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Real school reform starts with a conversation
“When the going gets tough…”
When faced with great adversity, the hope is that we rise to overcome it. That hope extends outward to our schools an...
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When money gets tight communication matters more
Raise your hand if this sounds familiar:
A big city school district finds itself in massive debt. Confronted with waning financial support from lo...
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Transgender policy changes highlight need for parent engagement
When Fort Worth ISD Superintendent Dr. Kent Scribner announced policy changes allowing transgender students to use the bathrooms and locker rooms o...
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Want classroom technology to succeed? Train parents first
Parents—the lynchpin to student achievement.
It’s no mistake that the federal Every Student Succeeds Act emphasizes community and parent engagemen...
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5 #edtech myths debunked
Hope as we might, there’s no one-size-fits-all solution to the challenges faced by public schools. But, then, you knew that already.
This is espec...
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How to make your next school survey count
Every school district relies on surveys to gather feedback from their communities. Unfortunately, most school surveys get a failing grade.
But the...
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Change is coming. Bracing for the ESSA overhaul.
The majority of provisions introduced by the federal Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) won’t take effect for another two years, but educators are a...
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Is ‘adaptive learning’ in danger of losing its meaning?
The problem with education buzzwords? They sound good, but don’t say a whole lot.
Turns out, they’re also pretty darn ambiguous. That can be a pro...
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In search of better social-emotional learning
Social-emotional learning.
The popular teaching strategy aims to equip students with the social and emotional skills to better engage in classwork...