They’re a Requirement

Perceptions of Science in America

What’s the Key to Sticky PD?

When to Use a Walkthrough Checklist

Are You Running With Your Hair on Fire?  Here’s Why!

How Private Prep Schools Get Diversity, Inclusion, and Social Justice Wrong

The Primary Reason Private Schools and Colleges Fail in Seeking Diversity

What I Learned From Talking to 20 DEI Experts

Nine Ways to Promote Equity in Our Schools

Ready to Be an Anti-Racist School

School Admissions as a Moment That Matters

 A Nine-Step Guide to Achieving Retention Success

How the Next Generation of Parents Will Choose the Right School For Their Children

Alumni Networks Reimagined

Working Smart:  Myth vs. Reality

Six Ways to Strengthen Your Leadership

10 Words and Phrases to Stop Saying

Building a Culture That Respects Teachers and Reduces Stress

Schools, Not Teachers, Must Reduce Burnout.  Here’s How

How the Pandemic Exacerbated Burnout

Seven Strategies to Build a More Resilient Team

10 Things Leaders Can Do to Improve Teacher Morale

Three Ideas to Help Teachers Thrive This Year

Smart Growth for New School Leaders

The Power of Unplugging One Day a Week

Teachers Grapple with Being Bullied During Pandemic Learning

What Your Kids are REALLY Saying:  36 Popular Expressions

Mr. Rogers Had a Simple Set of Rules for Talking to Children

Baking as a Mindful Break from ZOOM School

Grammar Tips From a Thirty-Eight-Year-Old With an English Degree

Lawyer Used Cat Filter

 

 

Friday, 19 February 2021

Nj Teachers Want COVID Vaccine; Gov. Murphy Has Possible Timeline

School Admissions as a Moment That Matters

To Test or Not to Test?

The Link Between Vaccine Rollouts and Attractiveness of Study Destinations

Innovators, Adaptors, and Deaths:  The Reality of This Moment in Time

Liberal Arts Colleges Fighting to Survive are Discounting Tuition and Raising Enrollment, but It’s Not Working

Where the Schools Stayed Open

Remote Learning Isn’t New.  Radio Instruction in the 1937 Polio Epidemic

Google Rolls Out a Slew of Upgrades to Improve Virtual Classrooms

Why Did We Ever Send Sick Kids to School?

Want Smarter Kids?  Teach Music, According to MIT

Notable Trends in Innovative School Practices 

20 Invention Opportunities in Learning

Strategic Choices Need to be Made Simultaneously Not Sequentially

10 Strategies to Get to Know Your Students and Create an Inclusive Learner-Centered Culture

Zombies:  Undead Colleges and Schools

How the Blackberry Died:  The Five Mistakes That Killed a Once-Great Device

Compassion vs. Empathy

What Marathon Running Taught Me About Long-Term Goal Setting

How to Create Safe Spaces for Students to Hold Courageous Conversations

How Principals Affect Students and Schools:  A Synthesis of Two Decades of Research

Make Time for Small Talk in Your Virtual Meetings

Zoom Happy Hour Isn’t fun Anymore.  Try These Six Virtual Ideas Instead

The Power Nap

Can You Tell the Difference Between Fact and Fiction?

A Brief History of the Bizarre and Sadistic Presidential Fitness Test (How many of you remember this and “Go, You Chicken Fat”?)

 

 

Monday, 8 February 2021

What Will Education Look Like in 20 Years?  Here are Four Scenarios (Great for a Board governance generative conversation)

Why Most Schools Won’t “Re-invent” Themselves After the Pandemic

A Fuller Picture of What a Good School Is

The Two Most Important Things We Don’t Teach

Keep Schools Open All Summer and Other Bold Ideas to Help Kids Catch Up

Three Summer Programs Strategies to address Learning Loss, Support Emotional Health

Pandemic Learning

How to Simplify Hybrid Learning

Camera On-Off Dilemma

STEM’s Post-COVID Moment

Teachers Wearing Many Hats and SEL

Pandemic May Be Driving Up Kids’ Suicide Risk

Predictive Analytic Tool Accurately Assesses Teen Suicide Risk

Pandemic Has Changed Main Challenges of School Counselors

RETENTION:  Strategies for Success

NYC Prep School Raises Fees to $58,820 After Parent Pushback

Three Quick Wins:  Student-Centered Assessment Strategies

Six Questions Schools Should Ask NOW:  A Framework for the Fall

Big Takeaway #2 From the Pandemic:  Cross-Functional Collaboration is Not an Option

Will The Covid Crisis Really Change Education?

How Educators are Using the Exclusive Social Media App CLUBHOUSE

Alumni:  Are We On Their Wavelength?

Student Study Tracks COVID-19 Stress Levels in Classrooms

Parent-Teacher Conferences During Distance Learning

Postsecondary Institutions Use Virtual Events for Recruitment, Mentoring, etc.

31 Recommendations Created by the Commission on the Practice of Democratic Citizenship

DEI Work is More Important Than Ever

Five Powerful Ways to Take Real Action on DEI

Black History Month Resources

What Lurks Beneath:  Trends from Triangle Associates

Why 2020 Led to a Surge in HS Entrepreneurship

The Internet Rewired our Brains

How to Turn Around an Underperforming Board

 

Friday, 5 February 2021

NJ Jewish and Catholic School Collaborate to Discuss Differences  (with Rabbi Eli and Fr. Ed on camera!)

Why Schools Need to Treat Hiring Like Enrollment Management

With Children Stuck at Home During Coronavirus Shutdowns, Online Sexual Predators Can Swoop In

Eight Predictions for Education in 2021

Forever Changed:  Education Predictions for 2021

Four PD Trends to Watch in 2021

What to Expect in Year Two of the Pandemic

The Unexamined Cost of Teachers’ Time Spent Choosing Instructional Materials

California Ethnic Studies Curriculum

Dalton School Parents Fight Anti-Racism Agenda in Open Letter

An Art Revolution, Made with Scissors and Glue

The Art of Scholarly Mentoring

A Simple Way to Self-Monitor for Bias

Building Discussion Into Read Aloud for Beginners

How COVID-19 Makes Teaching Reading Harder

What’s Going on in Your Child’s Brain When You Read Them a Story

No, Elementary Students Are Not Too Young to Talk About Race

The Problem with Inclusion:  Time to Switch to Belonging

Black History is Not American History:  Toward a Framework of Black Historical Consciousness

Weaving Social Justice Into Science Instruction

The Under-Rllightepresentation Curriculum Project

The Conscious Kid

Social Justice Books

How the Internet is Transforming the Novel

The Science of Talking in Class

Six Free Resources for Virtual Field Trips

Five Ways Google Jamboard Can Save Your Social Studies Bacon

Why Usability Matters in Online Learning

Six Developments That Will Define AI Governance in 2021

Online Learning is Here to Stay.  Making it Work for Students Beyond the Pandemic

Can We Teach Our Way Out of Political Polarization?

A Synthesis of Research on Personalized, Competency-Based Learning

When Students Research the Inequity in Their Own Schools

Media Literacy Standards to Counter Truth Decay

Media Bias Chart

Six tips for Teaching Online and In Person Simultaneously

Asynchronous Learning:  the Answer for Monotony and Teacher Burn-Out?

The Word of the Year is Fluid:  The Pandemic Brings a New Teaching Style

How Four Middle Schoolers are Struggling Through the Pandemic

Are We Teaching Kids the Math They Need?

The Anxiety is Off the Charts

Traditional School Isn’t Always the Way to Go.  I Wish My Parents Had Seen That Sooner

A “Masculinity Crisis”?  China Says the Boys are NOT All Right

Overcome the Status Quo with Mastery Learning

Students Punished for Social Media Posts

Over 1,000 Columbia University Students on Tuition Strike, Demanding Pandemic Concessions

Justice Department Drops Suit Claiming Yale Discriminated in Admissions

Why College Prestige Matters and Why It Shouldn't

Alarm Bells On First-Generation, Low-Income Applicants

Your Next Boss:  More Harmony, Less Authority

Nine CEO’s Share Their Best Tips for Successful Remote Work

Create a Leadership Strategy Based on Potential

Leadership’s Digital Transformation

The Transition of Leadership Power

The Challenges of Great Strategic Planning

Lots of People Moved Out of NY and Calif.  Here’s Where They Went

100 Best Public High Schools in the USA

Lost Touch:  How a Year Without Hugs Affects our Mental Health

America’s Mothers are in Crisis.  Is Anyone Listening To Them?

A Neurosurgeon Says the Sharpest Minds Do These Five Things Daily

The Best and Worst Times to Make Decisions

The Best Time of Day to Exercise

Can Exercise Make You More Creative?

This Two-Minute Morning Practice Will Make Your Day Better

Five Poets Yusef Komunyakaa Returns to Again and Again

Key Monments at Cardona’s Education Secretary Hearing

Sllence as Ear Cleaning

High School Theatre Bingo

Accent Expert Gives a Tour of US Accents

 

Friday, 29 January 2021

European Countries Mandate Medical-Grade Masks Over Homemade Cloth Face Coverings

Is it Time to Ditch Your Cloth Mask and Replace It with Something Better?

Low-Cost Measurement of Face Mask Efficacy for Filtering Expelled Droplets During Speech

Physical Distancing, Face Masks, and Eye Protection Review and Analysis

Tracking the Coronavirus…and Dr. Fauci’s Latest

CDC Expands Guidance on Informed Consent Regarding COVID Testing

Charting the Risk Associated with Common Workplace COVID-19 Vaccine Incentive Programs

A Shockingly Simple Way to Improve Online School

Humor is Such an Important Leadership Trait That We Teach It at Stanford Business School

Is Your Organization Digging Trenches or Building Bridges?

Two Words Stop Toxic Habits and Addition In Their Tracks

Why You’re Feeling Unmotivated and How to Deal With It

21 Reasons to Hope in 2021

Can You Provide a Quality Preschool Experience Over ZOOM?

What Shall We Do About the Children After the Pandemic?

What’s Driving the Change to Reimagine School Schedules?

Students Excel When They Find Purpose.  How Do We Help Them?

Equipping Youth to Change the World

Mastery, Creativity, Identity:  What Students Can Teach Us About Redesigning School

https://thesocialinstitute.com/insight/report-21-insights-about-students-tech-and-social-media/

21 Insights About Students, Tech, and Social Media

Why We Need to Invest in Leaders Through a System:  Leading From the Middle

Do You Know Burnout When You See It?

A Look at How Arts Teachers Can Promote a Sense of Community

Retaining the 2020-21 Enrollment Bump

How Institutions Successfully Navigate Demographic Changes

Seven Things That Will Happen in Education as a Result of COVID-19

Planning for 2021 Summer Programs

Nine Trends That Will Shape Work in 2021 and Beyond

Alarming Numbers Around Men’s Mental Health Indicate Need for National Response

What’s Missing at School:  A Wellness Check For Grown-Ups

How the Pandemic May Be Fueling Deaths of Despair

As Youth Suicides Climb, Anguished Parents Speak Out 

Suicidal Ideation and Behaviors Among High School Students

A Shockingly Simple Way to Improve Online School

Facilitating Conversations on Difficult Topics Using Children’s Literature

Jeff Bezos Getting into Education

McKinsey:  Dynamic Risk Management for Uncertain Times

Common App on College Application Data

Colgate Applications Up 102%

College Costs are Less Terrifying Than You Think

The College Buyout Boom

High School Grades Could Be Worth $100,000.  Time to Tell Your Child

A Dispatch From the Present Dystopia

Colleges in Peril Can be Rescued, But Only if Governing Boards Transform

Schools Must Resist Anti-Racist Demands

Derrick Gay on EMA Podcast and Anti-Racism Best Practices for Independent Schools

Bill Gates Annual Letter:  The Year Global Health Went Local

Reinventing Private Schools:  A Blueprint for Resilience

McKinsey:  Six Problem-Solving Mindsets for Uncertain Times

How to Quickly Determine Employee Fit in the Organization

How to Manage Remote Direct Reports

Five Strategies to Smoothly Handle a Workplace Confrontation

How to Keep Your Cool in High-Stress Situations

Transition Classroom Activities​​​​​​​

Alphabet Rap:  What Can You Be When You Grow Up?  (WATCH THIS!)

 

Tuesday, 26 January 2021

Public vs. Private Re-Opening (with Pingry featured)

10 Things Leaders Can Do to Improve Teacher Morale in 2021

Should you Require the COVID Vaccine?

Suspending the Rules in Faculty Layoffs

A Child’s Perspective:  How American’s Teachers Talked With Kids About Capital Riot

Groups Recommend Five Strategies to Reform Early Ed PD

These Eight Trends Will Have an Impact on Schools in 2021

Five Mega Trends Reshaping Global Learning

Five Practices to Reimagine Education in 2021 and Beyond

Five Ed Tech Trends to Watch in 2021

Online Education Isn’t the Sideshow.  It’s the Main Event

Europe’s Schools are Closing Again

CDC Finds Scant Spread of Coronavirus in Schools With Precautions in Place

The Next Normal Arrives:  Trends That Will Define 2021 and Beyond.  McKinsey

Four Predictions for a Post-Pandemic World

NAIS Staff Predictions for the Future of Independent Schools

How the Coronavirus Crisis May Improve Teacher Quality

Top Four Pitfalls of the Hiring Process

Eight Thoughtful Ways to Build More Inclusive Interview Practices

We Love Virtual Learning:  Students, Parents Explain Why

When Toxic Positivity Seeps Into Schools, Here’s What Educators Can Do

Researchers Pinpoint Three Elements of Effective Schools

Black Teacher:  White School

What I Learned From Talking to 20 DEI Experts

The Primary Reason Private Schools and Colleges Fail in Seeking Diversity

Identifying and Teaching Students With Significant Reading Problems

Children’s Screen Time Has Soared in the Pandemic, Alarming Parents and Researchers

Explicit Teaching vs. Constructivism:  The Misadventures of Bean Dad

Hack Your Space:  Phone and GPA Correlation

Zoom and Google Outages:  How Schools should Prepare for Tech Problems

Yes, You Can Build Solid Work Relationships Over Videocalls.  Here are Two Research-Backed Ways

Changing a School’s Operating System (about Miss Porter’s shake-up)

Make Schools More Human

Seven Strategies to Build a More Resilient Team

China M&A:  “Relative Normalcy” From Biden, Pent-Up Demand From Coronavirus Could Re-ignite Chinese Interest in US Deals

Vaccine Protects Against Mutation Found in Fast-Spreading Virus, Study Shows

Parent Poll:  Vaccine “Absolutely Necessary”; 6/10 Will Immunize Their Children

Surge of Student Suicides Pushes Las Vegas Schools to Reopen

Why Students Should Write in All Subjects

How to Have a Better Argument

What are Restorative Justice Circles and When Can They Be Utilized?

Biden’s Education Dept Moves to Cut Ties with an Accrediting Body Linked to Fraud Scandal

Private Schools Cashed in on PPP Funding

Regulatory Update:  PPP Applications

How to Report Impact During a Pandemic

How the Next Generation of Parents Will Choose the Right School for Their Children

High School Grades Could Be worth $100,000.  Time to Tell Your Child?

College Board is Scrapping SATs Optional Essay and Subject Tests

How Does Cultural Intelligence (CQ) Have an Impact on a Nonprofit Board?

From Surviving to Thriving:  Three Designs That Could Revolutionize Student Supports

Canada Now More Popular Than the US as a Study Abroad Destination

It’s Time to Unleash the Academy’s Watchdogs

News Literacy

Doctor Says Humans Need Seven Kinds of Rest (and You’re Probably Not Getting All of Them)

What Your Kids are REALLY Saying:  36 Popular Expressions

 

Friday, 8 January 2021

The Capital Riots:  A Failure to Educate

The Reckoning Begins

Stupid

Teaching Dignity

Responses to Riot from Higher Ed

Make Schools More Human

Cross-Team Meetings Don’t Have to Be a Waste of Time

Mental Health for Educators

Eight Thoughtful Ways to Build More Inclusive Interview Practices

Aligning Development Activities with Institutional Strategic Plans

COVID-19 Messaging for Educational Marketing

Learning Pods Show Their Cracks

Schools Strengthen Their Defenses Amid Increased Cyberattacks

The Next Normal Arrives:  Trends That Define 2021 and Beyond

Still Disinfecting Surfaces?  It Might Not Be Worth It…

Five Practices to Reimagine Education in 2021 and Beyond

Leave the Kids Alone

NJAIS Professional Development:  There are upcoming workshops and conferences.  Register through the links found here:  https://www.njais.org/professional-development/overview

Thursday, 17 December 2020

This is the Exact Type of Break You Should Take When Working From Home

ISTE State of Cybersecurity

K-12 Has Become the Most Targeted Segment for Ransomware

We Need a Marshall Plan For Our Schools.  We Need It Now!

Supporting Educators in 2021

The 10 Most Significant Education Studies of 2020

How Educators are Tweaking Grading Approaches in Response to the Pandemic

How to Motivate Teens Struggling With Remote School

Supporting Teenagers in a Pandemic

Students are Falling Behind in Online School

All-Remote Learning is Failing Many Students Across the Country

Can Small-Group Tutoring Combat Pandemic Learning Loss

How to Help Students Focus on What They are Learning, Not the Grade

How I Became a Guinea Pig, Anne Nelson

What Educators Need to Know About the Vaccine

When Will Teachers Be Vaccinated?  It Depends on Where You Live

Answers to Six Burning Questions About COVID-19 Vaccines

What Educators Need to Know About the COVID-19 Vaccine

Employment Discrimination Claims Related to Vaccination Refusal:  Religious Beliefs

When Should Your Company Speak Up About a Social Issue?

A Black Student’s Mother Complained about “Fences.”  He Was Expelled

2020 Huck Award for Outstanding Fiction for Children

Fewer High School Seniors Seek College Financial aid, Raising Concerns About Their Plans

2020’s Impact on Nonprofit Revenue and Programming

Enrollment Management Spectrum

Is Your Enrollment Contract Enforceable Against a Tuition Refund Demand?

The Stock Market Keeps Rising, but Millennials Aren’t Reaping the Benefits

Your Boss CAN Restrict Your Holiday Plans In the Pandemic

Interrupting Doom Loops:  Reflections on Midyear Teacher Exits

What is Trending in College Admissions?

A Startup is Sending Students to a COVID-Safe Campus Resort

Hit by COVID-19, Colleges Do the Unthinkable and Cut Tenure

The Challenges and Rewards of Deferring College During COVID

Cambridge University Votes to Safeguard Free Speech

Higher Ed and Reckoning with Racist Legacies

Risk and Compliance:  Everyday Bias and Liability

What if Instead of Calling People Out, We Called Them In?

