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Science of reading, MTSS, leadership, and special education insights from Dr. Chandra Williams and the CSAS team: the same thinking our partner schools get, published for everyone. Learn, grow, and take your system to the next level.
Why IEP Reading Support Fails
And What Schools Must Do Instead There is a hard truth many schools still avoid: Many students with IEPs are not failing because they cannot learn to read.They are failing because the instruction they receive is not strong enough, precise enough, or urgent enough....
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Checklist: Establish classroom management, routines, and rituals with students in the first few weeks of school
Have you ever found yourself in the middle of the school year, realizing your class seems completely out of control? Unfortunately, once students have been allowed to exhibit...
How To Begin Forming Partnerships With Parents Even Before The First Day of School
When teachers and parents work together in a close partnership, students are able to get the support they need at school and at home. Parents can anticipate what topics their students...
5 Practical Ways For School Leadership to Prioritize Equity
When we take a step back and look at our communities, it’s easy to understand the importance of equity. When underserved students are provided with a high quality education and...
High-Quality Homework: How to Assign the Right Amount, and the Most Effective Formats of Homework
Although studies have shown that homework offers some benefits to students, assigning too much homework can actually cause students to experience higher stress levels and physical and...
7 Tips For Teachers To Learn New Instructional Strategies Over The Summer Break
#1: Avoid packaged and scripted curricula. Responsive teaching means that we must take into consideration that each child may have a different way of processing new information. ...
Top 3 Reasons For Teacher Turnover (Other Than Salary)
Teacher turnover in schools is disruptive to a student’s ability to learn, especially in low performing schools. When teacher retention is an issue, principals may find it challenging...
Enrichment Versus Acceleration: Equity And Excellence For Gifted Learners (Part One)
Most school systems recognize the need to offer more challenging programming for high achieving students, and many offer some form of higher level activities for gifted students....
The Importance of Allowing Students to Request Breaks
It is not uncommon for children to find themselves in situations that require a great deal of patience. From waiting in line to sitting for extended periods of time, children are...
Data-Driven Decision-Making on Steroids: Moving from the What to the Why and How Good to Great Schools in Action
Your school is an individual entity. All schools have challenges that they need to overcome, even if they all ultimately have the same goals. What this means is that cookie-cutter...
Equity and Inclusion in a Project-Based Classroom: “Moonshot” Dreaming Big
Recently, I attended a teacher PD during which a school director asked teachers to think about their dream project. The leader used the term “Moonshot” to describe this sort of...
Data Driven versus Deficit-Focused School Leadership
When you are responsible for improving your school, there are two major approaches you can take to achieve your goals. Many school leaders think that the best way to approach a...
Educational Excellence and Equity in Our Schools
What do principals and teachers need to close the achievement gap? We’ve known for decades that our country’s educational system suffers from many achievement gaps among various...
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