Rhode Island Association of School Principals
Miscellaneous Updates and Briefings: Thu. 6/17/10
This post contains a list of all of the interesting recent emails, updates, and briefings we saw fit to pass on to our members. Please enjoy, and don’t forget, you can be notified of new posts to this blog by following RIASP on Twitter: @riasporg.
Below, we’ve listed the title of each briefing, along with three selected headlines or a short summary from the contents (note that each briefing contains more than just the excerpted content).
SDE Online Courses (June 10th)
- High quality training for less
- “Ready, Set, Read!” to help develop successful readers and writers
- Other best-selling courses include “Easy Classroom Podcasting”, “Teaching Students with Autism”, and “Creating the Inclusive Classroom”
- … and more
Jon Gordon’s Weekly Newsletter (June 14th)
- Seven lessons learned from John Wooden
- Soup: A Recipe to Nourish Your Team and Culture
- … and more
The Rhode Island Foundation Enews (June 14th)
- ProJo op-ed: Making health reform happen in Rhode Island
- Links to Donors, Professional Advisors, Nonprofits, Community Initiatives, and Scholarships
- … and more
Education Week (June 15th)
- Register for “Unleashing Technology to Personalize Learning” by June 18 and save $250
- Register for the October 5th event in Washington D.C. or the October 8th event in the Greater Boston area
- … and more
NASSP Principal’s Update (June 15th)
- High School graduation rates fall for the second straight year
- Correlation between a student’s performance in Algebra 1 and 2 and their likelihood of graduating from college
- NASSP seeks comments on Draft Leadership Program Standards
- … and more
Alliance for Excellent Education: Straight A’s (June 15th)
- Top 5 and Bottom 5 graduation rates by state
- Alliance Study finds that fewer dropouts means higher spending on homes, cars, and investments
- New report finds that concentrated efforts to retain and expand the reach of the nation’s top teachers could vastly improve education
- … and more