At Buckeye Community School Springfield (BCSS), this year’s Black History Month celebration took on a deeply personal and heartfelt tone. Students were invited to create art projects highlighting a Black hero in their lives. While many chose to feature well-known historical or cultural figures, one student took a different and meaningful approach. Jullian, a talented […]
Serving More Than Food: A BCSS Hero Recognized Read More »
As part of our ongoing strategic planning work with The National Charter Schools Institute, our Education Division has been taking time to reconnect with our “why”—the personal purpose that drives each of us in education. This reflection has reminded us that behind every role and every initiative are powerful stories rooted in service to students
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By Sandra Harris, School Improvement Representative Think of a time when you wanted to ask for assistance but didn’t feel comfortable in doing so! Now, think of a moment when you just needed extra time to perform a given task, but as you looked around, everyone else completed it! Now, think of how it made
Learning Differences in Reading, Writing, and Arithmetic… OH MY! Read More »
As part of our ongoing strategic planning work with The National Charter Schools Institute, our Education Division has been taking time to reconnect with our “why”—the personal purpose that drives each of us in education. This reflection has reminded us that behind every role and every initiative are powerful stories rooted in service to students
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By Dane Puterbaugh, School Improvement Representative If you have ever attended a professional development session with me in the last three years, there is a good chance you have heard me talk about the “stress-as-enhancing” mindset study published in Nature in 2022. I love this study. If my wife found out how often I think about this
Our Education Division has been working on strategic planning with The National Charter Schools Institute. A key part of the experience has been reconnecting with our “why” in education, a reflection on the personal purpose that drives our work. We’re excited to share our stories in upcoming Sponsor Updates. This month, we’re featuring Sandra Harris,
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By Illie Massey, School Improvement Representative Early in my work with urban schools, I visited a building that had been labeled “low performing” for years. The hallways were quiet, student work was minimal, and much of the instruction I observed centered on remediation. In one classroom, a teacher shared, almost apologetically, that she avoided grade
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Our Education Division has been working on strategic planning with The National Charter Schools Institute. A key part of the experience has been reconnecting with our “why” in education, a reflection on the personal purpose that drives our work. We’re excited to share our stories in upcoming Sponsor Updates. This month, we’re featuring Karen Rose,
Rooted in Student Advocacy: Karen Rose’s “Why” Read More »
By Dr. Zoe Plotnick, School Improvement Representative School leadership practices that center student voice support learning environments that are equitable, inclusive and responsive. For schools serving students from traditionally underserved populations, however, collecting and acting on student experience data must become an imperative. Students with disabilities, multilingual learners, at-promise youth, and students from other marginalized
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We’re delighted to share that this year’s holiday card will once again spotlight the remarkable creativity of students in our sponsored schools. Learners from across all grade levels were invited to submit their festive artwork, and we’re proud to congratulate this year’s winners: Tayla, a 7th grader from Horizon Science Academy Columbus Middle School, and
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