Perfecting the Practice

By Nina Glassen
Posted on 1/29/2020 - 4 minute read

The informal book club approach allowed for reciprocal learning to take place. Colleagues shared ideas and wonderings with one another and learned something along the way; each staff member benefiting from hearing the others' experiences, rationale, and perspective.

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By Charlotte Ashford, Ed.D.
Posted on 1/28/2020 - 4 minute read

I expected parents to write answers that were math-related since I was a math teacher. However, parents wrote from their hearts, and with such complete transparency that it brought me to tears and gave me a glimpse of the struggles they faced.

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By Caroline C Lee, PhD.
Posted on 1/13/2020 - 7 minute read

We don’t want to further burden our classroom teachers, but perhaps it’s time to discuss a larger systemic, philosophical shift on the purpose of education. As we see anxiety and depression growing at alarming rates in our students, early intervention is imperative. Not just a one-time program or short lesson taught by a school counselor, but an ongoing, integrated practice of these skills.

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By Elizabeth Burright
Posted on 1/9/2020 - 6 minute read

At our first meeting I let her know that I knew she had been using self-harm.  She agreed to show me, and it took everything in me not to cry.  On the inside of both arms she had at least a dozen, two-inch long slash marks.

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By Joannie Yang
Posted on 11/4/2019 - 3 minute read

Ever since I was a small child, I’ve often heard my mother utter the words, “A good ethical family upbringing is most important to a person”. She thought that the most insulting criticism one could receive would be being viewed as having had no ethical upbringing at home. An ethical family upbringing is conducted through home education.

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By Stuart Caldwell
Posted on 11/4/2019 - 4 minute read

When Stuart Caldwell, the new principal at Woodworth-Monroe TK-8 in Inglewood, noticed graffiti-covered tables in a classroom, he decided not to wait for work crews which were already backed up with school improvement projects.

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By Elizabeth A. Burright, M.A. PPSC
Posted on 10/31/2019 - 3 minute read

What would cause a person to want to inflict pain onto herself? It may be that the individual experienced early sexual or physical abuse, neglect or abandonment.  It has also been found in perfectionists and goes with the understanding that it is a sense of penance when there has been a mistake made or the individual did not achieve something that they believed they should have.

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By Curt Visca
Posted on 10/11/2019 - 3 minute read

Thanks to online education, virtual schools are taking off in the United States. Though many parents have yet to hear about online K through 12 education, virtual public schools are a reality in the majority of states.

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By Abby LindmanCooper, M.A.
Posted on 10/3/2019 - 4 minute read

WIOA is demanding the role of education needs to change as it clearly states the principle of integration for all children, regardless of their disability, needs a seamless transition pathway to higher education or CIE.

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By Abby LindmanCooper, M.A.
Posted on 10/2/2019 - 4 minute read

When the IEP team considers the strengths and contributions of each student, which can be built upon during the job training transition process and not just what needs to be improved, the potential for success skyrockets.

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