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The best educational leaders are lifelong learners. They are constantly expanding their knowledge, refining their skills, and looking for creative ways to help kids learn. As these four principals look back at 2016, they recall the most important ed tech lesson they learned this year—and look forward to inspiring their staff and students anew in 2017. Technology Usage Lowers Discipline Referrals Based upon my district’s 7 Keys to College and Career Success, E.A. Cox Middle School has embarked on a transformational journey to turn around the school. Through the Leader in Me and…

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Reprint from patch.com By Eric Kiefer, Patch Staff NEWARK, NJ — A process of hiring school principals that’s lain dormant in the Newark Public School system for the past decade has been revived. The result: seven new administrators for the city’s schools. Earlier this week, newly instated Superintendent Roger León received unanimous approval from the Newark Board of Education to hire seven new principals in the district. Three of the new principals will work at elementary schools, three at high schools and one at a specialized school, administrators said. In an attempt…

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Reprint fromWACH Fox57 COLUMBIA, S.C. — COLUMBIA, SC (WACH) — While a teacher shortage in South Carolina continues to receive plenty of attention, there’s also a lesser-known crisis: the growing shortage of school administrators. Now, educators are trying to find ways to keep school principals. Researchers say the number of principals across the state isn’t keeping up with the growth of student enrollment. Studies show every year, there’s a 20% turnover rate of school principals. Jim LeBlanc used to be an elementary school teachers, and has felt the weight of school principals leaving.…

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