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Tackling Chronic Absenteeism

Tracking  absences quarterly allows schools to spot trends and changes faster, whether they be  something to celebrate or a student who needs more support. When we track the number of absences by quarter, just a few missed days in a row can trigger early intervention or celebration.   [read more]
  • Erin Asselin, Linzi Golding, Melanie Gonzalez

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Learning Danish by Selling Potions

Imagine peering down an ordinary school hallway, clutching an entry ticket that was sent to you. You turn a corner [read more]
  • Trine Agerbak
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Everyone Can Lead with Data

Now that I support 19 schools, I’ve come to understand that the “conduit role” is necessary but not sufficient. The [read more]
  • Amanda Baltikas
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How (and Why) to Do a White Board Assessment

There was one student in particular, who I’ll call “Alex.” He excelled in conversations with his peers and often shared [read more]
  • Michael Chin

From The Current Issue

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We Have All This Data, Now What?

Too often when teachers get data, they don’t know what to do with it. At the University of Chicago Middle [read more]
  • Jennifer Ciok, Naomi Wilfred
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HTe Imagineering: A Cultural Journey

Fifth graders designed themed park lands based on cultural characteristics to inform their engineering and design choices. [read more]
  • Bailey Wallace, Jeff Govoni, Jenny Merrill
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WIN Time at Parkway Academy

Parkway faculty carved out time in their daily schedule to pull specific groups of students to work on a particular [read more]
  • Alec Patton, Justin Yaptangco, Tony Sandoval
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The Power of YES

It was the week before the exhibition at High Tech Middle Chula Vista. My eighth-grade class had spent the last [read more]
  • Loni Berqvist

Issue 28: Spring 2025

May, 2025

Improvement

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Fix the System, Not the Kids: Network for College Success

Stacey Caillier talked to Network for College Success's Adelric "Del" McCain and Sarah Howard about how Chicago Public schools increased [read more]
  • Adelric McCain, Sarah Howard, Stacey Caillier
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Supporting Change Across Complex Systems

Tracy Fray-Oliver talks to Stacey Caillier about creating system change by engaging people at all levels of the system [read more]
  • Stacey Caillier, Tracy Fray-Oliver

STEM

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Raptors for Rodents

We were literally seeing mice run across our floors during our morning meetings. [read more]
  • Jeff Govoni
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How Rafia Made It All Add Up

She spent the next five days obsessing over the problem amidst reams of paper, half-chewed pencils and scattered notebooks [read more]
  • Aneesa Jamal

Education Accessibility

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The Long Road: (Re)Segregation in America

Gary Orfield co-founded the Harvard Civil Rights Project and is currently Co-Director of... [read more]
  • Gary Orfield
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Your Inner Warrior

The Inner Warrior Project, the first project to kick off the semester in multimedia... [read more]
  • Maria McTighe’s Class

Arts & Literacy

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Ron Berger on Beautiful Lessons and “No Lesson at All”

Alec talks to Ron Berger about what he's learned about teaching literacy [read more]
  • Alec Patton, Ron Berger
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Colonies, Clusters, and Classrooms?

Students researched a variety of animal communities through fieldwork, experts, ... [read more]
  • Chelsea Pasfield, Grace Kegley, Shelby Fuentes

Leadership

Culturally Responsive Continuous Improvement

  • Dr. Michelle Sadrena Pledger

Continuous Improvement: Teacher Induction

  • Alec Patton, Briony Chown, Julie Holmes, Julie Ruble, Ryan Gallagher, Stacey Caillier

Student Consulting

  • Anna Chiles, Ben Sanoff, Chloe Larson, Janie Griswold, Julia Rosecrans

Elementary

Finding Inspiration From Beyond the Classroom

  • Katie Morrison, Matt Swanson

ANIMON

  • Connie Tosaya, Gigi Neidiffer, Kari Shelton, Nicole Ramirez, Rina Vinetz

Let’s Go Fly a Kite

  • Dani Phillips, Meg Hassey

Middle School

San Diego/Tijuana Crossed Gazes

  • Dr. Norma Iglesias-Prieto, Zoë Randall

The Chimera Project

  • Isaac Stanford

The End of the World Uncovered

  • Allie Wong, Bobby Shaddox, Mike Vasquez

High School

The Boneyard Project

  • Nick Ehlers

The Power of an Internship

  • Brent Spirnak, Carlos Moreno

Chemistry and Conflict

  • Daisy Sharrock, Peter Jana

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