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What District Leaders Were 69传媒 This Year: Top 10 Stories

By Stacey Decker 鈥 December 21, 2023 2 min read
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What were the most pressing issues for school district leaders in 2023?

Those working in the central office wanted to know the best ways to teach math, reading, and writing. They also wanted to know how to support stressed-out teachers and how artificial intelligence could upend K-12 education.

That鈥檚 according to a scan of the most popular stories among district leaders on edweek.org in 2023. (The ranking below is based on a combination of how many people read the story, how much time they spent reading it, and how often it was shared.)

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Two of the top 10 stories popular with district leaders this year were on gender disparities in educational leadership. In one essay that made the list, Shayla Ewing, an assistant principal from Illinois, reflects on the 2023 blockbuster movie 鈥淏arbie鈥 and the lessons it offers for getting more women into leadership roles.

鈥淯nfortunately, not all schools come with a leader Barbie; many come with just Ken,鈥 wrote Ewing.

Here鈥檚 the full list of stories that resonated most with district leaders in 2023:

Kids Need to Know Their Math Facts. What 69传媒 Can Do to Help

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Teachers can optimize how they introduce math facts and teach strategies while not losing sight of conceptual knowledge.

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Teachers Need PD on Artificial Intelligence. What It Should Look Like

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69传媒 are just beginning to think about how to integrate AI into teacher professional development.

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What 鈥楤arbie鈥 Teaches Us About School Leadership (Opinion)

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Not all schools come with a leader Barbie; many come with just Ken. Here are three lessons from the hit movie on closing the 鈥渄ream gap.鈥

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What School Leaders Can Do to Ease Teacher Stress

Instructor Emily Daniels, left, raises her arms while leading a workshop helping teachers find a balance in their curriculum while coping with stress and burnout in the classroom, Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2022, in Concord, N.H. School districts around the country are starting to invest in programs aimed at address the mental health of teachers. Faced with a shortage of educators and widespread discontentment with the job, districts are hiring more therapist, holding trainings on self-care and setting up system to better respond to a teacher encountering anxiety and stress.

New studies illuminate some factors that can help school leaders prevent or manage teachers鈥 stress.

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4 Ways 69传媒 and Writing Interlock: What the Research Says

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Here鈥檚 a cheat sheet for understanding what research tells us about how the two disciplines connect in literacy instruction.

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How Does Writing Fit Into the 鈥楽cience of 69传媒鈥?

White and Black elementary girls sitting side by side at their desks and writing in their notebooks while having a class at school. Their classmates are in the  blurred background.

Writing in the early grades is often segmented off from reading. Research suggests teaching them together is both efficient and effective.

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There鈥檚 a Good Chance Your Superintendent Has One of These 15 Names

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A researcher鈥檚 findings highlight just how white and male the American superintendency is.

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How to Make the 鈥楽cience of 69传媒鈥 Work for Teachers (Opinion)

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One state took a different path with good initial results, writes a state chief academic officer.

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Kids Understand More From Books Than Screens, But That鈥檚 Not Always the Case

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What the research says about the benefits and drawbacks of reading on screens versus printed text.

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What Educators Know About Artificial Intelligence, in 3 Charts

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Most educators say they have not received any professional development on artificial intelligence.

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