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Learning to lead K12 project-based learning

Michael Niehoff | August 13, 2018

Project-based learning is an inquiry-based and applied learning approach incorporating authenticity, student ownership, reflection, revision and public work. It is one of the leading instructional pedagogies to address today's learning. In recent years, thousands of teachers have participated in PBL professional development. It is pervasive in today's professional learning. However, little has been done to […]

Accurate state assessment predictions lead to student growth in PA district

Ben Brooks | July 31, 2018

During Noel Petrosky's 12 years at different Saint Marys Area School District elementary schools, she saw assessment data accurately predict student performance on state tests and inform instruction that led to student growth. That wasn't the case at Saint Marys Area Middle School when she became principal two years ago. "I thought, 'I can't go […]

Unifying Classrooms to Personalize Learning

Adam Galvan | July 30, 2018

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 type of reporting is a look at what has been happening. Personalized learning is looking at what is going to happen. How can IT officials […]

Higher standards don't necessarily mean higher test scores in K12

JD Solomon | July 12, 2018

Dan Hamlin, a postdoctoral fellow in the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, and Paul E. Petersen have examined data to see what impact states lowering the bar on academic proficiency have had on student achievement. When they were created, the Common Core standards were intended as consistent benchmarks for student learning across the country. But public opinion […]

Exceptional customer service, teacher enthusiasm pave road to curriculum mapping success

Ben Brooks | July 11, 2018

Teachers in the Susquehanna Township School District are finding success with their new curriculum mapping program using Chalk. With it, they can easily locate and align state standards with lesson plans, and if they have any questions, they can get live technical assistance through "Mr. Chalk" an online chat feature operated by company employees. Mr. […]

School superintendent breaks her own records

Matt Zalaznick | July 02, 2018

When Superintendent Quynh Trueblood's mind races in the middle of the night, she quickly finds herself using a mixing bowl and her oven.

Strategies school turnaround leaders can rely on

Adam Galvan | July 01, 2018

We know from personal experience as principals and superintendents, and from research, that it takes a dynamic leader with a particular set of skills and knowledge to turn around a school or school system. Sadly, there are thousands of schools across the country that are chronically low-performing, according to the U.S. Department of Education. Layer […]

Revised national school library standards encourage students to explore, collaborate, engage

Adam Galvan | July 01, 2018

Looking to illustrate an abstract concept from a novel she'd read, an Oklahoma high school student turned to her building-level school librarian. Then, with the school librarian's encouragement to tinker in the makerspace, the girl sculpted a clay model of a kneeling woman balancing a 3D-printed replica of the earth on her back. "She was […]

Increasing the proficiency of ELLs in a highly hispanic district

Adam Galvan | June 25, 2018

A K8 school district in Southern California was focusing efforts on increasing the proficiency of its English language learners, a population that makes up 32 percent of its students. It also sought to reclassify as many ELLs as possible before middle school—a time when the defeatist mindset usually sets in. Bakersfield City School District's goal […]

Education empowers opportunity

Ben Brooks | June 25, 2018

NMSI's mantra is that education empowers opportunity. How have you experienced that? During speeches, I say, "As I stand before you, I stand as a physician, as an astronaut and as a businessman. All of that was empowered by education." When I was 13, I saw Neil and Buzz land on the moon. It became […]

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