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Save the Date: A Convening For Principals - Early Learning and The Early Grades

Join us for an engaging multi-day virtual convening open to practicing school leaders in early childhood education. Utilizing A Principal's Guide to Early Learning and the Early Grades as a framework, NAESP, with support from the...

source: NAESP

Positions Open on the NAESP Board of Directors

NAESP has several open positions on its Board of Directors. Do you have what it takes to step up your volunteer leadership game? If so, we want you to apply. What type of leaders are we looking for? Passionate. Diverse. Innovative. We want principals who are interested in...

source: NAESP

District leaders: Do your students practice accelerated learning?

The impact COVID-19 has had on student learning is profound. 33% of public schools reported that 0 to 25% of their students finished below grade level, according to the latest survey results from the Institute of Education Sciences’...

source: District Administration Magazine

New research shows slight rebound in post-pandemic learning

NWEA, a nonprofit, research and educational services organization serving K-12 students, has released new research highlighting the latest data on achievement during the pandemic. Key findings from this third school year impacted by COVID-19 suggest early signs of rebounding...

source: eSchool News

School leaders with disabilities: 'It's important to share that you're not alone'

About 7 million students and youth are served through the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, according to federal data for the 2018-19 school year. But it’s unclear how many educators with disabilities work in...

source: EducationWeek

5 ways schools can respond to student anxiety

As schools note more incidences of student anxiety, experts warn against being dismissive of students’ worries on the one hand or of overcompensating by removing triggers that contribute to the anxiety on the other. That’s what not to do. What should be done,...

source: K-12 Dive

How classroom pets foster social and emotional learning

When they hear the phrase classroom pets, some teachers immediately shake their heads in disgust or disapproval. Classroom pets, however, give students the opportunity to learn responsibility, love, and how to take care of a living animal.

source: Edutopia

Digital signage improves real-time district communications

As a concept, digital signage in K–12 school districts isn’t new. In the past, it might have been used in front of the school or in announcement areas, but it’s now being integrated into all spaces. Today’s school staff can expect to find digital...

source: EdTech Magazine

Later start times present new challenges for school leaders

As school bells across California ring at a different time than usual this year for middle and high school students due to a new law mandating later start times, administrators have had to tackle some new challenges, including navigating student and parent needs. Senate...

source: EdSource

Surveillance tools are supposed to keep students safe. Are they harming student health?

Schools are expected to keep students safe, but increasingly, their attempts to do so are instead putting students at risk. At least, that’s what’s suggested by a report released last week by the Center for Democracy...

source: EdSurge

COVID-19 learning lags could reverse narrowed achievement gap

In a narrowing of the achievement gap over the past nearly five decades, Black, Hispanic and Asian students showed more improvement than their white classmates in math and reading test results of over 7 million tests completed by U.S. students...

source: K-12 Dive

Biden vs. GOP states: Where will the battle over transgender rights leave students?

The Biden administration and Republican lawmakers are locked in a rancorous battle over a high-stakes question: What rights do transgender students have? Biden and other Democrats argue that federal civil rights law protects...

source: Chalkbeat

New research: Summer learning boosts math performance, college graduation

With August underway, America’s kids have begun nervously counting the days until vacation ends, while their parents are eyeing back-to-school sales and carpool schedules. But the education policy world is still soaking in the...

source: The 74

NAESP Twitter Chat: Back to School

Back-to-school events are in full swing—and so is learning, connecting, and growing. But it’s not just for the kids; school leaders can connect with one another as they kick off another school year. In our next Twitter chat, principals and assistant principals...

source: NAESP

NAESP Welcomes New Staff Members as We Grow Our Team

As NAESP continues to grow, so does our staff. We’ve recently welcomed four new staff members who are dedicated to supporting you as school leaders.

source: NAESP

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Save the Date: A Convening For Principals - Early Learning and The Early Grades

Positions Open on the NAESP Board of Directors

District leaders: Do your students practice accelerated learning?

New research shows slight rebound in post-pandemic learning

School leaders with disabilities: 'It's important to share that you're not alone'

5 ways schools can respond to student anxiety

How classroom pets foster social and emotional learning

Digital signage improves real-time district communications

Later start times present new challenges for school leaders

Surveillance tools are supposed to keep students safe. Are they harming student health?

COVID-19 learning lags could reverse narrowed achievement gap

Biden vs. GOP states: Where will the battle over transgender rights leave students?

New research: Summer learning boosts math performance, college graduation

NAESP Twitter Chat: Back to School

NAESP Welcomes New Staff Members as We Grow Our Team

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