A Blog for Educators: Inspiring Insights for Extraordinary Outcomes

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Learning from Educators: Trust, Feedback, and Building Better Products

Discover why listening to educators, not just consulting them, is what turns feedback into real classroom change.

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Keeping Active Kids Focused: Movement-Based Strategies That Work

One teacher's movement-based strategies for keeping active, hyperactive learners focused and engaged all day long.

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Planning Explicit Instruction for Whole-Class Engagement: How I Stopped Teaching to the Same Three Kids

Speech recognition tools don't always perform equally well across students' speech. Here's what teachers can use to better understand accuracy, dialect, and trust in AI scoring.

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What Is i-Ready Inform? A Teacher's-Eye View

A former teacher breaks down how i-Ready Inform assessment works, and why getting some questions wrong is exactly the point.

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Expert Insights

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What Counts as Compelling Evidence in Education?

4-min. read

One study can't carry the whole evidence burden. Learn how to evaluate education program evidence using a portfolio approach.

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From Fragmentation to Focus: Designing for Coherence in Teaching, Learning, and Assessment

3-min. read

Discover how coherent instructional systems align curriculum, assessment, and professional learning so teachers can focus on what matters most: student growth.

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The Power of Connection: How Five Teachers Became Family—and Stronger Educators

2-min. read

This Teacher Appreciation Week, discover how an educator professional community builds connection, fuels growth, and strengthens classroom impact—through the story of five extraordinary educators.

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Keeping Active Kids Focused: Movement-Based Strategies That Work

3-min. read

An elementary school teacher shares movement-based strategies for active learners, from partner routines to room transformations that boost engagement.

Every Student Can Be a Superhero of Growth

3-min. read

What happens when you let students own their data? At Arkansas Middle School, it sparked a movement—and transformed attendance, culture, and academic growth.

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Instructional Agility Strategies Every Literacy Teacher Needs

3-min. read

Every lesson has a moment when students need something different. The ADAPT framework helps teachers respond with agility—and intention.

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What Is i-Ready Inform? A Teacher's-Eye View

3-min. read

A former classroom teacher explains how i-Ready Inform assessment works, why productive struggle matters, and what the data means for your child.

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Clarifying the Conversation around i-Ready

2-min. read

Ty Holmes joins The Education Gadfly Show to unpack the national conversation on ed tech and why purpose, not the tool itself, should drive classroom decisions.