10 tips to boost executive function
Every day in the classroom, students are expected to engage in tasks such as paying attention to and remembering information, completing their work on time, waiting to speak…
Month: July 2018
5 grants to address digital inequities and fund classrooms
School leaders consistently identify high costs and shrinking budgets as a top barrier to implementing new technology tools and programs. As back-to-school approaches, many educators are faced with…
3 outstanding tips for training new and veteran teachers
Research tells us that students’ attention spans correlate to their ages, but did you know that this applies to adults as well? In fact, humans have less of…
A 3-step recipe for personalized learning
What are the ingredients and directions in a recipe for personalized learning? Take one learning platform (because we want only one place to go for everything) and add…
It’s time to change our learning model
As a 22-year-old first-year teacher, I was introduced to one of the biggest challenges within our schools. While setting up my classroom, my principal came by to deliver…
10 districts with awesome brands
No one is great at everything, but everyone is great at something. These 10 school districts identified why their district is awesome, then structured everything they do around…
Get the most out of LinkedIn
Until recently my professional social media presence was exclusively on Twitter (@matthewxjoseph). That was until I had a conversation with a successful and reputable professional—Rita Oates—who told me…
Are virtual schools failing students?
Virtual schools continued to under-perform academically, including in comparison to blended schools. Overall, 36.4 percent of full-time virtual schools and 43.1 percent of blended schools received acceptable performance…
Does your district’s PL measure up?
Is your current professional learning (PL) program aligned with the federal definition of professional learning? Can you measure your progress against your organizational goals? How does your organization…
5 things districts are doing to close the homework gap
Despite a brighter spotlight on digital equity, gaps still remain, including the troubling and persistent homework gap--but a newly-relaunched digital equity toolkit aims to highlight the important work…