Educational Articles in the News
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November 2020
Thursday, 19 November 2020
How to Combat COVID Fatigue: What Works and Doesn’t
Pandemic Fatigue is Real and It’s Spreading
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
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
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
How Enrollment Managers Can Think Like Rocket Scientists
College Application Essay Prompts (with some humor)
How to Plan a Virtual Holiday Party
N.B.: These articles and others are saved on the NJAIS website for a brief period of time
NJAIS Professional Development: There are several upcoming workshops and conferences. You can register with the links here: https://www.njais.org/
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?
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
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
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 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
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/
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?
New College Board Offering on African Diaspora
Correcting COVID-19 Misconceptions Requires Caution
Europe’s Locked Down, but Schools Are Open
Forget Halloween. Children Are Frightening All Year Round!
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
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)
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/
October 2020
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
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 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
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
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
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
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
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
September 2020
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
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
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!
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
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
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
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
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
1776 vs. 1619: A Battle of Patriotic Education
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
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
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
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/
Friday, 28 August 2020
Why NJ’s Plan for In-Person Schooling Is Falling Apart (in the public schools…)
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
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
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
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: https://www.njais.org/
August 2020
Friday, 28 August 2020
Why NJ’s Plan for In-Person Schooling Is Falling Apart (in the public schools…)
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Why the Teenage Brain Pushes Young People to Ignore Virus Restrictions
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
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
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NJAIS Professional Development: There are many meaningful workshops upcoming. See the schedule here
July 2020
June 2020
Tuesday, 23 June 2020
Brown University Will Cut 11 of Its Varsity Sports
Could Hybrid Learning Become the New Normal?
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
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
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
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
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
Johns Hopkins, CHEA Release Guide for Pandemic
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/
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
Grant Lichtman and COVID-19 and the Problems We’re Trying to Solve
The Unproductive Debate of Synchronous vs. Asynchronous Learning
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
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?
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
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
NATS Panel of Experts Lays Out Sobering Future for Singers: No Vaccine, No Safe Public Singing
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
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
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?
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
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
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
Confronting the Uncomfortable Reality of Workplace Discrimination
A Strategy for Building Productive Relationships with Parents
2021 Global Learning Landscape
BU Study: Nearly Half US Youth Have Been Stalked/Harrassed By Partners
A History of Universities and Pandemics
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
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
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
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
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
College Admissions Deans Respond to COVID-19
The Math of Social Distancing Is a Lesson in Geometry
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
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
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, seminars, and other events. Register using the links found here: https://www.njais.org/
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
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
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
N.B.: These articles and others are saved on the NJAIS website for a brief period of time.
NJAIS Professional Development: There are many summer programs being offered. See the full schedule of events HERE
May 2020
Friday, 29 May 2020
Gov. Murphy: NJ Daycare, (Some) Sports, Camps Can Resume in Coronavirus
Building Your Strategy for Enrollment Melt During COVID-19
Risky Strategy By Many Private Colleges Leaves Them Exposed
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
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
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
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
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
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
A Response to Constructive Criticism of Social and Emotional Learning
Practical Tips for Teaching Online Small-Group Discussions
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
Five Resources to Support the Mental Well-Being of Your School Community
The Pandemic Has Exposed the Fallacy of the Ideal Worker
Will COVID-19 Make Companies Rethink Cities?
Do You Have a Life Outside of Work?
Where New Yorkers Moved to Escape Coronavirus
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
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
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
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
The Impossible Dream (our own Peter Lewis!!)
13 May 2020
Nicholas Johnson, First Black Valedictorian in Princeton’s 274-Year History
A Blueprint for Back to School
CDC Guidelines for Cleaning and Disinfecting
School and Preparedness Officials’ Perspectives on Social Distancing
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
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
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
How US Schools Are Doing Virtual Graduation
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
April 2020
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
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
A Long Time Until the Economic New Normal
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
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
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
Over 30 Virtual Field Trips With Links
14 April 2020
Five Minutes with John Gulla: Private Schools, Public Purpose
Private Schools Face an Existential Threat
Schools, Taxes, Internet: Big Decisions for NJ Amid Coronavirus
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
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
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
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
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
March 2020
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
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
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
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
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
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…
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?
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
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
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
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
February 2020
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
Mental Health Can Be Damaged By Lack of Sleep
Truth Urges Teens to Quit Vaping with TikTok Challenge
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
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
West Sound Academy Moves to a Sliding Scale Tuition Model
Butchering Names Disrespects Students, U of A Psychology Study Finds
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NJAIS Professional Development: There are many workshops and conferences upcoming. Find them HERE
January 2020
31 January 2020
Three Assumptions That Derail Strategic Planning and How to Fix Them
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
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?
