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NJAIS Professional Development: While we are wrapping up our 2021 - 2022 programming, we will soon open registration for our August conferences which include:

Innovation and Collaboration Conference at The Peck School on Tuesday and Wednesday, August 9 - 10

White Administrators Institute at Kent Place School on Monday - Wednesday, August 15 - 17

Administrators of Color Institute at Kent Place School on Monday - Wednesday, August 15 - 17

Instructional Strategies and Cultural Competence (with Kevin Mattingly) at Morristown-Beard School on Tuesday - Thursday, August 16 - 18

April 2022

Friday, 29 April 2022

Private School Parents Say Having a School Bus Is Not a Luxury

How Tech is Disrupting Student Recruitment

Can We Make Real, Transformative Change in Education?

Make Inclusive Language Part of Your DEI Efforts

Why the Past 10 Years of American Life Have Been Uniquely Stupid

A Vision of Schooling that is Both Tech Savvy and Values Driven

Work Starts Early

When Crisis Management Becomes Conflict Management

Help Your Organization Identify and Manage a Potential Crisis

Institutional Strategic Plans: Control vs. Vision

Three Stumbling Blocks That Get in the Way of Strategic Planning

Every Effective Strategy Starts With a Compelling Vision

Your Board Members’ Social Media Skills Can Increase Your Organization’s Power

Business Continuity and COVID-19: Lessons Learned

Three Facilities Trends That Take Us Beyond COVID

A Manifesto for Magicians: Why Sir Ken Robinson Gives Everyone in School a Wand

Student-Driven Assessment: Building Learner Agency Through Shared Ownership

Do We Want Our Students to Struggle?

A Critical Thinking Strategy for Student Note-Taking

How to Recession-Proof You School’s Tech Department

Worried About Your Kids’ Screen Time? Check Your Own First

How to Cut Down on Your Own Screen Time

Outschool Classes

Can a First-Grader Deliberately Mislead You?

What Parents Need to Know About Hidden Body Image Issues in Boys

We Drastically Underestimate the Importance of Brain Breaks

Addressing the Emotional Roots of Procrastination

Eight Principles for Supporting Students with ADHD

How Early Childhood Is Responding to Climate Change

Place-Based Environmental Ed

Kate DiCamillo: For the Eight-Year-Old in You

Dispelling Three Common Misconceptions to Spur School Progress

New Research Explores Student and Parent Perspectives on Study Abroad

USA Visa Data Indicates International Enrollments Down Marginally in 2021

International Enrollment Recovery Underway

Succeeding Globally Through International Education and Engagement

Successfully Educating Tomorrow’s Global Citizens

Students as Communications Apprentices

We Need Leaders Who Get Excited About Transformational Moments

Five Proven Strategies for Successful Auxiliary Programs

Five Best Practices Baltimore Schools Learned From a 2020 Ransomware Attack

Personal Finance Education

Parents Aren’t the Only Ones With Rights

Amid Increasing Abuse, Officials Flee Youth Sports

The State of Higher Ed 2022 Report

Turnover, Burnout, and Demoralization in Higher Ed

Academe, Hear Me! I Am Crying Uncle

What to Do When Your Anger Is Out of Control

Why is Everyone Obsessed About Manifesting and Does It Actually Work?

The Hours of Fearful Lockdown at Edmund Burke School

A 15-year-old Boy Died By Suicide After Relentless Cyberbullying, and His Parents Say the Latin School Could Have Done More to Stop It

AI is Mastering Language. Should We Trust What It Says?

How to Write Professional Yet Kind Rejection Letters

Honest Office Haikus

2022 Eta Aquariid Meteor Shower. All You Need to Know

NJ 49th of 50 In Economic Outlook

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Friday, 22 April 2022

Retention of Current Students

What your Admissions and Marketing Teams Want You to Know

Calhoun and Metropolitan Montessori Merge

Michelle Obama’s Brother and His Wife Sue Milwaukee Private School for Alleged Racial Bias

Are You Prepared to Lead a Diverse Team?

Building a Board of Trustees: Diversity in Action

Five Key Board Member Responsibilities for a Capital Campaign

How the Best Boards Approach Succession Planning

Planning a Meaningful Board Retreat

Planning for Your Next CEO

Tax Implications of Head of School Compensation Packages

Eight Ways for Search Committees to Be Inclusive

Bringing College Into High School

College Admissions Experts Explain the Merits of Not Getting In

Navigating Political Viewpoints in the Workplace

Five Strategies to Integrate Civil Discourse and Civic Action in Schools

Five Practical Strategies for Leaders

What Experienced Leaders Need to Know to Succeed

What Our Heads Survey Tells us About Leadership in 2022

School Leaders, If you Want Feedback, Ask for It!

School Cybersecurity: Short and Long-Term Steps to Protect Your Community

What Are the Most Widely Used EdTech Tools?

Creating a Safe School Community

Positioning Your School for a Successful Summer and Fall

How We Grade and Why

The Assessment System That Made Me Love Grading Again

It’s (Past) Time to Redesign the Teaching Profession

Innovations for 161 Schools to Aid Marginalized Students

Dispelling Three Common Misconceptions to Spur School Progress

Virtual Instruction is Here to Stay. Seven Tips on How to Do It Well

Using Dance Resources for Learning and Engagement in STEM

Women Achieve Gains in STEM Fields

Stand Up for Mother Earth

Seven Books About Sustainability for Kids and Adults

21 Best Poetry and Verse Novels for Kids

Boys at Greater Risk for Repeating Grades and Failing to Complete Education, UNESCO Report

Reimagining the Writing Cycle

Florida Releases Four Prohibited Math Textbook Examples. Here They Are

Yes, Field Trips are Worth the Effort

NAEP High School Transcript Study

Getting Started with Learner-Led Conferences

Debunking Learning Styles

Tight Labor Market Hits After-School

NJ SAT Scores

The Rankings Farce

NJ’s Best Public High Schools (Beware of Rankings!)

Early Childhood Mental Health

More Human Advisory

New CDC Data Illuminate Youth Mental Health

Four Ways Schools Can Support Students, Staff Suffering From Trauma

Behavior Management Doesn’t Have to Tank Relationships

The Hidden Benefits of Feeling Sad

How to Stop Procrastinating

CDC Issues Alert on Hepatitis in Children

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Thursday, 14 April 2022

Board Cultivation is the Key to Long-Term Financial Sustainability

Restart, Recovery, and What’s Next: Five Practical Strategies for Leaders

Five Principles of Purposeful Leadership

DEI in the Head of School Search Process

Making Marketing More Inclusive

University Presidents, DEI Officers Learn New Tools to Address Anti-Semitism

When and How to Respond to Microaggressions

What If We Created Strategic Plans and Didn’t Communicate Them?

The Mount Vernon School’s Innovation Diploma

School Should Be Like a Video Game, Not a Movie

Kids Can Learn More From Guided Play Than From Direct Instruction, Report Finds

A Recipe for Interdisciplinary Project-Based Learning

Students Have Different Thinking Speeds. Inclusive Teaching Means Realizing That

Second Chances for Failing Students

Learning the Right Way to Struggle

Stand Up For Mother Earth

The Importance of Branding in Your Career

Alternative Revenue Sources Every Private School Should Consider

11 Things Parent Ambassadors Need to Know

Italian Study Shows Ventilation Can Cut School COVID Cases

This Year’s College Admissions Horror Show

The College Admissions Process is Completely Broken. It Doesn’t Have to Be

Why Doesn’t Education Scale Their Offerings?