Columbia Students Plan a Tuition Strike for Spring 2021 Semester

COVID’s Silver Lining for One Jewish Day School

NY Philharmonic Players Agree to Long-Term Pay Cut

The Art of the Pandemic Meltdown

Stressed Out over the COVID-19 Pandemic?  Some Companies Invent a Holiday

Companies Offer Creative Solutions to Worker Burnout During Pandemic

States with the Highest Rates of Depression

How Cognitive Distortions Undermine Well-Being

Supporting Multilingual Students in the Early Grades

Five Ways to Do Robotics Remotely

Four Ways Schools Use Video Game Design to Spark Interest in Computer Science

Report Finds New AP Computer Science Diversifying the Field

Three Ways to Build Better Student Writers

Virtual Literature Circles Create a Safe Space for Students

23 Books for Inspiring Holiday Reading, Recommended by TED Speakers

Four Criteria for Effective Directions

Slack is the Right Tool for the Wrong Way to Work

How Remote Work Will Change the World by 2030

Learning Serendipity as a Skill

Why Skills, Not College Degree, Will Drive the Post-Pandemic Labor Market

Encouraging Diverse Applicants to Apply

Legal Topics Related to Recent Diversity Initiatives

Building Resilience When Life is Not Perfect

Unchartered.  How to Navigate the Future

What Did Educators Talk About Pre-Pandemic?

Predicting CEO Success:  When Potential Outperforms Experience

What Inclusive Leaders Sound Like

Why You Shouldn’t Always Look on the Bright Side

Seven-Point Action Plan:  How Educational Institutions Should Plan for 2021 and Beyond

Dr. Jill Biden Says Women’s Accomplishments Should Be Celebrated After WSJ Op-Ed Advisng She Drop “Dr.”

An Opinion Write Argued Jill Biden Should Drop the “Dr.”  (Few Were Swayed)

Seven Rules of ZOOM Meeting Etiquette From the Pros

From Zumping to Toxic Productivity:  Workplace Slang for the Pandemic

2020 The Musical

 

 

Friday, 4 December 2020

Teaching Assertiveness in the Early Elementary Grades

Diversifying Your Classroom Book Collections?  Avoid These Seven Pitfalls

Shrinking the Borders:  How COVID Has Connected Students Across the Globe

Four Assessment Strategies for Distance and Hybrid learning

Education Matters, But Staying Safe at Christmas Matters More

Lessons Learned From a Semester on Campus During the Pandemic

How Can Employees Also Be Social-Media Activists?

Etonians Launch Petition to Reinstate Teacher Who Was Sacked Over Lesson

Effective Strategies for Your Virtual Open House Follow-Up

Seven-Point Action Plan:  How Educational Institutions Should Plan for 2021 and Beyond

The Future of ESG Is…Accounting?

One Person in the Room With You Has COVID-19.  How Long Does It Take To Get Infected?

As COVID Creeps into Schools, Surveillance Tech Follows

How 700 Epidemiologists are Living Now, and What They Think is Next

Is Entrepreneurship the Antidote to Student Anxiety?

Mindfulness is Useless in a Pandemic

How Music Programs are Surviving in the Pandemic

 

Wednesday, 2 December 2020

Teaching During a Pandemic:  This is Not Sustainable

School Wasn’t So Great Before COVID, Either

Remote Learners Feel Shortchanged

This Entire 2nd Grade Class Fell Behind in Reading.  Now What?

Thanks to Teachers, Learning Loss Was Not As Bad As Projected

Remote Learning is Not Going Away Soon.  This is How to Make It Better

Remote Learning Is Here to Stay.  Can We Make It Better:  Sal Khan

How to Make Station Rotation Work During Hybrid Learning

Student Test Scores Drop in Math Since COVID-19

Five Ways to Support Kids With ADHD During Remote Learning

Eight Great Online Teaching Tools You May Have Missed

How to Make Sure Grades Are Meaningful and Useful to Students

Remote School is Leaving Children Sad and Angry

Connecting Students in a Disconnected World

Five Components of Blended Learning

Five Ways to Help Students Transfer Learning to New Situations

Help Teachers Focus on Reading

Demystifying Rhetoric:  Prime Minister’s Questions as a Classroom Approach

The Instructional Role of the School Librarian

COVID-19 Is Forever Changing How We Experience Libraries

Disinformation is Rampant.  Here’s How Teachers Are Combatting it

How Do I Deal with Cheating in the Age of ZOOM?

Just How Dishonest Are Students?

What Matters Most When Evaluating EdTech Tools

Virtual Charter Schools are Booming, Despite a Checkered Reputation

The Brooklyn Charter School Suing the CDC

How the YMCA is Tackling Racial Justice and Billions in Lost Revenue

Princeton Will Allow Many More Students to Live on Campus in Sprint Term Amid the Pandemic

Training Bias Out of Teachers

What Inclusive Leaders Sound Like

Why You Shouldn’t Always Look on the Bright Side

Building a Better Workplace Starts With Saying “Thanks"

Struggling to Solve a Problem?  Try Reframing It

Disagreement Doesn’t Have to Be Divisive

Slack News

12 Incredibly Useful Gmail Settings You Didn’t Know You Needed

What You Should Follow Instead of Your Passion

What Highly Effective School Leadership Looks Like in a Pandemic

Time Management For School Leaders

The Leadership Journey From Color-Blind to Color-Brave

International Student Numbers Decline

A Warning About Gifts For Teachers:  Read This Before You Buy!

One Person in the Room Has COVID.  Here’s How Long It Takes to Get Infected

Gov. Murphy to Limit Outdoor Gathering to 25; Halts Indoor Sports

Details, Exemptions for NJ’s New Outdoor Gathering Limit Revealed by Gov. Murphy

Governor Murphy Plans to Avoid NJ Shutdowns.  

NJAIS Professional Development:  There are upcoming workshops and conferences.  Register through the links found here:  https://www.njais.org/professional-development/overview

 

Thursday, 19 November 2020

How to Combat COVID Fatigue:  What Works and Doesn’t

Pandemic Fatigue is Real and It’s Spreading

When Will the Pandemic End?

Lessons From Europe, Where Cases are Rising But Schools Are Open

How to Survive the Next Few Weeks with Grace

Thinking About Threat Assessments

Your Emergency Responders Take Breaks.  You Should, Too!

How to Modify Your Expectations for Teachers in Light of COVID-19

Resilience is About How You Recharge, Not How You Endure

Talking About Mental Health With Your Employees Without Overstepping

Communicating Through a Crisis

Using a School News Program to Promote Positivity During the Pandemic

Principals Are Stressed and Anxious, Especially Now.  Here are 10 Things They Can Do

Three Ways Teachers Can Integrate SEL Into Online Learning

PD That Helps Teachers Improve the Quality of Their Video Instruction

We Build Boring Schools, Then We Put Them Online…Science Has the Fix

How Conferencing for Assessment Benefits Students During Hybrid Learning

Strengthening Institution Risk and Integrity Culture

US Election Creates Uptick in Chinese International Students Opting for Canada

Haverford Students End Strike

In a Time of Calamity, What Do Children Need From Us?

Faculty Morale in a Challenging Year

 

Teacher Demoralization Isn’t the Same as Teacher Burnout

What’s Missing at School:  A Wellness Check for Grown-ups

Four Ways Leaders Are Keeping Teachers Motivated Through Pandemic Disruption

Leading When Nothing Is Normal

Top 10 Donor Management Systems

Fiscal Fire Bubbles:  The Case For Financial Crisis Simulation

SBA and PPP for $2M+

Can an Employer Make COVID Vaccines Mandatory?

Enhanced Employer Record-Keeping Related to COVID-19

Tomorrow’s Leaders Need to Be Part of Diverse Student Teams Today

Getting the Board on Board with DEI Work

How Diversity Makes Us Smarter

What We Know About Belonging

How Enrollment Managers Can Think Like Rocket Scientists

The Science of Admissions

College Application Essay Prompts (with some humor)

How to Plan a Virtual Holiday Party

 

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NJAIS Professional Development:  There are several upcoming workshops and conferences.  You can register with the links here:  https://www.njais.org/professional-development/overview

 

 

Tuesday, 3 November 2020

 

Teaching the 2020 Election:  What Will You Do on Wednesday?

What Might the Election of 2020 Bring to Campuses?

How to Lead Uncomfortable Class Discussions

In a Time of Calamity, What Do Children Need From Us?

Thanksgiving “Exodus” Looms

The Low Hanging Fruit of Cybersecurity (Bill Stites!)

How to Use Feedback to Improve Teaching.  Getting Feedback During the Term

Focus on Formative Feedback For Teacher Development

Evaluation of PD

Inclusive Moves for Your Classroom

Why Tomorrow’s Leaders Need to Be Part of Diverse Student Teams Today

Doing Better on Racial Justice:  A Framework for Brands and Nonprofits

The 2021 Global Learning Landscape

The Anti-Racist Table

Princeton Letter re:  Acknowledgment of Systemic Racism

You’re Out of Your Mind If You Think I’m Ever Going Back to School

Colleges are Slashing Tuition to Entice Students Back

Redefining Sustainability in Independent and Private Education

Students are Rebelling Against Eye-Tracking Exam Surveillance Tools

New Rules of Business:  Advice for the Next 25 Years

Education in 2030

Education in a Post-COVID World:  Nine Ideas for Public Action

17 Things to Never Do When Giving Corrective Feedback

This Chart Predicts Which Colleges Will Survive the Coronavirus

US High Ed:  Value vrs. Vulnerability (or the spreadsheet with the metrics that predicts who will close)

A Stanford Neuroscientist Reveals the Brutal Truth About Learning as an Adult

SBA Issues Loan Necessity Questionnaire for Recipients of Large PPP Loans

School Boards Should Help Keep Private School Bus Companies Afloat

Colleges Slash Budgets in the Pandemic, With “Nothing Off Limits"

N.B.:  These articles and others are saved on the NJAIS website for a brief period of time.

NJAIS Professional Development:  There are upcoming workshops.  Register and see the programs here:  https://www.njais.org/professional-development/overview

 

 

Monday, 2 November 2020

 

How the 1619 Project Took Over 2020

There’s a Better Way:  Trust-Based Observations

Teacher Tips:  How to Reduce Screen Time When School is Online

Effective Instructional Models for Hybrid Schedule

What is Homework’s Purpose in a Pandemic?

Classrooms Without Walls

New College Board Offering on African Diaspora

Correcting COVID-19 Misconceptions Requires Caution

Europe’s Locked Down, but Schools Are Open

Schools and COVID Spread

How Do Pandemics End?

Forget Halloween.  Children Are Frightening All Year Round!

Working Moms Are NOT Okay

Don’t Give In to Election Stress Disorder

Six Ways Adults Can Help Children Make Sense of a Divisive Election

Successful Decision-Making During Uncertainty

Three Ways to Build Teacher Retention:  Mentoring, PD, Leadership Opportunities

Four Ways Leaders are Keeping Teachers Motivated Through Pandemic Disruption

Dreaming of the Future

What Every Non-Profit Leader Needs Right Now

Parents at Pricey NYC Prep School Force Administrators to Offer Classroom Learning

Quality Learning Sites Are Hard to Find Until a Canadian Student Curated This List

Jargon is a Sign of Insecurity, Not Smarts, Research Reveals

Three Ways to Stop Being a Perfectionist and Become More Productive

There Will Be No Individual Tournament For NJ Wrestlers This Winter; First Time Since 1934

Why Sleep Experts Say It’s Time to Ditch Daylight Savings Time

The Miraculous Virtual Choir of the Pandemic (Eric Whitaker)

The Healing Power of Singing

N.B.:  These articles and others are saved on the NJAIS website for a brief period of time.

NJAIS Professional Development:  There are many upcoming workshops.  Learn about them and register for them here:  https://www.njais.org/professional-development/overview

 

 

Monday, 26 October 2020

Here’s What You Need to Know if You Experienced a Fall Admissions Bump

How to Find and Form a “Parenting Posse"

The Financial Aid Mistake Your School Must Avoid

After the Pandemic, a Revolution in Education and Work Awaits (Thomas Friedman)

Three COVID-19 Education Trends Set to Persist Post-Pandemic

What Happens Before College Matters

COVID-19 Will Make College Admissions Easer for the Elite

The Souls of Black Professors

To Root Out Racism in Your School, Start With Whom You Hire

Can Your Students Tell the Difference Between Fact and Fiction?

Making Time Capsules During the Pandemic

How to Watch Movies For Free

How Much Learning Time Are Students Getting?

What Is and Isn’t Working for Students and Teachers This Year?

Using a Portfolio to Document Your Remote Teaching Experience This Year

Tweaking the Danielson Framework for Remote Teaching

Helping Your Teachers Avoid Burnout During the Pandemic

“Serious” Leaders Need Self-Care, Too

Staff Meetings Get a Needed Makeover During the Pandemic

The Value of Setting a Clear School Vision This Year

Most Educators Require Students to Turn Cameras On in Virtual Classroom, Despite Equity Concerns

This School Year Has Been Unlike Any Other

Youth Suicide:  The Other Public Health Crisis

Teens Did Surprisingly Well in Quarantine

What Have You Failed At Today?

How Schools Can Build Physical Activity Into Classroom Instruction

10 Tips for Getting the Most Out of Virtual PD Events

Will Higher Ed’s Digital Transformation Save It?

How Deeply Will Digital Learning Transform K-12 Long Term?

Which Colleges Will Survive the Coronavirus

Helping Student-Athletes Navigate Recruitment Amid Canceled Seasons

NYT:  Learning:  A Special Report

COVID’s Impact On How Students Serve Others

How Donors Like MacKenzie Scott and Mike Bloomberg Are Changing the Higher Ed Mega-Gift

The Role of CFOs in the Pandemic

Student Housing Demand Shifts to Private Rooms as Sector Adapts to Pandemic

OESE Back-to-School Success Stories

The $25,000 ZOOM Rig Designed to “Shock and Awe” Students

Professional Development:  There are many upcoming workshops.  See the calendar and register here.

 

Tuesday, 20 October 2020

What My Sled Dogs Taught Me About Planning for the Unknown

Five People Who Can Help You Strengthen Your Empathy Muscle

Six Reasons Why the New Title IX Rules Make K-12 Threat-Assessment Teams a Must

Schools Aren’t Superspreaders

Why Understanding Superspreaders is Key to Controlling COVID-19

Is Go-Slow Schools’ Re-Opening Failing Kids?

What Should We be Cleaning to Prevent COVID-19

What’s the Best Way to Store Face Masks During the Pandemic

Guidance for Financial At-Risk

What Makes Learning Stick 

Teaching Remote Lessons in Smaller Chunks with the Pomodoro Technique

Eight Tricks for Making Remote School Easier

How to Tell if Distance Learning is Working for Your Kid

Home Schooling is a Hot Topic in the Pandemic.  Is Road Schooling Next?

ZOOM Fatigue and All-Nighters:  Online Learning Takes a Toll on Students’ Mental Health

Teaching PE During the Pandemic

How to Make Remote Learning Work?  Unmute Yourself!

Students, Parents, and Teachers Tell Their Stories of Remote Learning

Adapt at Home Fitness

Make Yourself Immune to Secondhand Stress

You Don’t Have to Pivot in a Crisis

Inside an Evaluation for Learning Disorders

Modifying an IEP or 504 for Distance or Hybrid Learning

The Predictive Validity of Classroom Observations for Kindergarteners’ Achievement and Motivation

For Black Educators When School Systems Aren’t Doing Enough

A Battle for the Souls of Black Girls

Princeton to Name Residential College After Black Alumna

Beyond “Test-Optional”:  Some “Test-Free” Colleges Drop the SAT and ACT Entirely

Pandemic May Make It Easier to Get Into College, But Not the Ivy League

College Admissions in the Pandemic:  An Expert’s View

The Mad, Mad World of Niche Sports Among Ivy-Obsessed Parents

Colleges Are Cutting Varsity Sports.  That Could Be a Good Thing

Battling Pandemic Blues:  How Managers Can Rally the Troops

How to Make This Winter Not Totally Suck, According to Psychologists

Of All The Complaints I’ve Heard About Bosses, I’ve Never Heard This One

Old Friends

A Conversation Between Two Leaders

Women at the Peace Table Yields Better Results.  Why Is It Still So Rare?

Seeing is Believing:  Female Role Models Inspire Girls to Think Bigger

Girls to Know: The Next Generation is Already Leading the Way

Study Says Art Makes You Mentally Healthier, Even if You’re Not Good at It

MET Orchestra/Princeton Study Reveals Surprising Findings About Air Flow in Singers

40 Socially-Distanced Singers Performing Spem in Alium at the Tate Modern

N.B.:  These articles and others are saved on the NJAIS website for a brief period of time.

NJAIS Professional Development:  There are many NJAIS workshops upcoming.  You can register here.

 

 

Friday, 9 October 2020

 

Private Schools Hold New Attraction for Rich Parents

Justice Department Sues Yale, Citing Illegal Race Discrimination

Why We Need Better Ways to Help Donors Understand the Cost of Solving Big Problems

Developing the Right Brand Voice and Brand Tone

Eight Practical, Sustainable Steps to a Diverse Faculty

Five Ways Teachers Can Connect with Students During COVID-19

How to Teach When Everyone is Scattered

Remote Schools is the New First-Class Hotel Perk

Our Students Are Depending On Us

Using Tech to Tailor Lessons to Each Student

Don’t Let Distance Learning Be a Pain in the Neck (or Head, or Wrist)

Do Masks Impede Children’s Development?

What It’s Like to Be a Teacher in 2020

New Data Reveals a Unique Picture of School Innovation in a Challenging Year

It Feels So Good to Be In School

Seven Ways to Do Formative Assessment in a Virtual Classroom

Remote Learning Has Been a Disaster For Many Students.  Some Have Thrived

How Trauma-Informed Are We, Really?

Trauma is a Word, Not a Sentence

Helping Kids Facing Trauma Do Better

Creating a Positive-Sum Educational System Could Stop Students From Running a Rat Race to Nowhere

Mind the Kinder-Gap:  New Data on Children’s Math and Reading Skills as They Enter Kindergarten

Canopy:  How Are K-12 Schools Innovating Across the Country?

