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COVER 1 Education W 2016 TECHNOEEk LOGY CO UNTS Vol. 35 * Issue 35 June 9, 2016 Vol. 36 * Issue 6 * $5 September 28, 2016 Lessons From Education WEEk VOL. 36, NO. 7 | Education WEEk s District Leader SPECIAL ISSUE > Moving the Needle on Achievement nson Wendy Robils Chief Indiana Schooful Voice A Power 35 For K-12 / s Steve Oate Back Bringing Play n in To Kindergartect / 26 N.C. Distri Michael Matsuda ndent Superinte A California ight on Puts Spotl ents OCTOBER 5, 2016 ' Stud 'Invisible SNAPSHOT: A protest during Yong Kim/The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP the national anthem by NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick over social injustice has opened debate on a national level, including in many school sports programs. PAGE 12 Edwin Lopez (1) stands while some of his teammates kneel during the national anthem before Woodrow Wilson High School's home game against Highland High School in Camden, N.J. of Meet all 13 / 20 rict Leaders our 2016 Dist Solving School Improvement Puzzle THE TRANSFOR the CLAS MING TEACHERS PAGE 4 10 Shorter Grade Spans Are Linked To More Bullying, Study Finds 1 High Court Again Takes School Cases 11 New Group to Push For SEL in Schools 1 Dallas Expands Choices With Single-Gender Schools 1 New Teachers Make Significant Segment of Profession COMMENTARY 13 DIGITAL DIRECTIONS: Fedex Targeted in Open Educational Resources Lawsuit 1 Indiana's Testing Woes Fuel Electoral Battles GOVERNMENT & POLITICS 6 2016 SAT Results: Slight Dips And Lots of Complications 8 New Data Tool Allows City-byCity Schooling Comparisons 9 Hunt Is on for Clues to Students' Test-Taking Strategies 20 Nevada High Court Deals Blow To School Choice Program 18 Storm Clouds Loom Over Push For Ed-Tech Law's Renewal 18 Appraising Trump School Choice, Child-Care Plans 19 Personal Lens: A VP Nominee's Spouse on Education 26 JESSICA SAGER: The Empathy Gap And How to Fill It 26 DARA BARLIN: Trust: The Missing Ingredient In School Improvement 27 VOICES: Having the Difficult Race-Bias Conversation 32 KAYA HENDERSON: 5 Lessons From an Outgoing Chancellor EDUCATION CONFIDENCEWEEK TECH INDEX A brand-n ew survey examines perspect teacher ives on the status of ed tech. PAGE 6 R / INSIDE COVE Produced with UNLEASHED PROVING IT 'HIDDEN GEM' States and districts get new leeway on turnarounds PAGE 4 Finding evidence-based strategies that show results PAGE 8 Lessons from a rural Alabama school PAGE 24 support from the Carnegie Corporation Teacher-in novators use digita l tools to experimen create, and t, bolster learn ing. PAGE 10 MAKING IT 'ACTIVE ' Most schools struggle to make the transitio n from "passive to "active" digital learning " . PAGE 16 of New York Education Week Special Reports Education Week's mix of 37 print issues for 2016-17 will include six topical special reports presented in a stand-alone magazine format. Watch for delivery of your "magazine" issues (just under 8½ by 11 inches in size) on these topics as part of your print subscription: Moving the needle on student achievement (Sept. 28) Navigating the new landscape of curriculum resources (March 29, 2017) Effective approaches to personalized learning Smart strategies for teacher PD (April 26) (Oct. 19) Assessment at a crossroads (May 24) Teaching reading in the digital age (Nov. 9) NATIONAL SROOM AS RISK TAKERS See new Educatio n Week Research data on how Center educator s view themsel as classroo m-tech users. ves Your subscription also includes three signature Education Week annual reports in a magazine format: Quality Counts (Jan. 4, 2017), Leaders To Learn From (Feb. 22), and Technology Counts (June 14). ONLINE ACCESS. To claim your full online access, go to edweek. org/go/claim, or call (800) 445-8250 for help. 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