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Is Homework Helping or Hurting Classrooms?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IaDIGtXO1N4 Presented by Natalie Howell – Transcription Below Introduction Hi, welcome to Illuminate’s Whiteboard Series. My name is Natalie Howell and I’m an implementation manager here at Illuminate Education. Today’s…
Star Climate Ratings for Georgia Schools: How to Make Your School a 5-Star School
Since 2014, the climate of each public school in Georgia has been rated annually on a scale of 1-5. School climate, according to the National School Climate Center, refers to a school’s…
BI Tool: Student Growth Percentile Scatterplots
Welcome to Illuminate’s BI Tool Blog! Over the last 2–3 years, the number of districts using Illuminate’s Business Intelligence Tool (BI Tool) has exploded. Over 3,000 BI Tool reports have been created…
9 Informal Assessments to Help You Pinpoint What Your Learners Need
The great thing about informal assessments is they help us gauge students’ understanding during the learning process instead of after. Informal assessment also changes teachers’ relationship to student learning. Through…
Illuminator of the Year 2018 Winners
Yesterday, we announced our annual Illuminator of the Year winners at the Illuminate Education Conference in San Diego, CA. The Illuminator of the Year program was created to recognize hard-working educators and…
Illuminator of the Year 2018 Finalists
We are excited to announce our Illuminator of the Year finalists for 2018 from the following districts: Ascension Public Schools, Isaac Elementary School District, Madison School District, Newton County Schools,…
What’s So Important About Student Engagement?
Presented by Dr. Chris Balow – Transcription Below Introduction Hello, everyone. I’m Dr. Chris Balow from Illuminate Education, Chief Research Scientist, and welcome to the Illuminate Whiteboard Series. Today we’re…
3 Lessons Around Finances For Your Students
News from late December 2017 showed that the average American owes $15k in various personal debts. Much of this can be attributed to financial illiteracy. In earlier decades, it was…
Problem Identification
By: Jessie Kember, Ph.D., NCSP Educators can use problem identification to seek solutions to resolve problems in the school environment that occur at the district, school, class, and individual level.…
School Spotlight: It’s that Time of Year…SIP at Two Rivers Middle Prep
This post was originally published on Feb. 2017 and can be found here. With our latest temperatures, one would say that spring is in the air. It’s also that time…