July 27, 2019
Begin with the End in Mind: It’s about Root Causes and Intervention—Not About Policies or PositionsDear Colleagues,Introduction Over the past year (at least), I have been writing somewhat independently about…
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July 13, 2019
While the Numbers are Important, We Need to Focus on the Reasons and SolutionsDear Colleagues,Introduction Back in March, we wrote a two-part Blog Series on the issues related to the…
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June 29, 2019
Conducting “Special Situation Analyses” for Your Hallways, Bathrooms, Buses, Playgrounds, and CafeteriaDear Colleagues,Reviewing Parts I and II of this Blog Series, and Introducing Part III This three-part Blog Series has…
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June 15, 2019
Conducting “Special Situation Analyses” for Common School Areas and Peer-Related Anti-Social BehaviorDear Colleagues,Prologue Later this week, I will be attending a small, interdisciplinary working conference, funded by the Spencer Foundation,…
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June 3, 2019
Students’ Discipline Problems are Increasing Nationally Despite Widespread SEL UseDear Colleagues,Introduction Happy June !!! With everyone consumed with testing, end-of-year activities, and graduations, it may seem counterintuitive that this is…
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May 18, 2019
The Beginning of the Next School Year Starts Now: The “Get-Go Process”Dear Colleagues,Introduction Last week, on May 17th, the 65th anniversary of the landmark Brown v. Board of Education case…
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April 27, 2019
When Schools Struggle with Struggling Students: “We Didn’t Start the Fire”Dear Colleagues,Introduction The last two weeks have been a blur. Just over two weeks ago, I landed in Singapore to…
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April 13, 2019
Hattie Discusses What to Consider, Not How to Implement It . . . More Criticisms, Critiques, and ContextsDear Colleagues,Introduction By the time you read this Blog, I will have just…
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March 30, 2019
Call Congress: The Tainting of RtI, PBIS, MTSS, and SELDear Colleagues,Introduction In Poker, a player “doubles down” when they have a losing hand, but they want the other players to…
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March 16, 2019
What State Departments of Education Need to Learn If Using PBIS to “Solve” This ProblemDear Colleagues,Introduction The number of seclusions and restraints in our nation’s schools—whether involving general education students…
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