Amidst a Pandemic, Student-Centered Learning Makes Progress

STEM Educators See Opportunity in Pandemic’s Challenges

How to Make Science Class Relevant During the Pandemic

Character Education and Development During the Pandemic

How to Cope When Everything Keeps Changing

Considering Different Perspectives in Children’s Literature

Providence Country Day School Cuts Tuition By More Than 35%

Rethinking Standardized Tests as Part of the Admissions Process

Gifts Roundup (including NJ beneficiaries)

$50M Gift to Monmouth Center Creates New Tinton Falls Campus

Gov. Murphy:  11 Coronavirus Outbreaks at NJ Schools in New Data

ST Leadership Study on Heads of School

Who Leads Colleges After COVID-19

CDC Issues New Testing Guidance for Colleges (and references K-12 Guidelines)

How to Help Frazzled Employees Refuel for Another Stretch of Uncertainty

Strategies to Support Your Employees Through a Crisis

Acedia:  The Lost Name for the Emotion We’re Feeling Now

Lessons for Chief Transformation Officers From 

Addressing Racism Word by Word

Dismantling Systemic Racism in Schools:  Eight Big Ideas

Weight Bias at Work

Emotional Intelligence is the Secret to Leadership in Times of Crisis

How Humble Leadership Really Works

How “Feierabend” Helps Germans Disconnect From the Workday

Four Steps to Regaining Your Focus When You’re Totally Stressed Out

NJ Private School Enrollment Up as Families Seek In-Person Learning

Excited to Be Back with HS Tennis Starting the Sports Season

Top 10 Digital Transformation Trends for 2021

Getting Set Up for Collaboration in Online PBL Units

Five Books to Help Your Child Understand Columbus Day

Learning About Columbus By Putting Him on Trial

How to Broaden Students’ Sense of History

How to Use Art to Teach History

Teaching Drama in Distance Learning

Five Keys to Successful Homework Assignments During Remote Learning

For Kids at Home, A Small Intervention Makes a Big Difference

Helping Students Make New Friends During COVID is Possible.  Two Programs Show How

How Do Teachers Make Hand-On Classes Work Online?  With Tech and Innovation

Study Guide:  IEPs and Special Education During COVID-19

The First Semester of College Has Never Been Stranger

Yale’s Most Popular House Is Now Available Online Free

Report Paints Grim Picture of Fiscal Health of Nonprofits

A Shortage of Teachers and COVID-19 Create a Perfect Storm for the Education System

Addressing Teacher Shortages With Differentiated Staffing Models

These Ideas Would Make Zoom Work a Lot Better

COVID Long-Haulers Fight for Understanding

List of Words You Love to Hate

 

NJAIS Professional Development:  There are many upcoming workshops and conferences.  Register HERE 

Monday, 28 September 2020

COVID-19 in Children and Young People

Yale School of Public Health:  COVID-19 Safety Guidelines for Specific School Spaces

School Counselors and COVID-19

Your Organization is Grieving.  Here’s How You Can Help

How Teachers Can Buffer Student Stress From COVID-19:  Ordinary Magic

How “Empathy Interviews” Help Us Cope with COVID

Strong Relationships Help Kids Catch Up After Six Months of COVID-19 School Closures

Life in the Time of COVID:  Four Scenarios for the Road Ahead

The Road Ahead:  Charting the Coronavirus Pandemic Over the Next 12 Months and Beyond

10 Keys to Everyday Anti-Racism

This is the Casual Racism That I Face at My Elite High School

No, Putting a Person of Color on Your Panel Doesn’t Accomplish “Diversity”

An Update and Overview of Princeton’s Ongoing Efforts to Combat Systemic Racism

Princeton Admitted Past Racism.  Now It’s Under Investigation

The Value of a Camera-Optional Policy

Here’s How NJ Budget Taxes Will Have an Impact on You

Renewed Push on Plan That May Eliminate Many NJ School Districts

27 NJ Schools Ranked Among 2021’s Best Colleges by US News

Why Can Goodyear Employees Wear Black Lives Matter Gear, But Not MAGA?

Fostering Civil Discourse in a Time of Polarity

Lessons in Leadership:  How a First-Year Principal Navigated Pandemic Disruption

Are the Next Great Leaders Hiding in Plain Sight?

Searching for the “Just Right” Leadership Approach in this Era

Managing Remote Teams

How to Overcome the Distraction of Compassion

Companies Need to Stop Pretending Its Business as Usual

With School Plans in Flux, Here are Three Leadership Strategies to Prioritize, and Two to Avoid

Seven Strategies for Better Group Decision-Making

Three Ways to Motivate Your Team Through an Extended Crisis

The Boss Factor:  Making the World a Better Place Through Workplace Relationships

Six Problem-Solving Mindsets for Uncertain Times

Why the Path to Student Success is So Different for Gen Z

Millennial Families Are Less Financially Secure Than Previous Generations

True Gen:  Generation Z and Its Implications for Companies

School Governance in the Age of COVID-19:  How Effective Boards Ensure School Survival and Continued Success

A Separate and Unequal System of College Admissions

2020 Survey of Admissions:  A Mess of a Year

Pandemic-Era SATs:  Pencils Down, Face Masks Up

​​​​​​​How to Predict Merit Aid in a Strange College Application Season

Pandemic Increases Importance of Filing Early for Financial Aid

Students Face a Campus Christmas to Limit Coronavirus Spread

Student Engagement Trap, and How to Avoid It

Teaching Politics in the International Classroom

Back-to-School Season in Italy

15 Invention Opportunities in Learning

Third British Musicians May Quit Industry Amid Pandemic

One Lost Weekend with the Arts in NYC

Yo-Yo Ma on Hopes and Fears for Arts Education Going Forward

 

N.B.:  These articles and others are saved on the NJAIS website for a brief period of time.

NJAIS Professional Development:  There are upcoming workshops and conferences.  See here for registration and listings.  

 

21 September 2020

Three Questions Every Parent Should Be Asking Their School Right Now

As Schools Spend Big on Temperature Check Tech, Experts Warn:  It Won’t Work

Classroom Precautions During COVID-19

What Should Recess and Play Look Like in a Socially Distanced World?

Four Ways to Increase Engagement in Distance Learning and In Person

COVID-19’s Teaching Challenges:  Five Tips From Pediatric Care for Teachers Wearing Masks

Do Masks Impede Children’s Development?

Our Students are Depending On Us!

Safe Remote Learning

Seven Teachers Share Their Best Tips on Remote Learning

Conveying Your Expectations Remotely

Your Checklist for Virtual PBL

Special Ed and Online Learning

Conservatories in the Time of COVID-19:  How Nine Music Schools are Adapting as They Reopen This Fall

Six Problem-Solving Mindsets for Very Uncertain Times

How Teachers Can Buffer Student Stress From COVID-19:  Ordinary Magic

Don’t Just Lead Your People Through Trauma.  Help Them Grow

Toxic Positivity

Applying the Five Senses Model for Transitions Strategies

In a K-Shaped Recovery, Nonprofits Should Lean on Major Donors

How to Review Student Applicants in 2021 Academic Year

Lawn Games. Anyone?

How to Talk to Kids About Racism and Police

How to Recruit Board Members, Even in a Crisis

Data Privacy in a Pandemic?  Parents are Concerned, but Still Welcome More Tech

Corporate Governance in COVID-19:  Cybersecurity and Tech Considerations

Turn Captions On to Improve Reading Skills

RBG Lesson Plan

The Novelty Effect

WSJ Best Colleges in America

 

NJAIS Professional Development:  There are many upcoming workshops.  See the list and register HERE

 

 

Friday, 18 September 2020

Students Finally Return to the Classroom After Six Months

Schools Across NJ Reopened Today.  Here’s What It Looked Like

COVID Testing in the Workplace is Tricky.  Here’s What Experts Recommend

Why Schools Can’t have a Complete Back-to-School Road Map without a relationship Map

Teachers Feel Torn Between Their Students and Their Own Kids

Feeling Overwhelmed and Overlooked, Special Educators Need SEL to Navigate the Pandemic

Special Ed and Online Learning:  What You Need to Know

What is Good Teaching?

Five Research-Backed Tips to Improve Your Online Teaching Presence

Keys to Success in Distance Learning

In Some Ways, Kids are Better with Distance Learning

The Ups and Downs of ZOOM Breakout Rooms

The Student Engagement Prep and How to Avoid It

In Preschools, Sharing and Playtime Look Different Now

Why Schools Now More Than Ever Should Let Young Kids Learn Through Play, Not Worksheets

100 Favorite Books for Young Readers

How to Show Kids the Joy of Reading

Educators Find Strategies Fostering SEL, Play for Youngest Students as Coronavirus Continues

It’s Time to Rethink How Schools Use Data to Implement Social and Emotional Learning

Starting High School From Behind a Computer Screen

Competency-Based Learning Puts Students at the Center.  It is Perfect for Now

A Digital Toolkit for Teaching Civics

Trump Alleges “Left-Wing indoctrination” in Schools, Says He Will Create National Commission to Push More “Pro-American” History

1776 vs. 1619:  A Battle of Patriotic Education

Bridging Differences Playbook

A New Deal for Higher Ed?

Education Department Launches Investigation After Princeton’s President Confronts “Systemic Racism” on Campus

College Applicants Will Make Pandemic Focus Of Their Admissions Essays.  Should They?

In College Admissions, Be Careful What You Wish For

SAT Scores, Test-Takers Tick Down Amid COVID-19 Closures

New College Board Curriculum Puts African Diaspora in the Spotlight

Educator Competencies for Student-Centered Teaching

Want to Learn More Effectively?  Take More Breaks, Research Suggests

Tired of Typing?  These 15 Product Let you Quickly Digitize Your Scribbles

Supporting Teens in a Pandemic

How to Manage Anxiety in Four Simple Ways

Carol Dweck on Nurturing Students’ Growth Mindsets Through Protest and Pandemic

Student Discipline During Pandemic

Students are Living History.  Empower Their Voices by Creating Primary Sources

Six Ways Human Resources Can Increase Workplace Diversity

Report:  Teacher Pay Still Lags Peer s in Other Professions by 19.2%

COVID Changed Consumer Behavior and Marketing Strategy

Creating a Brand Story for the Times

Recruitment Reset for 2021:  Focus on Content and Agents

The New Accountability Assignment:  How to Judge School

Why Schools Have Their International Marketing all Wrong and How It Can Be Fixed

Growing Demand for Wilderness Education May Widen Learning Inequity

The Future of School May be Outdoors, Even After the Pandemic

Yes, I Was Hired Because I’m Black.  But That’s Not the Only Reason

What is White Privilege?

Howard and Sidwell Friends Forge Forward-Looking Partnership

Who You Know:  Interview with President of SNHU 

Are the Rich the Last Hope For Philanthropy?

Cyberattacks Against Schools are Rising

What are NJ Schools Doing about Cyberattacks?

Playing It Safe or Taking a Risk?

Meeting Everyone on a New Team

Getting Back to Normal

What Now?  Decisive Actions to Emerge Stronger in the Next Normal

Ways to Set Boundaries at Work to Improve Your Life

Five Principles to Guide Adaptive Leadership

Are Your Nonprofit’s CEO Succession Plans COVID Updated?

How Boards Can Plan for the Disasters That No One Wants to Think About

Memo to the CFO:  A New Approach to 2021 Budgeting Starts Now

The Checklist

America is Trapped in a Pandemic Spiral

A Call for Optimism as Schools Recalibrate

Humor:  Farmer on Mental Health

Humor:  Mom’s Video Sums Up How Confusing this School Year is For Everyone

 

N.B.:  These articles and others are saved on the NJAIS website for a brief period of time.

 

NJAIS Professional Development:  There are many upcoming workshops and conferences.  See the calendar and register here:  https://www.njais.org/professional-development/overview

 

 

Friday, 28 August 2020

Why NJ’s Plan for In-Person Schooling Is Falling Apart (in the public schools…)

Very Small Comforts

How to Handle Separation Anxiety Meltdowns in Kids

Less Jargon, More Grace:  Using Language That Parents Understand

New ZOOM Features Look to Help Teachers Manage Virtual Classrooms

Five Reasons to Let Students Keep Their Camera Off During ZOOM Classes

Five Norms and Five Rubrics for High-Quality Online Learning

Vanderbilt University on Blended and Online Learning

Eight Strategies to Improve Participation in Your Virtual Classroom

The Science of Keeping Kids Engaged, Even From Home

Making the Best of Virtual Learning:  Some Advice from the Founder of Khan Academy

Teaching in an Empty Classroom During COVID-19:  Benefits and Drawbacks

Tips for Designing an Online Learning Experience Using the Five Es Instructional Model

The Dehumanizing Condescension of White Fragility

DEI and Personalized Learning

The American Nightmare

We Talk About Race Everywhere But in the Classroom.  Why?

How Racial Affinity Groups Saved My Life

Expanding Affinity Potential Affinity Groups in Elementary, Middle, and Early Childhood Education

Turning Enduring Issues into Ethical Debates

Social Justice Standards

My University Botched the Pandemic.  What Does That Say About How It Sees Students and Community?

Schools Place Priority on Mental Health

Top Sites and Apps for Math During Remote Learning

COVID-19 Planning:  Resources to Support the Use of High-Quality Instructional Materials

Essential Apps for the Physical and Digital Classroom

Starting the Year with Adaptable Literacy Pre-Assessments

An Uncomfortable Truth:  12 Books that Discuss the 19th Amendment and the Limits of Women’s Suffrage

Six Books to Get Young Readers Through a Pandemic

Principles to Improve the Effectiveness of Instructional Videos

How to Identify the Most Important Tasks

How to Run an Effective Virtual Meeting:  Stop Blaming ZOOM!

How Technology, Coronavirus Will Change Teaching by 2025

The K-12 Edtech Market is at an Inflection.  But Where is it Going?

A Framework for Thinking About Tech Integration

Why the Path to Student Success is Different for Gen Z

How to Think About Content Creation and Personal Branding

Johns Hopkins Opening Campus Via Minecraft

Unprecedented Numbers of Students Are Taking a Gap Year.  What Should They Do with the Time?

Building a Team:  Hiring “Right” From the Start

Moving to the “Dark Side” in Dark Times

Executive Coaches, Your Job is to Deliver Business Results

Beware the Coming Teacher Shortage

Take Care of Your Mental Health

Your Surge Capacity is Depleted.  Is That Why You Feel Awful?

Student Resilience Standards:  Preliminary Findings and Recommendations

Are the Kids All Right?  How to Check on Their Mental Health During a Tough Time

Seven Keys to Effective Leadership in Our New Normal

Leading in the Post-COVID Recovery

Top 20 Global Pandemic Leadership Dilemmas in Rank Order

Blackbaud Faces Lawsuit From Donors After Data Breach

Hot to Balance School Re-Openings and COVID-19 Workplace Leave:  FAQs for Employers

NJ Expands COVID-19 Travel Quarantine to 35 States, Territories

2020 State Ranking Report

How Will You Measure Your Life?

Welcome Back!  Your Classroom is Down the Page and to the Left

 

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NJAIS Professional Development:  There are some important upcoming events.  You’ll find registration links and descriptions here:  https://www.njais.org/professional-development/overview

 

Friday, 28 August 2020

Why NJ’s Plan for In-Person Schooling Is Falling Apart (in the public schools…)

Very Small Comforts

How to Handle Separation Anxiety Meltdowns in Kids

Less Jargon, More Grace:  Using Language That Parents Understand

New ZOOM Features Look to Help Teachers Manage Virtual Classrooms

Five Reasons to Let Students Keep Their Camera Off During ZOOM Classes

Online/Remote Teaching PD Resources

Five Norms and Five Rubrics for High-Quality Online Learning

Vanderbilt University on Blended and Online Learning

Eight Strategies to Improve Participation in Your Virtual Classroom

The Science of Keeping Kids Engaged, Even From Home

Making the Best of Virtual Learning:  Some Advice from the Founder of Khan Academy

Teaching in an Empty Classroom During COVID-19:  Benefits and Drawbacks

Tips for Designing an Online Learning Experience Using the Five Es Instructional Model

The Dehumanizing Condescension of White Fragility

DEI and Personalized Learning

The American Nightmare

We Talk About Race Everywhere But in the Classroom.  Why?

How Racial Affinity Groups Saved My Life

Expanding Affinity Potential Affinity Groups in Elementary, Middle, and Early Childhood Education

Turning Enduring Issues into Ethical Debates

Social Justice Standards

My University Botched the Pandemic.  What Does That Say About How It Sees Students and Community?

Schools Place Priority on Mental Health

Top Sites and Apps for Math During Remote Learning

COVID-19 Planning:  Resources to Support the Use of High-Quality Instructional Materials

Essential Apps for the Physical and Digital Classroom

Starting the Year with Adaptable Literacy Pre-Assessments

An Uncomfortable Truth:  12 Books that Discuss the 19th Amendment and the Limits of Women’s Suffrage

Six Books to Get Young Readers Through a Pandemic

Principles to Improve the Effectiveness of Instructional Videos

How to Identify the Most Important Tasks

How to Run an Effective Virtual Meeting:  Stop Blaming ZOOM!

How Technology, Coronavirus Will Change Teaching by 2025

The K-12 Edtech Market is at an Inflection.  But Where is it Going?

A Framework for Thinking About Tech Integration

Why the Path to Student Success is Different for Gen Z

How to Think About Content Creation and Personal Branding

Johns Hopkins Opening Campus Via Minecraft

Unprecedented Numbers of Students Are Taking a Gap Year.  What Should They Do with the Time?

Building a Team:  Hiring “Right” From the Start

Moving to the “Dark Side” in Dark Times

Executive Coaches, Your Job is to Deliver Business Results

Beware the Coming Teacher Shortage

Take Care of Your Mental Health

Your Surge Capacity is Depleted.  Is That Why You Feel Awful?

Student Resilience Standards:  Preliminary Findings and Recommendations

Are the Kids All Right?  How to Check on Their Mental Health During a Tough Time

Seven Keys to Effective Leadership in Our New Normal

Leading in the Post-COVID Recovery

Top 20 Global Pandemic Leadership Dilemmas in Rank Order

Blackbaud Faces Lawsuit From Donors After Data Breach

Hot to Balance School Re-Openings and COVID-19 Workplace Leave:  FAQs for Employers

NJ Expands COVID-19 Travel Quarantine to 35 States, Territories

2020 State Ranking Report

How Will You Measure Your Life?

Welcome Back!  Your Classroom is Down the Page and to the Left

 

N.B.:  These articles and others are saved on the NJAIS website for a brief period of time.

NJAIS Professional Development:  There are some important upcoming events.  You’ll find registration links and descriptions HERE

 

 

Monday, 17 August 2020

NJ Issues Rules for In-Person Education in Schools Amid COVID-19

Get Ready for a Teacher Shortage Like We’ve Never Seen Before

Inspirational Black Educators to Follow on Twitter

Integrity, Thoughtfulness, and Inclusion  Can Be Taught.   Here’s How

Thinking of Skipping Vacation?  DON’T!

These NJ School Districts Plan an All-Remote Start

A Guide to Reopening NYC Private Schools

The Majority of CT’s Private Boarding Schools Will Push Ahead With In-Person Learning This Fall, Despite COVID-19 Safety Concerns From Faculty

Coronavirus Pospones School Athletics in 25 States

Ivies Suddenly Reverse Fall Semester Plans

Over 20% of Harvard Undergrads Do Not Intend to Enroll in Fall 2020

Much Work to be Done in College Admissions

How the Coronavirus Has Upended College Admissions

Dealing with the Freshman Down the Hall

Parents are On Edge as the School Year Looms.  These Mental Health Experts Have Advice on How to Cope

Adolescence and Emerging Adulthood

Researchers Find a Surprising Way to Increase Your EQ

A New Children’s Album Celebrates Kids Who are Transgender and Non-Binary

Hitting a Baseball is the Hardest Skill to Pull Off in Sports.  Here’s Why.

