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September 2022
Thursday, 29 September 2022
To Be or Not to Be a Trustee, That is the Question
New Trustee Orientation with the CFO
How You Can Develop a Board That is Ready for the Future
Envisioning the Future of Education and Jobs
New Director of Innovative School Models Aims to Encourage Experimentation
Reshape School Without Starting From Scratch
Students Highlight Which Pandemic-Era Changes Should Stay and Which Should Go
Redesigning Education for Learners and Educators
Still Skeptical About Mastery-Based Learning? Here’s a Better Way of Looking at What it Is and Does
Three Ways to Activate Student Engagement
What Better School Tests Would Look Like
Not Enough Teachers? Here’s What Schools Need to Know
The “Great Resignation” and How to Address Turnover Within Independent Schools
Why Boys Should Start School a Year Later Than Girls
A Genius Cartoonist Believe Child’s Play is Anything But Frivolous
Beyond Left and Right: Learning is a Whole-Brain Process
How to Leverage Multisensory Learning in Your Classroom
Teaching Math Through Children’s Literature
Brief History of Spanish Animated
What Mrs. Bailey Taught Me in A.P. History Changed My Life
What’s Really Causing America’s Mental Health Crisis?
Best Free Social-Emotional Learning Sites and Apps
Rethinking Resilience: Does Pushing Through Actually Hinder Growth
Gen Z’s Battle Against Depression, Addiction, Hopelessness
Legal Tip of the Week: Consider a Mental Health Day Policy
Service Learning Can Be the Bridge to Social-Emotional Learning
First, Know Yourself. Then, Pick a Career Path
AI Is Making It Easier Than Ever for Kids to Cheat
Five Ways Tech is Being Used in PE
How to Use EdTech to Engage Introverted Learners
The Biggest Myths of the Teenage Brain
A Whole New World: Education Meets the Metaverse
Five Key Trends Shaping the New World of Work
A Free 10-Minute Plan to Include Leadership Development in Team Meetings
To Change Corporate Culture, Build Ownership and Accountability
How Department Heads Balance Leadership Roles
The School Leader and Counselor Alliance
How to Hold a Coaching Conversation
Leaders are Not Responsible for Success. They are Accountable for It
Seven Steps to Building Great Administrative Teams
What Sets Successful CEOs and Heads of School Apart
What School Marketers Need to Know About Generation Alpha
Planning for International Student Recruitment in the “New Normal"
Why Repeating Yourself is a Good Thing
Young Alumni Share Perspectives on Intercultural Learning
Poll of Public’s Attitudes Toward Public Schools
Leaning and Love: A Lesson From Mr. Rogers for the Start of a New School Year
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Tuesday, 20 September 2022
The Silent Treatment: Why College Presidents Don’t Speak Out
One President’s Playbook for Public Statements
Teach Your Students to be Builders Not Critics
Investing in Better School Counseling Will Help Struggling Students Recover From Multiple Crises
How to Help Employees Access Public Service Loan Forgiveness
Can Apprenticeships Help Alleviate Teacher Shortages
Moves to Ease Teacher’s Stress and Burnout
Teacher Shortages Are Real But Not for the Reasons You Think
When Quiet Quitting Is Worse Than the Real Thing
NYC’s Trinity School Bares Its Unholy Leftist Hate
Trinity School Staffer on Leave Following Project Veritas
Pandemic-Era Policies Caused Dramatic Education Decline
Five Tips for Creating an Effective Virtual Field Trip
Teaching “Digital Natives” Who Understand TikTok, but Not Excel
Six Puzzling Questions From the Disastrous NAEP Results
Kendi on His New Book and Why Kids Need the Kinds of Books Being Banned
The Most-Regretted (and Lowest-Paying) College Majors
My Five-Year-Old Son Says Scary Things When He is Upset. Should We Be Worried?
Should Children Eat What You Serve…? Benefits of Family Meals
Lessons on Leadership and Community From 25 Leaders of Color
Schoolwide Community Service and Volunteering in Elementary Grades
Digital-Advertising Case Study: A Shift in Spending Leads to Success at Year End
How COVID Has Pushed Companies Over the Tech Tipping Point
NJ Colleges on Forbes List (ugh, ratings!)
Northeastern Univ and Package Explosion and Campus Security
Fewer Students Studying Russian
WAWA Offers Free Coffee to Educators in September
Working Moms and Finding Balance
The Next Walk You Take Could Change Your Life
The Devious Mind Behind Wordle
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NJAIS Professional Development: Check out our 2022 - 2023 Professional Development Calendar of Events!
https://www.njais.org/professional-development/2022-2023
Thursday, 1 September 2022
NAIS Research Report on Staff/Faculty Turnover and Compensation
Three Ways Leaders Can Support Teachers This Year
The Great Resignation Stems From a Great Exploration
What’s Actually Being Taught in History Class
Handling Political Speech in the Workplace
African-American AP History Being Taught at 60 Schools As Part of Pilot Program
The Equity Continuum: Cultivating an Equity Mindset in Classroom Global Partnerships
Teaching Computational Thinking is More Important Than Defining It
Calm, Clear, and Kind: What Students Want From Their Teachers
Behind Their Screens: What Teens are Facing and Adults are Missing
Teens, Social Media, and Technology 2022
Behind Students’ Sense of Agency and Motivation
Some Students Succeed at the Expense of Others. It Doesn’t Have to Be That Way
Empowering Students to Develop Their Own Academic Identity
Accessibility Tools Can Be Transformative for Some Students. At What Costs?
Free Assistive Tech Tools that Support Academic Success
Time Blindness and ADHD. What You Need to Know
Improving Classroom Behavior and Teacher-Student Relationships
Want More Meaningful Classroom Management? Here are Eight Questions Teachers Can Ask Themselves
What Kids Gain From Sports Depends on Adults
You Aren’t Lazy. You Need to Slow Down
Clarifying the Purpose of Advisory Programs
Three Reasons Teens Need Later School Start Times
Substance Abuse Prevention: What You Need to Know Right Now
Can You Inoculate People Against Misinformation Before They Even See It? Study Says Yes
Google Finds Inoculating Against Misinformation Helps Blunt Its Power
A New Tech Integration: A More Intentional Move Toward Instructional Design
A Rubric for Effective EdTech Use
Three Ways Web3 Will Change Education for Good
Educators Share New Ideas They Are Trying Out
Applying Think Time to Formative Feedback
The 10 Commandments of Experiential Learning
Columbia Won’t Participate in Next US News Rankings
CHOP’s Guidance for Updated COVID School Mitigation Plans for Academic Year 2022-2023
A New Social Contract for Teams
Independent Governance in a Post-Pandemic Era
Productivity Isn’t About Time Management. It’s About Attention Management
If We’re All So Busy, Why Isn’t Anything Getting Done?
Avoiding the Biggest Mistakes on Your School’s Website Homepage
Four Elements of a Comprehensive Enrollment Growth Plan
How Advancement Leaders Can Engage More Women Donors
Why Surveys are a Key School Leadership Tool
Results from the 2022 Education Next Survey
Learning Spaces, Wellness Rooms, Nature Trails. This is the K-12 School of the Future
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NJAIS Professional Development: Check out our 2022 - 2023 Professional Development Calendar of Events!
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August 2022
Tuesday, 30 August 2022
Three R’s for First-Year Teachers
For New Teachers, Six Principles to Remember This Year
Three Habits of Highly Effective Teacher Teams
Shakespeare the the Headship Transition (RIP, Bruce Dennis!)
Independent Governance in a Post-Pandemic Era
How the Board Can Support the Head
Finance Experts: School Budgets Headed For a Wild Ride
What Employers Need to Know About Monkeypox
Is the Problem Really A Shortage of Teachers?
