News: School Policy
National Policies, State Procedures, and Local Practices: Avoiding Untested Traps and Unhelpful Trends
Links to My “Most-Liked” Blogs: Effective Practice, Questionable Policies, and Unproven BandwagonsDear Colleague,Since 2003, I have been writing this Blog. . . analyzing essential policies and critica...
Read Full ArticleStart the School Day Later? How Students Use their After-School Time, Media and Smartphones, and Opportunities to Sleep
Use Your Time to Read this Blog !!!Dear Colleagues,As we all take time this long holiday weekend to think about everything that we are thankful for, I’ve been thinking about the issue of time that kee...
Read Full ArticleWant to Improve Student Learning? Look at your “Instructional Environments”
Standards Don’t Teach. . . Teachers Do! How to Improve Classroom SuccessDear Colleagues,It’s easy to get personally overwhelmed in today’s day and age. We are bombarded by the 24/7 news cycle, constan...
Read Full ArticleNew NEA Policy Brief on School Discipline Highlights Project ACHIEVE as Effective Model
NEA Brief Describes Project ACHIEVE’s Successful School Discipline, Classroom Management, and Student Self-Management ApproachesDear Colleague,As the new school year begins for many of us, the importa...
Read Full ArticleSchool Improvement? The Questions your Department of Education Needs to Know
A New Federal Report Confirms that State Departments of Education are Trying, but Not Succeeding. . .Twelve Essential School Improvement Questions Needed to Jump-Start the ProcessDear Colleague,OK. ....
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...
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