Adam Galvan

To ensure our future, focus on desired outcomes

Our system of education is a national tragedy and is at the root of all our nation's challenges. That millions of our nation's children...

Maximizing Student Achievement in Your District’s Schools and Classrooms

How can mathematics educators benefit from professional learning? It's helpful for teachers to develop a shared image of what instruction looks like in mathematics. Classroom videos are really...

Future-Proof Education Today Through Digital Transformation

Educators and administrators struggle every day to effectively incorporate emergent technologies within their buildings and classrooms. Outdated systems and legacy network infrastructure impede the...

Resources and links

American Bar Association americanbar.org/groups/civics Civic Education Washington State civiced-wa.org Civics Renewal Network civicsrenewalnetwork.org Constitutional Rights Foundation crf-usa.org LINK TO MAIN ARTICLE: Civics education encourages K12 students to get...

Savings snapshots

Here are the prices that Texas-based School Purchasing Alliance members pay for a case of food versus what they would pay if they were...

Motivating K12 teachers to innovate

When school leaders want to bring innovative practices to classrooms, what's the greatest challenge that stands in their way? Lack of funding? Inadequate in-house...

Wireless presentation solution engages students and teachers using many systems

With every student using Chromebooks and educators utilizing Apple or Windows products, Richardson ISD in Texas needed a wireless presentation solution that could accommodate...

Developing leadership qualities in school personnel administration

The personnel function in public education is multi-faceted and it is one in which all prospective or practicing administrators must have a solid base...

Cultivating a Positive Assessment Culture

Most current assessment systems rely on generating data in order to identify, sort and label students, as well as educators. But this approach is...

Creating a Data-Driven District

There are a variety of steps that administrators can take to create a data-driven district culture that will help teachers use the right data...

Blended Professional Learning Transforms Classrooms, Schools, and Districts

How is professional learning changing? We've long thought quality professional learning means pulling educators out of class—where they're needed most. How do we minimize that?...

K12 curriculum roundup: More than words

Today's most progressive language instruction covers more than speech. Educators now work to build students' fluency in the culture behind the words. Global competency, also...

Resources for including diverse voices in history and social studies

Resources: Native Knowledge 360¬ˆž is the National Museum of the American Indian's national initiative, which includes lesson plans for all grade levels. www.nmai.si.edu/nk360 American Indians In...

Teaching K12 students to become experts

Recently, I reread Malcolm Gladwell's Outliers, and I was struck by how he viewed success in the United States. We forget that much of individual...

Upcoming conferences

American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages 2018 Nov. 16-18 New Orleans actfl.org LINK TO MAIN ARTICLE: K12 curriculum roundup: More than words National Council for the Social...