Information About the “Teacher Shortage"
Educators’ Poor Morale Matters, Even If They Don’t Quit. Here’s Why
Quiet Quitting and Setting Boundaries for Work
Get Ready to SOAR into the New School Year
More Than 120 Activities for Your First Day(s) of Class from Athena
Six Things Students Need in Today’s Politicized World
Different Ways to Play the Name Game
Ideas for Collaboration in the Classroom
For the First Time in 20 Years, Teachers Can Deduct More for School Supplies
Why You Should Ban Debate in Your Classroom
Developing the “Why” for Middle School Math
Teaching Cryptocurrency in 5th Grade
How to Hold a Better Class Discussion
Teens, Social Media, and Technology
What We Get Wrong About Teens and Screens
What Parents Are Getting Wrong About Teens and Sexting
I Didn’t Want It to Be True, But the Medium Really Is the Message
Are Today’s Children Different Than Children in the 1890s?
Three Reasons Teens Need Later School Start Times
Weighing the Costs and Benefits of Cellphones in School
Testing 101: How Parents Can Understand the Purpose of Their Child’s Tests
Unstructured, Longer Play Essential Key to Early Learning
New Study Confirms the Value of Solitude
Sharpen Your Thinking with These Cognitive Razors
The Difference Between Complicated and Complex Matters
Research: People Can Learn to Recognize Their Racial Privilege
Rob Evans on Six Truths About Leadership
Seven Leadership Styles and How to Find Your Own
10 Principles of Effective Organizations
Keeping Your Team Motivated When the Company is Struggling
Why Repeating Yourself is a Good Thing
The Rules of Flying Like a Decent Human
Doing WORDLE as the World Burns
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NJAIS Professional Development: Check out our 2022 - 2023 Professional Development Calendar of Events!
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Monday, 15 August 2022
Loan Forgiveness Program May Attract Millennials to Nonprofit Jobs
Gen Z Workers Demand Flexibility, Don’t Want to be Stuffed in a Cubicle
Encourage Your Team to Take a Vacation and Watch Business Productivity Soar (There’s still time!)
Three Neuroscience-Based Strategies to Combat Employee Burnout
Schools Nationwide Expect Special Ed Teacher Shortages
Are You Advocating for School Librarians?
New CDC Guidelines Could Be Gamechanger
New CDC Guidelines for Schools Aim for Normalcy
Operational Guidance for K-12 Schools
NJ to Drop COVID Testing Mandates: Latest Details
Changes in the Landscape of International Student Recruitment
Deep Dive on South Korea Enrollment
Deep Dive on Japanese Education Market
Gun Violence: An International Educator’s Moral Quandary
A New Mindset for Recruiting Chinese Students
Need-Blind International Admissions: A Question of Values
Too Many Social Channels to Manage? Maybe Your Students Can Help
Teens, Social Media, and Technology
Five Key Skills to Master in Tough Times
How Advancement Leaders Can Encourage More Women Donors
Four School Marketing Initiative You Can Complete By September
Bounce Houses Can Be Very Dangerous
What If the Ancient Greeks and Romans Actually Had Terrible Taste?
Leadership: Our Timeless Truth
The Language That Doesn’t Use “No”
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Wednesday, 3 August 2022
Trustees: Long on Passion, Short on Time
The Adaptive School Board: Governance and Learning in a New Era
Recreating School for Every Child
It’s Time to Rethink the One-Teacher-One Classroom Model
Not Enough Teachers? What Schools Need to Know
Trained, Armed, and Ready. To Teach Kindergarten.
Trust is in Decline: Here’s How to Rebuild It
168 Writing Prompts to Spark Discussion and Reflection
Three Ways to Add Culturally Responsive Critical Thinking to Your Lessons
Take Away Their Cellphones. Rewire Schools for Belonging and Achievement
Music Training Can Be a Literacy Superpower
How to Fall Back in Love With Reading
How Sign Language Changes as the World Changes
Why HItler and Stalin Hated Esperanto, the 135-Year Old Language of Peace
Curriculum Redesign for Equity and Social Justice
Eight Tips for Using Testimonials in Your Marketing
How to Stay Cool When You’re Put on the Spot
Three Strategies to Keep Good Employees Without a Hefty Pay Raise
Mentoring: The Art of Growing Teachers and Leaders
For Creators, Community is the New Follower Count
Oddly Enough: The Uses of Randomness
What’s Wrong with Having Competitive Kids
The Movement to End Homework is Wrong
People with Dyslexia Have “Enhanced Abilities,” According to a New Study
Which City is Most Expensive for Renters? You Might Be Surprised
NJ Rent Among the Most Expensive
Your Brain Can Hijack Your Success. Here’s How to Retrain It
18 Rules of Life From the Dalai Lama
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NJAIS Professional Development: Check out our 2022 - 2023 Professional Development Calendar of Events!
https://www.njais.org/professional-development/2022-2023
July 2022
Monday, 25 July 2022
N.B.: These articles and others are saved on the NJAIS website for a brief period of time.
NJAIS Professional Development:
Summer Program Registrations are OPEN for:Innovation and Collaboration Conference at The Peck School on Tuesday and Wednesday, August 9 - 10Administrators of Color Institute at Kent Place School on Monday - Wednesday, August 15 - 17White Administrators Institute at Kent Place School on Monday - Wednesday, August 15 - 17Instructional Strategies and Cultural Competence at Morristown-Beard School on Tuesday - Thursday, August 16 - 18
Thursday, 14 July 2022
Does Class Size Really Matter? A Look at the Research
Making the Most of Student Time Amid Staff Shortages
A New Program Allows Kids Who Preferred Remote Classes to Keep Learning Online
Undercover Mother Suing Chicago Latin School Over Cyberbullying
Add Assertiveness to Tweens Communication
How to Make New Families Feel Special (on a Budget)
Your School’s Ideal Campus Visit
What Happens to Knowledge Deferred? Defending Books…
Seven Titles to Teach Young Children About Juneteenth
Chinese American Adolescents’ Perceptions of Their Immigrant Parents’ Educational Messages
The Next Big Idea Club’s Book Recommendations
Mixed But Not Scrambled: Gender Gaps in Coed Schools with Single-Sex Classrooms
Why Belonging is Key to Building the New Workforce
Upside to Teacher Hiring From Pandemic Panic
With Tuition Up and Enrollment Down, Many Are Asking, “Is College Worth it?”
The Most Important Thing I Needed to Do as a New Department Chair
Inclusive Leadership: Steps Your Organization Should Take to Get It Right
Inspiring and Celebrating Transformational Leadership in Jewish Day Schools
Eight Unexpected Benefits of Online Training for Leadership Development
The Key to Retaining Young Workers? Better Onboarding
Bills to Protect NJ Schools From Threats Advance in Assembly
Schools are Spending Billions on High-Tech defense for Mass Shootings
Why This Teacher Keeps An Empty Chair in His Classroom
More Teachers Use Tech to Check Emotional Pulse of Students
Time to Pull the Plug on Traditional Grading? Grading for Equity
How to Use Backward Chaining to Differentiate Instruction
A “No Zeroes” Grading Policy is the Worst of All Worlds
Revisiting “The Case Against the Zero”
Let’s Not Get Reckless With Grading
Study: Repeat Student-Teacher Matches Build Academic and Behavioral Skills
Supreme Court and Catholic Schools
Use of Tech for Students with Autism
Do Dyslexia Fonts Actually Work?
Playing to Learn for Students in Middle and Upper Schools
Can Video Games Teach Empathy?
Johns Hopkins Summer Programs Cancelled as Some Students En Route
All Those Zoom Meetings May Boost Connection and Curb Loneliness
Top Four Mistakes Busy Leaders Make
Is it Time to Consider Co-CEO’s?
