The following post is organized into five distinct sections, each marked by one of the following questions: How do we know states are...

Responsibilities across all levels of a school - admin, teachers, and students alike - quickly add up and compound throughout a school...

Plants grow chiefly from air and water. Soil and nutrients along with sunshine help a plant grow strong and fruitful. If students are the...

Value of a Rule Children make up rules for games they create with their peers and the idea of justice is incredibly important to...

"Be good", I said to a friend as I waved goodbye. I usually say "talk to you later" or "have a good day", but this time I said "be good"....

ACE is an acronym that standards for Adverse Childhood Experiences. The original study was published in 1998 by the federal agency The...

Hello! I wanted to share some information with you about how Lexile scores are determined. I've been getting a lot of questions this year...

Any student action is a behavior. To train specific student behaviors, teachers typically develop a series of punishments and rewards....

A funny thing happened in the classroom today. As I welcomed my students into the classroom, one by one, a student stopped at the door to...

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I am very pleased that the SpEd team at my school have begun redesigning their IEP goals to include GenEd academic standards in order to...

Consider a math test covering seven state standards taught so far and defined by targeted assessment questions that measure individual...

The tools I create target teachers interested in a perspective that seeks to identify patterns in student development that can be either...

SEL is not the solution! As I continue to research and further develop my philosophy and framework, it continues to be shown that SEL...

The second half of the 20th century has given rise to a deeper understanding of human development that continues to be explored - human...