CDC Updates K-12 Face Mask Guidance, Recommends Plan to Prevent Bullying

How to Help Students Get Used to Wearing Masks

Starting the Year with Adaptable Literacy Pre-Assessments

Despite Setbacks, Trump Administration Doubles Down on Push to Reopen School Buildings

Welcome to Kindergartentopia a Dreamy Solution to Every Parent's Nightmare

20 Questions to Help Decide What’s Best For Your Kids (and You) this School Year

Working Parents Are Hitting Their Coronavirus Breaking Points

I Was a Private Teacher.  Pandemic Pods Will Be Hard, Lonely Work

Five Ways to Go From a Scarcity to Abundance Mindset

Think Self-Management Not Time Management

The Mindset You Need to Succeed at Every Goal

Your To-Do List Is, In Fact, Too Long

What Workforce Education is Learning From the Pandemic

Seven Skills Students Need for Distance Learning

Hybrid Models Could Prove Effective.  Are They Here to Stay?

Google Details 50 New Classroom and Meet Features for the Pandemic Year

IBM Launches Three Free AI-Focused Online Learning Platforms for Young People and Their Teachers

The Challenges of Turning HVAC and Other Building Systems Back On as Campuses Reopen

Ventilation Should Be Part of the Conversation On School Reopening

Eight Ways Managers Can Support Employees’ Mental Health

Study:  Social Media Does Not Increase Risk for Teen Depression

Two Princeton Grads Just Bought Out Hotels in Hawaii and Arkansas and are Betting on Students Paying $15,000 to Study in a Bubble

High School Adds Cardboard Students Between Distanced Desks

Virtual Freshman Orientation

School Committee Meeting to Decide On Your Future in Teaching

You’ll Be Back to School

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NJAIS Professional Development:  See the listing of upcoming events HERE

 

Tuesday, 11 August 2020

Two NJ Teens Win Thousands in Prestigious National Science Competition

Princeton University Switches to Undergraduate Education to Be Fully Remote This Fall

Federation of School Leaders Issues a New Guide for Reopening Schools Safely

School Districts in These 10 States Have Canceled Fall Sports

Kudos to the Leader Who Wants Students to Have More Options

Why Black Families are Choosing to Keep Their Kids Remote When Schools Reopen

School Closures Damage the Youngest Children

How to Show Kids the Joy of Reading

Here’s What It’s Like to Teach Children to Read Over ZOOM 

Keeping Kindergartners Engaged in Distance Learning

Why Unions Oppose School Openings

As We Talk About Reopening Schools, Are the Teachers Okay?

Anxiety in the Air:  What We Know About Ventilation in NYC Schools Ahead of Reopening

Challenge Updating School Ventilation Systems

Why Stopping COVID at Schools May Not Be as Easy as Taking Temperatures

Elite Upper East Side School Sued Over Decades Old Sex Abuse Allegations

Elite Private School Reopening

NYC Spends a Record $28K Per Student…

How to Volunteer or Donate to Help Others This School Year

Amid Pandemic, Future of Many Catholic Schools Is in Doubt

Using COVID-19 as a Learning Opportunity

The Intervention that Could Lift Kids Out of “COVID Slide"

Launching a School Year in Uncertain Times

Teaching that Works for Traumatized Students

Another Problem with Shifting Education Online:  Cheating

The Evolving Science of How Kids Contract and Spread Coronavirus

Brene Brown on Empathy

How to Meme What You Say

Four Keys to Making Online Learning Work

Principles to Improve the Effectiveness of Instructional Videos

How to Align Your LMS with the Science of Learning

Wearing a Neck Gaiter May be Worse Than No Mask at All, Researchers Find

The Press of the Unknown is Taking a Massive Toll on Parents

Federal Court Rules Transgender Students Must Have Equal Access to Bathrooms

Why the Path to Student Success is Different for Gen Z

This Mindset Matters as Much as Intelligence and Grit for Success

The Pandemic May Be Changing Your Personality , Psychologists Say

The Most Popular High School Plays and Musicals for 2020

 

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NJAIS Professional Development:  For upcoming events, please check HERE

 

 

Wednesday, 5 August 2020

The Next Pandemic:  Mental Health

Want to Beat Anxiety?

Resources and Examples:  Learning in the Time of COVID-19

Why Is There No Consensus About Reopening Schools?

If Public Schools Are Closed, Should Private Schools Have to Follow?

What Back to School Might Look Like in the Age of COVID-19

With Coronavirus Cases Reported at Some Reopened Schools, Protesters Take to the Streets with Fake Coffins

The Pivot Back to Remote Learning:  Checklists for Teachers, Principals, and Ed-Tech Leaders

$25,000 Pod Schools:  How Well-to-Do Children Will Weather the Pandemic

Pod Schooling:  School Choice Amid Crisis

Homeschooling Pod Frenzy

Rich City Tykes Swell Schools in Hamptons and Hudson Valley

The Little Fraught Schoolhouse

A Summer Camp COVID-19 Outbreak Offers Back-to-School Lessons

“Exceedingly Painful”:  Why Fewer Out-of-State and International Students Could Hurt Everyone on Campus

NJ DOE on Face Coverings

Cloth Face Coverings for Children During COVID-19

Can Teachers Really Do Their Jobs in Masks?

Face  Masks Reduce the Ability to Read Emotions

Governance and Crisis:  The Board’s Role

Five Easy Ways Board Members Can Help During This Crisis

When Was the Last Time Your Board Updated Its Bylaws?

Three EdTech Companies Merge to Create an Anthology of Tools

Innovative Technology is the Future of Education

How COVID-19 Is Revolutionizing the Education Industry

Using Human-Centered Design to Reimagine Staffing Models

Why Compassion is a Better Management Tactic Than Toughness

Mental Resilience Can Help You Through the Coronavirus Pandemic; Here’s How to Build It

How to Make Your Smartphone Last Longer

What Educators Really Need to Know About TikTok

Using Texting to Help Build Children’s Vocabulary at Home

Strategies for Encouraging Language-Building Conversations in Young Children

Tips for Setting Up An At-Home Learning Environment For Young Students

Learning that Physics “Is Not for Me”

!!-Teacher-Recommended Math Apps for PK-12

Essential Apps for the Physical and Digital Classroom

Teaching Reading in a New Way

What I Learned While Teaching Virtual Summer School

Teachers Want to Improve But Training Varies

Four Important Lessons Schools Learned About Communications During Distance Learning

Rebates and Reversals in Higher Ed

How to Go to College During a Pandemic

The New College Drop-Off

Why the Teenage Brain Pushes Young People to Ignore Virus Restrictions

How to Humanize Your Classroom or School When You’re Teaching From a Distance:  Principles and Practices

Don’t Forget the “L” in SEL

How to Set Up a Virtual Book Club for Students

Lessons From a Working Mom on “Doing It All”

Unlocking the Power of a Coach’s Art of Asking Questions

How to (Actually) Change Someone’s Mind

16% of Parents Haven’t Vaccinated Their Kids Due to COVID-19

Here’s How White People Can Broach Difficult Conversations About Race (With a list of Resources)

Classroom Discussions About Race:  Hear What Five Black Students Say They Need

Nine Picture Books for Preschoolers that Celebrate Diversity

Redesigning for an Anti-Racist Classroom:  Unpacking Bias

How to Hire and Retain a Diverse Team

Princeton University is one of the Least Racist Institutions in the World

Stay Away from These 115 Hand Sanitizers, FDA Warns

Sharing Global Music

El Sistema Sweden Summer Music Camp

Prioritizing Self-Care in Times of Crisis

Schools Scramble to Teach Teachers How to Educate Virtually

How Two NYC Schools Became Models For Coping in a Pandemic

New Student-Led Nonprofit Aims to Counter COVID Misinformation

Millions in Federal PPP Aid Went to Elite NJ Prep Schools

Note From the Principal:  This Fall Your Classroom Will be Equipped with a Lion

 

N.B.:  These articles and others are saved on the NJAIS website for a brief period of time.

NJAIS Professional Development:  There are many meaningful workshops upcoming.  See the schedule here

 

Tuesday, 23 June 2020

Brown University Will Cut 11 of Its Varsity Sports

Bowdoin’s Re-Entry Plan

Could Hybrid Learning Become the New Normal?

Mastering Teaching Online

Black Students, Alumni Go Public with Painful Stories of Racism at Prestigious Prep Schools

Coronavirus, Racism, and Kindness:  How Middle-Schoolers Built a Winning Podcast

Race and Equity

The Anti-Racist Starter Pack:  40 TV Series, Documentaries, Movies, TED Talks, and Books To Add to Your List

The Righteous Revulsion Driving the Demands for Racial Change in America

Climate Justice Can Only Be Achieved If There is Racial Justice

How to Root Out Anti-Black Racism in Your School

All Teachers Must Improve “Racial Literacy” in Order to Teach Children to be Anti-Racist

Teachers are People, Too.  Examining the Bias of Teachers Compared with Other American Adults

A Tale of Two Types of Schools:  How School Working Conditions Influence Black Male Teacher Turnover

How Workplaces Can Invite Dialogue on Race

Tackling Diversity in Case Discussions

These Black Writers Are Telling the Essential Stories of Our Time

How Leaders Can Educate Themselves and Do Better

The Fundraising Cheat Sheet for Board Members

False Portraits:  Better Personality Inventory than Myers-Briggs and Enneagram

Summer Checklist on College for the Class of 2021

How Educators Can Address Trauma During the Pandemic

How to Stay Emotionally Healthy During Social Isolation

How School Crisis Counselors Help Students Cope with Death and Grief, Virtually

Teens and Re-Opening

Five Tips for Developing a Great Parent-Child Relationship

How to Entertain Your Kids This Summer?  Maybe Don’t

Summer and ADHD:  A Survival Guide

How This Time-Management Trick Changed My Relationship with Time

Can International Education Survive COVID-19?

In COVID Teaching Limbo?  Check Out Hyperdocs

What Does Good Classroom Design Look Like in the Age of Social Distancing

For Teachers:  Summer Learning During Turbulent Times

Seven Takeaways From our Experiences with Distance Learning

Eight Key Insights About the International Teaching Market

A Teacher’s Take on Surviving Distance Learning

Building Meaning Builds Teens’ Brains

Catholic Schools Are Closing As Coronavirus Exacts Economic Toll

Private School Enrollment

Catholic School Closures Rise Amid COVID-19, Recession

 

Wednesday, 17 June 2020

As Wealthy Families Flee, NYC Private Schools Brace for an Uncertain Fall

Rich Kids Are Eating Up the Financial Aid Pot

NYC Private Schools Grapple With Black Students’ Painful Experiences

Is Your Company Actually Fighting Racism or Just Talking About It?

Trying to Parent My Black Teenagers Through Protest and Pandemic

Little House, Big Problem:  What to Do with “Classic” Books That are Also Racist

The Psychology of American Racism

An Opportunity for Equity

Coronavirus Will Crush the Private School Industry

Enrollment Decision-Making Amid COVID-19:  Four Effects to Manage

Colleges are Ditching Required Admissions Tests over COVID-19.  Will They Ever Go Back?

169 Best Colleges Still Searching for 2020 Applicants and Offering Tuition Discounts

Distance Learning FAQ:  Solving Teachers’ and Students’ Common Problems

How Teachers Want Emergency Distance Learning Improved

The Results are In For Remote Learning

What Frustrates Students Most About Online Classes

It May Be That I Never Go Back to the Grading System

Keeping Schools Closed Next Fall Could Worsen Science’s Diversity Problem

How Much Will It Cost to Reopen Schools:  New Estimate

How 132 Epidemiologists Are Deciding When to Send Their Children to School

Opening Healthy Schools

Johns Hopkins, CHEA Release Guide for Pandemic

COVID-19 Planning Guide and Self-Assessment to Support Safer Educational Operations During the Pandemic

Be Brave.  Be Kind.

In a Crisis, We Can Learn From Trauma Therapy

Middle School Counselor’s Insights on the Student Pandemic Experience

When Will It Be Safe to Sing Together Again?

So You Want to Be a Socially Distanced Orchestra

Why Employees Think Leaders Are Failing to Lead

Noodle Partners Raises $16 million to Help Colleges Build Online Programs

Rival Publishers Join and Create Digital Content

Social Networks are Broken.  Here’s the Secret to Rebuilding Trust

The Poems That Poets Turn to In Times of Strife

N.B.:  These articles and others are saved on the NJAIS website for a brief period of time.

NJAIS Professional Development:  This summer has a lot of outstanding professional learning opportunities.  See them here:  https://www.njais.org/professional-development/summer-2020-professional-development-opportunities

 

Monday, 15 June 2020

Scaffolded Anti-Racist Resources

Promoting Diversity and Social Justice:  Educating People from Privileged Groups

How Indigenous, Black, and POC Educators Envision a Better School Experience

Why Diversity is Essential to School Innovation

Why We Can’t Afford Whitewashed Social-Emotional Learning

Attention School Leaders:  Students Are Demanding Anti-Racists Curriculum and Instruction

Elite All-Girls School Brearley Accused of Fostering Racist Environment

Why Brands’ Black Lives Matter Statements Can So Easily Go Wrong

Teachers Can Equip Students With Tools to “Demolish” Racism

Smithsonian Tools for Talking About Race

How Diverse Is Your Board, Really?

Manhattan Private School Plans a Hamptons Branch

Here’s How Summer Camps Will Operate Amid the Coronavirus Crisis

What the Protests Demand of Our Leaders

Distance Learning Resources

A Guide to Distance Learning

Grant Lichtman and COVID-19 and the Problems We’re Trying to Solve

The Unproductive Debate of Synchronous vs. Asynchronous Learning

How Brain Research Helped Retool Our School Schedule for Remote Learning (Author is presenting for NJAIS this summer!)

When It Comes to Keeping Kids Safe and Fed, Some American Counties Rank Alongside Iraq and Bangladesh

How Feasible are School Re-opening Plans

Feeling Uncomfortable with Re-Entry?  You’re on the Right Track

Re-Opening?  Learn How to Help Your Employees Feel Safe Psychologically

Updated Testing Policies For Top 20 Colleges During the 2020-2021 Application Cycle

NJ’s "Right to Refuse To Return to Work" Rules Unveiled 

McKinsey’s COVID-19 Briefing Note

Re-Open Schools With a “Golden Age of Play”

Let Your Kids Be Bored.  It’s Healthy

A Simple Math Activity That Engages All Students

TikTok Teacher:  High School Math Made Fun Via Social Media to Engage Students

A Simple Way to Scaffold Physics

Survey:  Pandemic Caused Teens to Experience “Collective Trauma”

The COVID-19 Pandemic is Re-Mapping Childhood, and the Effects May Linger

How to Support Kids’ and Teen Mental Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Your COVID-19 “Choose-Your-Own-Adventure” Mental Health Guide

The Unexpected Gift of Stay-at Home Orders:  Time for Kids to Sleep and Think and Just Be

Univ. of Colorado:  Road Map to Fall 2020 (with an interesting idea for residence halls)

Music Teacher’s “Weekend” Project Turns Into Almost 40,000 Face Shields

I Was a Teacher.  I’m Now an Administrator.  What I Learned

What the Pandemic Reveals About the Male Ego

The Father of EQ Reveals 12 Ways to Increase Your Emotional Intelligence

13 Smart Ways to Adapt Your Fundraising Strategy During Tough Times

From On-Campus to Onscreen:  The Virtual Reality of (School) Tours

Key Lessons for Independent Schools About Financial Aid and Tuition During the COVID-19 Crisis

Questions that Boards Should and Should NOT Be Asking Right Now

Four Books That Can Help You Be a Better Speaker

Future-Ready Teaching (Read this study!)

Tuesday, 9 June 2020

Schools Are On Their Own to Figure Out Re-openings.  Here’s How I Plan to Reopen Mine

Five Things NOT to Do When Schools Re-open

Re-Opening Schools:  What Knowledge Can We Rely Upon?

Students in Masks?  Sick Kids Staying Home?  Teachers Aren’t Convinced Plans Will Keep Them Safe

What Might K-12 Schools Look Like in the Fall?  Depends Where You Are, Educators Say (Canada)

How Will We Approach the Health of Our Communities After COVID-19

Schools Turn to Surveillance Tech to Prevent Spread

Three Ways to Deepen Student Engagement in Online Discussions

Three Strategic for Better Online Discussions

From the Land of Hybrid:  Better Teaching Starts with Better Planning

A Game of Virtual Dodgeball:  PE During Online Learning

Building Kids’ Resilience Through Play is More Crucial Than Ever

COVID-19 Lockdowns Worsen Childhood Obesity, Study Finds

Reimagine Your Nonprofit to Survive the Crisis

Using “Jobs to Be Done” to Connect with Donors During the Coronavirus Crisis

Fundraising Success Stories for Raising Money RIGHT NOW During COVID-19

Why White Students Need Multicultural and Social Justice Education

How to Be an Antiracist Educator

Anti-Racist Reading Lists Are Good…Only if People Read

40+ Anti-Racist Books for Educators

An Essential Reading Guide for Fighting Racism

Curated Resources for “Facing Today”

How to Develop Culturally Responsive Teaching for Distance Learning

Building Student Understanding Across Racial Differences

Educators Tackle Tough Conversations About Race and Violence, This Time Virtually

How to Talk to Kids About Black Lives and Police Violence

From Zoom to the Streets, Students and Schools Find Teachable Moments in Protests of Police Violence

Stanford Scholars Examine Racism, Social Change, and How to Build a More Just Future

Practical Tips:  How CEOs and Directors Can Lead on Racial Injustice

Independent Schools, Please Stand Up For Your Black Students, Listen to Them and Respect Them

When Crisis Provokes the Need for Personal Change

Nonfiction Titles to Ignite Minds Toward Inquiry

Hot to Spot When an Employee is Secretly Struggling During COVID-19 

Colleges Woo Students with Bargain Tuitions

How Coronavirus is Changing Education  (WATCH THIS!)

Virtual Orientation Kicks Off IU Students

Have Your Kids Create a School Visit on Minecraft

Strategies for International Student Recruitment in the COVID-19 Era

Brock International With Resources for International Programming

Exploring the Evidence on Virtual and Blended Learning

What if Coronavirus Could Change High School for the Better?

How K-12 Schools Can Measure Ed Tech ROI

When Teaching Online, Leverage the Power of Video Observation to Improve Practice

Why Sleep Deprivation Kills

Addressing Grammar

What Transcripts Reveal About School Values, Priorities, and Inequities

The Top Doctor Who Aced the Coronavirus Test

Metacognition:  An Overlooked Skill in Music Theory Instruction

Coronavirus:  15 Emerging Themes for Boards and Executive Teams (McKinsey Report)

COVID-19 Generative Governance Guidelines From Richard Chair

Onboarding a New Leader Remotely

How to Foster a Positive School Climate in a Virtual World

Laughter Will Keep Your Team Connected, Even While You’re Apart

Managers, Encourage Your Team to Take Time OFF!

Monday, 8 June 2020

MIT Elects First Black Woman Student Body President

George Floyd.  Ahmaud Arbery.  Breonna Taylor.  What Do We Tell Our Children?

Talking About Race

Beyond the Golden Rule:  A Parent’s Guide Preventing and Responding to Prejudice

Understanding Race and Privilege

Reflections From a Token Black Friend

Kojo for Kids:  Jason Reynolds Talks About Racism and the Protests

Art That Confront and Challenges Racism:  Start Here

Beyond Synchronous and Asynchronous:  Elastic Proximity

What the Pandemic Means for Summer Learning, and How Policymakers Can Help

Why These Educators Meet Regularly to Align Instruction with Mind, Brain and Education Research

Playing the Long Game:  Using What We Know to Strengthen Our Schools

Parents Are Getting More Involved in Remote Learning.  Is That a Good Thing?

