Six Ways Principals Can Improve Teacher Morale

Six Ways Principals Can Improve Teacher Morale

As school leaders plan for the upcoming year, many are thinking deeply about how to welcome back a workforce stretched thin. Educators want more than occasional treats—they need meaningful support and structural relief. Here are six practical ways principals can...
Standardized Testing: Early Planning for the Months Ahead

Standardized Testing: Early Planning for the Months Ahead

Whether you love standardized testing season or despise it — or, more likely, if you fall somewhere between these extremes — it’s a reality of education at all levels. Although standardized testing occurs throughout the year depending on the grade level and type of...
Avoiding the Late-Autumn Slump

Avoiding the Late-Autumn Slump

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...