ALAS: Leaders in Equity Update - April 6, 2022

Posted Date: 04/09/2023

View in Browser April 6, 2023   Advertisement    ALAS UPDATES   20th Anniversary Summit ALAS Register Now   Advertisement Protecting Schools with Germicidal Lighting Promoted by ETi Solid State Lighting, Inc. UVC has been proven to inactivate 99.9% of pathogens in the air and on surfaces, including Coronavirus.   Ideal for any indoor application, SilentAire LED light fixtures offer ambient, energy-saving LED illumination while actively disinfecting the air in a room. Go beyond back to normal: Be better protected, and better prepared, than ever before.  Read More   Call For Presenters ALAS Learn More   Equity Project: Student Voices ALAS Learn More   Superintendents Leadership Academy ALAS Learn More   Forest Park D91, IL promotes early literacy K-5 ALAS Superintendent Dr. Elizabeth Alvarez Rising Voices — Elevating Latino Voices   POLICY CENTER   Congress passed $1B for school safety last year. Only 38 districts have gotten money Education Week Last May, 19 students and two teachers lost their lives in the third deadliest school shooting in U.S. history, at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. Read More   Teen mental health crisis pushes more school districts to sue social media giants The 74 The teen mental health crisis has so taxed and alarmed school districts across the country that many are entering legal battles against the social media giants they say have helped cause it, including TikTok, Snap, Meta, YouTube and Google. Read More   SCHOOL LEADERS NEWS   The pulse of K-12: How superintendents are taking on 2023's biggest challenges eSchool News When an unexpected crisis occurs — say, a global pandemic that forced our entire education system to transform — we believe that eventually, the distress and upheaval will evolve into calm and control as the recovery process winds down. Read More   3 reasons the superintendency — and the pipeline — are shrinking District Administration Magazine At the start of the school year, one survey by the National Association of Secondary School Principals revealed that 50% of principals were stressed out to the point of quitting. From March 1, 2020, to Sept. 1, 2022, almost half of the 500 largest school districts in the nation underwent — or were in the process of — leadership changes. Read More   TECHNOLOGY   STEM learning offers unique rewards, despite challenges eSchool News The positive impacts that U.S. public schools and their communities enjoy from STEM programs were underscored in a new survey conducted among some of the nation's leading middle and high school STEM educators. Read More   Misguided use of ed tech is a big problem. How schools can help prevent it Education Week The nation's K-12 education sector is heavily invested in educational technology. In 2020 alone, it spent $35.8 billion on technology, mainly to power the massive shift to online learning required during the height of the pandemic, according to data from the Learning Counsel, a research institute. Read More   Ed tech experts urge caution on ChatGPT's student data privacy K-12 Dive School districts should be concerned about ChatGPT's terms of use when permitting the artificial intelligence tool on school devices, especially when it comes to protecting students' personally identifiable information, according to Pete Just, founding chair of the Indiana CTO Council, speaking during the Consortium for School Networking conference this month. Read More   EDUCATION HEADLINES   The evolution of terms describing English learners: An ELL glossary Education Week Students acquiring the English language are one of the fastest growing populations of K-12 public school students in the country. Legally, districts are required to provide them with adequate English language support, while also teaching them grade level academic content. Read More   Rural educators find solutions to support multilingual learners NC State News Services A new study found a professional development program helped teachers in a rural school district in the Southeast to collaborate and identify innovative solutions to serve multilingual learners, or students learning English as a second language. Read More   Bilingual? You should try thinking problems through in 2 languages Fast Company Language has a profound impact on the way we think. Concepts that you have words for are more noticeable than concepts you cannot name. Read More   Content, language, and culture learning targets Language Magazine Lesson planning is a political act. Schools in the U.S., at the core, are designed to promote a monocultural and monolingual perspective of teaching and learning. Read More   Map: How states describe their English learners Education Week The terminology used to describe students in need of English language support in schools has evolved over time, with the goal of emphasizing multilingualism as an asset. Read More   Summer activities for English language learners Continental Press The end of the school year is an exciting and overwhelming time for teachers and students. As students prepare for their time off, it's critical for teachers to set them up for success so their minds can stay engaged during their break. Read More   Welcoming newly arrived high school ELLs Edutopia In the U.S., the number of English language learners in public schools has been increasing steadily over the years. Those arriving as teenagers face a variety of stressful circumstances, including cultural differences, linguistic barriers and financial stressors. Read More   CAREERS   Superintendent of Schools April 6, 2023 | Suffolk County, New York Huntington Union Free School District #3   Superintendent April 10, 2023 | Portland, Oregon   Superintendent of Schools April 10, 2023 | Ridgefield Park, New Jersey Ridgefield Park Public Schools   Principal April 10, 2023 | Portland, Oregon Portland Public Schools   Superintendent April 10, 2023 | Manatee County, Florida School District of Manatee County   ALAS: Leaders in Equity Update Association of Latino Administrators & Superintendents P.O. Box 65204 | Washington, DC 20035 202-466-0808 | Contact Us www.alasedu.org