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Restructuring for a culture of collaboration in K12

By Jill Chochol and Glenn Maleyko

The organizational tendency of many large school districts is to divide elementary and secondary education into separate departments. Dearborn Public Schools’ central office followed this model for decades. During tough financial times there was a history of competition for limited district resources between elementary and secondary central office staff and building administrators. This led to […]

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November 20, 2017

How schools are steering social media

Crafting a strong and well-balanced social media policy requires considerable time and effort. The policy must be flexible enough to accommodate new tech trends—such as anonymous messaging apps and livestreaming—yet thorough and specific enough to address a multitude of potentially troublesome scenarios involving students, faculty and staff. When a few students at Eudora High School […]

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November 17, 2017

School districts find creative ways to fund pre-K

Big city districts are taking the lead in funding pre-K programs as states work more slowly to expand access. “While states continue to make progress in expanding access to early education, cities have increasingly taken it upon themselves to supplement those resources with local contributions” says Albert Wat, senior policy director at the Alliance for […]

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November 16, 2017

A progressive approach to school safety: prepare, respond and review

Describe preparation versus prevention when it comes to a school district’s safety plan. You can only prepare for general incidents; you can’t prepare for the specific. Preparing a safety plan gets everybody on the same page. Whether it’s a bus accident, bomb threat or intruder alert, prevention comes through debriefing after an emergency occurs. You […]

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November 15, 2017

No more zeros in K12 education

One education researcher calls it “the academic death penalty”: A grade of zero on a 100-point scale, a mark that spells disaster for a student’s class average. “It’s such an extreme score in a percentage grading system” says Thomas R. Guskey, a professor of educational psychology at the University of Kentucky. “To recover from that […]

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November 14, 2017

Strategies for building a diverse school district

Not every school considers diversity an essential even though a business case can be made for it. At the very least, a diverse workforce leads to employee innovation, increased productivity and a positive reputation. The following districts recognize the benefits of a diverse workforce and have made it a priority. Take a look at some […]

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November 13, 2017

Laws and guidelines

Many states have enacted laws and guidelines spelling out how schools can help students with dyslexia. Such laws vary by state. According to understood.org, a website on learning and attention issues founded by 15 nonprofit organizations, they generally address issues such as: Link to main story: How schools are disrupting dyslexia The definition of dyslexia […]

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November 13, 2017

It's never too late to address dyslexia

Dyslexia is not correlated with intelligence, says Richard Wagner, associate director of the Florida Center for Reading Research and a professor of psychology at Florida State University. “If you’re reading at a level at which you do everything else, it’s probably not dyslexia,” Wagner says. “If you’re reading below the level at which you do […]

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Restructuring for a culture of collaboration in K12

An approach to letting students drive learning and education

Schools must get smarter about teacher PD

Student Success Stories

How schools are steering social media

School districts find creative ways to fund pre-K

A progressive approach to school safety: prepare, respond and review

No more zeros in K12 education

Strategies for building a diverse school district

Laws and guidelines

It's never too late to address dyslexia