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Does Your District Need a School Data Dashboard?
School districts and educators need instant access to critical information about their schools and their students. Without a school data dashboard, school districts often rely on staff instincts-but school districts…
Don’t Confuse Participation and Engagement
Presented by James Fleming – Transcription Below Hi. Welcome to the Illuminate Whiteboard series. My name is James Fleming. I’m a subject matter expert in secondary instruction. And one of…
Sneak Peek: Release 11.0 Coming June 29th
We are excited for our 11.0 summer release coming June 29, 2018. We can’t spill “all” the beans just yet, but here are some hints and sneak peeks at new…
BI Tool: MAP RIT Scores Student/Parent Letter
Last Month, Bruce Little & Peter Tardif from Denver Public Schools showed off their ACCESS “Can Do” Report. The report is truly an impressive accomplishment that required some serious technical…
Unlocking ESSA & Its Potential in Washington
Coming on the heels of an approved ESSA plan, the Washington State Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) is setting its sights on creating a system of continuous school improvement…
How IDEA Public Schools is Getting Data into the Right Hands
Since 2001, IDEA Public Schools has grown from a single school with 150 students to a network that currently serves 36,000 students and plans to grow to 100,000 students by…
Can State Reporting for Schools be Easy?
https://youtu.be/5Sae3BwXtfQ Presented by Rebecca Coleman – Transcription Below Introduction Welcome to the Illuminate Whiteboard Series. My name is Rebecca Coleman, and I am a Customer Success Manager on the Illuminate…
Will Machine Learning Change the Path of K-12 Education?
The Technology for Education’s Moonshot is Here K-12 education is long overdue for its moonshot, that amazing technological breakthrough—like the actual lunar landing or the recent development of the self-driving…
California: Moving the Needle on the Achievement Gap
The state of California has implemented a number measures to close one of the largest and most persistent achievement gaps in the nation. Recently released scores for the National Assessment…
Equity, Mindsets & Transformational Teaching
One week before the 2016-17 school year ended, I conducted a professional development workshop at a public elementary school in California. This predominantly Latino school was located in the school…