TALAS Summer Leadership Summit will be in El Paso!
Texas Association of Latino Administrators and Superintendents (TALAS)State Summer Leadership Summit Theme: “Elevating Your Voice Through ACTions and LEADership”Dates: Friday, May 16, 2025, and Saturday, May 17, 2025 […]
Here’s How Teachers Are Using AI to Save Time
Teachers spend up to 29 hours a week doing nonteaching tasks: writing emails, grading, finding classroom resources, and carrying out other administrative work. They also have high stress levels and are at risk for burnout.
Can artificial intelligence help ease both those problems?
Advocates say AI can be a real timesaver for teachers, completing tasks in seconds that would have taken a person hours. While educators caution that AI will never replace a teacher’s professional expertise, many argue that it can take the more mundane, rote job duties off teachers’ plates—reshaping a notoriously high-stress job.
3.2.1: Four questions for life, how to learn like a child, and seeing things in a generous way
I.
“Spend today interpreting whatever people do in the most generous way. See if you feel better as a result.”
II.
“Your teaching ability is constrained by your writing ability.
If you can’t write it down, it will be nearly impossible to teach it well.”
III.
“Four questions that can tell you a lot:
When you wake up, do you expect today to have many joys or many frustrations?
When presented with an opportunity, do you have a bias toward action or do you postpone decisions?
When things go well for others, do you enjoy cheering them on or do you hate to hear about their success?
When things go wrong, do you believe it is your responsibility to improve the situation or do you blame others?”
Under Texas House bill, value of education savings accounts would be tied to state and local funding
The Texas House filed priority legislation on Thursday that would allow some families to use taxpayer dollars to fund their children’s private school tuition, a bill that will likely rest at the center of one of the most contentious battles of this year’s legislative session.
Under House Bill 3, the state would distribute funds through state-managed education savings accounts that families could use for private school tuition and other educational expenses, like textbooks, transportation and therapy. Most participating students would receive 85% of the amount public schools get for each student through state and local funding.
How can schools ease student concerns about ICE?
child visiting the school nurse over a stomachache isn’t out of the ordinary. But for one young student in Oregon’s Umatilla School District recently, the cause of her pain didn’t appear to be physical.
Rather, she expressed concern about her parents.
The student’s anxiety arose from the Trump administration’s January announcement that it would enforce stricter immigration policies — even allowing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers to enter schools and other sites like colleges, houses of worship and hospitals previously considered “protected areas.”
5 Ways to Express Empathy Like a Leader
Feeling bad isn’t always bad. Stretching yourself creates uncertainty. Tough issues cause discomfort. Learning new skills calls for courage.
The purpose of empathy is empowerment.
Destructive empathy:
Hinders self-reliance.
Lowers standards.
Blocks progress.
Accepts blame-shifting.
Promotes irresponsibility.
Focuses on weakness.
Reinforces avoidance.