Five Reasons to Bring Plants Into the Classroom

Crypto vs. the Environment

Is Bitcoin Inherently Bad for the Environment?

The Charm of Cryptocurrencies for White Supremacists

How Cryptocurrency Revolutionized the White Supremacist Movement

May is Mental Health Awareness Month

Educators Noticing Behavioral Changes Since Onset of the Pandemic

There’s One Simple (But Significant) Thing That is Undermining Your Wellbeing Efforts at Work

Student and Teacher Mental Health: Is It Just Stress of Something More?

Social-Emotional Learning Works But It Cannot Replace Mental Illness Care

Middle School Drug Use

Suicide Rates Spike in Spring, Not Winter

Youth Risk Behavior Survey

A Growing Number of American Teens, Particularly Girls, Are Facing Depression

This Teen Shared Her Troubles with A Robot. Could AI Chatbots Solve the Youth Mental Health Crisis?

Why People Are Acting So Weird

Positive Student-Teacher Relationships Boost Instructional Quality

COVID’s Silver Linings For School Safety and Security

ETS Names New President

Americans' Confidence in Major Institutions Dips

A Major Textbook Publisher Has Gone Private.

How One Innovative President Sees the Unknown Future of Higher Ed Developing

USC Aims to Help to Help Black, Indigenous Workers Enter Gaming Industry

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March 2022

Friday, 25 March 2022

A School Staff Guide for Supporting Students Who Are Impacted By the Crisis in Ukraine

Russian-Ukrainian Crisis May Complicate K-12 Cybersecurity Risk

How to Talk to Your Team About Distressing News Events

Stressful News Cycle Tips: How to Protect Your Mental health

Five Ways to Support Employees Affected By Global Crises

Fostering Resilience Among Faculty and Staff

The Real Secret to Retaining Talent

How to Transform Schools: Put Wellness at the Center

Are Your Teacher Contracts Up-to-Date? Four Key Provisions to Consider

Five Signs You School’s Faculty Evaluation Isn’t Working

Stay Interviews Can Be an Antidote to Exit Interviews

A Case for Flexible Work Hours: An Educator’s Debate

Teacher Turnover Rates are Increasing. Will Your School Survive?

The Top Six Things Employees Want in Their Next Job

Five Ways Administrators Can Support Teachers

How to Use Coaching and Mentoring to Develop New Leaders

Leading Your School as “Chief Empathy Officer”

Americans are Experiencing Compassion Fatigue

School Staffing Shortages

Teachers’ Responsibilities for Students’ Mental Health (Suniya Luthar)

Trauma-Informed Schools: Supporting Educators as They Support the Children

Using Social and Emotional Warm Data to Promote a Positive School Culture

Grades Are At the Center of Student Mental Health Crisis

There’s More Than One Way to Raise Kids Who Thrive

Is Your Child a Perfectionist? Here’s How to Help

Want Students to Flourish? Teach Human Ecology

Student Wellbeing and Mental Health

There’s a Mental-Health Crisis Among American Children. Why?

Weight Bias Hurts Kids and We’re Not Talking About It

Kids’ Media Use is Up. Blame the Pandemic. And TikTok.

It’s Alarming: Children are Severely Behind in Reading

When Not Paying Attention in Class Isn’t What It Seems

A Simple Tool for Aligning Instruction and Assessment

The Importance of Feedback

Taking the Best of Innovations, Lessons of Pandemic Education

Five Simple Virtual Programs to Keep in Your School

Busting the Myth of Learning Styles

Seeing Dyslexia Through Three Sets of Lenses

Three Cognitive Biases That Can Derail Strategy Work in Independent Schools

Linking Continuous Improvement and Adaptive Leadership

Making the SAT and ACT Optional is the Soft Bigotry of Low Expectations

School is Back in Person, but the Five-Day School Week Often Isn't

Connecting Mothers

Restorative Practices in Independent Schools

Receptiveness to Opposing Views

Managing a Polarized Workforce

Five Ways to Teach Climate Change and COVID-19 During Polarized Times

12 Questions to Ask Before Your DEI/Anti-Racism Strategy Blows Up

Do You Understand Why Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion is So Important?

Navigating DEI in Schools: Five Crucial Considerations

How to Nurture a Caring School Community to Confront Biases, Divisions, and Challenging Topics

It’s Time to Synchronize Your DEI and Wellbeing Strategies

Studying Humanities Can Prepare the Next Generation of Social Justice Leaders

Restorative Justice Does More Than Solve Conflict. It Helps Build Classroom Community

Parents Defending Education: IndoctriNation Map

Parents Defending Education: Private School Playbook

The Grown-Ups Are Losing It

Elite International Schools Have a Racism Problem

What Single Thing Would Make the World More Equitable?

Do Your Diversity Initiatives Promote Assimilation Over Inclusion?

Inclusive Marketing, Front and Center

These Schools Did Less to Contain COVID. Their Students Flourished

EdTech Post COVID: A Missed Opportunity?

The eGlass Brings Digital Innovation to the Classic Chalkboard

How Coding Teaches Virtuous Skills Like Patience

Do We Really Want Academic Permanent Records to Live Forever on Blockchain?

Best Practices for Protecting Data and Information in Independent Schools

This Year, Try Spring Cleaning Your Brain

10 Tips for Filling Up Summer Camp Registrations

13 Ways to Foster Faculty Involvement in Marketing

How Admissions Can Partner with Teachers to Improve Enrollment

Colleges Cash In on Real Estate

Colleges Can Avoid Shutting the Door on Financial Aid Knowledge

The Future of Higher Ed is Occurring at the Margins

As Pandemic Complicates Recruitment, Teach for America’s Incoming Class Expected to Hit 15-Year Low

Who Wants to Be a College President?

16 Simple Ways You Can Lead Engaging Meetings

Key Handbook Updates for the 2022-23 School Year

New Federal Law Ends Schools’ Ability to Require Arbitration of Sexual Harassment and Sexual Assault Claims

When People Assume You’re Not In Charge Because You’re a Woman

I Was Not Put on This Earth to be Invisible. Where are the Girls?

Four Toxic Behaviors All Leaders Should Avoid

Caught in a Culture War, Georgetown Day School Holds Fast to Its Mission

How to Close the Networking Gap

How to Start an E-Sports Club

Are Museums in Crisis?

Elementary Students Give You Pep Talks on Recorded Hotline

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Friday, 4 March 2022

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging

Talking with Your Community About DEI Work

School Boards Get Death Threats About Amid Rage Over Race, Gender, Mask Policies

In Times of Division, Strategic Communications Matter

Apply the 2% Way to Systemic Racism

College Faculty Fighting Back Over Critical Race Theory

Philanthropy Must Disrupt Polarization Before It Does Irreparable Harm to the Field and Those It Serves

To Those Who Want to Ban Books, Why Are You So Afraid of Ideas?

