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Leadership within education is always a challenge, but in the rapidly changing technology landscape we now work in, it seems even more daunting. I've collected some interesting reflections on educational leadership here. Enjoy!
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NSW education: The explicit teaching style behind state’s top-performing schools

NSW education: The explicit teaching style behind state’s top-performing schools | Educational Leadership | Scoop.it
A major analysis has found high school students who receive explicit instruction are months ahead in learning compared with peers.
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You think this would apply in Higher Education as well!
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Why are teachers struggling? Because your children are awful

Why are teachers struggling? Because your children are awful | Educational Leadership | Scoop.it
I’ll defend active parenting and standing up for your children when they can’t stand up for themselves - but there are limits. Here are mine.
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Our study found new teachers perform just as well in the classroom as their more experienced colleagues

Our study found new teachers perform just as well in the classroom as their more experienced colleagues | Educational Leadership | Scoop.it
Analysing two major studies, researchers found it did not matter if teachers had less than one year of experience or had spent 25 years in the classroom – they delivered the same quality of teaching.
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'I feel guilty about not being good enough': why all Australian schools need teaching material banks

'I feel guilty about not being good enough': why all Australian schools need teaching material banks | Educational Leadership | Scoop.it
A new Grattan Institute report found only 15% of surveyed teachers have access to a high-quality bank of teaching materials at their school.
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Australia's teacher shortage won't be solved until we treat teaching as a profession, not a trade

Australia's teacher shortage won't be solved until we treat teaching as a profession, not a trade | Educational Leadership | Scoop.it
Today, state and federal education ministers will meet in Canberra to discuss the teacher shortage. It will be their first in-person meeting for more than a year.
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No wonder no one wants to be a teacher: world-first study looks at 65,000 news articles about Australian teachers

No wonder no one wants to be a teacher: world-first study looks at 65,000 news articles about Australian teachers | Educational Leadership | Scoop.it
New research examines 25 years of newspaper reporting of teachers and finds consistent evidence of “teacher bashing”.
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Teachers' stress isn't just an individual thing – it's about their schools too

Teachers' stress isn't just an individual thing – it's about their schools too | Educational Leadership | Scoop.it
High-stress schools undermine teachers’ commitment and risk losing even more from the profession at a time of growing staff shortages. But schools can take steps to reduce the causes of stress.
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Pay teachers $130,000 to attract high achievers, leaked review says

Pay teachers $130,000 to attract high achievers, leaked review says | Educational Leadership | Scoop.it
Trainee teachers must learn more about managing classroom behaviour, engaging with parents and teaching reading, according to a review of Australian teaching.
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Teachers say school shootings and mental health struggles have made this year their hardest yet

Teachers say school shootings and mental health struggles have made this year their hardest yet | Educational Leadership | Scoop.it
The deadly shooting last month at a high school in Oxford, Michigan, is yet another reminder of the many stresses facing America's educators, who are still struggling with the overwhelming challenges of teaching in a pandemic.
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A failure at 6? Data-driven assessment isn't helping young children's learning

A failure at 6? Data-driven assessment isn't helping young children's learning | Educational Leadership | Scoop.it
A chasm has opened up between early childhood learning and the first years of compulsory schooling. Kids go from playing to being tested in the blink of an eye, and their learning is poorer for it.
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Refugee students struggle with displacement and trauma. Here are 3 ways schools can help them belong

Refugee students struggle with displacement and trauma. Here are 3 ways schools can help them belong | Educational Leadership | Scoop.it
A recently published book provides strategies for schools to help young people dealing with trauma and forced migration to integrate into their new communities.
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Unvaccinated teacher infected half her students with Covid, CDC finds

Unvaccinated teacher infected half her students with Covid, CDC finds | Educational Leadership | Scoop.it
Teacher read to class without a mask despite Covid symptoms and infected 26 people at California elementary school
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Nine teachers reflect on a school year like no other

Nine teachers reflect on a school year like no other | Educational Leadership | Scoop.it
Exhausted educators are looking forward to summer and thinking about what they’ve learned.
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Helping more students ‘see themselves’ in the classroom

Helping more students ‘see themselves’ in the classroom | Educational Leadership | Scoop.it
Increasing the diversity of Australia’s teaching workforce hasn’t been a policy priority. University of Melbourne experts say it’s time for a rethink
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Book review of The Teachers: A Year Inside America’s Most Vulnerable, Important Profession by Alexandra Robbins

Book review of The Teachers: A Year Inside America’s Most Vulnerable, Important Profession by Alexandra Robbins | Educational Leadership | Scoop.it
In “The Teachers,” Alexandra Robbins tells the stories of educators and their successes, stresses and burnout.
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Nedd Manning: A teacher reflects on 50 years in the classroom

Nedd Manning: A teacher reflects on 50 years in the classroom | Educational Leadership | Scoop.it
There’s more paperwork and less time to support new colleagues. A teacher reflects on the highs and lows of 50 years in the classroom.
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Education in America: School Is for Teaching

Education in America: School Is for Teaching | Educational Leadership | Scoop.it
Twelve public school teachers joined Times Opinion to discuss the state of education today.
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It's great education ministers agree the teacher shortage is a problem, but their new plan ignores the root causes

It's great education ministers agree the teacher shortage is a problem, but their new plan ignores the root causes | Educational Leadership | Scoop.it
Australia’s education ministers have asked their departments to come up with a new plan to address the teacher shortage by December.
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Why this teacher keeps one chair empty in his middle school classroom

"We will always have room in the classroom for anyone,” said Dan Gill, who has been a teacher for 52 years.


“The chair symbolizes that we will always have room in the classroom for anyone,” said Gill, 75, who described Glenfield Middle School as having a diverse student body. “It symbolizes acceptance.”

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Some (other) facts about teachers and teaching

Some (other) facts about teachers and teaching | Educational Leadership | Scoop.it
We spend time and energy revering celebrities and “influencers”, but rarely, if ever, teachers. Let’s perhaps reconsider where we direct our admiration and respect.
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Teachers don’t have enough time to prepare well for class. We have a solution

Teachers don’t have enough time to prepare well for class. We have a solution | Educational Leadership | Scoop.it
The demands of the job mean teachers don’t have enough time to ensure they do the best-quality teaching they can. But our new report has a plan for governments.
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Curriculum is a climate change battleground and states must step in to prepare students

Curriculum is a climate change battleground and states must step in to prepare students | Educational Leadership | Scoop.it
Preparing young people for their future requires teachers to be climate change educators, but the federal government has resisted its inclusion in the curriculum. It’s up to states to take the lead.
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Tell us about the teachers who changed your life

Tell us about the teachers who changed your life | Educational Leadership | Scoop.it
We would like to hear about the teachers who had an impact on you early in your life
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Afghanistan: Girls excluded as Afghan secondary schools reopen

Afghanistan: Girls excluded as Afghan secondary schools reopen | Educational Leadership | Scoop.it
"Everything looks very dark," a schoolgirl tells the BBC as schools reopen for boys but not girls.
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8 out of 10 teachers think education news is negative and demoralising. Some have even left because of it

8 out of 10 teachers think education news is negative and demoralising. Some have even left because of it | Educational Leadership | Scoop.it
A survey of 268 teachers found 85% considered education news coverage to be generally negative. And 81% found it demoralising.
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