COVID-19

• What Does the CDC’s New Mask Recommendations Mean for Schools? Education Week
• Vaccines Information Fisher Phillips
• How to Help Your Adolescent Think About the Last Year NY Times
• Three Things to Watch for in Schools’ Post-COVID Recovery Thomas B. Fordham Institute
• Six Ways School Teams Can Reflect on Pandemic Learning Global Online Academy
• NPR/Ipsos Poll: Nearly One-Third Of Parents May Stick With Remote Learning NPR
• Enduring Practices from Remote Learning Edutopia
• Private Schooling Under COVID-19. Hanging Dangers Remain CATO Institute
• What to do if you're vaccinated but your kids aren't — Dr. Wen's advice CNN
• The Covid-19 Pandemic and Students of Color Authentic Connections
• ‘I was so nervous’: Back to School After a Year Online New York Times
• Silver Linings in a Pandemic Independent School Magazine
• Six Feet or Three Feet Apart?
• Connecting to our Emotions and Each Other in the Time of COVID-19
  
• A Pandemic Lesson: Family Togetherness Makes Children Happy
  
• Updated CDC Guidance Around Reopening Schools
• Why Did We Ever Send Sick Kids to School?
• Where the Schools Stayed Open
• Learning Upended: How Americans Experienced the Shift to Remote Instruction 
• What Does a More Contagious Virus Mean for Schools? - January 2021
• COVID Trials for Kids Get Started With First Results by Mid-2021 - January 2021
• Resilient Schools: Survey Reveals Insights from Students and Faculty Amid COVID-19
• Biden Promises Guidance, Vaccines To Get Schools Open, Though Familiar Challenges Loom - January 2021
• Why Kids Might Be Key to Reaching Herd Immunity - January 2021
• More Lessons Learned From the COVID-19 Pandemic - January 2021
• Answers to Six Burning Questions About COVID-19 Vaccines - December 2020
• CDC Revises Quarantine (Following Close Contact) Recommendations - December 2020
• What Educators Need to Know About the Vaccine - December 2020
• Dr. Fauci explains when kids will get vaccinated - December 2020
• When Will Teachers Be Vaccinated?  It Depends on Where You Live - December 2020
• School Wasn’t So Great Before COVID, Either - December 2020
• Teaching in the Pandemic: This Is Not Sustainable - November 2020
• What Highly Effective School Leadership Really Looks Like in a Pandemic - November 2020
• When will the COVID-19 pandemic end? - November 2020
• How to Modify Your Expectations for Teachers in Light of COVID-19 - November 2020
• Lessons From Europe, Where Cases Are Rising But Schools Are Open - November 2020
• 3 COVID-19 education trends set to persist post-pandemic - October 2020
  
• Helping Your Teachers Avoid Burnout During the COVID-19 Crisis - October 2020

 DIVERISTY, EQUITY & INCLUSION

• No Time for Healing: Decentering Whiteness in Multiracial Community Dialogues NAIS
• Relationship Education: Listening to and Supporting the Well-being of Black Teens NAIS
• Inter-ac & Independent School Black Alumni Association
• Don’t Mistake Training for Education Inside Higher Ed
• I Believe “Antiracism” is Misguided. Can I still teach Black children? Thomas B. Fordham Institute
• The DEI Question in Administrative Job Interviews The Chronicle of Higher Education
• Teacher Voice: Don’t avoid discussing race with your students Hechinger Report
• Teach Your Kids to Resist Hatred Toward Asians NY Times
• An Intentional Approach to Race and Adversity NAIS Blog
• How to Help High School Students Develop Empathy Edutopia
• The Gentlemen’s Code: A discussion on an attempt to address discipline disparities National Association of Secondary School Principals
• Confronting Inequity: Getting the Endings Right Educational Leadership
• What the West Gets Wrong About China Harvard Business Review
• Discussing the Derek Chauvin Trial in Class: How Teachers Are Doing It and Why Education Week
• The Illusion of Equity PD Educational Leadership
• Addressing Race and Racism Head-on in the Classroom Edutopia
• Moving from Diversity to Justice NAIS Bulletin
• What’s the Real Plan for DEI? Intrepid News
• Five Ways to Be More Inclusive
• Five Minutes with Derrick Gay - Mirrors and Windows
  
