By Amanda Lester A report released earlier this month by the Learning Policy Institute (LPI), Closing the Opportunity Gap: How Positive Outlier Districts in California Are Pursuing Equitable Access to Deeper Learning, reported on an investigation of seven “positive outlier” …
By Kristen C. Wilcox Whether tackling the challenge of differentiating literacy instruction to suit the diverse needs of children in elementary schools or engaging teens at risk of dropping out of high school, the kinds of problems educators face are …
by Amanda J. Lester; Kristen C. Wilcox (ed.) Chronic student absenteeism, typically defined as missing 10% or more school days in one academic year for either excused or unexcused reasons, is a significant problem that effects long-term student success outcomes. …
by Aaron Leo and Kristen C. Wilcox A recent report released by the National Bureau of Economic Research makes an alarming claim: the socioeconomic achievement gap hasn’t budged in fifty years. The authors base their findings on five decades of …
A report released earlier this year by the Learning Policy Institute (LPI), California’s Positive Outliers: Districts Beating the Odds, examined school districts in California to identify those that were “positive outliers”. These are schools that demonstrate the ability to support …
The National Education Policy Center (NEPC) and the Family Leadership Design Collaborative (FLDC) recently released a report. The report “Recasting Families and Communities as Co-Designers of Education in Tumultuous Times” offers insights for family and community engagement. NEPC and FLDC …
A nagging question for many school and district leaders as well as others in charge of tracking student performance is “How do our kids perform compared to those in other schools?” Collecting and interpreting data to answer that question can …
Wonder how your school compares to schools that achieve better than average graduation rates for ethnically, linguistically, and socioeconomically diverse youth? NYKids’ new self-assessment tool provides a sample of questions to help you identify areas for improvement and directs you …
While summer provides educators with opportunities for some well-deserved relaxation, it also offers opportunities to reflect and prepare for a new school year. On July 17th and 18th, educators from several school districts in the Capital Region did just that …
Summer vacation provides school leaders with a time to retool and reboot. The MiddleWeb offers Four Summer Strategies for School Leaders to make this a productive time. Though written specifically for middle school principals, the four strategies are useful for …