Principal crisis: One in five new school leaders quit within a year

NZ Principals’ Federation President Leanne Otene said multiple pressures are forcing leaders out so quickly. “The principal shortage…
#NewsBeep #News #Headlines #burnout #crisis #curriculum #describe #door #escalating #five #fuelling #in #Leaders #leadership #new #NewZealand #NZ #one #principal #principals #quit #revolving #school #shortages #teacher #upheaval #what #within #year
https://www.newsbeep.com/285582/

A 9-year-old girl stood before the school board and absolutely eviscerated standardized tests

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/9-year-old-mic-drop-on-standardized-tests-ex1

Inside Amazon's Engineering Culture: Lessons from Their Senior Principals

https://olshansky.substack.com/p/inside-amazons-engineering-culture

#HackerNews #Inside #Amazon #Engineering #Culture #Lessons #Senior #Principals

#TIL the term #yuppie, or at least the "yup" part, is an #acronym for "young #urban #professional". While the sort of people I interview in #rural #Louisiana for my #research are obviously not #yuppies -- I blame my lack of knowledge on the term on that -- a surprising number of these #francophones and #creolophones are white collar #professionals, specifically many are #teachers, #principals, and #lawyers.

#linguistics #etymology #lexicology #sociolinguistics

Union says principals urged to cancel teachers and combine classes as majority of ACT’s primary schools blow budget

Union representatives say contracted teachers have lost their jobs because of ballooning public school budgets, despite the ACT…
#NewsBeep #News #Headlines #ACT #aeu #angelaburroughs #AU #Australia #australianeducationunion #Budget #Canberra #cuts #educationsupportoffice #principals #Public #school #teachers #yvetteberry
https://www.newsbeep.com/26677/

“EduChat, the #Education Department’s in-house generative #AITool, now used in every public #school in the state. In just over a year the #bot has gone from a shiny new thing, to a #product as crucial as a calculator and the internet.

Deputy Secretary #MartinGraham said #teachers and #principals each #report saving 90 minutes a week using #EduChat.

“Half of teachers have used it in 2197 schools, which is almost every school,” said department deputy secretary Martin Graham.

“The people who have used the #tool, there is a real light in their eyes ... it’s one of those things where if you use it, you find more uses for it.”

Launched as a trial in 50 schools, EduChat’s impact has been immediate, Graham said.

Teachers and principals report saving 90 minutes a week on tasks including #ActivityPlanning, #ResourceCreation, #ParentCommunications and #emails.

Students are also lapping it up: 89 per cent said EduChat helped them complete more work, and 85 per cent reported it improved the quality of their work.”

#WhiteCollar / #AI <https://www.smh.com.au/politics/nsw/ai-is-in-every-nsw-public-school-classroom-is-that-a-good-thing-20250603-p5m4ml.html> (paywall) / <https://archive.md/GpD85>

#Lawmakers Don’t Know What Happens in #Schools. #Principals Can Help

https://www.edweek.org/leadership/opinion-lawmakers-dont-know-what-happens-in-schools-principals-can-help/2025/04