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
Teaching Inequality: Consequences of Traditional Music Theory Pedagogy
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
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
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
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
December 2019
November 2019
1 November 2019
Group Work is Hard for Quiet Kids. Structured Collaboration Cuts Through the Chaos
https://www.npr.org/2019/10/
The Key to Raising a Brilliant Kid? Play a Game
The Decline of Play and Rise in Children’s Mental Disorders
Science Says the Most Successful Kids Have Parents Who Do These Five Things
http://www.ncte.org/library/
Prize-Winning Young Adult Books
https://www.theatlantic.com/
Why Some People Become Lifelong Readers
New, Strong Evidence for Problem-Based Learning
Whose Advice are you Taking? The Fight Over College Counseling at Elite High Schools
After a College Applicant Hits “Send”
Radical Survival Strategies for Struggling Colleges
For Some Colleges, the Best Move Is to Merge
Are Liberal Arts Colleges Doomed?
"A Very Unwelcome Feeling": The First Women at Yale Look Back
Hong Kong Protests Spread to US Colleges, and a Rift Grows
Students at Westminster Choir College Sue Rider University to Stop Sale of Princeton Campus
https://www.classicfm.com/
College Vending Machine
High Schools to TikTok: We’re Catching Feelings
Find the Perfect Word For Your Writing With These Tools
Why the 2019 Elections are Important
https://www.boredteachers.com/
Feel the Weight of a Teacher
https://bbk12e1-cdn.
Getting Better at Dealing With Microaggressions
Funeral Homes and Female Athletes
Responding to School Violence: Tips for Administrators
Is it Time to Outsource the Head Evaluation?
http://www.grantlichtman.com/
What Does Your Administrative Leadership Team Actually Do?
How to Effectively Lead Your Team Through Obstacles
https://www.crayola.com/
Crayola Color Cycle
New Survey is Bad News for Online Education Business
Why EdTech Executives Need to Go Back to School…As Teachers
Be Humble, and Proudly, Psychologists Say
https://www.carneysandoe.com/
The Three Ps of a Compelling Candidate
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/
What to Do When You’ve Said the Wrong Thing
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October 2019
22 October 2019
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
How World Language Teaching Has Evolved
Why is Middle School So Hard for So Many People?
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
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!
September 2019
6 September 2019
The First Five Minutes of Class
Don’t Ask Students What They Did This Summer. Ask This Instead
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
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
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
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
Under Assault: NY’s Private and Parochial Schools
August 2019
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
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)
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
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
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
The World of Work is in Transition. Are You Ready?
Direct Instruction is Still Necessary in a PBL Classroom
How to Make Middle School Less Awful
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
July 2019
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
Jeffrey Epstein Taught at Dalton. His Behavior was Noticed
Pearson Goes “Digital First” in College Market
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
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
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
The Big Transition, by Tim Saburn
Head Transition/Entry Plans: Risks and Opportunities
Top Tips for Building Relationships Between The Head and Board
June 2019
24 June 2019
Making Rest a Priority This Summer
Summer Reading for Advancement Professionals
14 Ways to “Grade” Your Communication Plan Before it Launches
Four Tips for Managing Summer Enrollments
International Survey: US Teachers are Overworked and Feel Under-appreciated
A Child’s Brain Can Develop Faster With Music Education, Study Says
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Power is Everywhere, but Love is Supreme
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
Tracking Canada’s Tremendous Growth Curve in International Education
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
Navy SEALS Use this Seven-Step Process to Achieve Any Goal. You Can, Too
May 2019
17 May 2019
The Difference Between Happiness and Joy
The Moral Peril of Meritocracy
The Most Successful Kids Have Parents Who Do These Five Things
The Cool Kids are Playing Dungeons and Dragons
Making Playgrounds a Little More Dangerous
Boys Get Eating Disorders, Too
The Impact of Early Sexual Initiation on Boys
Parenting Teens Under Pressure
SAT’s New “Adversity Score” Will Take Students’ Hardships Into Account
Preparing For College Emotionally, Not Just Academically
Ivy League Coaching Endowments Raise Ethics Questions Lessons From a Scandal: Colleges Quietly Tighten the Athletic Recruiting Process
Challenge Success White Paper on College Admissions (and more!)
Rare Navy Trifecta: Three Morristown-Beard Students Headed to Annapolis
Why You Should Start Binge Reading Now
The Future of Education is…Private Schools
The Truth About Private Schools
Instagram Unveils New Donation Tool
Instagram is Trying to Curb Bullying. First, It Needs to Define Bullying
What People Don’t Know About Introverts and Extroverts
Sexual Assault Victims Struggle in K-12 Schools
A Power of Our Own Why Our Youngest Learners Are Doomed Right Out of the Gate
Anti-Trust and Organizational Sustainability: A Perspective on Competition and Collaboration
Why Servant Leadership Requires Humility
6 May 2019
The Courage to Choose. The Courage to Lead
The Debate About Directors with Too Many Board Commitments
The Board and the Transition to a New Head of School
Fortify Your School Against Financial Risk
Silicon Valley Came to Kansas Schools. That Started a Rebellion
A 140-Year-Old School Partnered with a 10-Year-Old School. Here’s What Happened
The Data All Guilt-Ridden Parents Need
Black Columbia Student’s Confrontation With Security Becomes Flashpoint Over Racism on Campus
From the Field: Recruiting in the Philippines
For an Asian-American Family, the Cost of Education
College Road Trips as Routes to Adulthood
Almost All the Colleges I Wanted to Go To Rejected Me. Now What?
