Leaders, Teachers Need Social-Emotional Learning, Too

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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Five More Books to Read Before Summer Ends

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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What to Do When Your Task List Leaves You Overwhelmed

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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Sponsorship: A New Kind of Professional Support

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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Strategies for Preventing Lost and Broken Technology

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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$600M in Funding Available to Support Homeless Students

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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