How to Transform Schools: Put Wellness at the Center

Marshall Memo on Teacher Performance Evaluations

Teacher Voice: Why We Are Being Driven Out of our Classrooms

More Teachers Consider Leaving the Classroom

Teachers Aren’t Burned Out. We are Demoralized

Teachers are Quitting

A Smarter Robo-Grader

CDC Resources on Coping with Stress

10 Products Therapists Use for Stress and Anxiety

How to Give Our Students the Grace We All Need

How to Develop Empathetic Student Citizens

War, Crisis, Tragedy: How to Talk With Kids When the News is Scary

Crisis and Grief Response

Tips for Talking with Students About the Russia-Ukraine War

The Advantages of Heterogeneous Student Groups in Math

Catching Up At-Risk Students

Jeopardy Labs Used for Teaching

A Simple Tool for Aligning Instruction and Assessment

In Spelling, There’s Always Room for Improvement

Considering a Financial Literacy Graduation Requirement

Celebrating a Diversity of Student Achievement

Five Questions To Make Your Workplace More Inclusive

Teaching Black History, Thought, and Culture Through Art

Teachers of Color, Culturally Responsive Classroom, and Student Outcomes

DEI Initiatives are Futile Without Accountability

Reckoning with Inequality

How Women of Color Can Drive Corporate Transformation

What Americans Really Think About Critical Race Theory

Asking Good Questions if a Leader’s Superpower

Five Tips for Leaders Starting Strategic Plans

Turning Around an Underperforming Board

Financial Reporting in a Flash

Interims Leading Courageously in Unparalleled Times

A Cry From the Heart of All Independent Schools: An Elite School Meltdown

Nonprofits and Foundations Need to Be Prepared for the Effects of Inflation

A Flipped Higher Ed Model

79% of International Student Growth to Come From Asian Countries

How Will Australia’s Border Reopening Have an Impact On Other Key Study Destinations?

Integrating Mental Health Supports Throughout the International Student Journey

The Seven Habits that Lead to Happiness Later in Life

Police Called to Sewickley Academy

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February 2022

Friday, 11 February 2022

If Board Meetings Don’t Change You, You’re Doing It Wrong

Defining Innovation. Let’s Get this Right

Looking Ahead: Why Relationships Must Drive School Innovation

Art Should Be a Habit, Not a Luxury

Attention, Leaders! Wake Up and Listen to Your Employees

Principal Wonders How to Avoid Burning Out

The Employee Engagement Strategy You Need During the Great Resignation

Make Your Employer Brand Stand Out in the Talent Marketplace

Psychological Safety in Schools

How Teachers can Empower Students Experiencing Trauma

Greg Brenneman’s Simple Strategy

Five Common Speaker Delivery Mistakes

National Archives: Educator Resources

Yes, You DO Have Time!

Rethinking the Traditional School-Year Calendar

Leadership Lesson: Being Intentional and Being Lucky

Multi-Tasking Makes You Stupid

Five Things You Need to Know About Retrieval Practice

How Leaders Can Move Beyond Greenwashing Toward Real Change

Managing Up in a School Setting

Hiring Struggles

K-12 Schools Are Vulnerable to Cyberattacks

Schools Will Have to Step It Up, Pay More to Get Cyberinsurance This Year

Alumni Magazines Find Their Digital Footing

Kids Wearing Masks Reduces Closures, Yale Study Finds

Art Spiegelman Sees the New Ban on His Book “Maus” as a “Red Alert”

When Literature is Used to Teach History to Middle and High School Students

My Young Mind Was Disturbed By a Book. It Changed My Life

How K-12 Book Bans Affect Higher Education

“It’s Just Stressful”: Students Feel the Weight of Pandemic Uncertainty

Don’t Return to Your School’s Pre-Pandemic Schedule. Improve It Through Brain Science

What is your COVID Core Curriculum?

Five Ways to Connect Your Classroom to the Community

Restorative Practices Improves School Climate, Research Shows

The Benefits of an Alumni Mentorship Program for Students

First School in the World to Offer Students Humanix Qualification

Eight Ways Parents Want to Connect With Schools

Three Lessons From Parent Surveys That Guide Family Engagement

Improving Parent Engagement at the High School Level

How Parents Can Help Kids Redefine What It Means to Be Smart

Bill Would Ban Universities from Giving Leg Up to Legacies, Ending "Affirmative Action for the Rich”

College Isn’t For Everyone. We Should Start Acting Like It

More Students Are Dropping Out of College

What College Students Really Think of Cancel Culture

Rating Higher Ed by Economic Mobility

Four Trends That Will Shape the Future of Higher Ed

With Great Disruption Comes Great Opportunity

10 Top Time-Saving Tech Tips

Unlocking Social Studies Text

Lessons That Build Students’ Media and News Literacy

School Kids Are Falling Victim to Disinformation

Four Ways to Keep Students Moving Forward

Teaching Social Studies Will Require Courage

A TikTok Lesson Plan

A New Research Bas e for Rigorous Project-Based Learning

Problem Explores Through Podcasting

Black History Month Themes

42 Black History Month Activities for February and Beyond

Black Girl Literature Matters

Teaching For Social Justice Using Boys to Confront Racism

Social Justice Learning in a Predominantly White School

How It Feels to Be an Asian Student in an Elite Public School

DEI and Global Education: Pedagogy, Programs, and Cultural Humility

The New Shape of Saudi Demand for Study Abroad

A Post-Pandemic Push to Diversify International Enrollments

UK Can Catch US on International Student Numbers

Drastic Fall on International Scholars In US

Parents Prevail Over K-12 “Bias Incidents”

Wellesley School Settles Discrimination Suit

Western District Parents Sue School Board Over Curriculum

Mask Mandate Lifted in NJ on 7 March. District Decisions…

Finally, A Good Use for NFTs: Preserving Street Art

Third Graders Work Together to Crack World Puzzle

Finally, There’s a Way to Play Wordle More Than Once a Day

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January 2022

Friday, 28 January 2022

Governance Answers: Should Certain Representatives Serve As Voting Members of the Board?

Avoiding Conflict of Interest on a Nonprofit Board

Can an Nonprofit Board Member Ever Wear Two Hats?

Five Social Media Mistakes to Avoid With Your Capital Campaign

Five Forces in Five Years (That Seemed to Have Changed Everything)

School is Not Reality

The Future of High School

How to Innovate Like a Rocket Scientist

So Your Student Believes the Earth is Flat

Creating Rubrics That Foster Student Growth

The Kids Are Not All Right

Seven Things Teenagers Desperately Need Adults to Understand

Showing Movies and Videos in Class

Teaching Students to Evaluate Websites

Six EdTech Tools to Try in 2022

Five Sustainable Edtech Trends in 2022

Effective Uses of Tech in Elementary School

Seven Clever, Teacher-Tested Tech Hacks

Device Woes

The Top Five Cybersecurity Pitfalls for Independent Schools

What It Means to “Teach Like a Champion” in 2022

I Teach US History. We Can Trust Our Kids to Hear Hard Things. (Civil Rights Trip)

Transforming Teaching Through Curriculum-Based Professional Learning

Action Video Game Improves Kids Reading Skills Sevenfold

Writing Experiences for Young Children

Combining Remote and In-Person Learning Led to Chaos, Study Finds

One Simple Question Can Accelerate Progress Toward Equity

The Costs of Code-Switching

Combining Games and Critical Thinking to Fight Misinformation

Cyberattacks Are Targeting Schools

China: The Opportunity Remains

Private School Marketing and Retention in Uncertain Times

It’s Not Too Late to Update Your Enrollment Agreement

Drop in College Enrollment

Peership’s Purpose

Building a Teacher Pipeline

Seven Ways Teachers Aren’t Treated Like Other Professionals

Lawmakers Are Rewriting Rules as Schools Grapple with Teacher Shortages

The Golden Triangle of School Revenue Management

COVID Precautions in the Cafeteria?