What History Can Teach About Choosing a College
Cursive Seemed to Go the Way of Quills and Parchment. Now It’s Coming Back
Do You Speak My Language? You Should
What You Can (and Can’t) Learn from a Language App
Five Minutes That Will Make You Love the Piano
What Has Your Sex Education Been Like?
What Students are Saying About: Controversial Murals, “Senioritis”, and a 17-Foot Python
With Anti-Semitic Incidents in Schools on the Rise, Teachers Grapple with Holocaust Education
High School Doesn’t Have to Be Boring
Implementing Mental Health First Aid in K-12
Girls Best Boys on National Test of Tech and Engineering Skills
How to Create a Peaceful School Bus
Why Don’t Women Get Comebacks Like Tiger Woods?
How to Bounce Back from Rejection
Why Normalizing Struggle Can Create a Better Math Experience for Kids
Finland’s Hobbyhorse Girls, Once a Secret Society, Now Prance in Public
Why Streaming Kids According to Ability is a Terrible Idea
Personalized Learning Wasn’t Invented by Silicon Valley
Can Personalized Learning Actually Deliver?
Why Schools Need to Help Students Find Purpose, and How to Do It
A Controversial Design Strategy is Helping 6th Graders Do Better in School
Why the High Achievers Have Moved to Shop Class
High School Holds “Adulting” Classes
Cybersecurity in Independent Schools
Children Need Digital Mentorship, Not WHO’s Restrictions on Screen Time
How this District is Preparing Students for 2030 and Beyond
Is Conference Room Air Making You Dumber?
Why are Universities Losing Their Way?
You Don’t Have to Be a CEO to Be a Visionary Leader
The Three Words Used by Highly Emotional Intelligent People
In Classic Children’s Books, a Window to Childhood in Past Centuries
The Search for a Biomarker for Early Autism Diagnosis
The Promise of Restorative Justice Starts to Falter Under Rigorous Research
Fewer Kids are Getting Detention, and Experts Say That’s a Good Thing
10 Vital Skills You Will Need for the Future of Work
April 2019
3 April 2019
How Higher Ed Can Change Faster
Elite Colleges Announce Record Low Admissions Rates in Wake of College Cheating Scandal
Seven Sisters’ Surge: Applications to Women’s Colleges Spike
The Perfect Storm Behind the Recent College Closing and How It Could Change New England
To Survive, Small Colleges are Rethinking the Liberal Arts
In Wake of College Admissions Scandal, College Consultant Group Steps Up
Why the Rich and Famous Would Break the Law to Get Their Kids Into College
Another College Cheating Scandal: Personal Essay “Editors” Reveal How They Cheat for Rich Kids
Solitude, Often Seen as Bad for Teens, Actually Helps Them with Personal Growth
Let’s Talk About Cellphone Bans
High School Doesn’t Have to Be Boring
Top 10 Technologies Having an Impact on Higher Ed
Building Design a Critical Component in Preventing School Shootings
Five Lawsuits that Could Bring Major Change to Higher Ed
Four Questions to Maximize Engagement
What Can Fundraisers and Sales Executives Learn From Each Other?
Lego Unveils Sustainable Bricks Made from Sugarcane as Brand Continues Eco Makeover
Using Text to Speech Tech to Assist Dyslexic Students
New Interactive Tech to Help Children with Special Needs Learn Better
Designing Flexible Seating for Students
Women’s History in the K-8 Classroom
13 Ways Educators Can Transform Literacy
Grim Tales (an article by a friend that has been re-issued!)
Lovely Letter to Children About Why We Read
Remote Workers Are Outperforming Office Workers
A 43-Year Study Says if You Want to Raise a Happy Successful Child, You’’ Have to Overcome This
Want to Raise a Well Adjusted Child? Psychology Says Let Them See You Doing These 10 Things
You Really Can Decide to Be Happy. Science Says So
Eight Skills Leaders Will Need in Tomorrow’s Workplace
The Search for True Innovation
Procrastination: When the Early Bird Gets the Shaft
This is Why Silence is an Important Part of Your Presentation
What Successful Organization Understand About Exponential Leadership
How Can You Spot a Rare Leader in a Crowd of Typical Bosses? They Do These Five Things
The Three Key Challenges Impeding K-12 Technology Implementation
What to Do When You’re Bored with Your Routines