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Inviting Marginalized Families to the Table: 3 Strategies to Improve Parent Engagement

Can a school district, program, or targeted intervention succeed without the input and support of parents and community members? Jamel...

Making Professional Development Count

Professional development, or PD, is a fact of life for many teachers. Indeed, the National Education Association (NEA)—one of the nation’s largest...

Fact or Fiction? Debunking 5 Myths About Year-Round School

It's hard to tell fact from fiction with most things. In this blog post, find out the most common misconceptions about one of the biggest hot-button issues in education today—going to school year-round.

Personalized Learning Is Constantly Evolving. What Role Do Administrators Play in the Process?

In 2018, Chicago elementary school principal Lisa Epstein wrote an opinion piece for online education news outlet Chalkbeat that tapped into the...

4 Ways to Drive Family Engagement at Back-To-School Night

Family engagement is an important factor in student academic achievement at all grade levels. In fact, a report by Child Trends indicated that...

What Challenges do ELL and Title I Students Face in the Development of Oral Language?

Vocabulary is frequently thought to be the main component of oral language. However, in the broadest definition, oral language consists of phonology,...

Blended Learning 101: Know the Basics

Blended learning is an instructional methodology that leverages technology to provide a more personalized approach to learning, giving students...

Carefully Structuring Effective Intervention

Many educators focus more on intervention than prevention, spending time chasing the effects of instructional gaps rather than addressing the...

What is Your Assessment Data Telling You?

Teachers' ability to support student needs is greatly impacted by how well they are able to help make connections between the student...

How to Structure an Effective Assessment Plan

Focus on the questions you need answered, not the assessments
Before selecting or administering an assessment for a school or district, it is...

Engaged Students

Early childhood educators gain new skills to help the youngest learners build a literacy foundation from the first step, even before learning to...

Motivating Reluctant Readers: 5 Strategies That Work

Discover five proven strategies for motivating reluctant readers. Learn to build intrinsic motivation and engagement that get reluctant readers to read.