What Will a Return to School During the COVID-19 Pandemic Look Like?

Day Care Centers Say Welcome Back, Keep Your Distance (Ideas for Early Childhood)

One Week Back:  What Has Returning to School Been Like?  (UK)

Let’s Learn From This Week’s School Openings (Canada)

How Working From Home is Working (or Not)

What Happens to Student Behavior When Schools Prioritize Art

Music Synchronizes the Brains of Performers and Their Audience

NY Is Quiet.  Listen to the Birds

The Agonizing Question:  Is NYC Worth it Anymore?

Group Asked NJ Kids for Coronavirus Silver Linings. 

The End of College As We Know It

Rich Colleges Can Afford to Spend More

College Inc Faces a Sticker-Price Reckoning

Falling Into the Gap Year

EMA:  COVID-19 Report The Next Normal

How to Normalize the College Search Process for Juniors

For Colleges and Universities, The Disruption of COVID-19 is a Catalyst for Innovation

Is it Time to Sing Again?

NATS Panel of Experts Lays Out Sobering Future for Singers:  No Vaccine, No Safe Public Singing

A Note From Your University About Its Plans for Next Semester (READ THIS for decision-making communication purposes!)

 

Wednesday, 3 June 2020

NJ Education Officials:  Schools Should Consider Screening Graduation Guests for Fevers

NJ Support for Arts Education During COVID-19

NJ’s Virtual School Year Will Be a Challenge Until the Very End.  Here’s Why

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar:  Don’t Understand the Protests?  What You’re Seeing is People Pushed to the Edge

Breaking the Habit of “White Silence”

The Unbearable Grief of Black Mothers

Talking to Children After Racial Incidents

Your Five-Year-Old Is Already Racially Biased.  Here’s What You Can Do About It

Talking to Kids About Race

10 Tips for Teaching and Talking to Your Kids About Race

31 Children’s Books to Support Conversations on Race, Racism, and Resistance

21-Day Racial Equity Habit-Building Challenge

Trevor Noah’s Reflections on Race and the Times

Kids Will Need Recess More Than Ever When Returning to School Post-Coronavirus

Study Finds Mixed Results for Four-Day School Weeks

Why Middle Schoolers Thrive in a Self-Paced Classroom

Projects Cap School Year Disrupted By Coronavirus and Defined By Remote Learning

Avoiding Perfectionism Can Save Your Teaching Career

What Will College Be Like in the Fall?

College Board Scraps Plans for SAT at Home

Four Ways to Help if Your Kid is Depressed

Six Types of Teacher Jokes You Probably Tell Over and Over

28 July 2020

New International Students Told to Stay Home

School Leaders Prioritize Social-Emotional Wellbeing

Is it Time for Project-Based Learning to Replace the Traditional Model?

Moving Classes Outdoors

Guatemala Teacher Pedals Classroom to Students in Pandemic

Distance Learning Pushed Us to Standards-Based Grading.  We’ll Keep It

Teaching in a Hybrid Learning Model:  Three Ways to Use In-School Time

How Giving All Stakeholders a Voice Can Improve School Reopening Plans

Researching the Return:  130 Pages of Synthesized Research on Opening School This Fall

How High School Seniors are Thinking About Returning to School

Teachers are Growing More Concerned About COVID-19 Exposure, Poll Finds

Experiencing COVID-Style Classroom Teaching

Parents are Panicking, Giving Up Careers, and Spending Thousands on Piecemeal Solutions for the School year

St. Alselm College Installs Ionizing Devices to Battle COVID-19 (Some NJ schools are using this)

NYC Teachers Group Pushes Back on In-Person Learning Plans, Threatens Another Sickout

These Eight Basic Steps Will Let Us Reopen Schools

I Was a Screen-Time Expert.  Then Coronavirus Happened

Online Cheating Isn’t Going Away.  Use It as a Teachable Moment for Students and Educators

Text Messages for Parents for Boosting Reading Scores for Kids

The Teaching That Works for Traumatized Students

How Harvard’s Star Computer Science Professor Built a Distance-Learning Empire

Teaching Isn’t About Managing Behavior

How to Build Strong Relationships with Students if You’re Starting the Year Online:  Principles and Practices

What Anti-Racist Teachers Do Differently 

Dismantle Racism?  Start in the Classroom, Teachers Say

What All-Girls’ Schools Can Teach Coed Schools

Eight Things Teen Girl Activists Want You to Know About Pandemic Life

Girls, Has the Pandemic Made You Think of Quitting School?  Call Your Mentor

A Debate About Open Debate

Should We Cancel Aristotle

Confronting the Uncomfortable Reality of Workplace Discrimination

A Strategy for Building Productive Relationships with Parents

Analysis:  Mapping Students’ Support Networks is Key to supporting their Remote Learning Success.  How Schools Can Make That Happen

2021 Global Learning Landscape

The Gunnery, a Private School in Litchfield County, Changes Name to Honor Abolitionist Founder, Frederick Gunn

BU Study:  Nearly Half US Youth Have Been Stalked/Harrassed By Partners

A History of Universities and Pandemics

How to Brainstorm, Remotely

How Designing Accessible Curriculum For All Can Help Make Online Learning More Equitable

Teaching US History Through a Trauma Lens

Teaching African History and Cultures Across the Curriculum

Looking at Epic Poetry Through 21st Century Eyes

Wordsworth at 250

What Makes a Rodin “a Rodin”?  

How to Prevent Hearing Loss in Kids from Headphone Use

The Ultimate Guide to Micromanagers:  Signs, Causes, Solutions

Six Traits That’ll Make You Indispensable at Work

Administrators Try School Buses and Social Distancing Themselves

University of Colorado Return to Music-Making

Reducing Bioaerosol Emissions and Exposures in the Performing Arts

Preliminary Results of Performing Arts Aerosol Study Depict Hopeful Outlook for Future Music Activities

Arts Ed NJ Issues “September Read Fall 2020 Guidance for Arts Education

Is it Safe To Strike Up the Band During Coronavirus

Vocal Ranges of the Top Pop Singers

Fall Sports Status Update

NJAIS Professional Development:  There are many upcoming programs.  See here.

 

Wednesday, 22 July 2020

Schools Beat Earlier Plagues With Outdoor Classes.  We Should, Too

Summary of School Re-Opening Models From Across the Globe

Why Outdoor Education May Be the Key to Reopening Schools Safely

Older Children Spread the Coronavirus Just as Much as Adults, Large Study Finds

People Hated Masks During the 1918 Pandemic, Too.  675,000 Americans Died

The Next Generation of Masks Could Be High-Tech

The Science of School Re-openings

In the Same Town, Private Schools are Reopening While Public Schools Are Not

I Won’t Return to the Classroom, and You Shouldn’t Ask Me To

Not Everyone Hates School at Home

The Case for Unschooling

What is Distance Learning For?

Teaching Today Requires Transformation and Innovation:  An Interview with Robert Landau

Blending Models and Tech:  How Might We Do Education Better?

Hybrid Models Could Prove Effective.  Are They Here to Stay?

Students Positive on Distance Learning But Obstacles Still Remain

A Transcript for School Change

The Challenge of School Leadership

Round-the-Clock Communication is Exhausting Teachers

Vulnerability Can Be a Strength For Educators.  Let’s Embrace It

Black History is Everyone’s History

Anti-Racism Reading List:  10 Books to Get You Started

Engaging White Students in Conversations About Race

Key Distinctions for Understanding Race and Racism

Confronting the Uncomfortable Reality of Workplace Discrimination

“White Fragility” is Everywhere.  But Does Anti-Racism Training Work?

To White Leaders of Philanthropy:  Do It Differently This Time

Family-Friendly Movies Made By Diverse Filmmakers

Can Learning Science Help Teachers Design More Effective Civics Lessons?

Five Ways the Coronavirus Has Changed Suburban Real Estate

Three Science-Backed Tips for Fighting Your Social Distancing Fatigue

Virtual Board Meetings:  A Nonprofit’s Guide to Success

The Modern Leadership Style:  Being, Not Doing

Why the Progress You Make in the Practice Room Seems to Disappear Overnight, Part I

Why the Progress You Make in the Practice Room Seems to Disappear Overnight, Part II

NJAIS Professional Development:  There are many upcoming NJAIS workshops.  See here for your professional learning opportunities.

 

Friday, 17 July 2020

In the Same Towns, Private Schools Reopening While Public Schools Are Not

Miscro-schooling:  The New Way Parents Are Getting Creative About School for the Fall

Some Possible Developments That Give Pause If Planning To Reopen Campus This Fall

Senate Republicans’ Proposal for Liability Protection

Trump Administration Rescinds Foreign Students Rule

Pandemic Has Shown What Future Architecture Could Be

Rice University Will Hold Classes in Outdoor Tents, Asks Students to bring Own Chairs

Flimflam:  College in 2020

College Admissions Deans Respond to COVID-19

The Math of Social Distancing Is a Lesson in Geometry

What is Betsy DeVos Thinking?

Why Some Schools Stayed Open During the 1918 Flu Pandemic

Don’t Let Uncertainty Paralyze You

Those Students You’re Teaching Online?  They’re Coping, Too

In Hybrid Classes, Some Students Are Likely to Feel Left Out

Childhood After Coronavirus

Expect Heightened Anxiety, Behavioral Issues in Returning Students

Citing Educational Risks, Scientific Panel Urges That Schools Reopen

New Tools and Rules For Schools Amid Coronavirus

What Does Good Classroom Design Look Like in the Age of Social Distancing

Tips for Fighting Pandemic Fatigue

Bonding Activities During Pandemic

What to Say When People Tell You Their Coronavirus Fears

Will the Art World Ever Be the Same?  A Brief Oral History of a Tumultuous Year

Washington Ballet Thought a Virtual Fundraiser Was Safe.  But It Still May Have Put Artists at Risk

School Communications and the Black@ Movement

Just How Little US Students Learn About African American History, and Five Steps to Change That

Yes, Your ZOOM Teaching Can Be First Rate

Nine Ways Your Online Teaching 

Using Two Hands:  Embracing Political Controversy in the History Classroom

One Word to Drop From Your Teacher Vocabulary

Putting Action Behind Words to Address Racial Inequalities

More Sports Leagues Punt on Fall

Seven Inequities:  A Weeklong Look at the Biases Women Face

Seven Skills To Teach Your Daughter By Age 13

Emphasizing the Importance of Play During Distance Learning

Black Leaders of Predominantly White Institutions Must Seize This Moment

Do White People Get It?  Racism Through the Eyes of a Black Male Teacher

Social-Emotional Learning in the High School English Classroom

A New, Anti-Racist Canon:  Suggested Texts

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NJAIS Professional Development:  There are many upcoming workshops, seminars, and other events.  Register using the links found here:  https://www.njais.org/professional-development/summer-2020-professional-development-opportunities

 

Monday, 13 July 2020

Black Students Experience Trauma, Racist Incidents School Experts Say

Black At Instagram Accounts Put Campus Racism on Display

Talking With Your Teen About Anti-Racism?  Be Ready to Listen

How Indigenous, Black, and POC Educators Envision a Better School Experience

How to Sustain Momentum for the Anti-Racism Movement

How Will Administrators Incorporate Lessons Learned From Summer Protests?

How to Tackle Race at Your Organization

Elite NYC Schools Received Millions in PPP Loans

COVID-19 Permanent Private School Closures

Reopening Schools Will Be a Huge Undertaking.  It Must Be Done

LA and San Diego Schools Will Go Online-Only in the Fall

Many Teachers are Fearful and Angry Over Pressure to Return

How to Reopen Schools:  What Science and Other Countries Teach Us

Foreign Students Attending Schools That Operate Online-Only This Fall Will be Barred From the U.S.

Why Schools Must Find a Safe Way to Reopen for the Most Vulnerable Students:  By a Veteran Educator

What’s the Value of Harvard Without a Campus

With Few Answers About Returning to School or Campus, Let’s Support Children Instead of Hiding Them

When It Comes to Reopening Schools, “the Devil’s In the Details,” Educators Say

How Teacher Looping Can Ease the Learning Disruptions Caused by Coronavirus

Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Under Lockdown:  when the Protectors are the Most Vulnerable

A Better Fall is Possible

Study:  Students Work Harder When They Think They Are Being Watched

Can Genius Hour Help Improve the World?

How to Write Language and Culture Objectives

Distance Learning:  Increasing Student Engagement

How Districts Can Develop a Comprehensive Plan for Remote Learning Come Fall

With Robot Deliveries and Outdoor Tents, Campus Dining Will Be Very Different

Schools Tell EdTech Leader They Expect Lots More Blended, Hybrid Learning in the Fall.  What This Means for Teachers and Students

Three Critical Considerations for Teachers to Adopt Technology

Unlocking the Secrets to the Learning Brain:  the Answer is Right Behind Your Forehead

How to Forestall Anxiety and Move to Practical Action

How to Plan a Mental Health Week For Your Employees

Three Essential Skills for Resolving Conflict

How to Be a Great Leader During Uncertainty

Want to Build Next-Level Emotional Intelligence?  Start Doing These 12 things Today

How COVID-19 is Revolutionizing the Online Education Industry

So You Want To Be a Socially Distanced Orchestra

 

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NJAIS Professional Development:  There are many summer programs being offered.  See the full schedule of events HERE 

 

 

Friday, 29 May 2020

Gov. Murphy:  NJ Daycare, (Some) Sports, Camps Can Resume in Coronavirus

Managing Your Empty Campus

Future-Ready Teaching

The Launch of Class Disrupted:  A New Podcast to Answer Questions About K-12 Schools During these Challenging Times

Building Your Strategy for Enrollment Melt During COVID-19

More Private Colleges Are Likely to Change Their Pricing Strategy as the Tuition Discount Rate Reaches 53% and Financial Stress Escalates

Risky Strategy By Many Private Colleges Leaves Them Exposed

UC Eliminates the ACT and SAT

Rutgers Won’t Require SAT Scores for 2021 Applicants

What Students Can Do on a Gap Year

DeVos Demands Public Schools Share Pandemic Aid with Private Institutions

Ten Equity Implications of the Coronavirus Outbreak in the US

How to Develop Culturally Responsive Teaching for Distance Learning

Pandemic Planning for Distance Learning:  Scenarios and Considerations for PK-12 Education Leaders

What Will Schools Do in the Fall?  Here are Four Possible Scenarios

Pandemic Planning for Distance Learning:  Scenarios and Considerations for PK-12 Education Leaders

What Will Schools Do in the Fall?  Here are Four Possible Scenarios

Pandemic Boosts Interest in “Mastery-Based” Learning, Though Evidence Remains Thin

Teachers, We Cannot Go Back to the Way Things Were

What Teachers Need to Make Remote Schooling Work

What Can Traditional Schools Learn From Schools That Already Go Part-Time?

The New Three Rs of Teaching and Learning in the Post-COVID Classroom

The Blended Learning Models That Can Help Schools Reopen

Remote Teaching:  A Practical Guide with Tools, Tips, and Techniques

How One Educator Uses” Digital Playgrounds” to Boost Engagement

For Schools, the List of Obstacles Grows and Grows

Should All Teachers Loop With Their Same Students in the Fall?

Risky Strategy By Many Private Colleges Leaves Them Exposed

Ask a Psychologist with Angela Duckworth

Neuroscience Says Doing This One Thing Makes You Just as Happy as Eating 2,000 Chocolate Bars

Three Ways to Support Students’ Emotional Well-being During Pandemic

Through Kids’ Eyes:  Virus Outbreak Brings Sadness, Fear, Joy

How Keeping a Pandemic Journal Builds Students’ Historical Thinking Skills and Helps them Cope

The Coronavirus Has Made It Obvious.  Teenagers Should Start School Later

Overwhelmed:  The Real Campus Mental-Health Crisis and New Models for Well-Being

The Cult of Pedagogy Podcast:  Reopening School:  What It Might Look Like

Scottish Guide to Re-Opening School (with some good ideas for boarding schools)

Most US Colleges Expect International Enrollment Will Decline, Survey Finds

Elite NYC Private School (Avenues) is Opening a “Flex” Location in the Hamptons with Classes Taught Entirely Online and Tuition Will be $48,000 Per Year

Quakerism Goes Virtual, Offering an Intimate Window Into Silent Worship

The Importance of Crisis Management Teams

An “Agility Statement” for Staff to Sign From American Cooperative School in Bolivia

Teaching Target Language Vocab with Micro Field Trips

Back to School?  One in Five Teachers Are Unlikely to Return, Poll Says

The MET Opera Launches a Free Online Summer Camp

Wednesday, 27 May 2020

Face Masks and Small Practices:  How School Sports Could Resume in NJ

NJ Outdoor Graduation Okay After July 6

Governor Murphy Approves NJ Outdoor Graduation Okay After July 6

No Joyful Noise as Churches in Germany Re-Open Without Singing

Frustrated and Struggling, New Yorkers Contemplate Abandoning the City They Love

A Looming Financial Meltdown for America’s Schools

Governance and Crisis:  The Board’s Role

Reopening School:  What It Might Look Like

Why Remote Work is So Hard and How It Can Be Fixed

Getting Tutoring Right to Reduce COVID-19 Learning Loss

Chris Evert Played Tennis With a Patience That is in Current Demand

Using Children’s Books to Teach Literary Theory in High School

10 Books Teachers Think Their Students Should Read

The Core Vocabulary:  The Foundation of Proficient Comprehension

The Seven Biggest Higher Ed Tech Challenges Schools Are Facing Amidst COVID-19

Applying the Brakes to Testing

Revising Your Teaching Philosophy For This Crisis

How to Protect Kids’ Ears From Constant Headphone Use

No One Knows What’s Going to Happen

Six Classroom Changes Teachers Will Make When Schools Reopen

The Virus Has Wrecked Some Families.  It Has Brought Others Closer

Moving Forward

Leading Together:  Retraining the Brain

Live Performance Producers Are Giving Up on 2020

Getting the Restart Right:  How To Lead When Nobody Has a Map

Throwing Away the Plan

Teach From Home Tools

How to Avoid Common Problems with Online Learning

​​​​​​​Five Ways the New School is Reinventing Virtual Learning

Five Strategies to Enhance Educator and Student Wellbeing Right Now

It’s Not Children’s Education We Should Worry About, It’s Their Mental Health

The Loss of Normalcy:  Grief in the Time of COVID-19

The Trauma We Don’t See

Fostering Independent Learning and Intrinsic Motivation in Your Child

Women’s Domestic Burden Just Got Heavier With the Coronavirus

How College Students Viewed This Spring’s Remote Learning

What Kids are Reading

A Pianist Serenades the Canals of Venice

 

Wednesday, 20 May 2020

NJ:  Here’s What’s Next For Schools, Daycare in Coronavirus Crisis in NJ

Face Masks, Small Practices:  How School Sports Could Resume in NJ

Seven Steps to Sending Elementary Kids Back to School and Parents Back to Work

CDC Guidelines, Released at Last, Offer Low Key Guide to Reopening

Across Reading Domains

A Response to Constructive Criticism of Social and Emotional Learning

Practical Tips for Teaching Online Small-Group Discussions

Math Teacher Assignments

Remote Learning Guide

The Sciences of Teaching

AP Test Takers Get a “Backup” Submission Process.  It Won’t Help Those Who Encountered Glitches Last Week

COVID-19 Mental Health Guide

Let’s Make This Crisis the (Grand)Mother of Invention

25 Top Theatre Minds Dream the Future:  What Will the Post-Pandemic Stage Look like?

Coronavirus Could Bring Down Curtain on Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre

How to Ace the Virtual Interview

 

Monday, 18 May 2020

Virtual Ceremony Held for Class of 2020

Full Transcript of Obama’s High School Commencement Speech

Feds Expected to Tweak PPP Amid Criticism

COVID-19, Climate Change, and the Forces Shaping Our Future

Digital Instruction During the Pandemic

Fall Scenario #13:  A HyFlex Model

Now is the Time to Rethink High School

Searching for Virtual Teaching’s Silver Lining

Adapting Social Studies for Remote Teaching

The Hidden Peril of Zoom Schoo

How Can Educators Tap Into Research to Increase Engagement During Remote Learning?