Upgrade from Cloth Masks

Are AirPods Out? Why Cool Kids Are Wearing Wired Headphones

Teen Girls Are Developing Tics

How Leaders Can Build Connection in a Disconnected Workplace

Five Meaningful Ways to Keep Your Team Engaged

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NJAIS Professional Development: There are many upcoming workshops and conferences. Read about them and register here: https://www.njais.org/professional-development/2021-2022

Friday, 21 January 2022

Duke University Financial Aid Lawsuit

Yes, Colleges Favor Some Rich Kids. It’s Just the Math

Merit Aid (Or Lack Thereof) Makes Early Decision Ever Murkier

Income Inequality Drives Up Tuition, Study Argues

Is Momentum for Equity and Justice Work Waning?

A Black Graduate of an Elite Boarding School Gets Real

Revising America’s Racist Past

A Powerful Combo: Diversity, Equity, and Belonging, and Mind, Brain, and Education

Retaining and Sustaining Black Teachers

Creative, Flexible, Global: What Millennial Parents Want From Schools

More Human Admissions

Revisiting Your Enrollment Contract for a Post-COVID Pandemic

Capital Campaign Gift Range Chart: Understanding the Basics

The Forecast for Fundraising

How Literature Can Enhance Math and Science

Using Science Education Skills to Address Controversial Topics

Students Work to UnTextbook Their Learning

Student Voice: Why Schools Should Move Toward Climate Action

Opportunities for Student Decision-Making

Three Ways to Guide Early Elementary Students to Talk About Their Learning

Fresh Ideas for Indoor Recess

How De-Escalation Strategies Can Reduce Disruptive Classroom Behaviors

How Fifth Graders See the World in 20 Years

Why the Science of Teaching is Often Ignored

Curriculum Case Study: We’ve Been Teaching Reading Wrong for Decades

Setting Up a Disability-Inclusive Classroom

Aranese: Spain’s Little-Known Language

Pressure Mounts For Resuming Overseas Travel Trips

How to Motivate Students to Actually Do Homework and Reading

Middle and High School Students Need SEL, Too. Are They Getting It?

Parents’ Poll: Less than 2/3 Give Schools High Marks for Handling Students’ Pandemicelated Academic and Social-Emotional Needs

Grading Is Due For an Overhaul

A Simple, Effective Framework for PBL

How a Military Feedback Model Could Foster Instructional Change

Challenging Achievement Culture in Schools

The Masked Teacher: Tips

COVID Surge May Peak in NJ This Month, Health Officials Say

When New COVID Variants Upend Your Plans

The Real Roots of the Debate Over Schools During COVID

Traditional Leadership Is Dead. This is What Will Take Its Place

Leadership: Listening To Others In Volatile Times

Ransomeware Attack Affected Websites of 5,000 Schools

Make Way for the Metaverse

Out Biggest (Tech) Nightmare is Here

The Spy Tech That Followed Kids Home for Remote Learning, and Now Won’t Leave

Pandemic Gave Teachers New Insight Into Ed Tech. Now, It May Be the Next Big Thing in 2022 and Beyond

Four Interview Questions That Will Separate Top Performers From the Pack

“Big Quit” May Force New Focus on Soft Skills and Success

New Program to Combat Teacher Burnout

Adapting to Change Requires Flexibility

Prepare for Hiring in 2022

Help Really Wanted: No Degree, Work Experience, or Background Checks

Setting Goals for 2022: Here’s Where to Start

Five Things We Expect to See in 2022 and How to Prepare For Them

The Virtues of an Interim Headship

When to Think Inside the Box

Why Education is About to Reach a Crisis of Epic Proportions

Modernizing the College Transcript With Blockchain

How Women Can Get Comfortable “Playing Politics” at Work

The Real Meaning of Freedom at Work

What We Value: AmericanOpinions About the Work of Artists

NJ Top Education State in Latest US News Rankings

Governor Murphy Signs Legislation Requiring Age-Appropriate Security Drills

Murphy Signs Bill Implementing Asian American Studies Curriculum (in public schools)

Private School Playbook

Our Favorite Books of 2021

Perspectives on International Education in the Context of COVID-19

China: Safety Concerns Give US “Negative Image"

Does Underccover Mother’s Assault on Independent Schools Help or Hinder?

Media Bias Chart

Raising Good Humans with Dr. Aliza and Dr. Harold Koplewicz

Resource Finder from Child Mind Institute

Protecting Youth Mental Health

Bring Balance to Your Mind: Four Tips for a Mid-Year Mental Reset

17 Secrets for Living a Happier and More Fulfilling Life

How to Have Fun in the Classroom? Try Learning Games

Esports Remains Best Vehicle to Reach All K-12 Students

Dogs Can Recognize Different Languages and Nonsense Words, Study Says

Wordle is Good Pedagogy

How to Teach with Wordle

Monday, 7 January 2022

Education Secretary Says “Default Should be In-Person Learning” Amid Omicron Surge

Private Schools are Winning as US Scrambles with Remote Learning Once More

Striking Findings from 2021

Year in Review: What We Learned in 2021

10 Trends to Watch in the Coming Year

Five Education Innovation Trends Worth Watching in 2022

Setting Goals for 2022: Here’s Where to Start

Advocates Fear Suspension Could Add to Pandemic Pain for Vulnerable

Five Ways Adults Can Boost Kids’ Well-Being—and Their Own—As Schools Return from Break in a COVID Surge

Reflecting and Thinking Ahead

Should You Use TikTok in School Marketing in 2022?

Summer and Auxiliary Programs: How Partnering with Outside Organizations Benefits Students and Families

Connect with Empathy, But Lead with Compassion

Rather Than Focus on Teacher Burnout, Let’s Focus on Teacher “Burn In"

Teacher Diversity Effects Student Learning (worth repeating!)

We’re Half Way Through Another Intense Year For Teachers

Don’t Apply to Safety Schools for Their Own Sake

The Continuing Debate Over Student Debt

One State’s Bet on “Green Schools” to Prep Grads for Future $1.4 Billion Industry

Three Big Education Wishes for 2022

Active Learning

The Many Benefits of Strengths-Based IEPs (by our own Kara Loftin!)

How to Apply Virtual Reality to Enhance Learning Experiences

Learning Pods, College Mergers, and Teacher Resignations

What’s So Great About Great-Books Courses

School Uniforms Don’t Improve Child Behavior, Study Finds

10 Tactics to Keep Your Meeting on Track

12 Leadership Lessons in (Another) Year to Forget

Humor: A Note of Reassurance From Your School Regarding Updated Omicron Policies

December 2021

Tuesday, 21 December 2021

Omicron Is Coming. How Can Schools Prepare?

