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Teacher Resiliency: Five Lessons Learned from Starting a Revolution
“Attention passengers: in the event of an unexpected change in pressure from administrators, parents, students, colleagues, or school district officials, please assist yourself before assisting children and those around you.…
Fighting Teacher Burnout & Fighting for Equity
Teacher burnout is a pandemic impacting just about every country with an established system of education. More than 41% of teachers leave their jobs within five years of starting (Ingersoll,…
Teacher Resiliency: Keeping Teachers Motivated, Supported & Fired-Up
Early January is a time for renorming, turning last fall’s skills into actionable habits and building a classroom community that kids will remember for years to come. The question is:…
3 Can’t Miss Highlights from the K-12 Horizon Report
For fifteen years, the annual K-12 Horizon Report has served as a cornerstone document for many school districts. Created by New Media Consortium (NMC) in partnership with the Consortium for…
The General Status of Student Mental Health in Our Schools
Mental health disorders in our K-12 schools affect many of our youth and directly impact classroom learning and social interactions, both of which are critical to the success of students.…
Classroom Management Tips and Tricks
https://youtu.be/sQWHaOa0DaI Presented by Dr. Gail Thompson – Transcription Below Introduction Hello, everyone. Welcome to the Illuminate Whiteboard Series. I’m Dr. Gail Thompson. And I am the equity and professional development…
7 Methods for Measuring Student Growth
Back in the days of NCLB, schools were given credit for the percent of students achieving the state’s “proficient” level, regardless of how far students progressed to proficiency. However, in…
Why Fluency (Automaticity) Matters
By: Rachel Brown, Ph.D., NCSP Customers sometime ask why so many FastBridge assessments are timed. The answer is that timing is necessary in order to document a student’s fluency with tasks.…
The Importance of Multiple Measures in Educating Today’s Learners & ESSA
What if we thought of student performance in the same way prospective buyers thought about purchasing a home? For the home buying process, many consumers perform a ton of research…
Developing Hope & Resilience for Disengaged Students
Recent studies on student engagement self-perception and performance. The extent to which a student is engaged is a robust predictor of his or her ability to learn, get good grades…