Seven Practices for Women Navigating Leadership
Freud’s Answer For the Great Resignation
The Elements of Strategic Persuasion
Georgian Court University Creates Year-Round Four-Day Compressed Workweek
N.B.: These articles and others are saved on the NJAIS website for a brief period of time.
NJAIS Professional Development:
Summer Program Registrations are OPEN for:
Innovation and Collaboration Conference at The Peck School on Tuesday and Wednesday, August 9 - 10
Administrators of Color Institute at Kent Place School on Monday - Wednesday, August 15 - 17
White Administrators Institute at Kent Place School on Monday - Wednesday, August 15 - 17
Instructional Strategies and Cultural Competence at Morristown-Beard School on Tuesday - Thursday, August 16 - 18
June 2022
Tuesday, 7 June 2022
Lessons Learned? Reading Wars, Reading First, and a Way Forward
In the Fight Over How to Teach Reading, This Guru Makes a Major Retreat
No More Letters of Recommendation!
Puberty Starts Earlier Than It Used To. No One Knows Why
All Children Eight and Over Should Be Screened for Anxiety, Task Force Says
20 Books for Your Summer Reading List
10 Books on Connection, Human Nature, and Building Trust
Reading Room: Exploring How We Think and Make Decisions
NAIS Research: The State of K-12 Enrollment 2021-22
Turning the Aspirational into the Actual: Aligning Global Programs with Mission
Revisit Crisis Prevention and Response Plans
Reflections on the Tragedy in Parkland, FL
How Empathy Mapping the Student Experience Can Change School
How Schools Talk About and Notice School Culture
Four High School Students Talk Mental Health and How the Pandemic changed Them
With College Enrollment Tumbling, New Strategies Urgently Needed
Why Good Enrollment Managers Are So Hard to Find
How to Respond When an Employee Quits
Five Interview Questions To Help You Hire Better People
Employee Handbooks: Three Reasons Employers are Updating Right Now
The Case for Hiring Older Workers
Five Things High-Performing Teams Do Differently
High-Performing Teams Need Psychological Safety. Here’s How to Create It
How the Best Teams Keep Good Ideas Alive
Leading and Learning For Equity is a Collective Journey
On Educating Girls: Girls Who Break Barriers
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day (mentions Kent Place)
Diverse Hiring Practices Without Discrimination
Is Your Hiring Process Costing You Talent?
Leveraging Our Core Beliefs in Schools
Toward a New Grammar of Schooling
What We Can Learn from How the 1918 Pandemic Ended
Could the Greatest Works of Literature be Undiscovered?
In Defense of “Happily Ever After”
To Enjoy Life More, Embrace Anticipation
Every Day We’re Told to Use New Lingo. What Does That Accomplish?
N.B.: These articles and others are saved on the NJAIS website for a brief period of time.
NJAIS Professional Development:
Summer Program Registrations are OPEN for:
Innovation and Collaboration Conference at The Peck School on Tuesday and Wednesday, August 9 - 10
Administrators of Color Institute at Kent Place School on Monday - Wednesday, August 15 - 17
White Administrators Institute at Kent Place School on Monday - Wednesday, August 15 - 17
Registration opens soon for:
Instructional Strategies and Cultural Competence at Morristown-Beard School on Tuesday - Thursday, August 16 - 18
May 2022
Monday, 30 May 2022
Talking to Kids About Current Events
How to Talk To Kids About School Shootings
Guidelines for Talking to Kids About School Shootings
Resources for Educators To Discuss School Shootings
Supporting Educators to Rise Stronger After a Traumatic Event
Guiding Students and Families Through Grief
Amanda Gorman’s Poem on Texas Shooting Has Captivated the Internet
Identifying and Teaching Students with Significant Reading Problems
Universal Screening for K-2 Reading
Teaching for Transfer Can Help Young Children Read for Understanding
How to Help Without Micro-Managing
Five Ideas for Developing Real-World Thinking Skills
Integrating Ideas In the Curriculum
An Introduction to Student Co-Designed Learning
Are We Paying Attention to the Right Things?
Six Ways COVID Transformed Harvard
Understand China’s Personal Information Protection Law
Cyber Crime: A Growing Risk for Independent Schools
Ending the Year on a High Note
The Warrior and Sage Styles of Leadership
Important Questions to Ask to Become a Better Leader
How to Become a “Morale Doctor"
The Best Strategics Don’t Just Take a Long View. They Take a Broad View.
A Manager’s Guide to Helping Teams Face Down Uncertainty, Burnout, and Perfectionism
Philly Backtracks on Planned 9 a.m. High School Start Time
Teen Sleep, Brain Science, and the Debate Over School Start Times
Don’t Let Your Fundraising Program Take a Summer Vacation
Improve Your Alumni Magazine Engagement With this Mystery Photo Playbook
10 Tips for Filling Up Your Summer Camp Registration Fast
NJAIS Professional Development:
Summer Program Registrations are OPEN for:
Innovation and Collaboration Conference at The Peck School on Tuesday and Wednesday, August 9 - 10
Administrators of Color Institute at Kent Place School on Monday - Wednesday, August 15 - 17
White Administrators Institute at Kent Place School on Monday - Wednesday, August 15 - 17
Registration opens soon for:
Instructional Strategies and Cultural Competence at Morristown-Beard School on Tuesday - Thursday, August 16 - 18
Friday, 20 May 2022
Beyond the Honor Roll: Celebrating a Diversity of Student Achievement
How to Embrace Culturally Responsive Teaching and Promote Student Success
New Research Looks for Better Ways to Recruit Teachers of Color
Supporting LBGTQ Students in the “Don’t Say Gay” Era
New AP PreCalc Aims to Diversify the Math Pipeline
How Popular Merit College Scholarships Have Perpetuated Racial Inequities
What the US is Doing Right with STEM Education
Ed Department Begins Review of Often Misunderstood Section 504 Rules
Tax Implications of Head of School Compensation Packages
Set the Stage for Success: Preparing for Head of School Transitions
Why a Shorter Strategic Plan is Better
From Strategic Plan to Strategic Reality
Nonprofit Strategies for Managing Reserves
Does Your School Have a “Slander Account”?
Employee Retention Credit for Independent Schools
FASB Drawing Up Rules on Cryptocurrency
Top Six Workplace Law Predictions for Education Employers
Five Proven Strategies for Successful Auxiliary Programs
Assessing the Hiring and Retention Landscape
Becoming a School of Choice for Faculty
Why Teachers Leave Teaching and How to Support and Retain Them
Five Questions for Leaders Who Want Teachers to Succeed and Stay
Mentoring: The Art of Growing Teachers and Leaders
What Students Want From Their Teachers
This School Year Never Got Back to “Normal.” There are the Lessons Educators Carry With them
Five Ways Education Leaders Can Maximize the Impact of SEL
Using Weekly Goals to Help Students Finish Strongly
Increased Wellness in Schools Through Operational Changes
Care for Self, Care for Others
In Today’s Environment, Employers Must Address Mental Health in Virtual Work Cultures
What Do Top Companies Think Schools Could Do Better
I Inherited a Past CEO’s Mess! Now What to Do
Memo to Aspiring Heads (and other leaders)
How Administrators Can Support Department Heads
Five Steps to Solve People Problems
Schools Can Learn from McDonald’s Reversal of All-Day Breakfast
Four Innovating Trends in K-12 Education
11 Things Every Teacher Should Do This Summer
What to Write in a Meaningful Thank You Note
Headlines We Can’t Forget About
How to Tell a Captivating Story
A Guide to Writing a Thesis That is a Guide to Life
N.B.: These articles and others are saved on the NJAIS website for a period of time.
