Education

By Brit Seward, M.Ed., School Improvement Representative, Mathematics Support My coach often says, “Don’t call me coach if you’re not willing to be coached.” That statement stays with me because coaching only works when you are coachable. Being coachable means listening, reflecting, understanding, adjusting, celebrating wins, and taking responsibility when the results are not what

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

Each year, Buckeye Community Hope Foundation sponsors a writing challenge for grades three through twelve to emphasize the importance of writing in academic achievement. No matter the grade level and no matter the future plans for students, writing and thinking will be an integral part of their lives. Never has that been more apparent than in a

The Ohio Department of Education and Workforce releases the Ohio School Report Cards annually to provide parents, caregivers, community members, educators, and policymakers information about district and school performance — to celebrate successes and identify areas for improvement. The data provided through the Ohio School Report Cards allows the Department to identify schools and districts which are consistently

By Stan Nicol, BCHF Data Analysis Representative  The Ohio Department of Education and Workforce Development (ODEW) defines Chronic Absenteeism as the percentage of students missing ten percent or more of the possible instructional hours. Nationally, Chronic Absence rates have improved since 2022 but are still much higher than the years prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.  Figure 1 below shows the National and Ohio State