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How Education Leaders Can Motivate Teachers During the Pandemic
Teachers are contending with challenges brought on by a pandemic. Virtual and socially distanced classrooms. Health and safety concerns. Unexpected twists and constantly changing plans. The situations and emotions caused by a global health crisis can be overwhelming. Keeping teachers motivated during these times is difficult, but necessary. The well-being of students, families, and the […]
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March 18th, 2021
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Education Leaders and School Principals Learn Lessons from COVID-19
Educating and protecting the well-being of students have always been priorities for school leaders. Now, principals and administrators must provide stability and learning opportunities for staff and students facing the challenges created by the COVID-19 pandemic. Schools are adapting to newly adopted protocols and changes in education delivery. Teachers are accommodating students in both online […]
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December 2nd, 2020
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The value of an advanced education degree for teachers: Salary and career advancement
The prevalence of advanced degrees among teachers and education professionals alike has grown over the last decade according to the research by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). Some 58 percent of public school teachers had a graduate degree in the 2017-2018 school year – a 10 percent increase from 1999-2000. One factor contributing […]
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June 29th, 2020
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Education evaluation tools and implementation of evidence-based practices
One of the key elements of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), which took into full effect in the 2017-2018 school year, is a mandate for states to develop and implement an evidence-based plan for improving lowest-performing schools. Evidence-based plan refers to leveraging specific practices that have demonstrated — through research — improved student outcomes. […]
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February 21st, 2020
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How education leaders view innovation
According to a 2018 national survey on education innovation by the Education Week Research Center, roughly two-thirds of school principals and three-quarters of district administrators expect innovation to be a high or very high priority in the future. The motives that are driving education leaders to innovate vary depending on their specific role. For example, […]
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January 21st, 2020
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Gender diversity in education leadership
According to a recent policy paper published by the Chiefs for Change, a nonprofit network of state and district leaders that advocates for educational equity for all students, the vast majority of top-level, education leadership positions — namely district superintendents and state chiefs —are white men. While women make up three-quarters of all teachers as well […]
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December 23rd, 2019
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Educators celebrate Missouri Read-In Day
According to The Nation’s Report Card, a collection of National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) data, in 2015 a little over one third of fourth and eighth grade students performed at or above proficiency in reading. The National Center for Education Statistics shows that the average reading score of fourth and eighth graders in the […]
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March 27th, 2017
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The mental health epidemic in schools, part 2: An educator’s role
In our last Look Into Education post, we discussed the mental health crisis that is sweeping across schools in the U.S. — with estimates of one in five children experiencing some type of severe mental illness in their life. We’ve discussed the role of education leaders in this crisis, however, in this post we will […]
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December 30th, 2016
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The mental health epidemic in schools, part 1: An education leader’s role
According to the National Alliance of Mental Illness, approximately 13 percent of children ages 8-15 experience a severe mental disorder at some point in their life, and for those ages 13-18 it is 21.4 percent. Over the past several months, NPR has been producing a special series called A Silent Epidemic: The Mental Health Crisis […]
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December 28th, 2016
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Education leaders learn lessons walking in their students’ shoes
While William Woods education graduates scatter across nearly all of Missouri’s 567 school districts as teachers, principals and superintendents, they all wake each school day to a shared question and concern: how well do I relate to my students? Do you have a strong understanding of what their day-to-day school life looks like? What if […]
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September 13th, 2016
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