When you look at the budget for our entire school, $10,000 isn’t a lot of money. But at Reagan High School where I am principal, that money will allow us to help 80 students receive math and reading enrichment this summer so they’re more prepared academically when the new school year begins.
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Federal Funds Provide a Boost for Summer Enrichment
Best Practices for Implementing a K–12 Math Intervention Program
Your school or district has decided to invest in a math intervention solution—or maybe you’re narrowing down your options. Regardless of where you are in your math intervention program journey, a key consideration is implementation. While often overlooked, a robust implementation plan enables the success of any program.
What’s a PLC Meeting, Anyway?
What Is a PLC? As I work with schools across the nation and beyond, I often hear statements like these: “Our PLCs are meeting on Tuesday.” “We will be ‘PLCing’ on Wednesday afternoon.” “PLCs happen here every other week.”
Three Things to Know About Gen Z’s Mental Health Crisis
The American Academy of Pediatrics, the Children’s Hospital Association, and the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry recently declared the mental health crisis in young people a national emergency.
Data Rich, Information Poor: Untangling the Web of Student Information
You work in a world that runs short on a lot of things – time, money, staff, resources. One thing you’re never in short supply of? Data. From student enrollment, attendance, grades, test scores, discipline referrals, and so much more, it can become overwhelming to keep it all straight.
Proactively Educating Students in a Post-Covid World
As the world looks forward to approaching some semblance of normalcy, education proceeds cautiously, with some schools having to continue pivoting to remote instruction as new variants emerge. These last two years have ultimately forced schools to rethink their curricula and instructional materials, while placing more emphasis on soft skills and emotional intelligence.
Reminding Your AP Students to Focus on Follow Through
There’s no question that it has been another tough year. And the messages we’re sharing with our students are more important than ever.
Meeting the Need: Social Emotional Learning for Middle School Students
Early adolescence is a critical developmental period, complete with numerous physical and cognitive changes as well as shifts in social relationships. Students must also navigate academic competition and an increase in social comparison among peers. These issues can potentially contribute to decreased self-esteem, school connectedness, anxiety, and loneliness. Students during this time are more likely […]
Why SEL? And Why Now?
I speak with educators every day, and the overwhelming message is clear—COVID-19 has changed everything. Students are experiencing a health crisis of unprecedented proportions, with an increase in anxiety, depression, PTSD, and even eating disorders. Educators often feel ill-equipped to address this crisis within standard general education classrooms. Something more needs to be incorporated in […]
Expanding AP with Impact
It’s that time of year when school leaders reflect on the past several months and plan for what lies ahead. They evaluate master schedules and make decisions about what’s best for their schools. The choices that school leaders make are critical to student outcomes, but such choices are not the only ones that school leaders […]