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LaGrange School District 102 recently began piloting a free version of the CrisisGo safety platform through Sourcewell, a government agency that provides cooperative-contract purchasing solutions nationally. Sponsored content by Sourcewell.
DA partnered with Istation to develop this survey in March 2019, which asked school administrators around the country about the use of formative assessment by their teachers, and the challenges […]
A Q&A session with Grace Kelemanik and Amy Lucenta , authors of "Routines for Reasoning" and the new Curriculum Associates’ Ready Classroom Mathematics K-5 program. Sponsored content by Curriculum Associates.
In 2016-17, one fifth-grade class of English-speaking students at a Spanish immersion school in Michigan received higher marks on a state assessment after using Everyday Mathematics 4 (EM4) from McGraw-Hill […]
A discussion with the CEO at K12 Insight about how exceptional customer experience fosters a stronger school culture.
A discussion with the president of First Student and the AASA Superintendent of the Year.
What are some ways technology is increasing personal learning? We are seeing a significant digital transformation. Mobility, cloud, storage, faster networks and innovative device form factors are combining to create […]
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 helpful; when teachers are preparing to […]
Many districts have bus fleets that are over 10 years old. Why is this a growing problem? Many school districts are having overall budgeting challenges and it’s difficult to come […]
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? With blended professional learning, we […]
Why is it important that social-emotional issues and unconscious biases are addressed? All of us have biases. It doesn’t matter who you are. But self-awareness becomes critical, particularly in schools. […]
What does the routing process look like at First Student? We provide transportation services to more than 1,000 school districts in the U.S. and Canada. We pride ourselves on having […]
Why is personalized learning so important? Marcy: It leverages a student’s interests, their strengths, then tailors instruction to their specific needs and goals. Rich: It gets into predictive analytics. Traditionally the analytics […]
What are the top transportation challenges at school startup? The biggest challenges are routes, drivers and buses. School bus routing is more complex than other routing. District routes can be […]
Peter DeWitt is a professional development coach and the creator of Collaborative Leadership, a PD service that combines transformational and instructional leadership, and that includes ways to engage the school […]