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Maximizing Return on Instruction: A Strategic Perspective
It’s well and good to integrate technology into your classrooms, provided that technology is backed by a solid plan and maps to a set of clear acad...
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Inspiring Leadership through Student Voice
Here’s a radical idea: What if students were in charge of hiring teachers?Not that long ago, it would have been inconceivable to envision stude...
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ESSA's Impact on Accountability: Is Your District Ready?
The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), the nation’s new education law, dramatically alters the landscape of K12 accountability.Not only does th...
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Making Data Count under ESSA: A Practical Guide
When the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) passed late last year, the legislation signaled a significant departure from its predecessor. After a de...
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Fighting the Summer 'Enrichment Gap': Tips for Success
It’s the heart of summer, and for many students that means vacation and sports—and, of course, camps.Family and community-run activities allow ...
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Embracing Pokémon Go: 3 Approaches for Schools
You see it on the news almost daily. Footage of some kid (or some adult) wandering across the street, holding a smartphone, arms open wide, reachin...
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Making the Right Hire: The Right Way to Hire
It’s a fact of public school life: Senior staff turnover happens.In urban school districts, the average superintendent tenure is 3 years, and t...
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Taking a ‘Leadership Selfie’: Advice for School Leaders
Let’s be clear: Education is not a business—at least it shouldn’t be.Our public schools serve an important purpose—maybe the most important pur...
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Nudging Students for Success: The Importance of Persistence
“Do your homework.” “Get good grades.” “Think about your future.”We all remember the chorus of demands our parents and teachers heaped on us gr...