NJAIS Professional Development:
Save the Dates! Registration Opens Soon For:
Innovation and Collaboration Conference at The Peck School on Tuesday and Wednesday, August 9 - 10
Administrators of Color Institute at Kent Place School on Monday - Wednesday, August 15 - 17
White Administrators Institute at Kent Place School on Monday - Wednesday, August 15 - 17
Instructional Strategies and Cultural Competence at Morristown-Beard School on Tuesday - Thursday, August 16 - 18
Tuesday, 17 May 2022
Innovation in Action: Creating a New Vision of School that Prepares Students to Live
What We’re Seeing on Campus: Late Spring Edition of Trends and Forces
Healing and Re-Humanizing Our Education System
China: Could Lockdown Fatigue Influence Outbound Student Mobility?
The Board Chair’s Responsibility in a Head of School Search
Are Giving Days Over? Not If You’re Doing Them Right
Inflation Swells Tuition Prices
Building the Campus of the Future
These Kids Got Off Their Phones and Played Outside
Viral Story Leads to Donations of $1 Million for Coach of Underdog Debate Team
How Can High School Sports Better Serve Students?
Special Ed Leaders: Tech Has Proven Beneficial Post-Pandemic
Common Misconceptions About Dyslexia
The Downsides of Making a Counteroffer to Retain an Employee
How to Be a Mental Health Ally
The Key to Retaining Young Workers? Better Onboarding
Recognizing and Responding to Micro-aggressions at Work
Paying for School with Bitcoin
Join Me on an Audacious Journey
N.B.: These articles and others are saved on the NJAIS website for a brief period of time.
NJAIS Professional Development: While we are wrapping up our 2021 - 2022 programming, we will soon open registration for our August conferences which include:
Innovation and Collaboration Conference at The Peck School on Tuesday and Wednesday, August 9 - 10
White Administrators Institute at Kent Place School on Monday - Wednesday, August 15 - 17
Administrators of Color Institute at Kent Place School on Monday - Wednesday, August 15 - 17
Instructional Strategies and Cultural Competence (with Kevin Mattingly) at Morristown-Beard School on Tuesday - Thursday, August 16 - 18
April 2022
Friday, 29 April 2022
Private School Parents Say Having a School Bus Is Not a Luxury
How Tech is Disrupting Student Recruitment
Can We Make Real, Transformative Change in Education?
Make Inclusive Language Part of Your DEI Efforts
Why the Past 10 Years of American Life Have Been Uniquely Stupid
A Vision of Schooling that is Both Tech Savvy and Values Driven
When Crisis Management Becomes Conflict Management
Help Your Organization Identify and Manage a Potential Crisis
Institutional Strategic Plans: Control vs. Vision
Three Stumbling Blocks That Get in the Way of Strategic Planning
Every Effective Strategy Starts With a Compelling Vision
Your Board Members’ Social Media Skills Can Increase Your Organization’s Power
Business Continuity and COVID-19: Lessons Learned
Three Facilities Trends That Take Us Beyond COVID
A Manifesto for Magicians: Why Sir Ken Robinson Gives Everyone in School a Wand
Student-Driven Assessment: Building Learner Agency Through Shared Ownership
Do We Want Our Students to Struggle?
A Critical Thinking Strategy for Student Note-Taking
How to Recession-Proof You School’s Tech Department
Worried About Your Kids’ Screen Time? Check Your Own First
How to Cut Down on Your Own Screen Time
Can a First-Grader Deliberately Mislead You?
What Parents Need to Know About Hidden Body Image Issues in Boys
We Drastically Underestimate the Importance of Brain Breaks
Addressing the Emotional Roots of Procrastination
Eight Principles for Supporting Students with ADHD
How Early Childhood Is Responding to Climate Change
Kate DiCamillo: For the Eight-Year-Old in You
Dispelling Three Common Misconceptions to Spur School Progress
New Research Explores Student and Parent Perspectives on Study Abroad
USA Visa Data Indicates International Enrollments Down Marginally in 2021
International Enrollment Recovery Underway
Succeeding Globally Through International Education and Engagement
Successfully Educating Tomorrow’s Global Citizens
Students as Communications Apprentices
We Need Leaders Who Get Excited About Transformational Moments
Five Proven Strategies for Successful Auxiliary Programs
Five Best Practices Baltimore Schools Learned From a 2020 Ransomware Attack
Parents Aren’t the Only Ones With Rights
Amid Increasing Abuse, Officials Flee Youth Sports
The State of Higher Ed 2022 Report
Turnover, Burnout, and Demoralization in Higher Ed
Academe, Hear Me! I Am Crying Uncle
What to Do When Your Anger Is Out of Control
Why is Everyone Obsessed About Manifesting and Does It Actually Work?
The Hours of Fearful Lockdown at Edmund Burke School
AI is Mastering Language. Should We Trust What It Says?
How to Write Professional Yet Kind Rejection Letters
2022 Eta Aquariid Meteor Shower. All You Need to Know
NJ 49th of 50 In Economic Outlook
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Friday, 22 April 2022
What your Admissions and Marketing Teams Want You to Know
Calhoun and Metropolitan Montessori Merge
Michelle Obama’s Brother and His Wife Sue Milwaukee Private School for Alleged Racial Bias
Are You Prepared to Lead a Diverse Team?
Building a Board of Trustees: Diversity in Action
Five Key Board Member Responsibilities for a Capital Campaign
How the Best Boards Approach Succession Planning
Planning a Meaningful Board Retreat
Tax Implications of Head of School Compensation Packages
Eight Ways for Search Committees to Be Inclusive
Bringing College Into High School
College Admissions Experts Explain the Merits of Not Getting In
Navigating Political Viewpoints in the Workplace
Five Strategies to Integrate Civil Discourse and Civic Action in Schools
Five Practical Strategies for Leaders
What Experienced Leaders Need to Know to Succeed
What Our Heads Survey Tells us About Leadership in 2022
School Leaders, If you Want Feedback, Ask for It!
School Cybersecurity: Short and Long-Term Steps to Protect Your Community
What Are the Most Widely Used EdTech Tools?
Creating a Safe School Community
Positioning Your School for a Successful Summer and Fall
The Assessment System That Made Me Love Grading Again
It’s (Past) Time to Redesign the Teaching Profession
Innovations for 161 Schools to Aid Marginalized Students
Dispelling Three Common Misconceptions to Spur School Progress
Virtual Instruction is Here to Stay. Seven Tips on How to Do It Well
Using Dance Resources for Learning and Engagement in STEM
Women Achieve Gains in STEM Fields
Seven Books About Sustainability for Kids and Adults
21 Best Poetry and Verse Novels for Kids
Boys at Greater Risk for Repeating Grades and Failing to Complete Education, UNESCO Report
Florida Releases Four Prohibited Math Textbook Examples. Here They Are
Yes, Field Trips are Worth the Effort
NAEP High School Transcript Study
Getting Started with Learner-Led Conferences
Tight Labor Market Hits After-School
NJ’s Best Public High Schools (Beware of Rankings!)
New CDC Data Illuminate Youth Mental Health
Four Ways Schools Can Support Students, Staff Suffering From Trauma
Behavior Management Doesn’t Have to Tank Relationships
The Hidden Benefits of Feeling Sad
CDC Issues Alert on Hepatitis in Children
N.B.: These articles and others are saved on the NJAIS website for a brief period of time.
