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Transition Readiness not College and Career Readiness

“The future is always all around us, waiting, in moments of transitions, to be born in moments of revelation. No one knows the shape of that future or where it will take us. We know only that it is always born in pain.” J. Michael Straczynski The introduction of the No Child Left Behind Act […]

Mastery learning in the classroom.

“Mistakes and failures are precisely your means of education. They tell you about your own inadequacies.” – Robert Greene The creation and adoption of the new Common Core Standards has phases such as, “All children can learn,” and “Students should be able to demonstrate competent levels of achievement.” Discussing the new Common Core Standards with […]

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Commitment to Continuous Improvement.

Improvement efforts are sustained and the school demonstrates progress in improving student performance and school effectiveness.

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Data Driven Districts: Documenting and using results.

A school system is successful using data when it uses a comprehensive assessment system based on clearly-defined performance measures. The assessment system is used to assess student performance on expectations for student learning, identify gaps between expectations for student learning and student performance, evaluate the effectiveness of curriculum and instruction, and determine interventions to […]

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Stakeholder Communication and Relationships.

System and school personnel seek opportunities for collaboration and shared leadership among stakeholders to help students learn and advance improvement efforts

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Documenting and using Results.

This blog post discusses The advantages of data use in the classroom and the correct way to use the data.

Schools, A Time for Change

I’ve seen a lot of posts since the shooting at Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School. Some posts offer prayer, some call for tougher gun laws, and some call for better parenting skills. I will always give prayer to those in need and suffering (and prayer to those who are not in need and suffering), I […]

School Accreditation

According to Tony Wagner in his book The Global Achievement Gap: Why Even Our Best Schools Don’t Teach the New Survival Skills Our Children Need–and What We Can Do About It (2008), the education system in the United States needs to come to terms with some hard facts about our educational system: The high school […]