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Five Skills Colleges Really Want Now

One of the most common challenges I receive when I suggest improvements in K-12 education is, “…but this won’t help them when they go to college!” The premise of this challenge is that colleges and universities remain today as they were in centuries past: institutions that rely on multiple choice tests, one-shot opportunities for success, […]
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These Are Really Good People

Avon Avenue School in Newark, New Jersey is a magical place. Although the building is old and shows the frailties of age, the inside smells of fresh paint from the murals of the heroes children celebrate every day. But far more important than the physical structure is the spirit of the school. This K-8 school […]
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Three No Cost, No Extra Time Things You Can Do NOW to Reduce Failures Next Semester

How much money and time have you invested in one initiative or another that was designed to improve student performance, but ultimately failed?  Here are three ways to reduce failure for your next semester.  These ideas cost nothing and take no time. First, replace automated grade calculations with teacher judgment.  Most computerized grading systems use […]
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    Using Text Annotation to Support the Writing Process

    April 29, 2026
    Contributing author: Dr. Marisa Rivas

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    Is It Really Alternative—or Just a Different Address?

    In my work supporting alternative schools and programs, I’ve found that too often continuation and alternative settings inherit the same graduation requirements, schedules, grading systems, instructional routines, and pacing that failed students the first time. They are simply in a smaller setting and frequently with even fewer resources. In many cases, rigid credit requirements minimize flexibility for students and instead condemn them to hours of tedious, computer-based credit recovery.

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    A Team of One: Rethinking Singletons in Collaborative Learning Teams

    It’s one of the most common, and most limiting, statements we hear when it comes to PLCs, or what we call Collaborative Learning Teams (CLTs). Whether it’s a lone 5th grade teacher, a single PE teacher, a music teacher, the only Chemistry teacher, a specialist, or someone teaching across multiple grade levels, the conclusion is often the same: there’s no one to collaborate with. And just like that, the work stops, not because it can’t happen, but because we’ve defined collaboration too narrowly.

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Jonathan Haidt’s “The Anxious Generation”

The Missing Variable in the Childhood Attention Crisis: Parents

In this challenging article from the University of Virginia, Professor Dan Willingham requires us to reconsider the vilification of electronic devices as the source of the decline in attention and focus among today’s students.

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Gloria Mark and her book “Attention Span”

This week’s evidence comes from Microsoft researcher and University of California professor Gloria Mark in her book “Attention Span”.

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Take a Closer Look at the “Mississippi Miracle”

Mississippi educators and leaders can take justifiable pride in the progress that students have made.  Throughout the 80s and 90s, Mississippi, one of the poorest states in the Union, was a reliable last-place finisher in national education scores such as NAEP.  But in recent years, the state has led the nation in reading gains.

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Research Wednesday

Gloria Mark and her book “Attention Span”

This week’s evidence comes from Microsoft researcher and University of California professor Gloria Mark in her book “Attention Span”.

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Research Wednesday

Jonathan Haidt’s “The Anxious Generation”

The Missing Variable in the Childhood Attention Crisis: Parents

In this challenging article from the University of Virginia, Professor Dan Willingham requires us to reconsider the vilification of electronic devices as the source of the decline in attention and focus among today’s students.

Read More
Blog

Take a Closer Look at the “Mississippi Miracle”

Mississippi educators and leaders can take justifiable pride in the progress that students have made.  Throughout the 80s and 90s, Mississippi, one of the poorest states in the Union, was a reliable last-place finisher in national education scores such as NAEP.  But in recent years, the state has led the nation in reading gains.

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  • Research Wednesday

    Using Text Annotation to Support the Writing Process

    April 29, 2026
    Contributing author: Dr. Marisa Rivas

    Read More
  • Blog

    Is It Really Alternative—or Just a Different Address?

    In my work supporting alternative schools and programs, I’ve found that too often continuation and alternative settings inherit the same graduation requirements, schedules, grading systems, instructional routines, and pacing that failed students the first time. They are simply in a smaller setting and frequently with even fewer resources. In many cases, rigid credit requirements minimize flexibility for students and instead condemn them to hours of tedious, computer-based credit recovery.

    Read More
  • Blog

    A Team of One: Rethinking Singletons in Collaborative Learning Teams

    It’s one of the most common, and most limiting, statements we hear when it comes to PLCs, or what we call Collaborative Learning Teams (CLTs). Whether it’s a lone 5th grade teacher, a single PE teacher, a music teacher, the only Chemistry teacher, a specialist, or someone teaching across multiple grade levels, the conclusion is often the same: there’s no one to collaborate with. And just like that, the work stops, not because it can’t happen, but because we’ve defined collaboration too narrowly.

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  • Research Wednesday

    Supporting Women in Educational Leadership

    April 22, 2026
    Contributing author: Dr. Majalise Tolan

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    From PLC Meetings to Instructional Reliability

    April 15, 2026
    Contributing author: Dr. Gregory VanHorn

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    Uncomplicated Grading Reform

    April 8, 2026
    Contributing author: Dr. Emily Freeland

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Working with Pam and the creative leadership solution team has developed my own leadership and the leadership of our administrative team to improve the effectiveness of our PLC teams at our site. Most importantly, overall instruction has improved through this process. CLS has created a focus on strengthening individual PLC teams through focused conversations, strategic questions, and a commitment to basing what we do on evidence of learning.
Justin Woodbridge Principal Enochs High School
I just wanted to say thank you. Your support, guidance, and inspiration have meant so much throughout this journey. You’ve helped strengthen our PLCs in meaningful ways, and your presence will truly be missed.
Denise Powell Principal Modesto USD, Lakewood Elementary
Linda has been an active and consistent presence in all of our Building Leadership Team meetings, offering invaluable expertise as we work through our Fearless Grading book study. With her support, we have already made meaningful strides in our grading reform efforts, and her partnership has kept our work focused, productive, and energizing.
Jennifer Buscher Principal David Douglas High School