How Online Learning Research Can Improve Remote Instruction

High School Resources for Remote Learning During COVID-19 School Closures

A Teacher’s Guide to Remote Learning

FIVE Questions From Nishant Mehta for Designing for the Fall

An End-of-Year Survey for Measuring the Five Key Beliefs

The Extra Burden for Parents of Children with Special Needs

I Have Given Up:  Parenting in Quarantine

Year-Round Gardening Program for Schools

Clouding Judgment About When to Reopen

A Looming Issue for Schools:  Teachers with Health Worries Who Can’t or Won’t Go Back

hat Parents Should Know As Schools Reopen

College:  To Go or Not to Go:  That is the Question

10 Problems Every Type B Teacher Will Understand

Leading Through Anxiety

Five Resources to Support the Mental Well-Being of Your School Community

The Pandemic Has Exposed the Fallacy of the Ideal Worker

Quarantine Fatigue is Real

Will COVID-19 Make Companies Rethink Cities?

Do You Have a Life Outside of Work?

Where New Yorkers Moved to Escape Coronavirus

COVID Crisis and Fundraising

Be Human with Donors

College Marketing Campaign Videos During Pandemic

Is TikTok the New Snapchat for Education Marketing?

Perfect Storm:  Toughest Year Ahead for Schools

How Art Galleries and Museums Are Bringing Their Collections to Virtual Audiences

Teacher Evaluation Form for Spring Semester 2020

 

Friday, 15 May 2020

Princeton University Will Decide To Restart Classes in July

Under Financial Stress, Pine Manor College to Join Boston College

CDC Issues Tools to Guide Reopening of Schools, Businesses, Transit

CDC Decision Tree For Schools

Lewin’s Change Management Model:  Understanding the Three Stages of Change

COVID-19 and K-12:  What are the Problems We’re Trying to Solve?

With Buildings Closed, Children’s Mental Health is Suffering

Seven Students in a Class?  NOT Practical, School Operations Officials Say

Education Reimagined:  Will the COVID-19 Crisis REALLY Change Education?

The Single Most Essential Requirement in Designing a Fall Online Course

We Might Have Gotten Remote Learning Wrong.  We Can Still Fix This School Year

Radical Connectivity:  A Potential Big Win for Educators From COVID-19

Envisioning the Seven Habits of Highly Resilient Schools

Amid the Coronavirus Crisis, a Regimen for Re-Entry

A Blueprint for Back to School

A Plan to Safely Reopen American Schools 

Plastic Partitions, Temperature Checks, and Socially Distanced Classrooms:  How Countries are Reopening Following Coronavirus Closures

CCS Nonprofit Fundraising Survey and Analysis

School’s Out and So are NJ Businesses

A Self-Reflection Tool for the Pandemic

The Search for True Innovation

Reconsidering Your Tuition for the Fall?

How Long Should Remote School Be?

Online AP Testing Glitches Force Some Students to Retake Exam

Facing Uncertain Futures, High School Seniors Weigh Tough College Options and Alternate Paths

Can’t Leave the House?  Try Playing Competitive Video Games

NASCAR and Scholastic Create Free Racing-Inpsired Curriculum for Kids

Grover on Coping During Coronavirus:  Just For Kids

How Reading Science Fiction Can Build Resilience in Kids

In an Unsettled World, Pain, Uncertainty, and Innovation

The Last Recession Gave Us the Gig Economy.  COVID-19 Could Help Reimagine It

Five Strategies for Combatting WFH-Based Burnout

Colleges Move to Help Students Find Remote Internships

College Opening Updates

Regional Publics, Small Privates Most Likely to Face Financial Challenges

"10 Much Better Questions to Ask Than “How Are You Doing?”

"Does ZOOM Threaten Student Privacy?

How Art Galleries and Museums Are Adapting

Learning Resources From the National Parks

Distance Learning Resources From the Smithsonian

From the Barnes:  Seurat

The Impossible Dream (our own Peter Lewis!!)

Make Our Garden Grow

 

13 May 2020

Nicholas Johnson, First Black Valedictorian in Princeton’s 274-Year History

A Blueprint for Back to School

CDC on Childcare Guidelines

CDC Guidelines for Cleaning and Disinfecting

School and Preparedness Officials’ Perspectives on Social Distancing 

Framework for Decision Making

Beijing Education Commission Releases Comprehensive FAQ on Restarting School

MDH Guidance for Social Distancing in Schools

The Coming Disruption (Read this!)

High School Seniors Are Making Yearbooks on Instagram

Lamont Repollet Named President of Kean University

Character Counts!  Why Courage, Creativity, and Collaboration Matter in College Admissions

It’s Time to Design for Resilience

Monitoring Health and Well-Being When We’re Away From Campus

Discipline Looks Different in a Pandemic

Jordan-Based Little Thinking Minds Aims to Rekindle a Love for Arabid among MENA Youth

Coronavirus Escape:  To the Suburbs

The Coronavirus Generation Will Use Language Differently

How the Coronavirus Pandemic Will Transform Teaching

What We Lose When We Go From Classroom to Zoom

How School Will Change When Kids Return to Classrooms

A Teacher Predicts What His Classroom (and others) Will Look Like in the Fall

When Schools Reopen, It Shouldn’t Be Business as Usual

It’s Going to Be a New Classroom World in the Fall

The School Year Really Ended in March

The COVID-19 Pandemic Has Changed Education Forever.  This is How

Millions of Students Are Taking AP Exams From Home.  They Hope Technology and Internet Glitches Won’t Hold them Back

A Looming Issue for Schools:  Teachers with Health Issues Who Can’t Or Won’t Go Back

Smart Thermometers Could be the Secret to Reopening Schools

Searching for Virtual Teaching’s Silver Lining

STEM-ucation in the Time of Coronavirus

Why Grading Policies for Equity Matter Now More Than Ever

Can Executive Function Skills Be a School-wide Focus?

Remote Learning at Two Schools, Private and Public

Chicago School Video Promoting its Remote Learning (referenced in NYT article above)

Want to Learn French?  Italian?  Russian?  There’s No Time Like the Present

NAIS Legal Guidance for Schools

Coronavirus:  How Should US Higher Ed Plan for an Uncertain Future?

Five Changes to Expect in the Workplace After COVID-19

Taiwan Schools

How Analog Clocks Can Give Us More By Giving Us Less

Your Child May Need This Skill as Much as Literacy and Numeracy

Encouraging Student Engagement in Remote Learning

Plant On!

How US Schools Are Doing Virtual Graduation

Budding Hope in Hard Times

Roseanne Cash:  Wait

 

Friday, 8 May 2020

Despite Pushback, Sidwell and Other DC-Area Prep Schools are Keeping their SBA Loans

Think Twice, Mnuchin Tells Prep Schools Seeking Virus Loans

Trump Son’s Private School Gets SBA Loan

NAIS on Independent Schools and the PPP Loan Application Decision

Why Parents Choose an Independent School

Enrollment Planning in an Era of COVID-19 and Economic Crisis

New Insights on How International Students Are Planning for the Coming Academic Year

New Research Shows International Students Keeping Study Dream Alive, For Now

Post-Secondary Schools Face Rough Autumn if Pandemic Keeps Foreign Students Away

Equitable Grading in a Challenging Time

Grandview Prep’s Re-Entry Plan

How Six Countries are Re-Opening Schools

The Risks.  Know Them.  Avoid Them.  (Sent to me from a pediatrician)

“Back to Work”:  Employer Obligations for a New Normal

Talking About What Comes Next

How Can Educators Tap Into Research to Increase Engagement During Remote Learning

COVID-19 Considerations:  Three Tips for Grading in the COVID-19 Pandemic

Seven Important Questions Before Implementing Digital Portfolios

Why We Need Differentiation Now More Than Ever

The COVID-19 Pandemic Has Changed Education Forever. This is How

Interventions for Online Therapy with Children and Youth

Counseling From a Distance

School Counseling During COVID-19

Sir Ken Robinson on Learning From Home  

Why I’m Learning More with Distance Learning Than I Do In School

Encouraging Student Engagement in Remote Learning

How Long-Term Tech Planning Pays Off Now and in the Future

Nearly Half of Men Say They Do Most of the Home Schooling.  Three Percent of Women Agree

How to Support Teachers’ Emotional Needs Right Now

A Simple Kindness Generator to Keep Digital Interactions Humane

Everything You Need to Know About Building A Screencast Video

Guidance From DeVos Means More Coronavirus Relief for Private Schools

Harvard Honoring the Class of 2020

This Brooklyn High School Found a Way to Honor Its Graduating Seniors

Taking Dance, Soccer, and Other School Activities Online

Trip Outside

Gen Z Was Already Transforming Campus Dining.  Then COVID-19 Happened

A Compass for the Crisis:  Nonprofit Decision Making in the COVID-19 Pandemic

Marshall Plan II:  Heal the Damage. But Build for the Future

Why Vision and Strategy Are More Important Than Ever

Repurposing Campus Spaces

Five Changes to Expect in the Workplace After COVID-19

Zoom Exhaustion Is Real.  Here are Six Ways to Find Balance and Stay Connected

ZOOM Fatigue is Taxing the Brain.  Here’s Why That Happens

20 Questions to Ask Instead of “How Are You Doing…"

State Colleges and Universities Want Out-of-State Students to Come Home

Two NJ Universities Make List of Best for Music Industry

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Friday, 1 May 2020

Elite Prep Schools, Set Back by Virus, Face Quandary on Federal Aid

Some Sports May Have To Skip This Year

Government Doubles Down on Warning to Employers Accepting SBA Loans

Coronavirus De-Escalation Matrix from International School Basel

Brown University President On Why Universities Need to Reopen By Fall

15 Fall Scenarios

Nine Ways Schools Will Look Different When (and If) They Reopen

Educators Are Concerned About California Thinking to Reopen Schools

Child Sexual Abuse Reports Are on the Rise Amid Lockdown Orders

AP Exams are Still On Amid Coronavirus, Raising Questions About Fairness

Flexibility, Wellness, Sustainability:  GOA’s Review of School Schedules For Learning Online, Part I

Compassion, Equity, Rigor:  GOA’s Review of Grading Policies for Learning Online, Part 2

Assessments and Grading in the Midst of a Pandemic

How K-12 Schools Can Meet the Current Moment

Schools Going Remote Feat

Grading at Colleges

The Long-Term Effects of Months-Long School Closures on US School Children

What Happened to an American Childhood?

How Teachers Can Stay Balanced During the Pandemic

I Teach School Now.  It Isn’t Going Well

It’s Okay to be A Different Kind of Parent During the Pandemic

Keeping Young People Creative and Connected in Quarantine

As College Classes Move Online, Don’t Expect a Tuition Discount Due to Coronavirus

Coronavirus Survey Results:  How Families are Rethinking College Choice

Art & Science Poll on Choices for College-Going Students

For This Year’s Graduates, A Year of Purpose

It’s Time to Reinvent the Gap Year

Defining Higher Ed’s New Normal

46 Films to Stream

 

27 April 2020

Gov. Murphy Issues Six-Point NJ Reopen Plan in Coronavirus Crisis

15 Scenarios for Possible School in the Fall

Cal State Fullerton Plans to Start Fall Semester with Virtual Classrooms

How to Responsibly Reopen College in the Fall

Nine Ways Schools Will Look Different When (and If) they Reopen

DRAFT of Planning to Re-Start

Liability and Re-Starting School

Planning a Strategic Financial Response to COVID-19 Fallout

Reopening Danish Schools:  A Glimpse of What’s to Come

TODAY Show Clip on Re-opening Schools in Denmark

Danish Parents are Refusing to Send Children Bak to School as COVID-19 Lockdown Lifts

California COVID-19 Planning Assumptions for Return to School

COVID-19:  Medical Considerations and Recommendations for Independent Schools

Western Australia on Reopening Schools

Beijing Conducts Trial Runs for When Students Return

Beijing Students’ First Day Back at School

24 April 2020

Here’s When NJ May Be Ready to Relax Social Distancing:  Study

Open Letter to Independent Schools (with Strategies)

Why You Should Ignore All That Coronavirus-Inspired Productivity

Poughkeepsie Day School To Close Due to Enrollment and Revenue

College Launches Deferred Payment Option for Fall 2020

SNHU Sets Out to Reimagine Campus-Based Learning, Offers Full Tuition Scholarships for Incoming Freshmen

A Long Time Until the Economic New Normal

LearnCollab

Six Tips for Keeping the “Social” in Social-Emotional Learning

Strategy for Promoting Critical Thinking

Why Kids Must Keep Reading During This Unprecedented Moment

Coronavirus and the Year Ahead

One Pandemic, a World of Responses

How to Make Better Decisions During Coronavirus

What Employees Need to Hear From Leaders in Times of Crisis

Coronavirus Pandemic is Making the Earth Vibrate Less

Yes, Even Introverts Can Be Lonely Right Now

Netflix Party

Social Events Together

Bridge Over Troubled Water

 

20 April 2020

NJ High School Graduation Ceremonies Unlikely to Take Place

Universities Begin Considering the Possibility of Cancelling In-Person Classes Until 2021

How to Responsibly Reopen Colleges in the Fall

Reopening Danish Schools:  A Glimpse of What’s To Come

Danish Parents are Refusing To Send Their Children Back to School As COVID-19 Lockdown Lifts

Western Australia Reopens Schools

Germany is Cautiously Starting to Ease its Lockdown:  But It’s Harder Than It Looks

Beijing School Conducts Trial Run for Students’ Return

Zooming to Conclusions

Six-Minute Video on Executive Function

Innovative Solutions for Education in the Crisis

How to Support Home Learning in the Elementary Grades

Learning at Home:  Advice for Parents!

Resources Regarding Lower School Assessment from EMA

Online Museum Tours

Over 30 Virtual Field Trips With Links

 

14 April 2020

The Parents Are Not Okay

Five Minutes with John Gulla:  Private Schools, Public Purpose

Private Schools Face an Existential Threat

Schools, Taxes, Internet:  Big Decisions for NJ Amid Coronavirus

Tips for Independent School Leaders and Boards:  Navigating Financial Sustainability During the Pandemic

10 Questions to Guide Boards Through the Pandemic

A Way Forward for Small Businesses

Coronavirus Resources for Nonprofit Organizations

During Pandemic, Young Adults Trust Nonprofits More Than Government or Corporations

The Lessons That Last in the Time of Pandemic

Five Common Communications Mistakes

Five Ways That Digital Portfolios Can Expand Learning Opportunities

Three Tips for Humanizing Digital Pedagogy

If My Classmates are Going to Cheat on an Online Exam, Why Can’t I?

How Do You Manage College Online Quarantined with Eight People?

Should Schools Teach Anyone Who Can Get Online—or Nor One at All

The Power of Protocols for Equity

Six tips for Teaching Remotely Over the Long Haul of the Coronavirus

FLUX Pedagogy:  Transforming Teaching and Learning During Coronavirus

Teachers Could Retire in Droves By the Time Schools Reopen

What Changes Teachers’ Attitudes and Beliefs

Teaching Without Fear

Researchers’ Urgent Message for Schools:  Start Planning Now for a Precipitous COVID Slide Next Year

What Good Leadership Looks Like During this Pandemic

Seven Leadership Lessons Men Can Learn From Women

Student Voice:  Caged In and Zoomed Out...

Prepare for the Ultimate Gaslighting

Support Local Bookshops…with Reading Suggestions

700 Italian Children Sing Nessun Dorma in Lockdown

A Conductor Shows How to Wash Hands

Rotterdam Plays Part of Beethoven 9th Symphony From Their Homes

Nina Simone

Free Daily Online Drawing/Cartooning Lessons

 

7 April 2020

Coronavirus Strands China’s Students, In a Dilemma For Beijing

Western Universities Rely on China.  After the Virus, That May Not Last

College Made Them Feel Equal.  The Virus Exposed How Unequal Their Lives Are

Anticipating and Managing Precipitous College Closures

How to Get Books When Bookstores and Libraries Are Closed

Four Ways to Help Your Anxious Kid

Stop Telling Older Women to Step Aside

The Coronavirus Moved My Cheese

This is Not Online or Distance Learning

Virtual Learning Has Turned the Entire Faculty into Novice Teachers

Will Students Return?

Preparing for a Fall Without In-Person Classes

Small Nonprofits Struggle to Get Payroll Loans in New Federal Program

Foundations Invite Proposals for Rapid-Reponse Grants (Coronavirus Roundup)

Eight Steps Nonprofits Should Take Now to Survive the Pandemic Fallout

Big Names Make Big Commitments to Coronavirus (Gifts Roundup)

Chinese-Americans, Facing Abuse, Unite to Aid Hospitals in Coronavirus Battle

Working From Home Was Supposed to Be Heaven.  It’s Hell—and the Author of "Eat, Sleep, Work, Repeat" Knows Why

A Looming Recession Puts a Freeze on Nonprofit Donations and Fundraising

Leadership Lessons For These Times

Four Behaviors That Help Leaders Manage a Crisis

Can NJ’s Best Teachers Make Virtual Learning Work?Here’s How They’re Trying

School Uses 3D Printer to Make Masks for Doctors

School Cancelled School Musical But the Show Went on YouTube

24 March 2020

This Can Be Our Finest Hour, But We Need All of You!

Let Yourself Off the Hook:  Advice for Teachers and Parents During COVID-19

List of Education Companies Offering Free Subscriptions Due to School Closings

Educational Resources for Remote Learning

I’ve Been Teaching Onlne for Years.  Here’s How to Prevent Burnout During a School Closure

Radio Silence…and Leaning Into Remote Conversations

Teacher, Interrupted:  Advice from Yale Center For Emotional Intelligence

Remote Learning Isn’t Dehumanizing Education.  We’ve Already Dome That

Calling Out and Calling On Myself in the Face of the Coronavirus

COVID-19’s Long-Term Impacts on Education in 2020 and Beyond

Future Teachers are Unfamiliar with Basic Principles of Learning Science, Report Finds

Five Ways that Educators Can Combat Anti-Asian Sentiment Regarding Coronavirus

What Does Coronavirus Do to the Body?

