July 31, 2021
The Critical Common Sense Components Needed to Eliminate Disproportionate School Discipline Referrals and Suspensions for Students of Color: This is NOT About Critical Race Theory (But We Discuss It)Dear Colleagues,Introduction In…
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July 10, 2021
Reconsidering or Rejecting SEL/Character Education, Meditation/Mindfulness/Trauma-Informed, and Restorative Justice Programs (Part II)Put on Your Hard Hat and Bring Your Lunch Pail[CLICK HERE for the Full Version of this Blog]Dear Colleagues,Introduction …
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June 26, 2021
Reconsidering or Rejecting Collective Teacher Efficacy and the Acceleration of Students Who are Academically Behind (Part I)Take the Bus, Get Off the BandwagonDear Colleagues,Introduction While some are on summer…
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June 5, 2021
Maximizing Meeting Participation and Productivity: Is Everyone “Bringing It” to Your (Virtual or In-Person) Meeting? Why Be There if You’re Not There?Dear Colleagues,Introduction As a consultant to many school districts…
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May 29, 2021
Sustaining Student Outcomes Beyond the Pandemic: Where Districts Need to Allocate Their American Rescue Plan (2021) Funds Lessons Learned from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (2009)[Originally Published on May 22, 2021; Updated on May 29, 2021]Dear Colleagues,Preface and Context …
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May 1, 2021
Addressing Students’ Social, Emotional, and Behavioral Needs: All is Not What it Appears to BeRemembering Bob Slavin and Applying his LegacyDear Colleagues,Introduction I had a totally different Blog in mind…
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April 17, 2021
Reconciling “Civil Liberty” Claims that Compromise Public Health and Student Welfare:When a “Me-First” Perspective Undermines Our “We-First” NeedsDear Colleagues,Introduction No one promised that Life would be easy. But on some…
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April 3, 2021
Why Schools Need to Evaluate and Validate Before They Select and Direct (Their New Federal Funds to Services and Interventions)Be Cautious—What We Don’t Know about Student Mental Health and the…
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March 20, 2021
A Consumer Alert: Student Awareness Does Not Usually Change Student Behavior-- Do We Need to Dig a Moat Around CASEL’s Approach to Social-Emotional Learning (SEL)?Dear Colleagues,Introduction: Schools, as Consumers, are Responsible…
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March 6, 2021
A Pandemic Playbook to Organize Your School’s Academic and Social-Emotional Strategies Now and for the 2021-2022 School Year: Where We’ve Been and What You Should DoDear Colleagues,Introduction With the “first anniversary”…
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