by Andrea Payne | Nov 8, 2022 | Education News, Fresh Ideas
Universal screening data, PLC data, formative data, summative data, benchmark data, diagnostic data, CBM data. Schools have become very proficient in gathering as much data as possible. This is a good thing. But does everyone always know what to do with all of...
by Andrea Payne | Oct 24, 2022 | Fresh Ideas
The pandemic was a doozy for all our students, but it was a double whammy for students who struggle with executive functioning. Not only did they miss out on a huge chunk of time for developing and practicing appropriate social skills, but they also missed out on...
by Andrea Payne | Aug 8, 2022 | Fresh Ideas
We’ve been saying it for two and a half years, but it can’t be overstated—things are very hard in schools right now. Not to mention, education has never been exactly easy. The pandemic and its fallout, social media, the divided social and political landscape… these...
by Andrea Payne | Sep 17, 2021 | Fresh Ideas, Product News
Everyone–parents, educators, and kids–are incredibly grateful that schools are “open” this year, despite the many interruptions from temporary closures and quarantines that COVID is still delivering. We’re all just so glad that the kids...
by Andrea Payne | May 12, 2021 | Fresh Ideas
Last year, districts scrambled mid-pandemic to create or update their special education operating procedures to submit to the Texas Education Agency by October 31. The effort would help districts comply with IDEA 34 C.F.R. §§300.201 (2020) in providing for the...
by Andrea Payne | Dec 3, 2020 | Fresh Ideas
Linda Tutt High School in Sanger, Texas, has opened a grocery store. This in itself is laudable for providing a needed resource for food insecure families, but it also remarkable for empowering students with the ability to help with their families’ basic needs. But...