Quaranteenagers:  Strategies for Parenting in Close Quarters

A Parent Guide to Home Learning During the Coronavirus

How Does the Coronavirus Compare with the Flu?

Companies Send Millions of Employees to Work From Home

The Manhattan Private School That Tore Itself Apart

How Can Innovation Thrive in a Culture that Celebrates Legacy

Selma Online Offers Free Civil Rights Lessons Amid Virus

Six Habits of Super Learners

Five Essential Practices to Become Resilient

Put Students in Control with Math-Rich Environments

Teacher Voice:  Reflections on Remote Teaching

Smiles are Infectious:  What a School Principal in China Learned From Going Remote

10 University Art Classes You Can Take for Free Online

Online Resources for Anyone Isolated at Home

Is the COVID-19 Outbreak a Black Swan or the New Normal?

The Doctor Who Helped Defeat Smallpox on Coronavirus

New Warnings on Screen Time as Students Nationwide Move to eLearning

The World in 2030:  Nine Megatrends to Watch

With Goals, FAST Beats SMART

Strategic Planning in Six Essential Steps

How to Create Belonging for Remote Workers

Six Solid Team Building Tips for Remote Workers

Five Tips for Successfully Managing Your Remote Team

Nine Immediate Ways to Improve Communication in the Workplace

Why Board Term Limits Matter

The Remote Board Meeting

What is a College Education in the Time of Coronavirus?

COVID-19 is Forcing Rapid Tech Adoption in Higher Ed

The Lexicon of Types of Schools

Teacher Version:  I Will Survive

 

10 March 2020

Harvard University Moving to Remote Learning Over Coronavirus Concerns

Amherst College Cancels Class For Remainder of Semester Amid Coronavirus Outbreak

Message From Smith College President

Responding to Coronavirus:  Considerations for Independent Schools

More Images of Real Women Need to Fill Public Art Spaces

House of Representatives Approves Plan to Build New Women’s History Museum

Why You Should Choose a Single-Sex School, Particularly For Girls

Five Ways That Leaders Can Nurture the Female Chief Executives of Tomorrow

Want to Stop Climate Change?  Educate Girls

How To Get More Black Women in Philanthropy Leadership

Coronavirus in NY:  Thousands of Students Face Shuttered Schools

First Coronavirus Death in NJ

 

6 March 2020

Private Schools Lure High-Income Families With Financial Help

The Conversation:  Tuition, Enrollment, and What Parents Want

Five Ways to Optimize Your Admissions Funnel

Meeting Our Market:  Rethinking the Admissions Application

What Should You Do If You Exhaust Your Financial Aid Budget But Still Have Empty Seats?

Kean University Athletics Cancels Domestic Trips Over Coronavirus Concerns

Lead Your Business Through the Coronavirus Crisis

How Coronavirus Spread in NY

Colleges Brace for Coronavirus Impact on Campus and Residential Life

Coronavirus Offers Teachable Moments and Wakeup Call for All Schools

You Can Do It:  Online and Blended Learning When You Need It Most

The Communication Transformation

Four Ways to Make Meetings Work From Anywhere

Videoconferencing Gets a Makeover

Reinventing Schools for an Era of Innovation  (AND DO READ and pay attention to Ted Dintersmith’s writings!)

Dintersmith Visited 200 Schools in 50 States…

Projections:  The Milkshake and the Man:  The Legacy of a Business Innovator and Independent Schools Defining Their Market Value

How We Might Create Learner-Centered Report Cards

The College President Who Simply Won’t Raise Tuition

Who Should Serve on Your Advisory Board?

Good Governance:  Educating the Community

Why Goldman Sachs’s Push for Diversity is Unlikely to Drive Real Change

Out of Focus:  Concentrating in a Distracting World

Range:  Why Generalists Triumph in a Secialized World

Measuring the Value of a Strong School Counselor

Three Relationships Schools Shouldn’t Underestimate in Closing Opportunity Gaps

What the Plan?  Getting Intentional About Success in Mid-Level Giving

Do Big Names Really Draw Big Bucks?

Don’t Give Gifts to Donors

Musician Uses Algorithm to Generate Every Possible Melody to Prevent Copyright Lawsuits

The War for Kindness:  Building Empathy in a Fractured World

14 Steps to Raising a Well-Rounded Child

Kids Don’t Need to Stay “On Track” to Succeed

Learning vs. Task-Completing

How to Teach Artificial Intelligence

How to Create a Project-Based Learning Lesson

How Hands-On Projects Can Deepen Math Learning For Teens

Non-Fiction Children’s Books That Humanize Math

Five Habits of Happy Brains

Skateboarding Fosters 21st Century, SEL Skills, Study Says

Getting to the Point in School Mission Statements

How Ramona Quimby Taught a Generation of Girls to Embrace Brashness

If We Want Bookworms, We Need to Get Beyond Graded Reading

Five Indicators of Empowered Readers

Necessities to Work From Home

Normalizing a Culture of Consent on Social Media

Inspirational Quotes from Successful Women

Highly Effective and Successful People Are Still Learning

10 Ways to Make Better Decisions

Three Tips to Use Data Effectively

Managers, Take Your 1:1s to the Next Level

How Humor Contributes to School Culture

How Can You Spot Really Good Leaders?  They Practice These Five Communication Habits Daily

Building the Zero Carbon Future of Higher Ed

Canada Had Another Year of Growth in International Student Enrollment

Vietnam is Growing Market in International Enrollment

State Releases Average Tax Bills for Morris County Towns

NJ Layoffs Coming

Prep for Prep and the Fault Lines in NY’s Schools

17 February 2020

Play is Disappearing From Kindergarten.  It’s Hurting Kids

How Play is Making a Comeback in the Kindergarten

Replace Timed Tests with Math Fluency

College Early Decision is Down

Two EdTech Leaders Share EdTech Future Predictions

More Students are Learning on Laptops and Tablets in Class.  Some Parents Want to Hit the Off Switch

Teen Drug Use 

Mental Health Can Be Damaged By Lack of Sleep

Truth Urges Teens to Quit Vaping with TikTok Challenge

Tap the Power of Storytelling

Unexpected Ways to Use Storytelling at Work

The K-12 Cybersecurity Resource Center

Here’s What 20 Years of Work Can Do to Your Body

This Professor’s Amazing Trick Makes Quadratic Equations Easier

We Changed Harvard:  The Story of 18 Black Students

An Old and Contested Solution to Boost Reading Scores:  Phonics

Bring Back the Tomboys

Thriving Amid Change:  A Leaders Guid to Developing Strategy and Staying the Course

The Power of Educating the Whole Person

Traditional Assessments Getting in the Way of Learning

High School Students Do Better in Science, Math, and English if They Also Take Music Lessons

Violin Lessons During the Coronavirus Outbreak. A Pupil’s Progress

Five Tips for Improving Parenting Skills

Five Things You May Not Know About English Learners

New Research Finds That Character Counts in College Admissions

Why the Washington Post’s Art Critic Wrote a Book About Bach

Five Common Examples of Bad Grammar and How to Fix Them

Performing Random Acts of Kindness Can Make You Happier

Teaching Students with Dyslexia:  Early Warning Signs

If Your Class Has Tests You Have to Teach Students How to Study

Five Research-Backed Study Techniques

Five Common Mistakes Most Leaders Make

Don’t Demonize Employees Who Raise Problems

New App Lets You Hear Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales in Original 14th-century English

Transparency and Modern Nonprofit:  What it Means and Why It Matters

How Strengthening Relationships with Boys Can Help Them Learn

No Excuse Not to Teach Climate Crisis Mitigation and Adaption

Why Focusing on Adult Learning Builds a School Culture Where Students Thrive

To Launch or Not to Launch:  That is the Question When It Comes to Campaigns

Hot Topics and Trends in Fundraising

2020 School Marketing Predictions and Wider Trends

School Admissions and the Importance of the IKEA Hotdog

Who Really Governs and How

West Sound Academy Moves to a Sliding Scale Tuition Model

Butchering Names Disrespects Students, U of A Psychology Study Finds

N.B.:  These articles and others are saved on the NJAIS website.  

NJAIS Professional Development:  There are many workshops and conferences upcoming.  Find them HERE 

 

 

31 January 2020

 Three Assumptions That Derail Strategic Planning and How to Fix Them

 Nurturing a Global Mind

 How Making A Podcast Enriched Students' Lives | MindShift

 Teaching Podcasting: A Curriculum Guide for Educators

 The Art of Slow Looking in the Classroom

 How to get kids to love to write 

 A De-escalation Exercise for Upset Students

 Ecopsychology: How Immersion in Nature Benefits Your Health

 How to Use Time Efficiently as a School Leader

 Voices Why These Educators Meet Regularly to Align Instruction with Mind, Brain, and Education Research

 Turn Your Customers into Your Community

 Parents Don't Speak Education-ese

 Seven Game-Changing Admissions Developments of the Past Decade — and One Trend to Watch in 2020

 New MIT Report Details University’s Deeper Relationship With Jeffrey Epstein

 Should colleges really be putting smart speakers in dorms?

 Do You Really 'See' Your Child?

 Developing an HR Bootcamp

 If You Say Yes to Any of These 3 Questions, Your Leadership Skills Are Way Better Than Most Managers

 17 Sacrifices the Best Leaders Willingly Make for Their Team

 How to get more done by doing less

 4 major education trends that will influence schools in 2020

 28 January 2020

 Time for Transparency:  Exploring and Announcing a Tuition Reset

 Coronavirus: 5 Steps Colleges & Independent Schools Should Take Now

 The Lesson to Unlearn

 Teaching Inequality: Consequences of Traditional Music Theory Pedagogy

 15 edtech apps educators love

 Learning Through Play: Perfect for Middle School

 Revamping the Traditional Algebra-to-Calculus Route

 Common Core math 'eradicated,' Ivey says, after Alabama school board vote

 How to Teach Reading in the 21st Century

 Inside the Feminist Tech Jamboree Helping Girls Break Barriers in STEM

 International Baccalaureate teachers have ticket to a world career

 School Introduces Facility Dog

 A major funder of the anti-vaccine movement has made millions selling natural health products

 ‘Miss America can be a scientist’: Camille Schrier of Virginia wins after onstage chemistry experiment

 Hearing Loss

 Report: Florida, Ohio called 'advanced leaders' in K-12 media literacy efforts

 7 higher education trends to watch in 2020

 What IB Students Should Know About Language and Literature Assessment Changes

  How the #DisruptTexts Movement Can Help English Teachers Be More Inclusive

 Michigan school designed to foil shooters: 'It slows them down'

 The Dark Psychology of Social Networks

 My Journey to Radical Environmentalism

 Italy Becomes First Country to Make Climate Change Education Mandatory

 Accreditation in a Rapidly Changing World

 17 Sacrifices the Best Leaders Willingly Make for Their Team

 How to get more done by doing less

 4 major education trends that will influence schools in 2020

 How classroom technology is holding students back

 How Will You Measure Your Life?  RIP, Clay!

 Empathy Is Taught To Students Ages 6 To 16 In Denmark Schools

 Laziness Does Not Exist

 How to Pay for Private School

 You Can Now Explore Every MoMA Exhibit Since 1929 for Free Online

 Take That, AP Style! Court of Law Rules the Oxford Comma Necessary

 Happiness Across the Life Span

Book Review | 'Red Orchestra: The Story of the Berlin Underground and the Circle of Friends Who Resisted Hitler,' by Anne Nelson

 How a Surprise Bestseller About Kindness and Vulnerability is Bringing People Together

 6 Steps to Make Your Strategic Plan Really Strategic

 How to Do Strategic Planning Like a Futurist

 Here's How NJ Ranks Among 2020's Best-Worst States For Drivers

 Bedminster, NJ: Horses, Golf and Presidential Visits

 City Trees: London Has New Artificial Trees That Eat Pollution

 

 

9 December 2019

1 November 2019

 

https://www.edsurge.com/news/2019-10-17-group-work-is-hard-for-quiet-kids-structured-collaboration-cuts-through-the-chaos?sfns=mo

Group Work is Hard for Quiet Kids.  Structured Collaboration Cuts Through the Chaos

 

https://www.npr.org/2019/10/10/769052767/the-key-to-raising-brilliant-kids-play-a-game?sfns=mo

The Key to Raising a Brilliant Kid?  Play a Game

 

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/freedom-learn/201001/the-decline-play-and-rise-in-childrens-mental-disorders

The Decline of Play and Rise in Children’s Mental Disorders

 

https://www.inc.com/christina-desmarais/science-says-most-successful-kids-have-parents-who-do-these-5-things_3.html?icid=hmhero

Science Says the Most Successful Kids Have Parents Who Do These Five Things

 

http://www.ncte.org/library/NCTEFiles/Resources/Journals/EJ/1091-sep2019/EJ1091Sep19Honor.pdf

Prize-Winning Young Adult Books

 

https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2019/09/love-reading-books-leisure-pleasure/598315/

Why Some People Become Lifelong Readers

 

https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaeltnietzel/2019/10/29/new-strong-evidence-for-problem-based-learning/#183234796ab8

New, Strong Evidence for Problem-Based Learning

 

https://www.wsj.com/articles/whose-advice-are-you-taking-the-fight-over-college-counseling-at-elite-high-schools-11572082200?mod=e2fb&sfns=mo

Whose Advice are you Taking?  The Fight Over College Counseling at Elite High Schools

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/22/well/family/college-applications-parents-children-advice.html?sfns=mo

After a College Applicant Hits “Send”

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/10/education/learning/colleges-survival-strategies.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Feducation&action=click&contentCollection=education&region=rank&module=package&version=highlights&contentPlacement=1&pgtype=sectionfront

Radical Survival Strategies for Struggling Colleges

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/10/education/learning/colleges-mergers.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Feducation-learning

For Some Colleges, the Best Move Is to Merge

 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/magazine/2019/10/21/downfall-hampshire-college-broken-business-model-american-higher-education/?arc404=true

Are Liberal Arts Colleges Doomed?

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/30/upshot/yale-first-women-discrimination.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Feducation-learning

"A Very Unwelcome Feeling":  The First Women at Yale Look Back

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/26/us/hong-kong-protests-colleges.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Feducation&action=click&contentCollection=education&region=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=1&pgtype=sectionfront

Hong Kong Protests Spread to US Colleges, and a Rift Grows

 

https://planetprinceton.com/2019/10/30/more-than-70-students-at-westminster-choir-college-sue-rider-university-to-stop-sale-of-princeton-campus/?fbclid=IwAR1T891f7oWs63zC25UM-de9eRg30gwxUNWGGnEs2LS0K8PKWOoUt7SHiMU&sfns=mo

Students at Westminster Choir College Sue Rider University to Stop Sale of Princeton Campus

 

https://www.classicfm.com/music-news/musical-vending-machine/?sfns=mo

College Vending Machine

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/19/style/high-school-tiktok-clubs.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Feducation&action=click&contentCollection=education&region=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=6&pgtype=sectionfront

High Schools to TikTok:  We’re Catching Feelings

 

https://www.forbes.com/sites/tjmccue/2019/10/29/find-the-perfect-word-when-writing-with-these-tools/#71703fb07a29

Find the Perfect Word For Your Writing With These Tools

 

https://www.socialstudies.org/publications/socialeducation/october2019/state-legislatures-census-and-redistricting-why-2019-elections-are-important

Why the 2019 Elections are Important

 

https://www.boredteachers.com/inspiring/teacher-mind?sfns=mo

Feel the Weight of a Teacher

 

https://bbk12e1-cdn.myschoolcdn.com/ftpimages/136/misc/misc_176094.pdf

Getting Better at Dealing With Microaggressions

 

https://www.educationnext.org/funeral-homes-female-athletes-future-girls-sports-may-hinge-mortuary-case/

Funeral Homes and Female Athletes

 

https://www.nasponline.org/resources-and-publications/resources-and-podcasts/school-climate-safety-and-crisis/school-violence-resources/school-violence-prevention/responding-to-school-violence-tips-for-administrators

Responding to School Violence:  Tips for Administrators

 

https://rg175.com/blog/123

Is it Time to Outsource the Head Evaluation?

 

http://www.grantlichtman.com/admin-leadership-team-actually/

What Does Your Administrative Leadership Team Actually Do?

 

https://www.inc.com/tanya-hall/how-to-effectively-lead-your-team-through-obstacles.html?es_p=10420553

How to Effectively Lead Your Team Through Obstacles

 

https://www.crayola.com/colorcycle.aspx?sfns=mo

Crayola Color Cycle

 

https://www-forbes-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.forbes.com/sites/dereknewton/2019/10/30/new-survey-is-bad-news-for-online-education-business/amp/

New Survey is Bad News for Online Education Business

 

https://www.edsurge.com/news/2018-09-01-why-edtech-executives-need-to-go-back-to-school-as-teachers?utm_content=buffer9fd7a&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=EdSurgeBuffer&sfns=mo

Why EdTech Executives Need to Go Back to School…As Teachers

 

https://www-nytimes-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.nytimes.com/2019/10/21/health/psychology-humility-pride-behavior.amp.html

Be Humble, and Proudly, Psychologists Say

 

https://www.carneysandoe.com/blog-post/the-three-ps-of-a-compelling-candidate

The Three Ps of a Compelling Candidate

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/18/smarter-living/what-to-do-when-youve-said-the-wrong-thing.html

What to Do When You’ve Said the Wrong Thing

 

N.B.:  These articles and others are saved on the NJAIS website for a brief period of time.

 

9 October 2019

The Power of Benchmarking in Education Marketing

Young People What Really Matters for the Sake of Our Collective Life on Earth

The Things Parents Don’t Talk About With Their Kids, But Should

Top 147 Recommended African-American Children’s Books

How to Lead Meaningful Race Conversations in the Classroom

Confronting Bias and Addressing Issues of Prejudice

Kindergartners Get Little Time to Play.  Why Does It Matter?

Homework is Wrecking Our Kids:  The Research is Clear, Let’s Ban Elementary Homework

We Need to Talk About “The Giving Tree"

Three Ways to Ask Questions to Engage the Whole Class

Six Ways We Kill Students’ Motivation

Strategies for Students with Scattered Minds

Neuroscientist Explains Why Today’s Kids Have Different Brains

16 Math Games to Turn Your Students into Math Aces

Math Teaching Materials from Exeter

Why Geography Matters

How World Language Teaching Has Evolved

Why is Middle School So Hard for So Many People?

The Oxford Comma

A Wellness Mindset

When Teachers Bully One Another

Now the Rich Want Your Pity, Too

College Students Just Want a Normal Library

An Unseen Victim of the College Admissions Scandal

Is Majoring in English Worth It?

