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June 26, 2019 Teachers Know How to Build a “Game Plan” for Student Success

If you’ve been following the World Cup this summer, you know that the U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team (USWNT) has trained diligently all season in the hopes of winning that event, for the fourth time. Their wins are rooted in setting high expectations, practicing hard,...

June 25, 2019 Giving Students the Critical Reasoning Skills They Need

How long will it take to pay off my credit card? How much medicine do I give my sick child? How do I choose an internet plan that handles all my streaming? As simplistic (and maybe random) as these questions seem, the common factor is that...

June 24, 2019 The Importance of Effective Implementation of College-and Career Readiness Standards

There are just some times I feel like I am way behind the eight ball, and implementing college and career ready standards is one of those times. I am a veteran teacher of thirty-two years but when it comes to implementing the standards I can...

June 24, 2019 Behind the Scenes: What Teachers Really Do in the Summer

Let’s take a sneak peek into what teachers really do with all that time off in the summer. This venture may not sound as cool as getting to visit behind the scenes of your favorite movie set, but I guarantee there is as much action...

June 13, 2019 Changing Direction: The Absence of Speaking and Listening Standards in ELA

One of the challenges of being a high school English teacher is that oftentimes students think there is nothing left for them to learn. “I already speak, read, and write English,” many of them explain, “why do I need to take this class?” The explanation...

June 12, 2019 Learning While School’s Out: Tips for Preventing the “Summer Slide”

This blog was originally posted on Collaborative for Student Success' website. Most kids look forward to the day that school is let out for summer vacation as much as they look forward to receiving gifts on their birthdays or candy on Halloween. I know the feeling...

May 30, 2019 Using ESSA Funding to Meet Student Needs

As an educator, moving from Arizona to Wyoming four years ago was a big change. One difference I discovered right away is that my Wyoming district was much more traditional in their approach to education. While this approach works for the majority of students in...