Tag: Department of Education Policies

The Journey toward Real School Equity: Students’ Needs Should Drive Student Services … and Funding (Part II)

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…

Solving Student Crises in the Context of School Inequity: The Case for “Core-Plus District Funding” (Part I)

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,…

The Art of Doubling Down: How the U.S. Department of Education Creates Grant Programs to Fund and Validate its own Frameworks

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…

States Take Note: How to Really Address the School Seclusion and Restraint Epidemic (Part II)

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…

Congress Take Note: How to Really Address the School Seclusion and Restraint Epidemic (Part I)

March 2, 2019

The U.S. Department of Education Keeps Pushing PBIS, but PBIS Ain’t Got Nothing to GiveDear Colleagues,Introduction   Seclusions (including isolation) and physical restraints (including mechanical and…

Redesigning Multi-Tiered Services in Schools

February 16, 2019

Redefining the Tiers and the Difference between Services and InterventionsDear Colleagues,Introduction   During the past month or so, I have been updating my electronic monograph, A…

New Rand Corporation Study Finds Restorative Practices Produce Mixed and Underwhelming Results

January 26, 2019

New Rand Corporation Study Finds Restorative Practices Produce Mixed and Underwhelming Results:  But Some Publications are “Spinning” the Outcomes and Twisting these ResultsDear Colleagues,Introduction   In order…

The Year in Review: Successful School Safety and Equity in School Discipline (Part II)

January 12, 2019

Putting Politics Aside to Protect our Kids—A Review of the Federal Commission’s School Safety ReportDear Colleagues,Introduction   Happy New Year !!!  I hope that everyone had…

The U.S. Department of Education Wants to “Rethink Special Education,” But Is It Willing to Look at Itself First?

September 22, 2018

The Department Needs to Change the Office of Special Education Programs at the “Top” in Order to Successfully Impact our Classrooms at the “Bottom”Dear Colleagues,Introduction   Last week…

Students’ Mental Health Status, and School Safety, Discipline, and Disproportionality: An Anthology of Previous Blogs

August 18, 2018

Integrating Successful Research-to-Practice Strategies into the New School Year (Part II of II)Dear Colleagues,Introduction:  Change is Hard   As I continue to collaborate with educators across…