• Four Black Philosophers To Be Teach Year-Round
  
• How Private Prep Schools Get Diversity, Inclusion, and Social Justice Wrong
  
• Nine Ways to Promote Equity in Our Schools
  
• Compassion vs. Empathy
• Rosa Park’s Real Story
• Taking the Long View to Eliminate Systemic Racism: A Systems Thinking Approach
• 9 Ways to Promote Equity in Our Schools
• 5 Powerful Ways to Take REAL Action on DEI - February 2021
• Neutral Doesn’t Work When Talking About Race - February 2021
• Avoid Racial Equity Detours
• The Problem With Inclusion: Time to Shift to Belonging - February 2021
• What I Learned From Talking to 20 DEI Experts - January 2021
• The Primary Reason Private Schools and Colleges Fail in Seeking Diversity - January 2021
• Black Teacher: White School - January 2021
• Teaching About King’s Radical Approach to Social Justice - January 2021
• Leading Conversations After Crisis - January 2021
• Risk & Compliance: Everyday Bias & Liability - December 2020
• What if Instead of Calling People Out, We Called Them In? - December 2020
• To Sustain the Tough Conversations, Active Listening Must Be the Norm - November 2020
• How Diversity Makes Us Smarter - October 2020
• Why Tomorrow’s Leaders Need to Be Part of Diverse Student Teams Today - October 2020
• To Root Out Racism in Your School, Start With Whom You Hire - October 2020
• Addressing Racism Word by Word - October 2020
• Dismantling Systemic Racism in Schools:  Eight Big Ideas - September 2020

 LEADERSHIP

• The Courage to Lead Research for Better Teaching
• Masterminds - When PL Meets PLC The Main Idea
• The Enrollment Spectrum Podcast The Enrollment Management Association
• 6 Leadership Paradoxes for the Post-Pandemic Era Harvard Business Review
• Investing in Alumni CASE Currents
• Constructive Conflict Educational Leadership
• How School Leaders Can Get Out of the Way of Organization Change Harvard Business Review
• Three Email Campaign Ideas For Enrollment and Retention Finalsite
• The Debate Over School Start Times Massachusetts Association of School Committees
• Ninth Graders Do Better With Fewer Classes, New Research Shows The Hechinger Report
• How to Read a Job Candidate’s CV The Chronicle of Higher Education
• 3 Tools to Help Leaders Steady Their Teams During a Transition Harvard Business Review
• Attention School Leaders: Listening is Essential. Here’s How to Get Better at It. EdSurge
• Marketing the Mission is More Important Than Ever Littleford & Associates
• When Bad Things Happen - Help Kids Navigate our Sometimes-Violent World Learning for Justice
• Nine Questions Schools Must Answer to Avoid Going “Back to Normal” Big Questions Institute
• Attention School Leaders: Listening is Essential. Here’s How to Get Better at It
• Five Mistakes That Killed a Once-Great School and How You Can Avoid Them
  
• Eight Predictions for Education in 2021
  
• What’s the Key to Sticky PD?
  
• Six Ways to Strengthen Your Leadership in 2021
  
• Ten Things Leaders Can Do to Improve Teacher Morale in Early 2021
• Schools, Not Teachers, Must Reduce Stress and Burnout—Here’s How
• Building a Culture that Respects Teachers and Reduces Stress
• Strategic Choices Need to be Made Simultaneously Not Sequentially
• Why is Great Strategic Planning So Difficult? Five Challenges - February 2021
• Five Professional Learning Transformations for a Post-COVID World - February 2021
• 5 Leadership Strategies for Thriving in Challenging Times - January 2021
• Ten Things Leaders Can Do to Improve Teacher Morale in Early 2021 - January 2021
• Leading From the Middle - January 2021
• Four Approaches for Effective Executive Leadership - January 2021
• The New Stimulus Package and Your School—Round 2 - January 2021
• Supporting Teachers in Facilitating Civil Discourse Around Recent Events - January 2021
• How to Measure Success in the 2020–2021 School Year - December 2020
• What Inclusive Leaders Sound Like - November 2020
• The Leadership Journey from Color-Blind to Color-Brave - November 2020

