by Karla Lewellyn | Feb 20, 2025
As you and your students head back into the building after the unannounced fire drill, you realize you’re already 15 minutes behind in your lesson. As soon as you get the students’ attention back, a voice bellows over the intercom, proclaiming this semester’s honor...
by Karla Lewellyn | Nov 25, 2024
Teachers are constantly bombarded with the phrases “yearly student progress” and “data-based assessment,” and with good reason: These benchmarks are crucial to the process of learning. Teachers desire their students to make progress, and data-based assessment provides...
by Karla Lewellyn | Nov 14, 2024
It’s that time of the school year: Pencils disappear, interruptions increase, days shorten, holidays approach, and temperatures drop. The newness has worn off. Most teachers and experts recognize that late autumn elicits a distinct period of mid-year slump, partly...
