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Getting the right people on the bus.

The process for hiring and recruiting staff has been reduced to algorithms that filter by keyword, but building the right team should...

6 Must Haves for School Districts to be Successful in Remote and Hybrid Learning

For this school year to be successful, we have to take the 40,000 foot view and make sure we have the systems and structures in place to...

I learned remotely for 3 years and my favorite classes did this...

When I defended my dissertation in the Fall of 2019 I was certain that I would never be stuck on a zoom call again. I had spent three...

When discussing opening schools, we must look to global examples

When looking at the approaches other countries have employed to open their schools, it is abundantly clear that opening in full should be...

Re-Opening Plans Should Continue with the Hypothesis that Children are Vectors

My children spend time in two households and this continued throughout the stay-at-home order in Massachusetts. In the beginning of May,...

We Need to Stop Dehumanizing the Teaching Profession

I was in 8th grade and I was having a hard time fitting in. I sat at a table of three on the left side of the room in a make-shift...

Looking at Social-Emotional Learning and Engagement through an Equity Lens

I've been to so many conferences where the keynote speaker talked about classrooms without walls, making global connections, and making...

Tackling Social-Emotional Learning in a Remote Environment

Remote learning has highlighted significant inequities in K-12 education, but those inequities are not just curricular and they are...

The Conversation on Equity that is long overdue in K-12 Education

Recent events in the US and our K-12 education system have exacerbated what should already be blatantly clear to education policymakers:...

Managing Remote Learning from a Parent Perspective with an Educator Flair

I know everyone everywhere has been posting about remote learning and options for parents and teachers, but I've decided to still posting...

5 ways to encourage Communication and Collaboration in Math Class

Communication and Collaboration in the Mathematics classroom can sometimes be an afterthought. As teachers, we are prone to focusing on...

5 Things Math Teachers can do to support Social and Emotional Learning

The Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks added an 8th Guiding Principle for Massachusetts Mathematics Programs on Social and Emotional...

5 ways to break the cycle of Repetitive Math Homework

I've been thinking a lot on alternative ways to assign students homework in Math class. Out of habit, we tend to assign students practice...

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