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September 11, 2018
Sunscreen, beach towels, and a boatload of books. In the summer of 2016, K–5 students from the Red Clay Consolidated School District in Wilmington, Delaware, used their mobile devices to access thousands of books with myON®, by Renaissance®. The following […]
September 10, 2018
While demographics matter, they don’t always predict a school’s performance. For example, take one school that serves a community where the median income approaches $90,0001, creating a strong tax base that bolsters education. The other school, just a few hundred […]
July 25, 2018
Literacy is an inclusive, community imperative that extends well beyond the schools and campuses of Mission Consolidated Independent School District (MCISD), located in western Hidalgo County, Texas, just across the Rio Grande River from Mexico. MCISD serves close to 16,000 […]
May 31, 2018
It has all the makings of a classic hoops tale—bracket predictions, fierce competition, and a trash-talking title run from a Cinderella team. But in this tale, the basketballs are books and the hoopsters are a team of pumped-up students at […]
May 24, 2018
The summer slide isn’t just the bane of fall-semester teachers. Studies suggest that for disadvantaged students, summer learning loss can be the primary contributor to a reading achievement gap that leaves students three years behind by the end of ninth […]
May 23, 2018
Sandra (Sandi) Jones is the principal of Mangham Elementary School, a small pre-K–5 school in northeastern Louisiana. Jones was recently named Richland Parish Principal of the Year and a 2018 Louisiana Principal of the Year finalist, one of just nine […]
April 27, 2018
For many New England schools, April assessments are about as welcome as a late-season nor’easter. But in Haverhill, Massachusetts, this year’s standardized tests present a unique opportunity for schools to showcase hard-earned academic gains. Dr. Erin Hagerty is the testing […]
March 28, 2018
In 2017, the U.S. Department of Education presented its coveted National Blue Ribbon School award to just 50 private schools. Saint Peter’s Catholic School in Waldorf, Maryland, was one of them. Lieutenant Colonel John R. (J.R.) West began his career […]
March 15, 2018
Skeptics might reasonably argue that fixing a school’s chronically poor reading scores takes years, not months. But at Northwest High School in Hughesville, Missouri, a determined community of educators, students, and parents implemented a reading assessment and intensive intervention program […]