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We Could Learn A Lot From the Littles

March 8, 2023 | Tai Basurto

Several years ago, I was walking down the primary grade hallway and popped my head into a kindergarten classroom. A group of about 5 kindergartners was actively moving around gathering materials while the rest of their classmates were...

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Data Can Be Anything!

February 10, 2023 | Carmela Golden-Reyna

This school year, I learned something even *more* valuable than excellent organizational skills or awe-inspiring unit plans. This year I learned something new about data. Up until the 2021-22 school year, I...

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The Power of Prioritizing Student Voice

February 10, 2023 | Julie Mendoza

Our relationship with writing can color our entire experience as a student. It can give us the confidence to tell our story and to use the depth of language to express what we know. But if we never...

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Literacy Over Mastery: Adjusting my Priorities as a Leader

December 8, 2022 | Nathan Nugent

An Uncertain Return Summer readings for professional development always appear exciting at first — there is so much hope and promise for change and innovation in that nascent stage of planning. And throughout our extended year of distance...

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The Power of Our Why

August 24, 2022 | Fatham Riordan-Ng

I remember sitting at my desk before the first bell of the 2021-2022 school year rang and just looking at my classroom. I waited for the excitement to kick in. It didn’t. Instead, I felt a sense of...