I recently got engaged to be married, which is a very exciting time, and also one filled with lots of details and questions to consider. In order to start planning a wedding, and navigating all the conversations and details that entails, I need information fast. The good news is there are hundreds of resources online…
As Polk County’s Jared Bigham makes the transition from principal to instructional leader, follow his posts on the SCORE Sheet to find out what that change really means. My mama used to make pound cakes for me when I was growing up. For those of you who are not baking savvy, I will let you…
I was privileged last month to attend the World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE) in Doha, Qatar. The Learners’ Voice program brought together 30 young people from 24 countries. There were two primary takeaways I had from the WISE Summit, first with respect to the love of learning and the second regarding the role of…
This post originally appeared in the 12/12/12 Commercial Appeal. There I was. A former honor student who had graduated at the top of her class, gotten a 5 on four of the six Advanced Placement exams I had taken, been accepted to all 10 colleges I’d applied to, staring at words I had never seen…
Over the past five years, I’ve learned that parent engagement is more than just calling home. It is building deep, meaningful relationships with parents rooted in your mutual love for that student and commitment to their success. When I started my first year of teaching in 2007 in Chicago, I thought I knew this. Calling…