McKinsey’s Special Edition of Well-Being in the Workplace

Creative, Flexible, Global: What Millennial Parents Really Want From Schools

How to Use Strategic Confusion for Deeper Learning

Six Intrinsic Motivators to Power Up Your Teaching

Three Ways Schools Condition Students

Why Child’s Play is Serious Business in Early Education

Awe Might Be Our Most Undervalued Emotion. Here’s How to Help Children Find it

Can Project-Based Learning Be Used For AP Classes?

Eight Ways to Grow Students’ Vocabulary

Book Controversy Coverage Is Missing the Mark

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture Luached a Digital Platform

Bringing What Worked During Virtual Learning Into the Classroom

A Daily Ritual That Builds Trust and Community Among Students

Celebrate Positive Psychology to Instill Mental Health Resilience

When I was 14, An English Teacher Saved My Life

Setting Goals and Our Learner-Centered Systems

Creative, Flexible, Global: What Millennial Parents Want From Schools

Welcome to Advancement 2.0

Enrollment Strategies and the Changing Landscape of International Recruitment

Supporting Your International Students’ Health and Well-Being

Tips for Supporting Your International Students’ Health and Well-Being

Here’s How the Omicron Variant Is Having an Impact On International Students

Rapid Expansion of English-taught Degrees a Growing Factor in Global Student Markets

More Colleges Rethink Student Loans

Campus Free Expression: A New Roadmap

Money for Reading the Syllabus

Finish Wiser, Start Stronger: 13 Questions for December

The Serious Overhaul That is Seriously Overdue

Many Principals Say They Want to Quit. Will They?

Best Children’s Books for 2021

Resources For Digital Media (Thanks to Abby Choi!)

Child Mind Institute: Media Guidelines for Children of All Ages
Children and Media Tips from the American Academy of Pediatrics
Tech-Wise Family: Video and Book
Common Sense Media: How to spot fake news and teach kids to be media savvy

Friday, 3 December 2021

Does Omicron Feel Like 2020? Here’s Why It Shouldn't

What Risks Future Inflation

Rising Inflation: Temporary Deviation or Here to Stay?

The Future of High School

First Look at “The Best School in America"

Why You Should Allow Students to Retake Tests

Virtual Exchange: What are Students Signing Up For?

How COVID Affects the Youngest Learners

Recognizing the Signs of Trauma

Building a Whole Child Wellness Team

COVID Harmed Kids’ Mental Health and Schools Are Feeling It

Adolescent Depression: Could School Screening Help?

Global Survey Highlights Increasing Importance of Student Supports During Pandemic

Looking for Opportunities to Continue to Improve Student Support

Surrounded by Pandemic Angst, What Do Middle Schoolers Want?

Learning Loss and Independent School Students: A Jobs-to-Be-Done Perspective

Committee Recommends Minimum Age for Social Media Usage

Empathy is a Crucial Skill. He is How We are Teaching It to Our Students

How PE Teachers are Tackling Physical Learning Loss

The Benefits of Play-Based Learning for All Ages

Embracing SEL for Success

NAIS Research: 2021 State of Financial Aid Survey

Are Teachers Overpaid?

I Hate Head of School Annual Goals: Here’s Why

How Mattering Matters to Educators

All Student Groups Care About Diversity

Study: Talent Leaders Miss “the Simple Things” to Increase DEI

How to Work with Young People Who Want to Make Change

Reimagining Community Engagement for a Post-COVID World

Parents Unite Resources

National Attack on School Boards

Five Most Meaningful Questions to Ask in a Performance Review as a Leader

How to Foster Healthy Disagreement in Your Meetings

The Best Leaders are Feedback Magnets. How to Become One

How School Leaders Can Build Realistic Optimism This Year

Why Academic Leaders Should Take College Counselors Out for Coffee

How to Build Collaborative Communities

Four Ways a STEAM-Centered Curriculum is Critical to Youth Education

How STEM Can Level the Playing Field for Sick and Isolated Children

Gender Stereotypes Affect Girls’ Interest in STEM Subjects as Early as Age 6

Benefits of Early Math Experiences Add Up

New Data Science Standards Are Needed for a Data-Filled World. Here’s What We Propose

Why We Can’t Get EdTech Right Without Teachers

Leaders Say Turn Away From Humanities Will Harm Critical Thinking

What Becomes of Humanities Majors After College?

Seven Essential Marketing Strategies for Your Education Plan

What if Our School Marketing Was Limited to 100 Posts?

How the Supply Chain Problem Affects Your Nonprofit

The Toxic Effects of Branding Your Workplace a “Family"

Personal Space for Safety, Wellness, and Autonomy

Maintaining Schools for Second Pandemic Winter

16 Podcasts to Inspire, Educate, and Entertain (curated by Global Online Academy)

Canada and UK Favored with International Students

Can Universities Defy Rising Nationalism Around the World?

A Missed Opportunity for Higher Ed: Internationalism

Caring for the Whole Child: International Student Challenges

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

NJAIS Professional Development: Be sure to check the website for upcoming workshops and conferences. Did you school register for the Wellness series? The series on Governance? You’ll find registration links with this link. https://www.njais.org/professional-development/2021-2022

November 2021

Monday, 8 November 2021

Teachers Are Barely Hanging On. Here’s What They Need

Schools Can Change, But Only When Leaders Learn to Listen

Five Independent School Trends to Watch in 2021-22

Calvert School Accepts Cryptocurrency

Crypto Donors are Generous But Report Difficulties Giving to Charity

Wharton Receives Largest Crypto Donation

Building A Better Check-In

What the Research Says About the Academic Power of Friendship

SEL Isn’t One More Thing on the Plate. It IS the Plate

The National Children’s Mental Health and Wellbeing Strategy

School Quarantines Should End

Seven Missing Pieces: Why Students Prefer In-Person Over Online Classes

Setting a New Bar for Online Education

What Will Online Learning Look Like in 10 Years? ZOOM Has Some Ideas

Embrace Delegation as a Skill to Strengthen Remote Teams

What Are We Taking With us? Enduring Strategies for Teachers

Report: Schools’ Role in Promoting Civic Engagement Growing More Important

What We Did the Last Time We Broke America

Productive Classroom Debates on Sensitive Topics

Helping Students Become Better Writers

How to Heal a Divided World: Argumentative Writing That Actually Listens to the Other Side

Patrick Stewart on the Teacher Who Saved Him With Shakespeare

When Kids Say, “I’m Not a Reader,” How Librarians Can Disrupt Traumatic Reading Practices

Standards and Curriculum Aren’t the Same, and That Matters

The Case of K-2 Testing

Graduation Must Depend on Learning, Not Time

Using Technology to Support 10 Executive Functioning Skills

Rowan Launches Center for Neurodiversity

Maine College Invests in Once-Struggling Mill Town, Hoping Rising Tide Will Lift Both

Amherst College Ends Legacy Admissions

You Don’t Need a Bachelor’s Degree to Land a High-Paying Job

A New Value Proposition for Higher Education?

Is There a Lack of Diversity in Independent Schools?

