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4 Easy Ways to Check Your District’s Student Data
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXzciM2G3O4 Presented by Rebecca Coleman – Transcription Below Introduction Hi, welcome to the Illuminate Whiteboard Series. My name is Rebecca Coleman, and I am a customer success manager on the…
Closing or Widening? Examining the Racial Achievement Gap in Illinois
Students of color in the Chicago Public Schools (CPS) district face compounding racial and socioeconomic disparities that widen the achievement gap. A recent Stanford University study reports that CPS students…
School-Aged Youth & Trauma: How Education Communities Can Help
This article was co-written with Julie Ziegler. To continue the conversation, please reach out to them respectively at jharris@illuminateed.com or jziegler@illuminateed.com. When you look around your schools, would you believe…
Building Resilience in Students from Challenging Backgrounds
By the time they are in high school, students with histories of academic difficulties frequently develop sophisticated strategies to avoid situations where they will experience the negative consequence of failure.…
Getting Teachers Fired-Up About the School Improvement Planning Process
This post was co-authored by Dr. Shelly Dunaway Every year, educators throughout the United States participate in School Improvement Planning (SIP). For some, it is a burdensome, mundane but required…
BI Tool: The CAR Report – Cumulative Assessment Record
Last month, the Shiawassee Regional Education Service District shared their beautiful Student Growth Percentile Scatterplots with the BI Tool Community. The report elegantly visualizes the relationship between a students’ scale…
You May Be Missing Steps in Master Scheduling
https://youtu.be/mbOFtARIrAc Presented by James Fleming – Transcription Below Introduction Hey, thanks for joining us for the Illuminate Whiteboard Series. My name is James Fleming. I’m a subject matter expert in…
What Makes An Effective PLC? 4 PLC Best Practices To Implement
While many PLCs are successful, others are struggling to deliver on the promise of improved student outcomes. If you’re … Faced with a PLC that needs a little TLC; or …
A Guide to Helping Students Improve Their Diet on a Budget
In the US, the diets of 15.9 million children under the age of 18 are shaped by high food prices, limited income and inadequate food support systems, according to U.S.…
How a Large & Diverse District is Making Data-Driven Decisions
Ascension Public Schools is a large public school district in southeastern Louisiana, between the cities of Baton Rouge and New Orleans. With more than 22,000 students, the district serves the…