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I Was a Turnaround Principal. Here’s How You Change School Culture

As a turnaround principal—a leader appointed to a low-performing or underachieving school to implement urgent, strategic, and ...
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A Simple and Effective Way to Teach Annotation

Try a straightforward three-step strategy to help students get comfortable with exploring challenging reading assignments.
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Orange County Schools say decline in enrollment is due to the state’s Step Up voucher program

ORLANDO, Fla. — School districts across Central Florida continue to report budget shortfalls. They claim the main reason is growing participation in the state’s Step Up program. Step Up provides ...
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Empowering Students Through a Focus on Incremental Progress

Elementary teachers can help students feel confident tackling big goals by encouraging them to focus on getting a little bit ...

Triad teaching duo instills love of learning in students

The saying goes, ‘teamwork makes the dream work.’ That’s definitely the case for the teaching duo of Kelley McLaughlin and Adrian Smith. Both of them teach 4th grade at Pearce Elementary School in ...

I've taught elementary school for 10 years. This is what you need to ask at your next parent-teacher conference.

Caregivers should use the 15 minutes they get during a parent-teacher conference to align on key issues. Here's what teachers ...