Three Steps for Increasing Faculty Diversity

School Sustainability Is About More Than Just Keeping the Doors Open

Five Things High-Performing Teams Do Differently

Space, Pace, and Grace: How to Handle Challenging Conversations

Three Ways Managers Can Unite a Divided Workplace

Overwhelmed By Employee Turnover? Have Stay Conversations

How Should We Teach Students About Inequity?

Women Do More to Fight Burnout, and it’s Burning Them Out

The Increasing Call for Risk Management Programs at Independent Schools

What It’s Like to Be On the Front Lines of the School Board Culture War

Online Furor Over a Student’s Hijab Engulfs a Liberal Town

On the Future of eSports: Current Trends and the Future

Use PEP to Talk to Conspiracy Believers

Can You Tell the Difference Between Fact and Fiction

Alternative Influence

10 Strategies to Support English Language Learners Across All Subjects

How the Pandemic Is Shaping the Expectations and Decisions of International Students

Smart Girls Get More on STEM

Think Digital Native Means Digitally Literate? Think Again

The Pandemic Pushed Colleges to Record Lectures. The Practice May Be Here to Stay

Using Tech to Support 10 Executive Functioning Skills

As Facebook Changes Name to Meta, Company Wants to Pull Education Into Its “Metaverse”

Caring About Online Security

The SEL Skills That May Matter Most for Academic Success: Curiosity and Persistence

School Focus Policies on Equity

Yes, You Can Succeed in Academia and Still Have a Personal Life

Why You Need an Untouchable Day Every Week

How to Foster Resilience and Prevent Burnout

How to Practice Holistic Leadership, Even During Uncertain Times

It’s Harder for Women to Get Into College

Why Should We Go to College?

Many Young Adults Choose Work Over College, Report Shows

Will That College Degree Pay Off?

This Student-Professor Duo’s $5.7 Billion Tech Start-Up is Being Used in Nine Million Classes Globally

Using Art to Teach Critical Literacy Skills

Preparing Kids for the COVID Vaccine

Vaccine Benefits Outweigh Risk for Kids, Scientists Say

Pediatric Vaccines: Top Eight Parental Concerns Answered

Stop Telling Kids They’ll Die From Climate Change

Yes, There Has Been Progress on Climate...

Why Emotionally Intelligent Leaders Still Follow Colin Powell’s 13 Rules For Leaders

Cultivating Leaders: Five Reasons Why Schools Struggle

The Leadership Skills That Managers in the Middle Need to Advance

What Companies Want Most in a CEO: A Good Listener

School Leadership and the Orpheus Process

McKinsey: Women in the Workplace 2021

Space, Pace, and Grace: How to Handle Challenging Conversations

The Power of the Pause

Ian Symmonds on Stages of Organizational Decline

A User’s Guide to Open Strategy

A New Value Proposition for Higher Education

The Roots of the Great Resignation Stretch Back a Decade Says Wharton’s Adam Grant

Reimagining and Implementing a New Faculty Compensation Model

Seven Classroom Management Mistakes and Research on How to Fix Them

The Big Impact of a Small Hobby

Four Email Tips for School Leaders

On the Coincidence of Opposites

Student Recruitment in Russia

Westminster School Pulls Out of China After Communist Party Insists Lessons Are Approved by Beijing

Beyond the Basics: Addressing DEI Blind Spots on Global Campuses

Overlapping Goals: Tips for Working with the Diversity Office

Why Schools Need to Look at Their Own Carbon Footprint.

NJAIS Professional Development: There are a number of workshops and conferences upcoming. Be sure too register with the links: https://www.njais.org/professional-development/2021-2022

October 2021

Thursday, 21 October 2021

2021 Children’s Mental Health Report

A Return to School: Educators Assess Mental Health Concerns for U.S. Teens

The Global Climate Strike Returns to the Streets of NY

The Climate Crisis is Spawning Weird Ideas. They Might Be All We Have

Now is the Time to Prepare for the Economic Shocks of Battling Climate Change

How to Become a Much More Effective Fundraiser

Fundraising: How to Avoid Mistakes and Grow Partnerships

Advancement Through a DEI Lens

You Don’t Need a Tagline, You Need a Brand

Do Algorithms Lead Admissions in the Wrong Direction?

Charter Schools Saw Highest Enrollment Growth Since 2015

The Pandemic’s Effect on Demand for Public Schools, Homeschooling, and Private Schools

Breaking Down the Financial Aid Formula for Private Schools

Bucking the Trend of Annual Tuition Hikes, One CT School is Lowering Its Price Tag Next Year

Employee Retention Credit Accounting Guidance for Independent Schools

Woke Schooling: A Toolkit for Concerned Parents

Concord’s Middlesex School Invited Nikole Hannah-Jones to Speak Then Canceled

Multiracial Americans Could Represent America’s Future, Some Say

Will the Bus Driver Ever Come? Or the Substitute Teacher or Cafeteria Worker?

Bus Driver Shortage Could Be Eased if Changes Made to Licensing Process, Advocates Say

Supreme Court Decision Raises Student Speech Consideration for Independent Schools

US Schools with Mask Mandate Seeing Fewer Outbreaks, CDC Finds

11 Lessons From Schools That Have Kept COVID Cases Low

CDC Considers Test-to-Stay Alternative to Quarantining

CDC Considers Test-to-Stay Program in Schools Instead of Quarantine

CDC Guidelines for Travel

What to Expect from COVID as Winter Approaches

When is an Employee’s Vaccination Status HIPAA-Protected?

Many Parents Won’t Vaccinate Their Kids. Here’s Why

Your New Office ZOOM Rooms, Pods, and Booths

Whatever Happened to the Apple Classroom of Tomorrow?

Five Competencies of Digital Citizenship

What Will Online Learning Look Like in 10 Years? Zoom Has Some Ideas

Six Stages of Career Growth: Where Are You?

When Politics Knocks, Answer with Mission

12 Things Smart Leaders Don’t Say

Laugh More, Lead Better

The Best Leaders See Things That Others Don’t See. Art Can Help

Great Managers Have These Four Skills

To Boost Teacher Voice, Start with Rethinking Staff Meetings

This Under-appreciated Leadership Style Has Three Major Advantages

SEL for Principals: How a PD Program Serves Their High-Stress Needs

Why is Everyone Quitting, and How Do I Know Whether It’s Time to Leave My Job?

Institutional Loyalty is Eroding

Adam Grant on Job Changing and Job Satisfaction

How School Librarians are Evolving

Online Learning vs. Classroom Learning

What Kids Need to Know About Working Memory

Is Homework Harmful or Helpful?

Why It’s Important to Practice Failure

In “Alma’s Way,” a Young Latina Thinks For Herself

Gender-Neutral Pronouns

World’s Languages Traced Back to Sing African Mother Tongue

Here’s the Right Way to Teach Math

Math is Personal

Virtual Coaching With Real Results for School Leaders

Alternatives to Collecting Lesson Plans: A Guide for School Administrators

How School Leaders Can Navigate Conflicting Demands This Year

The Inclusion Imperative For Boards

Three Steps to Building a Learning Culture That Delivers Innovation

Grades, What Are They Good For?