NJAIS Professional Development: There are upcoming conferences and workshops. Find the descriptions and registration links here: https://www.njais.org/professional-development/2021-2022
Thursday, 14 April 2022
Board Cultivation is the Key to Long-Term Financial Sustainability
Restart, Recovery, and What’s Next: Five Practical Strategies for Leaders
Five Principles of Purposeful Leadership
DEI in the Head of School Search Process
Making Marketing More Inclusive
University Presidents, DEI Officers Learn New Tools to Address Anti-Semitism
When and How to Respond to Microaggressions
What If We Created Strategic Plans and Didn’t Communicate Them?
The Mount Vernon School’s Innovation Diploma
School Should Be Like a Video Game, Not a Movie
Kids Can Learn More From Guided Play Than From Direct Instruction, Report Finds
A Recipe for Interdisciplinary Project-Based Learning
Students Have Different Thinking Speeds. Inclusive Teaching Means Realizing That
Second Chances for Failing Students
Learning the Right Way to Struggle
The Importance of Branding in Your Career
Alternative Revenue Sources Every Private School Should Consider
11 Things Parent Ambassadors Need to Know
Italian Study Shows Ventilation Can Cut School COVID Cases
This Year’s College Admissions Horror Show
The College Admissions Process is Completely Broken. It Doesn’t Have to Be
Why Doesn’t Education Scale Their Offerings?
Five Reasons to Bring Plants Into the Classroom
Is Bitcoin Inherently Bad for the Environment?
The Charm of Cryptocurrencies for White Supremacists
How Cryptocurrency Revolutionized the White Supremacist Movement
May is Mental Health Awareness Month
Educators Noticing Behavioral Changes Since Onset of the Pandemic
There’s One Simple (But Significant) Thing That is Undermining Your Wellbeing Efforts at Work
Student and Teacher Mental Health: Is It Just Stress of Something More?
Social-Emotional Learning Works But It Cannot Replace Mental Illness Care
Suicide Rates Spike in Spring, Not Winter
A Growing Number of American Teens, Particularly Girls, Are Facing Depression
This Teen Shared Her Troubles with A Robot. Could AI Chatbots Solve the Youth Mental Health Crisis?
Why People Are Acting So Weird
Positive Student-Teacher Relationships Boost Instructional Quality
COVID’s Silver Linings For School Safety and Security
Americans' Confidence in Major Institutions Dips
A Major Textbook Publisher Has Gone Private.
How One Innovative President Sees the Unknown Future of Higher Ed Developing
USC Aims to Help to Help Black, Indigenous Workers Enter Gaming Industry
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March 2022
Friday, 25 March 2022
A School Staff Guide for Supporting Students Who Are Impacted By the Crisis in Ukraine
Russian-Ukrainian Crisis May Complicate K-12 Cybersecurity Risk
How to Talk to Your Team About Distressing News Events
Stressful News Cycle Tips: How to Protect Your Mental health
Five Ways to Support Employees Affected By Global Crises
Fostering Resilience Among Faculty and Staff
The Real Secret to Retaining Talent
How to Transform Schools: Put Wellness at the Center
Are Your Teacher Contracts Up-to-Date? Four Key Provisions to Consider
Five Signs You School’s Faculty Evaluation Isn’t Working
Stay Interviews Can Be an Antidote to Exit Interviews
A Case for Flexible Work Hours: An Educator’s Debate
Teacher Turnover Rates are Increasing. Will Your School Survive?
The Top Six Things Employees Want in Their Next Job
Five Ways Administrators Can Support Teachers
How to Use Coaching and Mentoring to Develop New Leaders
Leading Your School as “Chief Empathy Officer”
Americans are Experiencing Compassion Fatigue
Teachers’ Responsibilities for Students’ Mental Health (Suniya Luthar)
Trauma-Informed Schools: Supporting Educators as They Support the Children
Using Social and Emotional Warm Data to Promote a Positive School Culture
Grades Are At the Center of Student Mental Health Crisis
There’s More Than One Way to Raise Kids Who Thrive
Is Your Child a Perfectionist? Here’s How to Help
Want Students to Flourish? Teach Human Ecology
Student Wellbeing and Mental Health
There’s a Mental-Health Crisis Among American Children. Why?
Weight Bias Hurts Kids and We’re Not Talking About It
Kids’ Media Use is Up. Blame the Pandemic. And TikTok.
It’s Alarming: Children are Severely Behind in Reading
When Not Paying Attention in Class Isn’t What It Seems
A Simple Tool for Aligning Instruction and Assessment
Taking the Best of Innovations, Lessons of Pandemic Education
Five Simple Virtual Programs to Keep in Your School
Busting the Myth of Learning Styles
Seeing Dyslexia Through Three Sets of Lenses
Three Cognitive Biases That Can Derail Strategy Work in Independent Schools
Linking Continuous Improvement and Adaptive Leadership
Making the SAT and ACT Optional is the Soft Bigotry of Low Expectations
School is Back in Person, but the Five-Day School Week Often Isn't
Restorative Practices in Independent Schools
Receptiveness to Opposing Views
Managing a Polarized Workforce
Five Ways to Teach Climate Change and COVID-19 During Polarized Times
12 Questions to Ask Before Your DEI/Anti-Racism Strategy Blows Up
Do You Understand Why Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion is So Important?
Navigating DEI in Schools: Five Crucial Considerations
How to Nurture a Caring School Community to Confront Biases, Divisions, and Challenging Topics
It’s Time to Synchronize Your DEI and Wellbeing Strategies
Studying Humanities Can Prepare the Next Generation of Social Justice Leaders
Restorative Justice Does More Than Solve Conflict. It Helps Build Classroom Community
Parents Defending Education: IndoctriNation Map
Parents Defending Education: Private School Playbook
Elite International Schools Have a Racism Problem
What Single Thing Would Make the World More Equitable?
Do Your Diversity Initiatives Promote Assimilation Over Inclusion?
Inclusive Marketing, Front and Center
These Schools Did Less to Contain COVID. Their Students Flourished
EdTech Post COVID: A Missed Opportunity?
The eGlass Brings Digital Innovation to the Classic Chalkboard
How Coding Teaches Virtuous Skills Like Patience
Do We Really Want Academic Permanent Records to Live Forever on Blockchain?
Best Practices for Protecting Data and Information in Independent Schools
This Year, Try Spring Cleaning Your Brain
10 Tips for Filling Up Summer Camp Registrations
13 Ways to Foster Faculty Involvement in Marketing
How Admissions Can Partner with Teachers to Improve Enrollment
Colleges Cash In on Real Estate
Colleges Can Avoid Shutting the Door on Financial Aid Knowledge
The Future of Higher Ed is Occurring at the Margins
As Pandemic Complicates Recruitment, Teach for America’s Incoming Class Expected to Hit 15-Year Low
Who Wants to Be a College President?
16 Simple Ways You Can Lead Engaging Meetings
Key Handbook Updates for the 2022-23 School Year
When People Assume You’re Not In Charge Because You’re a Woman
I Was Not Put on This Earth to be Invisible. Where are the Girls?
Four Toxic Behaviors All Leaders Should Avoid
Caught in a Culture War, Georgetown Day School Holds Fast to Its Mission
How to Close the Networking Gap
Elementary Students Give You Pep Talks on Recorded Hotline
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Friday, 4 March 2022
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging
Talking with Your Community About DEI Work
School Boards Get Death Threats About Amid Rage Over Race, Gender, Mask Policies
In Times of Division, Strategic Communications Matter
Apply the 2% Way to Systemic Racism
College Faculty Fighting Back Over Critical Race Theory
To Those Who Want to Ban Books, Why Are You So Afraid of Ideas?
