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10-9-19 Education in the News

NY Times--ACT Change Will Allow Students to Retake Individual Sections

Starting next September, high schoolers won’t need to repeat the entire ACT exam to improve their score.

  High school students will find the intense pressure to present their best efforts on the ACT exam a bit easier next year as they buckle down to the competitive college admissions process.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/08/us/act-test-superscore.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Feducation&action=click&contentCollection=education®ion=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=1&pgtype=sectionfront

Anemona Hartocollis| Oct. 8, 2019

 

Education Dive--Administrators share 7 tips for building positive school culture

Carefully managing hallway messaging and modeling positive attitudes can be difference-makers on student performance, teacher retention and more.

Building and maintaining a positive school culture can be an uphill battle for many principals and superintendents. Once attained, however, it has shown to have a significant impact in areas of concern including student academic performance and teacher retention.

https://www.educationdive.com/news/administrators-share-7-tips-for-building-positive-school-culture/564224/

Naaz Modan| Oct. 8, 2019