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Know Better, Do Better: Investing In Kids’ Education

It’s the start of a new school year. Bright yellow buses make their way into neighborhoods to pick up the youth of the world and take them to school to prepare them for a brighter future. Parents congregate at the bus stops, waiting with their children and taking pictures to…

A Guide to Back-to-School Teacher Discounts for the 2022-2023 School Year

Whether you’re eagerly anticipating its arrival or trying instead to savor your few remaining vacation days, the 2022-2023 school year will be here soon. In fact, National Back to School Prep Day on August 15th is just right around the corner, and then right around the corner from that is……

7 Ways to Reward and Incentivize Teachers

Teacher turnover is a serious issue, and one that’s only gotten worse due to the stresses created by the pandemic. We’ve talked previously about ways that principals and school administrators can reduce teacher burnout and remove some of the pressures put on educators. But what are some of the ways…

Virtual Learning Lessons that Teachers Can Carry Back Into the Classroom

Necessity is the mother of invention, and virtual learning necessitated a whole lot of creative thinking by schools and educators. The shift from the classroom to the computer screen was not a comfortable transition. However, it did lead teachers to adopt new practices and technologies that they’ve since carried with…

How to Keep Your School’s Parent Teacher Organization Engaged

As the pandemic wanes in the U.S., school administrators and faculty are looking forward to students returning full-time and in-person for the upcoming school year. And after the past 18 months, your school’s PTO/PTA members are ready to get back to business. While not every parent has time or energy…

Can Student/Parent Surveys Measure Teaching Quality?

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation performed a study to answer the question: "Can well-crafted student surveys play an important role in evaluating teacher effectiveness?" What researchers discovered is incredibly important not only to students who rate their teachers, but also to parents who want the best educational experience for…

How to Use Surveys to Nail Back-to-School Plans

Let’s face it: Everyone wants K-12 kids back in school full-time, none more so than the kids themselves. But with the strict guidelines found in the CDC's "Operational Strategy for K-12 Schools through Phased Prevention," teachers, parents, students, staff—everyone—have concerns and ideas about the best way to accomplish it. How…

Behind The Numbers Podcast: Episode 1

A new podcast, you say? Indeed! There are a few questions we're always asking, and we've decided to put them to the experts in a podcast we're calling Behind The Numbers. In each episode, we'll ask our guest to tell the story behind some key numbers, and we'll dive deep…

Collect and Reflect: Our 2017 #FavoriteThings

How’s your year wrapping up? It’s been a pretty big one here. We’ve been pushing and growing, testing and experimenting. We’ve got a lot of cool stuff already happening, and plenty of other goodies in the pipeline. There’s really a lot to look forward to. Before we get too ahead…

K-12 Lesson Plan: Using Surveys to Improve Education Efforts

It’s hard enough to be a teacher or educational administrator, nowadays. Educators make a serious time commitment to helping other people, often at less-than-spectacular pay, and with a distinct lack of appreciation. As a result, anything you can do to improve the process can make a difference, whether you teach…

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