Getting Ready for College
I’ve been writing about college readiness in my last few blogs, including what schools can do to prepare students for college by strengthening school culture Read More →
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Are Parents College and Career Parenthood-Ready?
My husband and I share an observation made in recent years: Some people will research a refrigerator purchase more than they will research their kids’ college choices. Read More →
The future of #edtech is now
My professional life revolves around education and I am constantly thinking how to better integrate technology to leverage great thinking. It’s both… Read More →
Tracking Resources for Common Core Math Standards
The Mathematics Common Core State Standards (CCSS) were finalized and published two years ago with all but four states adhering to their concepts and processes… Read More →
Reflections
I’ve developed and written many videos over the course of my career. Some have been intended for national broadcast, others for smaller audiences… Read More →
The Best-laid Plans of Mice and Men Often Go Awry
How do we make right a lesson that has gone wrong? This is the question teacher Sarah Brown Wessling addresses in her video When a Lesson Goes Wrong. As you … Read More →
Difficulty of Sustaining Change in Education
I have been reading several blogs recently and have to say that I am impressed with much of the thinking that is being expressed in the blogosphere currently. I think … Read More →
A Book Not By the Book
Our grown son is a journalist and author. On a recent visit home, he did a reading, discussion and signing of his new book at a wonderful local bookstore. It … Read More →
Tracking vs. On Track for College
We use terms like tracking and on track interchangeably, referring to monitoring student’s progress toward high school graduation and college enrollment… Read More →
Listening to the Real Experts About What it Takes to be Ready for College
There is much talk about preparing students for college and careers by the time they graduate from high school. How much of that talk involves those who are closest to … Read More →