What’s Age Got To Do With It?
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What’s Age Got To Do With It?

  I recently listened to the Revisionist History podcast episode Outliers, Revisited. In the episode, Malcolm Gladwell investigates the privilege that athletes and students have based on their birth dates.…
Expecting Different Results
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Expecting Different Results

  “Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.”   As I write this, there are 34 days left in the school year. Students…
What Some Hold Important
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What Some Hold Important

  We will soon see the majority of our students back in our schools for the first time in over a year. Many of these students have not seen a…
The Test
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The Test

  Is this going to be on the test? So many kids ask this question.   Unfortunately, they have been conditioned to learn that the important stuff is on the…
Dear Whoever Will Listen
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Dear Whoever Will Listen

  Dear Whoever Will Listen: I received a three page memo today outlining the process for our state assessment. The information includes important activities and key dates, and lets us…
It’s Not a Race
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It’s Not a Race

  It’s not a race. What we are learning right now is that there is a lot more that is important compared to covering standards, taking tests, and administering curriculum.…
Testing Season
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Testing Season

  Testing season is necessary. At least that’s what they say. A measure of accountability. Making sure that educators are doing their job.   And so, we ask our students…
Great Bubbles
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Great Bubbles

Asking students to practice making great bubbles?! Really?
Grade Level Testing
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Grade Level Testing

  When a student is reading below grade level   we let them read books that are below grade level.   However, when we test them we often give them…