This week is a great week to take a look at this X list. It's all the K-12 district - and some school - accounts I could find. You'll find some amazing things happening in Alabama's schools. x.com/i/lists/106618… #aledchat

State standardized testing is stuck in a dilemma: one test can't meet all the demands placed on it. A two-tiered assessment system could help. Learn more in our latest report: future-ed.org/none-of-the-ab…

What Apple's AI Tells Us: Experimental Models⁴, by Ethan Mollick open.substack.com/pub/oneusefult…

Last-in, first-out layoffs hurt low-income students, because their schools are full of newer teachers. Jill Barshay lays out the big picture: future-ed.org/seniority-base…

New Stanford research shows that hybrid is the new sweet spot of work. Employees working at home 2 days a week were: - Just as productive as in-the-office-all-week peers, - Just as likely to get promoted, - Far less likely to quit.

#Managers who exhibit higher levels of competency and empathy offer more opportunities for employees, promote fair practices on teams, and create supportive environments where employees can do their best work. Learn more: mitsmr.com/3tzCaQr

Here's a powerful story about saving one of the world’s many endangered Indigenous languages nationalgeographic.com/culture/articl… via National Geographic (1/2)

Research has found that happiness, well-being, and an optimistic outlook are potent predictors of how well an employee will perform. ▶️ mitsmr.com/36j7gTz

Are you an educational@leader looking to maximize your impact on student learning and performance? Join us in Nashville! ⁦National Assoc. of Elementary School Principals⁩ ⁦National Assoc. of Secondary School Principals⁩ ⁦AASA⁩ 7/15/24, 3:45 PM — An International Standard for Leadership Development; Association of Education Advisers

Simplicity is not the lack of complexity; it is the clarity of understanding. —Professor Richard Feynman

Educators are working to close the “homework gap,” the divide between students who can easily access school materials online and those who lack reliable internet. How can policymakers prevent this gap from widening? Read more: edsurge.com/news/2024-09-2…

Evergreen, Colorado about 10 minutes ago ⁦James Spann⁩ ⁦L. Earl Franks, Ed.D., CAE⁩

Fall in the Rocky Mountains, Colorado ⁦James Spann⁩

Once the storm is over, you won’t remember how you made it through, how you managed to survive. You won’t even be sure, whether the storm is really over. But one thing is certain. When you come out of the storm, you won’t be the same person who walked in. —Haruki Murakami

In cities with school choice, low-income kids catching up to wealthier peers buff.ly/3YfOtkA

Financial dysfunction is plaguing many city school districts. What can help? Strong district leadership, state guidance, and brutal honesty about what's really going on, write Marguerite Roza & Maggie Cicco The 74. the74million.org/article/fiscal…

Drop in US 8th grade math TIMSS scores 2019 to 2023 was larger than peer countries. WSJ: “The stakes are high. Test scores predict economic success both for countries and individual students.”

Former Alabama HC - Nick Saban The Four criteria he looked for when hiring a new coach. What kind of character do you have? - "What kind of examples do you set" What kind of knowledge do you have? Ability to apply the knowledge & teach the players - "Coaching is

On this day in 1895, federal authorities imprisoned 19 Hopi leaders at Alcatraz Island on sedition charges for opposing the U.S. government's forced education and assimilation of Indigenous children. calendar.eji.org/racial-injusti…

We used a scholarship approach with over 2,000 executives that involved focus groups and quantitative analysis. This led to a definition of leader character based on ten dimensions that interact with an 11th, central quality of judgment. Discover more ▶️ mitsmr.com/3eH2aVB