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Parents and Students in Jail: How are Schools Helping?
How do Schools Support Students with Parents in Jail and Students who, Themselves, are Incarcerated?Dear Colleague,Prison. . .Jail. . .Juvenile Correction. . . Detention Facilities. . . Schools.There...
Read Full ArticleExtending the School Day? Is it Due to Ineffectiveness, Disengagement, or Enrichment?
Are Schools Extending the School Day (and Year) to Compensate for Ineffective Teaching and Student Disengagement, or to Enhance Elective, Enrichment, or Extracurricular Opportunities?Dear Colleague,As...
Read Full ArticleThe NEW ESEA Draft: Tell Congress that Capital Letters Make a Difference-- An Open Letter to Congress
How the U.S. Department of Education has Consciously Confused its Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) Framework with ESEA’s “positive behavioral supports” LanguageDear Colleagues,Pro...
Read Full ArticleMarch Madness: How Effective Schools are Like Successful Basketball Teams
How to apply the Characteristics of a Successful Basketball Program to the Design and Process of an Effective SchoolWith many sports enthusiasts spending this and next week continuing their participat...
Read Full ArticleRestorative Practices and Reducing Suspensions: The Numbers Just Don’t Add Up
A New Center for Civil Rights Remedies Report Concludes (again) that Schools are NOT Closing the Minority and Exceptional Student Discipline GapReports say that the Chicago Public Schools’ Restorative...
Read Full ArticleBe a Hero to Your District’s Administrators: How to Stop Your Best Teachers from Leaving your School, District, and their Profession
Breaking the Vicious Cycle of Recruiting, Training, and then Losing Your Best TeachersDear Colleagues,Having spent another week consulting in a very rural area of the country (and driving to work in 1...
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