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By Dane Puterbaugh Accountability and School Improvement Representative The summer is a wonderful time to work in education. From the outside, it looks like we all take the summer off and sit poolside with mystery novels and cool drinks. The reality is the work never stops, it just looks different. Summer provides a time to “sharpen

By Mindy Farry Accountability and School Improvement Representative By the time you’re reading this article, classrooms are airing out, teachers are decorating bulletin boards, buses are running, and everyone is wondering the same thing: “How do we make this our best year yet?” The answer isn’t found in January data meetings or spring testing. It starts long

By Mindy Farry, School Improvement and Accountability Representative Have you been trying to “ditch” the worksheets but find more and more teachers relying on worksheets and materials provided by your curriculum resources, AI, or worse yet….gasp…Teachers Pay Teachers? Worksheets are comfortable, easy to use, sometimes aligned to the standards, but very seldom aligned to the depth of

By Carol S. Young, Ph.D., Director, Accountability and School Improvement Summer is the time of year that school leaders review performance for the previous year to prepare for the year ahead. Leaders approach this task in two separate ways: as a post-mortem or as a window of opportunity. Contrasting questions illustrate how the tone differs for