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Obstacles to Parent Engagement: Identifying and Overcoming 4 Challenges
Parent engagement: So vital to student success, yet so difficult to get right.At a recent forum in Decatur, Ill., administrators, teachers, and...
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Facing the Challenges of the Future: What’s Next for Education
[caption id="attachment_2326" align="alignright" width="150"] Dr. Gerald Dawkins[/caption]The future is what we make it.It’s a great, aspir...
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Connect Now or Lose Forever: Teachers and Student Relationships
Human connection is essential for student success.That was the life and career-defining mantra of veteran teacher, counselor, and assistant pri...
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Study: Strong School Climate Boosts Student Performance
It makes sense: students learn better when they feel safe, comfortable, and engaged in school.The correlation between school climate and studen...
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Inter-District Learning: Vital Lessons for School Districts
Despite the many political promises made during last fall’s presidential campaign, struggling rural and urban communities face an uphill economic b...
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Betsy DeVos’ Confirmation: Implications for Schools
Betsy DeVos’ confirmation as U.S. Secretary of Education yesterday bookended one of the most heated and controversial debates over a presidential c...
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Calling all Texas School Leaders: This is an A-F SOS!
Across the state of Texas right now, alarms are sounding.If you were at the TASA Midwinter Conference in Austin last week, you saw firsthand the ex...
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Combat Cyberbullying with a Human-Centric Approach
According to DoSomething.org, more than 40 percent of American schoolchildren have been bullied online.The explosion of mobile technology over ...
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Advocating for Safer, Greener Schools: Building the Case Effectively
When school leaders mention the phrase school climate, they usually don’t use the term “climate” literally.Conversations about school climate c...