How to Transform Schools: Put Wellness at the Center
Marshall Memo on Teacher Performance Evaluations
Teacher Voice: Why We Are Being Driven Out of our Classrooms
More Teachers Consider Leaving the Classroom
Teachers Aren’t Burned Out. We are Demoralized
CDC Resources on Coping with Stress
10 Products Therapists Use for Stress and Anxiety
How to Give Our Students the Grace We All Need
How to Develop Empathetic Student Citizens
War, Crisis, Tragedy: How to Talk With Kids When the News is Scary
Tips for Talking with Students About the Russia-Ukraine War
The Advantages of Heterogeneous Student Groups in Math
Jeopardy Labs Used for Teaching
A Simple Tool for Aligning Instruction and Assessment
In Spelling, There’s Always Room for Improvement
Considering a Financial Literacy Graduation Requirement
Celebrating a Diversity of Student Achievement
Five Questions To Make Your Workplace More Inclusive
Teaching Black History, Thought, and Culture Through Art
Teachers of Color, Culturally Responsive Classroom, and Student Outcomes
DEI Initiatives are Futile Without Accountability
How Women of Color Can Drive Corporate Transformation
What Americans Really Think About Critical Race Theory
Asking Good Questions if a Leader’s Superpower
Five Tips for Leaders Starting Strategic Plans
Turning Around an Underperforming Board
Financial Reporting in a Flash
Interims Leading Courageously in Unparalleled Times
A Cry From the Heart of All Independent Schools: An Elite School Meltdown
Nonprofits and Foundations Need to Be Prepared for the Effects of Inflation
79% of International Student Growth to Come From Asian Countries
How Will Australia’s Border Reopening Have an Impact On Other Key Study Destinations?
Integrating Mental Health Supports Throughout the International Student Journey
The Seven Habits that Lead to Happiness Later in Life
Police Called to Sewickley Academy
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NJAIS Professional Development: There is another great series coming up, along with the spring conferences. Be sure to register using this link: https://www.njais.org/professional-development/2021-2022
February 2022
Friday, 11 February 2022
If Board Meetings Don’t Change You, You’re Doing It Wrong
Defining Innovation. Let’s Get this Right
Looking Ahead: Why Relationships Must Drive School Innovation
Art Should Be a Habit, Not a Luxury
Attention, Leaders! Wake Up and Listen to Your Employees
Principal Wonders How to Avoid Burning Out
The Employee Engagement Strategy You Need During the Great Resignation
Make Your Employer Brand Stand Out in the Talent Marketplace
Psychological Safety in Schools
How Teachers can Empower Students Experiencing Trauma
Greg Brenneman’s Simple Strategy
Five Common Speaker Delivery Mistakes
National Archives: Educator Resources
Rethinking the Traditional School-Year Calendar
Leadership Lesson: Being Intentional and Being Lucky
Multi-Tasking Makes You Stupid
Five Things You Need to Know About Retrieval Practice
How Leaders Can Move Beyond Greenwashing Toward Real Change
Managing Up in a School Setting
K-12 Schools Are Vulnerable to Cyberattacks
Schools Will Have to Step It Up, Pay More to Get Cyberinsurance This Year
Alumni Magazines Find Their Digital Footing
Kids Wearing Masks Reduces Closures, Yale Study Finds
Art Spiegelman Sees the New Ban on His Book “Maus” as a “Red Alert”
When Literature is Used to Teach History to Middle and High School Students
My Young Mind Was Disturbed By a Book. It Changed My Life
How K-12 Book Bans Affect Higher Education
“It’s Just Stressful”: Students Feel the Weight of Pandemic Uncertainty
Don’t Return to Your School’s Pre-Pandemic Schedule. Improve It Through Brain Science
What is your COVID Core Curriculum?
Five Ways to Connect Your Classroom to the Community
Restorative Practices Improves School Climate, Research Shows
The Benefits of an Alumni Mentorship Program for Students
First School in the World to Offer Students Humanix Qualification
Eight Ways Parents Want to Connect With Schools
Three Lessons From Parent Surveys That Guide Family Engagement
Improving Parent Engagement at the High School Level
How Parents Can Help Kids Redefine What It Means to Be Smart
Bill Would Ban Universities from Giving Leg Up to Legacies, Ending "Affirmative Action for the Rich”
College Isn’t For Everyone. We Should Start Acting Like It
More Students Are Dropping Out of College
What College Students Really Think of Cancel Culture
Rating Higher Ed by Economic Mobility
Four Trends That Will Shape the Future of Higher Ed
With Great Disruption Comes Great Opportunity
Lessons That Build Students’ Media and News Literacy
School Kids Are Falling Victim to Disinformation
Four Ways to Keep Students Moving Forward
Teaching Social Studies Will Require Courage
A New Research Bas e for Rigorous Project-Based Learning
Problem Explores Through Podcasting
42 Black History Month Activities for February and Beyond
Teaching For Social Justice Using Boys to Confront Racism
Social Justice Learning in a Predominantly White School
How It Feels to Be an Asian Student in an Elite Public School
DEI and Global Education: Pedagogy, Programs, and Cultural Humility
The New Shape of Saudi Demand for Study Abroad
A Post-Pandemic Push to Diversify International Enrollments
UK Can Catch US on International Student Numbers
Drastic Fall on International Scholars In US
Parents Prevail Over K-12 “Bias Incidents”
Wellesley School Settles Discrimination Suit
Western District Parents Sue School Board Over Curriculum
Mask Mandate Lifted in NJ on 7 March. District Decisions…
Finally, A Good Use for NFTs: Preserving Street Art
Third Graders Work Together to Crack World Puzzle
Finally, There’s a Way to Play Wordle More Than Once a Day
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January 2022
Friday, 28 January 2022
Governance Answers: Should Certain Representatives Serve As Voting Members of the Board?
Avoiding Conflict of Interest on a Nonprofit Board
Can an Nonprofit Board Member Ever Wear Two Hats?
Five Social Media Mistakes to Avoid With Your Capital Campaign
Five Forces in Five Years (That Seemed to Have Changed Everything)
How to Innovate Like a Rocket Scientist
So Your Student Believes the Earth is Flat
Creating Rubrics That Foster Student Growth
Seven Things Teenagers Desperately Need Adults to Understand
Showing Movies and Videos in Class
Teaching Students to Evaluate Websites
Six EdTech Tools to Try in 2022
Five Sustainable Edtech Trends in 2022
Effective Uses of Tech in Elementary School
Seven Clever, Teacher-Tested Tech Hacks
The Top Five Cybersecurity Pitfalls for Independent Schools
What It Means to “Teach Like a Champion” in 2022
I Teach US History. We Can Trust Our Kids to Hear Hard Things. (Civil Rights Trip)
Transforming Teaching Through Curriculum-Based Professional Learning
Action Video Game Improves Kids Reading Skills Sevenfold
Writing Experiences for Young Children
Combining Remote and In-Person Learning Led to Chaos, Study Finds
One Simple Question Can Accelerate Progress Toward Equity
Combining Games and Critical Thinking to Fight Misinformation
Cyberattacks Are Targeting Schools
China: The Opportunity Remains
Private School Marketing and Retention in Uncertain Times
It’s Not Too Late to Update Your Enrollment Agreement
Seven Ways Teachers Aren’t Treated Like Other Professionals
Lawmakers Are Rewriting Rules as Schools Grapple with Teacher Shortages
The Golden Triangle of School Revenue Management
COVID Precautions in the Cafeteria?
Are AirPods Out? Why Cool Kids Are Wearing Wired Headphones
Teen Girls Are Developing Tics
How Leaders Can Build Connection in a Disconnected Workplace
Five Meaningful Ways to Keep Your Team Engaged
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NJAIS Professional Development: There are many upcoming workshops and conferences. Read about them and register here: https://www.njais.org/professional-development/2021-2022
Friday, 21 January 2022
Duke University Financial Aid Lawsuit
Yes, Colleges Favor Some Rich Kids. It’s Just the Math
Merit Aid (Or Lack Thereof) Makes Early Decision Ever Murkier
Income Inequality Drives Up Tuition, Study Argues
Is Momentum for Equity and Justice Work Waning?