The College Rankings Racket

More that One-Fourth of 400 Richest Went to One of These Colleges

Is College Worth the Time and Money?

Has the Pandemic Put an End to the SAT and ACT?

The Growing Application of Virtual Reality in International Student Recruitment

How Would Universities Fare in a New Cold War?

Three Relationships Whose Power K-12 Schools Consistently Underestimate

How a Focus on Nature is Changing Therapy for Kids

Digital Addictions Are Drowning Us in Dopamine

How Parents and Educators Can Support Healthy Teen Use of Social Media

The Quest for an Automatic Teacher

The Necessity of Finding More Ways to Praise Students

Classroom Time Isn’t the Only Thing Students Have Lost

New View EDU

Disruptive Voice: K-12, Seize the Moment!

Five Powerful Things to Think About When Using Primary Sources

The Teacher Who Changed the Way We Teach Writing

How Students and Teachers Benefit From Students Annotating Their Own Writing

Seven Strategies for Boosting Reading Comprehension

Creativity: I am a Compost Heap

How to Design Better Tests Based on Research

Ambitious Teaching and Equitable Assessments

Flipped Learning: What It Is and When and Why It Is Effective

Grant Lichtman: Education is Changing But It’s Missing a Crucial Ingredient

The Ivory Tower Is Gone: How to Thrive in a Time of Increased Transparency

The NYC Teacher Who Inspired a Nobel Laureate

N.B.: NJAIS saves these articles and others on our website for a brief period of time.

NJAIS Professional Development: There are many upcoming round tables, workshops, and conferences. Be sure to register here: https://www.njais.org/professional-development/2021-2022

September 2021

FRIDAY, 10 SEPTEMBER 2021

A Packed Schedule Really Doesn’t Enrich Your Kids

Teens Are Advocating for Mental Health Days Off School

Try This Science-Backed Scheduling Trick to Relieve Your Anxiety

NYC Private Schools Tackle White Privilege. It Has Not Been Easy

Equity and AP

NAIS: Talking With Your Community About Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Work

NAIS Snapshot on DEIJ Work

Parents Unite Guide to Back-to-School Night (Admissions read this, too!)

FIRE’s Action Sheet for Confronting School Indoctrination

Hostile School Board Meetings Have Members Calling It Quits

Receiving Questions about CRT?

Whiteness and the Humanities: An Impasse

A Snapshot of the Public’s View on History

The Surprising Power of Questions

Scrap the Old COVID Script for Act Four

Pediatric Cases Surge in US as Students Head Back to School

Most Parents Support School Mask Mandates Are Pediatric Cases Surge

Seven Things Teachers Say to Create a Supportive Classroom

The Case Against Grades

Five Research Article for Amplifying Assessment and Feedback

What Do Instructional Coaches Do?

How Coaching Helps Teachers and Leaders Reduce Stress and Build Trust

Coaching With SEL in Mind

A Path to Improving Students’ Emotional Intelligence

Why It’s Imperative We All Learn to Be “Emotion Scientists”

When Kids Pick Their “Trusted Adult” It Pays Off

How Do We Build Relationships With Kids?

What Happened When the “Silly” Teacher Became Serious (Pingry faculty)

Well-Being Matters: An Index to Measure Student Thriving

What My Wedding Vows Taught Me About In-Person Learning

What Have I Been Doing For My Students That They Could Do For Themselves?

How Some Mistakes Can Be Generative for Teachers and Students Alike

Why Teacher Teams Are More Critical Than Ever

Four Reading Strategies to Retire This Year

Strategies to Help Kids Catch Up in Math

Dyscalculia, Math Anxiety, and Learning Strategies That Help

Classroom Conversations: A Matter of Opinion

Test-Free at UC

Trends in Higher Education

Four Ways a Boss Can Create a Toxic Workplace

Future Proof: Solving the Adaptability Paradox for the Long Term

Calming Crisis: Meeting Unpredictable Moments with Unchanging Principles

Seven Ultimate Typing Games If You Want to Type Really Fast

Daniel Pink on Mental Gratitude

Why Poetry is So Crucial Right Now

Why I Hate the Very Hungry Caterpillar (Just for fun!)

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

NJAIS Professional Development: There are many upcoming workshops and events. You can read and register using this link: https://www.njais.org/professional-development/2021-2022

August 2021

FRIDAY, AUGUST 27, 2021

The School Culture Wars: "You have Brought Division to Us”

What’s Next for Private Schools?

A Bumpy Fall Semester

Three Simple Methods For Establishing Teacher Credibility in the First Weeks of School

The Pandemic is Affecting the Third Straight Year and This Teacher is Very Worried

“That Feeling”

Potential COVID-19 Endgame

Six Ways to Help Kids Transition Back to School After Distance Learning

Back to School Resources for School Counselors

These Books Remind Us Why Parenting is a Verb

NYC Moms Coordinating to Fight Critical Race Theory

Receiving Questions About CRT? Consider the Source

NY’s Private Schools Tackle White Privilege. It Has Not Been Easy

What’s the Real Plan for DEI?

Why Educating Girls is Even More Important Than People Realize

We are Not Teaching Boys About Being Human

Six Enrollment Trends to Watch (Heather Hoerle!)

Defining and Explaining Strategic Enrollment Management

The Enrollment Yield Matrix

Equity, Not Equality, in College Admissions

Fee-Free College Applications Gain Popularity

How to Support Teens As They Head Back to School

Children Are Lonelier Than Ever. Can Anything Be Done?

To the Skyrocketing Cost of School Supplies, Add Masks

How to Choose and Care For Your Kids Masks

School Openings So Far Reveal Masking Works

Actually, Wearing a Mask Can Help Your Child Learn

British Approach to Masks

Four New Studies Bolster the Case for Project-Based Learning

Why Visualizing Images is So Important for Young Readers

The Stubborn Myth of Learning Styles

Lila Gleitman, Who Showed How Children Learn Language, Dies at 91

James W. Loewen, Who Challenged How History is Taught, Dies at 79

Employee Retention Credit: IRS Issues Guidance

How Should We Meet? Who Decides?

When Do We Actually Need to Meet in Person?

Research Shows Nonprofit Board Improved During COVID Due to Digital Tech Adoption

How Boards Can Thrive Virtually

Why the Increase in Head of School Turnover

How Do Education Leaders Care Through Change?

