With yet another school year being affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, educators are bound to be on edge. That means the social-emotional learning we’re planning to provide students is also a must for teachers and other local education agency employees.
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Jul 27, 2021
Earlier this summer, we gave you a summer reading list ... but that was before we discovered the recommendations of organizational sociologist Adam Grant, who's known for his leadership reading selections. Here are a few of the titles he recommended this summer, in case you have just a little more time on your hands!
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Jul 27, 2021
If you’re adding to your to-do list faster than you’re crossing tasks off, you can quickly begin to feel overwhelmed. In recent article in Fast Company, Art Markman offered some pro tips for what to do when that feeling arises.
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Jul 27, 2021
There is a new form of professional support that’s come to the workplace: sponsorship. Sponsorship can be understood as a form of intermediated impression management, where “sponsors” act as brand managers and publicists for their protégés. Here's how it works.
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Jul 27, 2021
In some districts, keeping track of all the laptops and Wi-Fi hotspots that were urgently distributed to students during the pandemic was yet another challenge piled on top of so many others. How big a challenge that continues to be in the coming school year depends on a range of factors.
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Jul 13, 2021
The U.S. Department of Education is urging states to finish their applications for Round 2 of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021’s Homeless Children and Youth Fund (ARP-HCY), which will deliver a collective $600 million in additional support to students in dire need this summer and before the start of the school year.
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