A Black Graduate of an Elite Boarding School Gets Real
Revising America’s Racist Past
A Powerful Combo: Diversity, Equity, and Belonging, and Mind, Brain, and Education
Retaining and Sustaining Black Teachers
Creative, Flexible, Global: What Millennial Parents Want From Schools
Revisiting Your Enrollment Contract for a Post-COVID Pandemic
Capital Campaign Gift Range Chart: Understanding the Basics
How Literature Can Enhance Math and Science
Using Science Education Skills to Address Controversial Topics
Students Work to UnTextbook Their Learning
Student Voice: Why Schools Should Move Toward Climate Action
Opportunities for Student Decision-Making
Three Ways to Guide Early Elementary Students to Talk About Their Learning
How De-Escalation Strategies Can Reduce Disruptive Classroom Behaviors
How Fifth Graders See the World in 20 Years
Why the Science of Teaching is Often Ignored
Curriculum Case Study: We’ve Been Teaching Reading Wrong for Decades
Setting Up a Disability-Inclusive Classroom
Aranese: Spain’s Little-Known Language
Pressure Mounts For Resuming Overseas Travel Trips
How to Motivate Students to Actually Do Homework and Reading
Middle and High School Students Need SEL, Too. Are They Getting It?
Grading Is Due For an Overhaul
A Simple, Effective Framework for PBL
How a Military Feedback Model Could Foster Instructional Change
Challenging Achievement Culture in Schools
COVID Surge May Peak in NJ This Month, Health Officials Say
When New COVID Variants Upend Your Plans
The Real Roots of the Debate Over Schools During COVID
Traditional Leadership Is Dead. This is What Will Take Its Place
Leadership: Listening To Others In Volatile Times
Ransomeware Attack Affected Websites of 5,000 Schools
Out Biggest (Tech) Nightmare is Here
The Spy Tech That Followed Kids Home for Remote Learning, and Now Won’t Leave
Four Interview Questions That Will Separate Top Performers From the Pack
“Big Quit” May Force New Focus on Soft Skills and Success
New Program to Combat Teacher Burnout
Adapting to Change Requires Flexibility
Help Really Wanted: No Degree, Work Experience, or Background Checks
Setting Goals for 2022: Here’s Where to Start
Five Things We Expect to See in 2022 and How to Prepare For Them
The Virtues of an Interim Headship
Why Education is About to Reach a Crisis of Epic Proportions
Modernizing the College Transcript With Blockchain
How Women Can Get Comfortable “Playing Politics” at Work
The Real Meaning of Freedom at Work
What We Value: AmericanOpinions About the Work of Artists
NJ Top Education State in Latest US News Rankings
Governor Murphy Signs Legislation Requiring Age-Appropriate Security Drills
Murphy Signs Bill Implementing Asian American Studies Curriculum (in public schools)
Perspectives on International Education in the Context of COVID-19
China: Safety Concerns Give US “Negative Image"
Does Underccover Mother’s Assault on Independent Schools Help or Hinder?
Raising Good Humans with Dr. Aliza and Dr. Harold Koplewicz
Resource Finder from Child Mind Institute
Protecting Youth Mental Health
Bring Balance to Your Mind: Four Tips for a Mid-Year Mental Reset
17 Secrets for Living a Happier and More Fulfilling Life
How to Have Fun in the Classroom? Try Learning Games
Esports Remains Best Vehicle to Reach All K-12 Students
Dogs Can Recognize Different Languages and Nonsense Words, Study Says
Monday, 7 January 2022
Education Secretary Says “Default Should be In-Person Learning” Amid Omicron Surge
Private Schools are Winning as US Scrambles with Remote Learning Once More
Year in Review: What We Learned in 2021
10 Trends to Watch in the Coming Year
Five Education Innovation Trends Worth Watching in 2022
Setting Goals for 2022: Here’s Where to Start
Advocates Fear Suspension Could Add to Pandemic Pain for Vulnerable
Should You Use TikTok in School Marketing in 2022?
Connect with Empathy, But Lead with Compassion
Rather Than Focus on Teacher Burnout, Let’s Focus on Teacher “Burn In"
Teacher Diversity Effects Student Learning (worth repeating!)
We’re Half Way Through Another Intense Year For Teachers
Don’t Apply to Safety Schools for Their Own Sake
The Continuing Debate Over Student Debt
One State’s Bet on “Green Schools” to Prep Grads for Future $1.4 Billion Industry
Three Big Education Wishes for 2022
The Many Benefits of Strengths-Based IEPs (by our own Kara Loftin!)
How to Apply Virtual Reality to Enhance Learning Experiences
Learning Pods, College Mergers, and Teacher Resignations
What’s So Great About Great-Books Courses
School Uniforms Don’t Improve Child Behavior, Study Finds
10 Tactics to Keep Your Meeting on Track
12 Leadership Lessons in (Another) Year to Forget
Humor: A Note of Reassurance From Your School Regarding Updated Omicron Policies
December 2021
Tuesday, 21 December 2021
Omicron Is Coming. How Can Schools Prepare?
McKinsey’s Special Edition of Well-Being in the Workplace
Creative, Flexible, Global: What Millennial Parents Really Want From Schools
How to Use Strategic Confusion for Deeper Learning
Six Intrinsic Motivators to Power Up Your Teaching
Three Ways Schools Condition Students
Why Child’s Play is Serious Business in Early Education
Awe Might Be Our Most Undervalued Emotion. Here’s How to Help Children Find it
Can Project-Based Learning Be Used For AP Classes?
Eight Ways to Grow Students’ Vocabulary
Book Controversy Coverage Is Missing the Mark
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture Luached a Digital Platform
Bringing What Worked During Virtual Learning Into the Classroom
A Daily Ritual That Builds Trust and Community Among Students
Celebrate Positive Psychology to Instill Mental Health Resilience
When I was 14, An English Teacher Saved My Life
Setting Goals and Our Learner-Centered Systems
Creative, Flexible, Global: What Millennial Parents Want From Schools
Enrollment Strategies and the Changing Landscape of International Recruitment
Supporting Your International Students’ Health and Well-Being
Tips for Supporting Your International Students’ Health and Well-Being
Here’s How the Omicron Variant Is Having an Impact On International Students
Rapid Expansion of English-taught Degrees a Growing Factor in Global Student Markets
More Colleges Rethink Student Loans
Campus Free Expression: A New Roadmap
Money for Reading the Syllabus
Finish Wiser, Start Stronger: 13 Questions for December
The Serious Overhaul That is Seriously Overdue
Many Principals Say They Want to Quit. Will They?
Best Children’s Books for 2021
Resources For Digital Media (Thanks to Abby Choi!)
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Child Mind Institute: Media Guidelines for Children of All Ages
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Children and Media Tips from the American Academy of Pediatrics
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Common Sense Media: How to spot fake news and teach kids to be media savvy
Friday, 3 December 2021
Does Omicron Feel Like 2020? Here’s Why It Shouldn't
Rising Inflation: Temporary Deviation or Here to Stay?
First Look at “The Best School in America"
Why You Should Allow Students to Retake Tests
Virtual Exchange: What are Students Signing Up For?
How COVID Affects the Youngest Learners
Recognizing the Signs of Trauma
Building a Whole Child Wellness Team
COVID Harmed Kids’ Mental Health and Schools Are Feeling It
Adolescent Depression: Could School Screening Help?
