This web seminar addressed how administrators can facilitate discussions about the effective use of data and how to improve teachers' relationship with data. Sponsored content by Istation.
You've all read the effectiveness research that vendors include to show the value of their curricular products and programs, but not all curriculum evaluation studies are created equal.
In most districts, booster clubs, PTAs and other entities manage funds at risk of fraud or mismanagement. Districts should clarify that outside-group fundraising is not managed by the school, says James Sullivan, a former inspector general for the Chicago Board of Education and now a managing director at Sikich, a professional services firm. “Let the […]
At their hometown high schools, they were dropouts, bad kids, problems. At home, they lied to their parents, stole from their siblings or sneaked out to get high. Sometimes, they tried drug treatment, but surrounded by their old crowd, they quickly relapsed. These are the students of recovery high schools: addicts who hit bottom excruciatingly […]
Not all districts can dedicate time, space or money to a makerspace, but educators can still incorporate innovative tinkering. In some schools, teachers have created makerspace carts that include crafts, tools, small circuits and robots. Teachers can share these mobile carts with multiple colleagues at various grade levels. Another trend, the "breakerspace," encourages students to […]
Mitigating financial risk means one person alone never sells tickets or collects money at a Wayzata High School football game in the Minneapolis suburbs.
You will hear this word a lot in future literacy discussions: morphology, or the meaning of words. In a nutshell, the English spelling system is designed to represent both the sounds (phonemes) and word meaning (morphology). Researcher Jeffrey Bowers, professor of cognitive science at the University of Bristol in England, points out that English prioritizes […]
Since implementing D3 ("Distributive, Dedicated, Dynamic"), the Metropolitan School District of Lawrence Township in Indiana has experienced many benefits from teacher collaboration. For example, special education faculty members now co-teach in general education classrooms and work with students who require additional support. Other teacher collaboration benefits include providing equity for the district's large English language […]