Why Medical Schools are Recruiting for Musical Ability

What’s the Point?  The Power of Art

ACT to Allow Students to Re-Take Parts of College Entrance Exam

Butler Banner Highlights Women Writers

Foreign-Student Recruiter Shuts Down, Leaving Mass Schools in the Lurch

A CEO Explains the Value of Gratitude

Get to Know the Female Entrepreneurs Who are Reshaping the Business World (Claire Wasserman spoke at NJAIS Women In Leadership last winter!)

Your Parents’ Financial Advice is (kind Of) Wrong

Make These Small Behavioral Changes to Improve Your Quality of Life

NJ Becomes First State to Have Arts in Every School

 

NJAIS Professional Development:  Please be sure to register for the upcoming workshops and conferences. 

There are still places open for next week’s Civility Conference.  Such an important topic for this time!  Great speakers.  Come support and learn from and with your colleagues!

 

 

6 September 2019

The First Five Minutes of Class

Don’t Ask Students What They Did This Summer.  Ask This Instead

Supporting New Teachers

Early Education, Relationship with Teachers Paramount for Success, Study Says

Five Mistakes Early Ed Teachers Make the First Week of School

STEAM not STEM.  Why Scientists Need Arts Training

In the Best Interest of Students

Facing Criticism, College Board Backs Away From “Adversity Score”

How to Make Your Teaching More Inclusive

What I Remember About Orientation as a Low-Income, First-Generation Student

Where Does Affirmative Action Leave Asian-Americans?

Can We Guarantee That Colleges are More Diverse?

How Paying for College Is Changing Middle-Class Life

Creating a Welcoming Classroom for Students with Special Needs

New School Model:  Building a Culture of Support for Marginalized Students

10 Ways Teaching Has Changed in the Last 10 Years

Childhood as Resume-Guilding:  Why Play Needs a Comeback

Hackers Target Smaller, Less Protected Schools as School Year Begins

When You Get Nothing But Crickets

Effects of the Flipped Classroom

Journaling the Old-School Way

Losing A Family Member at a Young Age

How to Turn a Creative Spark Into Something Real

Why “Poor” Should Never Be a Report Card Grade

No, Your Kid Shouldn’t Get a Gold Star for Reading

Managing Middle School (Study)

Can We Slow Down Time in the Age of TikTok?

How to Teach Teenagers to Keep Track of Their Stuff

How to Help Kids Manage Sleep, Schoolwork, and Screens

50 Different Approaches to Learning

Grow Enrollment:  NAIS Resources

Uncovering New Strategies to Grow Enrollment

Retention Podcast

What Your School Needs to Know About HIPPA

Discovering and Developing Your Leadership Practice

Seven Rules for Giving Feedback to the Boss and Surviving

Are You a Boss or a Leader?  These Characteristics Will Strengthen Your Leadership Skills

The Best, Most Creative Leaders in Any Field Have a Background in the Arts

Practice and Advice on Getting Better 

The Most Popular High School Plays and Musicals

The Fine Line Campus Tour Guides Walk

Universities Face Federal Crackdown Over Foreign Financial Influence

A Harvard Freshman Says He was Denied Entry to the US Over Social Media Posts By Friends

Igniting Your Board Members’ Passions

Strategic Review

Leading During Mergers, Acquisitions, and Divestitures

Statements That Stick:  Improving Your Presentations

Who Needs An Executive Coach?  Time for Some Myth-Busting

How to Conduct Your Most Important Meetings (Video or In-Person)

How Life Became an Endless, Terrible Competition

Questions to Reveal Emotional Intelligence

Seven Habits of Highly Miserable People

13 English Expressions with Surprisingly Funny Origins

More Honest Mottoes for Your Overrated University

Everyone’s Two Cents in the Head of School Search

Two NJ Laws Take Effect Now

Under Assault:  NY’s Private and Parochial Schools

 

 

August 29 2019

Three Life Skills Your Kid’s Professor Wishes You Taught Them

How the Trevor Project’s Hotline is Saving the Lives of LGBTQ Youths

Four Trends Influencing Education

Cracking the Code of Dyslexia

32 Learning Theories Every Teacher Should Know

Researchers Can Detect When Students Aren’t Trying on Computerized Tests

A Child’s Brain Develops Faster With Exposure to Music Education

What is the Waldorf School Method?

Supercharge Math Learning By Bolstering Students’ Executive Function

Building Executive Function Skills Can Be Fun

Working with a School Sensory Garden

12 Fun Speaking Games for Language Learners

35 Children’s Books That Teach Empathy and Kindness

Student Health and Well-Being: How Libraries Can Create Safe Spaces

Sustaining Readers Through Culturally Responsive Literacy Instruction

Making the Emotion-Behavior Connection

Create a Sustainable, Positive Normative Culture

How to Teach a Child to Reset After A Bad Day (Without Fixing the Problems for Them)

Afraid of Starting School

Rethinking Classroom Design: What We’ve Been Doing Wrong and How to Fix It

Unlocking the Potential of ISAs to Tackle the Student Debt Crisis

College! What Is It Good For?

Want to Expand Student Access to Opportunity? Design to Expand Their Social Capital

Five Things That Make Work Worth It

Are Your Company’s Strengths Really Weaknesses?

Why You Need to Lead with Audacious Questions

How to Deal With Difficult People

Making the Emotion-Behavior Connection

Harvard Business Review Must-Read Articles: The Executive Education Collection

A Gates-Funded Program Meant to Keep Low-Income Students in College Pushed Them Out Instead

STEM Scholarships for Women Could Face More Title IX Challenges

10 Inspired Tech Trends Every Teacher Should Know

The Inside-Out School Learning Model

A Five-Year Study Says Those Who Develop This One Trait Get Better Productivity

Jeffrey Epstein’s Donations to MIT Media Lab Focus of Investigation

The School Bus Driver Shortage

A New Generation of Students is Teaching Us How to Reduce E-Waste

The Importance of Political Savvy for Leadership Success

Five Priceless Leadership Communications Lessons

How a Culture-First CEO Sees HR, Diversity, and Inclusion

Five Techniques to Build Trust and Resolve Conflict

Nine Skills That You Should Learn That Pay Off Forever

Seven Ways to Help Introverts Engage Better in Meetings

Remote Workers Need Culture, Too

Boys Soccer Preview: Nonpublic A Favorite Teams to Watch

 

August 6th 2019

Gym Floor Vapors (NJAIS has been in contact with the NJ Commissioner of Ed and the Nonpublic Advisory Committee about this issue)

How to Make Teaching More Inclusive

Why Teachers Must Fight Their Own Implicit Biases

12 Ways Teachers Can Build Resilience So They Can Make Systemic Change

Participation in AP Computer Science Principles More Than Doubles in Three Years After Launch

Another College Admissions Scandal.

What to Do in the Shadow of the Varsity Blues Scandal

Parents Are Giving Up Custody of Their Kid to Get Need-Based College Financial Aid

Legal and Medical Checklist for College

Appellate Court Upholds Decision in Favor of Fay School in WiFi Illness Case

The Art of Learning In and In Spite of School

What Schools Can Learn About Communications From the Vatican’s Former Social Media Chief

The Importance of the Invitation: Using Events to Drive Capital Campaign Activity

Perfection is an Overrated Waste of Effort

Public Speaking Tips for Fast Talkers

The Dying Art os Instruction in the Digital Classroom

Three Myths That Feed the Elephant

We Choose the Stories We Tell

The World of Work is in Transition. Are You Ready?

Direct Instruction is Still Necessary in a PBL Classroom

Formal vs. Informal Learning

How to Make Middle School Less Awful

How to Ungrade

More Efficient Learning (MEL) Science Brings STEM to Life with VR

Don’t Call Them Test Companies. How the College Board and ACT Have Shifted Focus

Top Five Digital Transformation Trends in Education for 2020

In Praise of the Incurably Curious Leader

Te Be Happier at Work, Invest More in Your Relationships

What Teachers Want You to Know: A Note to School Administrators

How to Do Strategic Planning Like a Futurist

Libraries Can Have 3D Printers But They are Still About Books

The Radical Transformation of the Textbook

Five Apps to Boost Math Skills Over the Summer

Helping Students Develop Self-Regulation

Lessons From Europe on Misinformation

Algorithms are Trawling Your Phone While You Sleep

New Jersey Best Public School Districts

26 July 2019

Why Teaching Middle School is the Best Job Ever

The Most Important Skills for Early Years Aren’t Academic

Youth Suicide Rates Reach Highest Level

Anorexia Not Just a Psychiatric Problem

How SEL Transformed Our School

Four Lessons To Help Prevent Child Sexual Abuse

A Class Riot at Brooklyn’s Oldest Nursery School

Questions for Improving the Quality of Your Leadership

What You Can Do to Build Confidence

The Challenge of Low Accountability

How to Stop a Bad Habit

Feedback

Jeffrey Epstein Taught at Dalton. His Behavior was Noticed

Pearson Goes “Digital First” in College Market

Lessons From ISTE

Three Keys to Cultivate a Maker Mindset

Research: Women Score Higher Than Men in Most Leadership Skills

How to Make Inclusivity More Than Just an Office Buzzword

AltSchool Gets an Alt-Name and New Leadership

What a Group of Teachers Is Looking to Learn from Somaliland’s Acclaimed Abaarso School

Relationships and Learning

Mr. Rogers Had a Simple Set of Rules For Talking to Children

Growth Mindset Interventions Yield Impressive Results

What If We Treated Teachers Like Professional Athletes?

Critical Window for Learning a Language

A New Immersive Classroom Uses AI and VR to Teach Mandarin Chinese

Encouraging Kids to be Independent

Four Cognitive Skills Supercharged by Music Education

The Neuroscience of Singing

How Technology Helped me Cheat Dyslexia

In Search of Air: Growing Up Dyslexic

Three Powerful Ways to Stay Positive

Underachievers: One More Key Reason Kids Who Could Do Well in School Don't

What if Schools Valued Wellbeing More Than Results?

The Reading Wars: Choice vs. Canon

What Highly Effective Teachers Do During Vocabulary Instruction

Giving Your Child a Smartphone is Like Giving Them Drugs

How Five Questions Change this College President’s Approach

What Students Gain from Learning Ethics in School

Why We Need Libraries in a World Filled with Noise

Free Book Vending Machines Launched Across Five Boroughs

Keyboards are Overrated. Cursive is Back and It’s Making Us Smarter

10 Ways to Foster Kindness and Empathy in Kids

Five Ways Emotionally Intelligent People Stay Calm in the Heat of the Moment According to Science

City Private Schools Have a Reasonable Fear, But the Fix is Easy: Accreditation

Leadership Lessons: Reflections on Year Two of Headship

Create a Head Succession Plan

The Big Transition, by Tim Saburn

Head Transition/Entry Plans: Risks and Opportunities

Succession Planning

Top Tips for Building Relationships Between The Head and Board

Board Involvement in Times of Adversity

24 June 2019

Making Rest a Priority This Summer

Summer Reading List 2019

Summer Reading for Advancement Professionals

14 Ways to “Grade” Your Communication Plan Before it Launches

Taglines, Taglines, Taglines!

Four Tips for Managing Summer Enrollments

How Wildly Expensive For-Profit Schools are Different from Wildly Expensive Non-Profit Private Schools

The Leadership Checklist

International Survey:  US Teachers are Overworked and Feel Under-appreciated

A Child’s Brain Can Develop Faster With Music Education, Study Says

Why Can’t Everyone Get A’s?

Six Steps Toward Fair and Accurate Grading

The Essential Skill Set for Tomorrow

The Independent School Challenge:  Balancing Disruption and Vision

What a Group of Minneapolis Teachers is Looking to Learn from Somaliland’s Acclaimed Abaarso School

Private School Decline May be Overstated

Seven Time-Saving Ways to Balance Teaching Tasks

A Bold Path to Success:  How St. Andrew’s Broke the Oxbridge Duopoly

The Relationship Infrastructure Scaling Summer Employment

12 Greco-Roman Leadership Quotes

Leadership Techniques that Build Unstoppable Teams

How to Build an Ethical Organization

Seven Rules for Implementing a Growth Mindset

Making Learning Relevant with Case Studies

Boosting Reading Comprehension in K-5

Three Ways Educators Nationwide are Working to Disrupt Dyslexia

How the Generation after 9/11 Learns About the Attacks

How to Navigate a Wealth of Student Data

How AI is Shaping Jobs of the Future:  What it Means for Schools

For Years, An Elite School Published a Map of Seniors’ College Plans.  They Decided it Fed a “Toxic School”

Students Speak Out About the Pitfalls of Gifted Testing

Bringing SELF Into Reflective Practices Within Outdoor Education

When Your Final Exam is Surviving in the Wilderness

The Power of Outdoor Group Exercise on Campus

From Obesity to Allergies, Outdoor Play is the Best Medicine for Children

Five Questions to Ask Before You Join a Board

Effective CFOs Don’t Try to “Do Everything Better”

A Financial Checklist for Your High School Graduate

Why Companies that Ban Remote Work Hurt Themselves

Remote Working 101:  Tools of the Trade from Pros

Harvard-Westlake School Partners with SyncThink to Monitor Brain Health

Mobile Addiction:  School’s Phone-Free Fridays to Help Pupils

Classroom Eye Candy:  A Flexible Seating Plan

Schools are Rethinking Classroom Design to Encourage Collaboration, Creativity

Former I.M. Pei-Designed IBM Campus in Westchester Could Become Boarding School

Kids’ Anxiety Can Spike During the Summer.  Here’s Why

Five Effective Ways to Reduce Student Stress and Anxiety

16 Pieces of Transformational Parenting Advice

From Instability at Home to Study Overseas

How Middle Schoolers Built a Sailboat

More SEL in NYC Schools

Jury Finds Oberlin College Libeled a Bakery and Awards $11 Million in Damages

14 June 2019

Eight Things You Can Do to Increase the Execution Success of Your Strategic Plan

Exceptional Board Members, Clear Expectations

Alumni Relations 101

Ace Your Fundraising Campaign

Six Tips for Success if You’re New to the Business Office

Turning Graduation into a School Enrollment Event

Parents Gone Wild:  High Drama Inside Das Most Elite Private School

Literacy in Early Elementary Grades

Tapping into News to Teach Math

Parent Intervention Helps Sixth Graders Relate to Math

Three Ways the Flipped Classroom Leads to Better Subject Mastery

Outdoor Learning Has Huge Benefits for Children and Teachers.  So Why Isn’t It Used More in Schools?

How to Improve Education?  Move the Classroom Outdoors

Standards-Based Classroom

Mastery Learning

Mastery Chat

This is How To Make Your Children Successful:  Four Secrets From Research

Bias Starts as Early as Preschool, but Can Be Unlearned

Study Shows that Socio-Economic Background Determines Academic Success More than Test Scores

Three Reasons You Should Stop Hiring for the “Culture Fit”

Books With More Diversity, Fewer Stereotypes

It’s Okay to NOT Be Okay:  How One High School Saved Lives with a 34-Question Survey

International Education Programs in an Age of Isolation

Global Goals and What Lies Ahead

When Social Media is Really Problematic for Adolescents

Video Games Aren’t Corrupting Young Minds. They May be Building Them

Research Shows Lower Test Scores for Fourth Graders Who Use Tablets in School

Building Growth Mindsets In the Classroom:  Assignments from Carol Dweck

Growth Mindset in the Age of Digital Transformation

“Legalized Bullying”:  Stop Playing Dodgeball in Schools

How to Bullyproof Your Child

A Year of Disruption?  Seven Educational Trends

20 Tips for Real-Life Learning

Jeff Bezos Revelas One Thing that Sets Very Smart People Apart from the Rest

How Successful CEOs Start Their Mornings

Four Emotional Intelligence Skills to Call Upon When Stakes are High

Why Being a Leader is the Wrong Goal

The Walking Meeting

Every New Employee Needs an Onboarding “Buddy"

Video of Most Valuable Companies in the World

4 June 2019

There’s More to College Than Getting into College

Leadership Is About Influencing Others

Living History

Why I Use Student-Driven Ideas in my Curriculum

How Reading and Math Leverage Each Other

Make the Last Weeks of Math Fun and Productive

Middle School Survival Guide: You Gotta Get to June

Tips for Communicating with Your Teen

Crocheting Helps Students Focus

Knitting is Coding

Five Major Changes in the Future of Learning

America Seems Alarming Spike in Middle School Suicide Rate

What to Do If You’re Worried About Suicide

How Technology Boosts Literacy

How to Develop Reading Programs

Working During College Boosts Earning Power

Are Video Games the Best New Social Network?

You Don’t Want a Child Prodigy

Want Your Child to be as Successful as Bill Gates?

School Turns to the Teachings of Aristotle in an Attempt to Boost Pupil Wellbeing

Auditing Your Life

Internships Prepare Students for the Future

Kids Must Have Unsupervised Play Time According to Doctors

Three Ways the Flipped Classroom Leads to Better Mastery

Four Research-Based Strategies to To Ignite Intrinsic Motivation in Students

Four Elements of Making Emotionally Intelligent Decisions in the Workplace

Thinking Differently About that Upset Parent

Growth Mindset in the Age of Digital Transformation

Cash, Trends, and Denial

Power is Everywhere, but Love is Supreme

Women in Science

How Arts-Based Lessons Improve Science Performance

23 Collaborative Art Projects That Bring Out Everyone’s Creative Side

Marketing with the Mission of Seeing Each Customer

A Comprehensive Plan Can Drive School Enrollment Growth 

What Happened When a Small Liberal Arts College Stopped Raising Tuition?

Using Virtual Reality for Student Recruitment

Marketing Inspiration from ISSUU Stack

Why Your Nonprofit Needs a Brand Book

Why Your School Website Should Be Prospect-Focused

Schools are Using Software to Pick Who Gets In. What Could Go Wrong?

Playing Teen Sports May Protect From Some Damages of Childhood Trauma

How Movement and Exercise Help Kids Learn

Can “Playful Assessments” Tell us Whether Maker Education Works?

Tech Recycling or Refurbishing? Schools Must Decide on Devices

Making Empathy Central to Your Company Culture

Why Defining Your Nonprofit’s Culture Will Be the Most Important Thing You Do This Year

Deciding What (and When) to Delegate

How to Create an Effective Teacher Induction Program

Your Company Needs a Process for Offboarding Employees Gracefully

IT Crisis Preparedness Countdown

Dartmouth’s Plan for Its Heating System

Unlocking Employee Engagement from the Business Office

Mission and Motivation: Who Manages Risk at Your School?

Making Playgrounds a Little More Dangerous

Teachers are Great at Designing Classrooms. Let’s Get them Redesigning Schools

“Personalized Success Plans” are the Next Big Thing

BREXIT and Boarding Schools

Tracking Canada’s Tremendous Growth Curve in International Education

Why Should Schools Change?

The College That Gives Graduates the Wrong Degree

Three Reasons Your Board Isn’t Fundraising and How to Turn Them Around

Choose Wisely: The Head of School Search Process

How to Hire Smarter

Navy SEALS Use this Seven-Step Process to Achieve Any Goal. You Can, Too

Warren Buffett and Bill Gates Worked a Dairy Queen Shift Together. What Followed was Thinking Differently

Summer Success Kit for Kids with ADHD

How to Keep Kids Reading This Summer