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by Ben Chase Ben Chase is a guest blogger and educator from Noble High School.A few weeks ago, I found myself almost yelling at my high school students because they weren’t participating in online class. They didn’t appreciate it. My frustration came from a place of love, and was my attempt at holding them to high […]

by David Ruff Last week a violent insurrection attempted to stop the final step to officially confirm Joe Biden and Kamala Harris as the next President and Vice President of the United States. The videos, pictures, and commentary from the attack are highly disturbing and troubling for most Americans, and I am grateful our representatives in

by David Ruff Politics and education are never far apart. Costs for public education are paid out of tax dollars, and governance of school districts is led by public boards, which are typically comprised of non-educators. Schools serve a pivotal public role and as educators, we need to do a much better job engaging with our

by Jean Haeger Educating our youth through a pandemic is causing us to rethink almost everything we do in schools. How do we know what’s working? We know that for the majority of our students, families, and staff, in-person learning is the preferred modality, but not for everyone. How might we determine what’s actually working better

by Kate Gardoqui The Great Schools Partnership recently published a tool called Using Data to Inform Instruction, which can help educators make sense of data and use it to inform meaningful adjustments to practice. Collecting and analyzing data is a critical part of being a reflective and evolving educator; data, whether it is in the form

by Christina Horner A school’s educational equity statement should be more than just words. Educational equity should be at the heart of what all schools say and do. If your school is truly committed to educational equity, it will be evident in what you see, hear, and feel in every aspect of school life. In humans,

by Jean Haeger Perhaps you’ve always wanted to extend students’ learning opportunities beyond the classroom walls, or, perhaps this pandemic has highlighted the need for learning to happen even when students are not physically present. Our current reality opens up both the possibility and the necessity of broadening our view of where and how students learn.

by Christina Horner  There is no profession or vocation more noble, more powerful, or of greater influence than teaching. Teachers are crucial in the development of youth and the advancement of the society in which we all live. Teachers are critical in laying the foundation that enable youth to feel like they belong and envision

by Kate Gardoqui The COVID-19 shutdown has closed off so many opportunities to so many students; in some ways, the education story of this year is a story of uncountable losses. However, in schools across the country, creative teachers are working with imagination and resourcefulness to ensure that while the shutdown has closed many doors, it

by Christina Horner “Our nation was born in genocide when it embraced the doctrine that the original American, the Indian, was an inferior race. Even before there were large numbers of Negroes on our shores, the scar of racial hatred had already disfigured colonial society. From the sixteenth century forward, blood flowed in battles of racial