 TEACHING & LEARNING

• Cheating at School Is Easier Than Ever—and It’s Rampant The Wall Street Journal 
• How to Set up Mastery-based Grading in Your Classroom Cult of Pedagogy=
• Creating a Culturally Responsive Math Curriculum for the Elementary Grades Edutopia
• Self-Determined Learning, Fanning Sparks Flames Psychology Today
• Analysis: Remote and Hybrid Learning Have Been Difficult for HS Students. 8 Steps They Say Teachers Can Take to Keep Them Motivated T74
• How to Turn Rubric Scores Into Grades Cult of Pedagogy
• Teachers Don’t Just Use Research. Some Are Designing It Themselves EdSurge
• Before, During, and After Thinking Strategies The Effortful Educator
• Using a Less is More Approach to Engage Parents Edutopia
• Michael Rosen’s SAD Book for Children Brainpickings
• Science Lessons that Tap into Student Curiosity About Covid-19 Edutopia
• The Magic of Mistakes: 4 Ways to Boost Critical Thinking with Mistake Analysis The Cult of Pedagogy
• The Worsening Homework Problem The Atlantic
• Build it Together: Co-Constructing Success Criteria With Students The Cult of Pedagogy
• 10 Ways to Teach Outdoor Education and a Sense of Wonder NAIS
• Civics Education Is Essential for Creating Engaged Citizens. I’m Hopeful It's About to Make a Comeback EdSurge
• If Equity is a Priority, UDL is a Must Cult of Pedagogy
• Developing accomplished writers: Lessons from recent research Phi Beta Kappan
• Unlocking Social Studies Text American Educator
• A Teacher’s Guide to Copyright and Fair Use Edutopia
• Chronicling COVID: Children’s Authors Tackle Pandemic Topics for Kids School Library Journal
• Focus on the Positive in Class to Get Better Behavior, Grades
• Why Learner-Centered Education is Key to Meaningful School Improvement
  
• Three Strategies to Help Students Move From Start to Finish in PBL
  
• The Power of Poetry to Help Kids Cope
  
• Managing In-Person and Distance Learning at the Same Time
  
• The Workload Dilemma
• Google Rolls Out a Slew of Upgrades to Improve Virtual Classrooms
• Want Smarter Kids?  Teach Music, According to MIT
• To Test or Not to Test?
• Three Quick Wins: Student-Centered Assessment Strategies - February 2021
• Best Digital Resources for Teaching Black History Month - February 2021
• How to Simplify Hybrid Learning - February 2021
• Our New Name: Learning for Justice - February 2021
• Lesson Plan: Discuss Amanda Gorman’s Inaugural Poem - January 2021
• What Students Can Teach Us About Redesigning School - January 2021
• A Child’s Perspective: How America’s Teachers Talked With Kids About Capital Riot - January 2021
• Mental Health for Educators - January 2021
• How to Spend Less Time Grading - December 2020
• How Educators Are Tweaking Grading in Response to the Pandemic - December 2020
• The 10 Most Significant Education Studies of 2020 - December 2020

OTHER

• 4 Ways to Help Students Get Better Sleep Edutopia
• Schools Can Help Families Apply for Federal Help in Paying for Home Internet Access Education Week
• Births: Provisional Data for 2020 CDC
• Anti-Bias Media chart, updated January 2021 Ad Fontes Media
• Are you a Connector? Intrepid News
• Manage Your Energy, Not Your Time Harvard Business Review
• Biden’s Earth Day Summit: What to Expect Council on Foreign Relations
• 28 Pioneering Women in Science and Biotech to Know Bio Media
• Embracing Discomfort and Well Being Leadership+Design
• Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Remote Student While Teaching in a Hybrid Classroom McSweeney’s Internet Tendencies
• The Many Contradictions in College Admissions Sara Harberson’s Blog
• The Top Educational Priorities for the Biden Administration Fisher Phillips
• Protecting Pupil Rights ASCA School Counselor
• The Healthy Building Movement
• Reading Beyond the Pandemic
  
• Perceptions of Science in America
  
• Digital Self-Harm:  What to do When Kids Cyberbully Themselves
  
• Mr. Rogers Had a Simple Set of Rules for Talking to Children
  
• Notable Trends in Innovative School Practices
• School Admissions as a Moment that Matters
• Zoom Happy Hour Isn’t Fun Anymore. Try These Six Virtual Ideas Instead
• Make Time for Small Talk in Your Virtual Meetings
• A Fuller Picture of What a ‘Good’ School Is - January 2021
• What Will Education Look Like in 20 Years?  Here are Four Scenarios - January 2021
• Four Ways to Project Enrollment for the 2021–22 School Year - February 2021
• NAIS Staff Predictions for the Future of Independent Schools - January 2021
• These Eight Trends Will Have an Impact on Schools in 2021 - January 2021
• How the Next Generation of Parents Will Choose the Right School for Their Children - January 2021