The Five Faces of Curiosity

The Path to the Head is the Heart

Going Behind the Rhetoric

Fundraising and Endowment Resilience

The Giving Environment: Understanding Pre-Pandemic trends in Charitable Giving

Fundraising For Nonprofits: Avoid Mistakes and Grow Partnerships

Edtech That Connects Can Boost While Child Support

Keep or Toss? Developing a Document Retention Policy in Independent Schools

As School Reopen, Districts Are Desperate For Bus Drivers

When School Nurses are Not Enough

Nurses are on the Virus Front Lines. But Many Schools Don’t Have One

The 100 Best Young Adult Books

TUESDAY, AUGUST 24, 2021Tips for Supporting Students’ Mental Health This Fall

How to Make This Hard Transition Back to School With Your Students

School Re-Entry Considerations from the National Assoc of School Psychologists

A More Human Beginning

Teacher Uses Affirmation Station Check-In Chart to Help Students’ Mental Health

How to Sell SEL: Parents and the Politics of Social-Emotional Learning

How the Pandemic Now Ends

As Children’s COVID Cases Surge, There’s Another Virus on the Rise

American Academy of Pediatrics COVID Guidance for Safe Schools

NIH Director Says School Mask Rules for Kids Under 12 “Best Thing” To Reduce Spread of COVID-19

Face Masks and Kids: Separating Fact From Fiction

The Impact of Face Masks on Children: A Mini Review

Assessment of Respiratory Function in Infants and Young Children Wearing Face Masks During the COVID-19 Pandemic

What We Now Know About How to Fight the Delta Variant of COVID

What Students Will Need as the Year Begins

Rekindling a Sense of Connection in the New School Year

Starting Each Class With a Warm Welcome

Re-Building Community While Re-Opening School

Beginning with the Learner

No One Starts Out Awesome: Advice for New Teachers

How Novice and Expert Teacher Approach Classroom Management Differently

K-8 or Middle School: What Works For Early Adolescents

Middle School’s Moment: What the Science Tells Us About Improving the Middle Grades

Why You Should Bring Podcasts Into Your Classroom

Three Shifts Educators Can Make to Move from Content-Driven to Skills-Driven Learning Experiences

Using Data to Measure Student Well-being

Dealing with Mental Health Challenges On Campus

Helping Students Cope with the Pressure to Succeed

Three Activities to Enhance Your Evaluation in Critical Thinking

Want to Teach Kids About Money?

The Number of Colleges Continues to Shrink

Merging Admissions and Financial Aid

New Plan for Boston’s Elite High Schools

Science Confirms It. Open Offices are a Nightmare!

Cultivating Joy Takes Work: Three Ways to Turn Happiness Into a Habit

Be Kinder to Yourself

Is Decision Fatigue Wearing You Out? Three Strategies to Overcome It

Clear is Kind. Unclear is Unkind

Brain and Memory

Post-COVID Optimism on College Finance

10 Signs of an IT Leader With a Growth Mindset

21 Things Every 21st Century Educator Should Try in 2021

Global Citizenship Through a Global Lens

Personal Experience of Inclusion: Critical to Win the War For Talent

Outdoor Classrooms

Pandemic Prompts Grief Support in Schools

Five Critical Qualities About the Five Key Beliefs, in Order of Actionability

The Crucial Art and Science of Listening Leadership (Note: Nicole Furlonge, Reshan Richards, and Stephen Valentine!)

Leadership at Work is an Art Form

A Key Mistake Leaders are Making is Causing the Great Resignation. Three Ways to Fix It

Three Tips for Effective Team Building

Is Your Organization Surviving Change—Or Thriving In It?

Strategy as a Way of Life

How to Manage a Domineering Employee When You’re an Introverted Leader

Leaders, Don’t Be Afraid to Talk About your Fears and Anxieties

Blackbaud, Firm that Paid off Crooks After 2020 Ransomware Attack, Fails to Get California Privacy Law Claim Dropped

These Three Remarkable Zoom Apps Make Your Meetings Way Better—For Free

This Board Game Teaches Students to Be Entrepreneurs

Plexiglass is Everywhere, With No Proof It Keeps COVID at Bay

Does Plexiglass Prevent COVID Spread?

How to Keep Board Members Engaged Between Meetings

I Set to Diversify Our Board. Here are Four Lessons I Learned About How to Do it Right

Fundraising: Avoid Mistakes and Grow Partnerships

Questions for Technology

Your Child’s First Smartphone: A Guide the Proper Age, Phone Type, and Parental Controls

Digital Addictions Are Drowning Us in Dopamine

TUESDAY, AUGUST 16, 2021

The States Where Americans Don’t Want to Live (Guess Where NJ is!!)

The !0 Fastest-Growing Cities in NJ: See the List

How Many COVID Cases Will It Take to Quarantine a Class?

The Pandemic Has Become More Dangerous for Children. Here’s How To Help Keep Them Safe

Education Recovery Benefits

20 Teacher Questions to Ask Over the Summer

Six Must-Watch TEDx Talks to Kick Off the School Year

Four Steps to Support Your Faculty as COVID Continues

Zoom’s New Focus Mode

A Framework for Managing Teacher-Student Conflicts

America’s Children Head Back to School Amid Growing Uncertainty

Some Colleges Ease Up on Picking Majors Right Away

Defining the Skills Citizens Will Need In the Future World of Work

Fired Administrator Sues Sewickley Academy on Racial Discrimination Charges

Latin to be Introduced at 40 State Secondaries in England

More States Move to Require Lessons on Native American History and Culture

I Teach Math and Didn’t Give a Single Test Last Year. Here’s What I Learned

Why the Smithsonian Is Talking About Race

The Unexpected Benefits of Remote Learning for Neurodivergent Students

There’s a New Wave of AI Research Coming to Transform Education

Making Sense of a Data-Filled World (and what really should be taught in math)

Scholastic Esports Participation Leads to Substantial Learning Outcomes

National K-12 Cybersecurity Learning Standards Aim to Strengthen Pipeline

Ransomeware Attacks are Up 151% So Far This Year

Girls’ Education After COVID: The Risks of a Lost Generation of Girls Not Returning to Schools is a Crisis We Can’t Ignore

Looking at Girls’ Education Through a Different Lens

How Do I Reinstate Term Limits For My Teen?

What a Kindergarten Teacher Learned From Virtual School

Four Keys to Robotics Activities for Young Learners

A Comparison of Children’s Reading on Paper Versus Screen

Examining the Effects of Orton-Gillingham

How Can We Assure Rigor in Our Lessons?

Students Must Learn to Think Critically. It’s Up to Us to Teach Them How

How Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion are Good For Business

The “Other CRT”—Culturally Responsive Teaching—Can Truly Make a Difference

Fanning Fears of Critical Race Theory

Race: Are We So Different?

The Woke Meritocracy

How the Bobos Broke America

The Windows and Mirrors of Your Children’s Bookshelf

Educators, Counselors Focus on Mental Health as Students Return to Classrooms

In “Homeroom,” and Unprecedented School Year Caught on Film

Are College Students Comfortable Using EdTech? Maybe Not

What Great Listeners Actually Do

Research Suggest We’re Getting Less Creative and Scientists Think They Know Why

Navigating Mental Health at Work: A Reading List

Joan Garry’s Favorite Books for Nonprofit Leaders

Why School? Thinking About Meaning and Purpose

Many Strategies Fail Because They are Not Actually Strategies

The Gig Mindset: A Compass for Navigating Uncertainty

Learning the Edge of Leadership

Author Talk: Michael Useem on Leading With an Edge

Addressing Impossible Questions

Four Steps to Dealing with a Bad Egg on the Team

Five Expert Tips on How to Get Things Done

To Change the Way You Think, Change the Way You See

College Philanthropy Update

Judge Slightly Narrows Blackbaud MDL Over Ransomware Attack

Nonprofits Get a New Kind of Donation: Cryptocurrency

Delta Variant Forces Fundraisers to Rethink Events Yet Again

NJAIS Professional Development: These next two weeks are full of workshops and seminars. See here for registration. https://www.njais.org/professional-development/2021-2022