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Classrooms where students are “thriving,” foster connections and friendships between students that build self-assuredness, giving them the confidence to take risks and the conviction that they can learn the material. Educators who lead successful lessons also know how to weave play into their classes while exhibiting a zeal for their subject, and for teaching in general. A passion for teaching is contagious. Students almost instinctively know when educators have a love for not only the subject matter — whether that’s math or history — but also their own jobs. This joy spread throughout a classroom, producing happier, even more playful students who are willing to take risks as they learn, seeing the experience as fun, rather than fraught with stress. Administrators can’t write passion into curriculum. But they can encourage educators to pursue the things that bring them happiness — both out of the classroom and inside those four walls as well. Teacher enthusiasm may do more tha...

Experts argue over what the job market will look like in 10 or 20 years’ time, but they all agree it is changing, nearly half of the nearly 1,900 experts surveyed by the Pew Research Center said they "envision a future in which robots and digital agents have displaced significant numbers of both blue- and white-collar workers." As school struggle to prepare students for such an uncertain future, school leaders should remember public education has always been about creating good citizens, not just good workers. School face a number of challenges in preparing students for jobs that may not even be on the horizon yet. Repetitive jobs, such as factory work or jobs in the service industry are more likely to disappear and will be replaced by jobs requiring more technical skills, some say. Despite the uncertainty, confusion and fear of a future where everyone is subservient to evil robot overlords, some common-sense truths remain. The fact that computers will play a big role ...