I ran across a blog post the other day that was hard to read. Hard because it reminded me of how overwhelmed I felt every time I got an assignment by a student in one of my college writing classes...
Read moreCrystal Braswell is the kind of person who will call you “sweetie” just minutes into meeting you for the first time, but only in that rare way that makes you feel like you’ve known her your...
Read moreGraduation is just around the corner for seniors around the country. As many look to what comes next, some are taking time to look back and think about everything learning amid a pandemic has taught...
Read moreMany of us are worried about how kids are doing in math right now. NWEA research released in December 2020 gives us reason to be concerned: students in grades 3–8 had a 5–10 percentile point drop...
Read moreEvery December, I wait impatiently for Google to release their annual year-in-search video. I may shrug at the references I plumb don’t get, blaming my age or aversion to social media, but the...
Read moreThings are really hard right now. (How’s that for stating the obvious?) As a mom of two preschoolers (that’s them above), I count my lucky stars every day that their school is open again, that...
Read moreWhen I was 13, my family moved to Miami, Florida. About eight weeks after we landed, on August 24, 1992, so did Hurricane Andrew. One of only four Category 5 hurricanes to strike land in the US,...
Read moreYou’ve tested with MAP® Growth™ (or will soon). Now what? For many schools, learning isn’t looking like it did in January—and it certainly isn’t looking like many of us hoped. The silver...
Read moreAs school resumes during one of the most unusual and uneven learning periods in recent times, it’s more important than ever to understand what students have learned and what they’re ready to...
Read moreIt’s been a depressing summer. Coronavirus infection rates continue to rise in most of the country, and everything about the 2020–21 school year is overwhelmingly uncertain. The hope most of us...
Read moreWhoever first told the story that educators just lounge around all summer had a very vivid imagination. You and I both know it’s pure fiction. It seems like, every year, the digital ink on final...
Read moreWhen I joined Chemeketa Community College, in Salem, Oregon, in 2011, word quickly got around that the English department finally had a faculty member who could check the box for Hispanic on the job...
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