Global Survey Highlights Increasing Importance of Student Supports During Pandemic
Looking for Opportunities to Continue to Improve Student Support
Surrounded by Pandemic Angst, What Do Middle Schoolers Want?
Learning Loss and Independent School Students: A Jobs-to-Be-Done Perspective
Committee Recommends Minimum Age for Social Media Usage
Empathy is a Crucial Skill. He is How We are Teaching It to Our Students
How PE Teachers are Tackling Physical Learning Loss
The Benefits of Play-Based Learning for All Ages
NAIS Research: 2021 State of Financial Aid Survey
I Hate Head of School Annual Goals: Here’s Why
How Mattering Matters to Educators
All Student Groups Care About Diversity
Study: Talent Leaders Miss “the Simple Things” to Increase DEI
How to Work with Young People Who Want to Make Change
Reimagining Community Engagement for a Post-COVID World
National Attack on School Boards
Five Most Meaningful Questions to Ask in a Performance Review as a Leader
How to Foster Healthy Disagreement in Your Meetings
The Best Leaders are Feedback Magnets. How to Become One
How School Leaders Can Build Realistic Optimism This Year
Why Academic Leaders Should Take College Counselors Out for Coffee
How to Build Collaborative Communities
Four Ways a STEAM-Centered Curriculum is Critical to Youth Education
How STEM Can Level the Playing Field for Sick and Isolated Children
Gender Stereotypes Affect Girls’ Interest in STEM Subjects as Early as Age 6
Benefits of Early Math Experiences Add Up
New Data Science Standards Are Needed for a Data-Filled World. Here’s What We Propose
Why We Can’t Get EdTech Right Without Teachers
Leaders Say Turn Away From Humanities Will Harm Critical Thinking
What Becomes of Humanities Majors After College?
Seven Essential Marketing Strategies for Your Education Plan
What if Our School Marketing Was Limited to 100 Posts?
How the Supply Chain Problem Affects Your Nonprofit
The Toxic Effects of Branding Your Workplace a “Family"
Personal Space for Safety, Wellness, and Autonomy
Maintaining Schools for Second Pandemic Winter
16 Podcasts to Inspire, Educate, and Entertain (curated by Global Online Academy)
Canada and UK Favored with International Students
Can Universities Defy Rising Nationalism Around the World?
A Missed Opportunity for Higher Ed: Internationalism
Caring for the Whole Child: International Student Challenges
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NJAIS Professional Development: Be sure to check the website for upcoming workshops and conferences. Did you school register for the Wellness series? The series on Governance? You’ll find registration links with this link. https://www.njais.org/professional-development/2021-2022
November 2021
Monday, 8 November 2021
Teachers Are Barely Hanging On. Here’s What They Need
Schools Can Change, But Only When Leaders Learn to Listen
Five Independent School Trends to Watch in 2021-22
Calvert School Accepts Cryptocurrency
Crypto Donors are Generous But Report Difficulties Giving to Charity
Wharton Receives Largest Crypto Donation
What the Research Says About the Academic Power of Friendship
SEL Isn’t One More Thing on the Plate. It IS the Plate
The National Children’s Mental Health and Wellbeing Strategy
Seven Missing Pieces: Why Students Prefer In-Person Over Online Classes
Setting a New Bar for Online Education
What Will Online Learning Look Like in 10 Years? ZOOM Has Some Ideas
Embrace Delegation as a Skill to Strengthen Remote Teams
What Are We Taking With us? Enduring Strategies for Teachers
Report: Schools’ Role in Promoting Civic Engagement Growing More Important
What We Did the Last Time We Broke America
Productive Classroom Debates on Sensitive Topics
Helping Students Become Better Writers
How to Heal a Divided World: Argumentative Writing That Actually Listens to the Other Side
Patrick Stewart on the Teacher Who Saved Him With Shakespeare
When Kids Say, “I’m Not a Reader,” How Librarians Can Disrupt Traumatic Reading Practices
Standards and Curriculum Aren’t the Same, and That Matters
Graduation Must Depend on Learning, Not Time
Using Technology to Support 10 Executive Functioning Skills
Rowan Launches Center for Neurodiversity
Maine College Invests in Once-Struggling Mill Town, Hoping Rising Tide Will Lift Both
Amherst College Ends Legacy Admissions
You Don’t Need a Bachelor’s Degree to Land a High-Paying Job
A New Value Proposition for Higher Education?
Is There a Lack of Diversity in Independent Schools?
Three Steps for Increasing Faculty Diversity
School Sustainability Is About More Than Just Keeping the Doors Open
Five Things High-Performing Teams Do Differently
Space, Pace, and Grace: How to Handle Challenging Conversations
Three Ways Managers Can Unite a Divided Workplace
Overwhelmed By Employee Turnover? Have Stay Conversations
How Should We Teach Students About Inequity?
Women Do More to Fight Burnout, and it’s Burning Them Out
The Increasing Call for Risk Management Programs at Independent Schools
What It’s Like to Be On the Front Lines of the School Board Culture War
Online Furor Over a Student’s Hijab Engulfs a Liberal Town
Why the Popularity of “Squid Games” Terrifies Me
On the Future of eSports: Current Trends and the Future
Use PEP to Talk to Conspiracy Believers
Can You Tell the Difference Between Fact and Fiction
10 Strategies to Support English Language Learners Across All Subjects
How the Pandemic Is Shaping the Expectations and Decisions of International Students
Think Digital Native Means Digitally Literate? Think Again
The Pandemic Pushed Colleges to Record Lectures. The Practice May Be Here to Stay
Using Tech to Support 10 Executive Functioning Skills
As Facebook Changes Name to Meta, Company Wants to Pull Education Into Its “Metaverse”
The SEL Skills That May Matter Most for Academic Success: Curiosity and Persistence
School Focus Policies on Equity
Yes, You Can Succeed in Academia and Still Have a Personal Life
Why You Need an Untouchable Day Every Week
How to Foster Resilience and Prevent Burnout
How to Practice Holistic Leadership, Even During Uncertain Times
It’s Harder for Women to Get Into College
Many Young Adults Choose Work Over College, Report Shows
Will That College Degree Pay Off?
Using Art to Teach Critical Literacy Skills
Preparing Kids for the COVID Vaccine
Vaccine Benefits Outweigh Risk for Kids, Scientists Say
Pediatric Vaccines: Top Eight Parental Concerns Answered
Stop Telling Kids They’ll Die From Climate Change
Yes, There Has Been Progress on Climate...
Why Emotionally Intelligent Leaders Still Follow Colin Powell’s 13 Rules For Leaders
Cultivating Leaders: Five Reasons Why Schools Struggle
The Leadership Skills That Managers in the Middle Need to Advance
What Companies Want Most in a CEO: A Good Listener
School Leadership and the Orpheus Process
McKinsey: Women in the Workplace 2021
Space, Pace, and Grace: How to Handle Challenging Conversations
Ian Symmonds on Stages of Organizational Decline
A User’s Guide to Open Strategy
A New Value Proposition for Higher Education
The Roots of the Great Resignation Stretch Back a Decade Says Wharton’s Adam Grant
Reimagining and Implementing a New Faculty Compensation Model
Seven Classroom Management Mistakes and Research on How to Fix Them
The Big Impact of a Small Hobby
Four Email Tips for School Leaders
On the Coincidence of Opposites
Westminster School Pulls Out of China After Communist Party Insists Lessons Are Approved by Beijing
Beyond the Basics: Addressing DEI Blind Spots on Global Campuses
Overlapping Goals: Tips for Working with the Diversity Office
Why Schools Need to Look at Their Own Carbon Footprint.
NJAIS Professional Development: There are a number of workshops and conferences upcoming. Be sure too register with the links: https://www.njais.org/