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Correcting the Flaws: The Feds’ Thinking on Academic Proficiency and Results Driven Accountability
Connecting and Correcting the Flaws in (ESEA's) High Stakes Proficiency Assessments of Students' Academic Achievement and (OSEP's) the New Special Education Results Driven Accountability SystemDear Co...
Read Full ArticleAcademically Struggling and Behaviorally Challenging Students: Your Doctor Wouldn’t Practice this Way
Why We Need to Validate the “Experts’” RecommendationsDear Colleagues,As I work with schools and districts nationwide— helping them to address the needs of academically struggling or behaviorally chal...
Read Full ArticleA New Federal Report Documents What Low-Performing are NOT Doing to Succeed
The Problem? The U.S. Department of Education's School Improvement Practices do not Guide Real SuccessMoving Toward Solutions: 12 Questions that WILL Guide School Improvement SuccessOver the past week...
Read Full ArticleSchool Improvement Succeeds only with Shared Leadership: A Field-Tested Blueprint
Matching the Essential Components of School Improvement with a School-level Committee Structure that Facilitates Shared Leadership and Staff/Student SuccessAll schools need to improve. . . to look at...
Read Full ArticleAnother Federal Push… What’s the Deal with Trauma Sensitive Schools?
Why Schools Can't Become Trauma-Sensitive Unless They Simultaneously Address Bullying, Exposure to Violence, Persistent Academic Failure, and Other Student Mental Health IssuesI hope you are doing wel...
Read Full ArticleMinneapolis Superintendent Bans Most Suspensions for their Youngest Students
What Districts Need to do Instead of Suspending (Young) Students: Effective Student, Staff, and Student ApproachesToday, I am writing this E-Blast at 30,000 feet as I return from presenting a workshop...
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