Noris Price received the Georgia School Superintendents Association's President Award for her work on student achievement, improvements to Baldwin County School District buildings, and the launch of a Montessori Academy. Superintendent Noris Price of Baldwin County School District has overseen a 10 percent increase in student scores on the College and Career Performance Index and three straight years of […]
Environmental science, STEM, youth development and service stand as the pillars of Green Girls, which is run by New York City's City Parks Foundation. The five-week course runs year-round in five underserved communities in the city. During the school year, the curriculum focuses on water quality and drinking water, and shifts to the urban forest […]
Use the target language for learning. Don't use English as the default for checking meaning or understanding. Design communicative activities. Provide real-life examples of different languages' words or phrases used in everyday situations, which can interest the learner and serve as reminders that people use the target language in their everyday lives. LINK TO MAIN […]
"What are some common misconceptions schools have when purchasing charging and storage platforms? How can K12 leaders plan to make the right purchase for their district?" "I think many schools immediately think of cart-type solutions, which group a whole class set in one place and assume that a one-size-fits-all solution is all that is available […]
American schools have become increasingly data-driven in many important ways. School officials often rely on measurement and data for long-term strategic planning, budgeting and curriculum selection. However, they often do not evaluate school safety with the same level of care and accuracy. In providing oversight for security, climate and emergency preparedness assessments for more than […]
To give students experience flying larger drones, educators at Duval High School near Washington, D.C., got creative. Federal Aviation Administration security restrictions limit unmanned aeronautic flights over sensitive locations. "We are building an addition to the school that will allow us to fly drones inside" says Christina Howland, coordinator of the four-year Aerospace Engineering and […]
Leaders at Madison County Public Schools spent two years creating and improving tiered student support systems. For this work, we earned the Virginia Department of Education's Distinction in Implementation of Behavioral Interventions in 2017. We developed multilevel approaches to improve student academic performance, behavior and attendance. Teachers worked diligently to develop effective classroom systems by […]
I read recently that experts in any field do not often make the best teachers. It was the opposite of the old "those who can't do, teach" and the writer, Adam Grant in the New York Times, was suggesting that, often, "those who can do, can't teach." That took me back to April 1972, when […]
Co-principals Shy-Quon Ely II and Brooke Beavers recently took over Elder W. Diggs School 42, a struggling campus that Indianapolis Public Schools restarted as an innovation school. Beavers and Ely, who previously co-led a local charter school, will focus on improving test scores and preventing state intervention. The duo has hired nearly all new teachers […]
School investigations—whether at a private or public high school, or other institution—pose special problems for school administrators and counsel. The risks are often high, and school leaders, even those well-versed in the typical legal issues affecting their institutions, may be inexperienced in conducting investigations. While there is no one-size-fits-all approach, here are six best practices […]
