How schools can prevent attacks and minimize damage
Daniel Venet

There are steps schools and districts should take to minimize damage and injuries from domestic terrorism, and eliminate the loss of lives. While each school is different, there are components of a basic plan that provide added security for everyone who enters. Read more>>

Sponsored by Landscape Structures

The Friendship Swing lets kids and adults share in the camaraderie. This multi-user swing is one-size-fits-all, from two kids to a multi-generational family. Designed for easy access, the Friendship Swing encourages social engagement, whether it's fun with your besties or with the whole family. Everyone loves to swing—now they can enjoy it together. Read more>>

What makes a good school culture?
KQED

Like many organizational leaders, principals may get stymied when they actually try to describe the elements that create a positive culture. It’s tricky to define, and parsing its components can be challenging. Amid the push for tangible outcomes like higher test scores and graduation rates, it can be tempting to think that school culture is just too vague or “soft” to prioritize. Read more>>

Sponsored by Penguin Random House

Getting Things Done for Teens adapts David Allen’s classic for a generation overwhelmed by unimaginable amounts of social pressure. Framing life as a game that can be won with the right strategies, it offers simple methods that teens can use to achieve stress-free productivity. Read more>>

What’s school without grade levels?
The Hechinger Report

As the movement against seat-time learning grows, more schools will be grappling with grade levels, deciding whether to keep or uproot them. Some school leaders insist that competency-based education can survive and even thrive within grade levels, or a modified version of them. Read more>>

Sponsored by Global PD

Technology is transforming how modern-day educators think about and design assessment. Global PD—an award-winning online tool—gives teams the ability to efficiently and effectively work together to build common assessments. Learn how Global PD helped Piedmont Elementary increase their multiple measurements rating. Read more>>

The information on school websites is not as safe as you think
The New York Times

Trackers are as common on public school websites these days as microbes on a restroom door, to judge by a researcher's examination of 159 public school websites from among the nation’s largest and most tech-savvy districts. At least some form of ad tracking or online surveillance technology was embedded in all but one of them. Read more>>
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