Managing Time and Priorities with Savvy and Wisdom

In this thoughtful Chronicle of Higher Education article, Allison Vaillancourt (University of Arizona/Tucson) writes about some of the time-allocation choices she’s had to make during her academic career: “Do I meet with the student who is struggling, or the one who shows great promise? Should I make an appearance at the often-pointless department meeting, or should I use that time to finish my…

Fewer, Better Tests Can Boost Student Achievement

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Both Democrats and Republicans have submitted proposals to reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary…

Opinion: More students are actually making the cut

Originally published: October 4, 2013 7:16 PM

Updated: October 6, 2013 9:52 PM

By WILLIAM H. JOHNSON. AND CAROL BURRIS

Photo credit: Newsday/Audrey C. Tiernan | An eighth grade student with a New York State English Language Arts test booklet. Photo was taken…

Getting Students to Take On Seemingly Impossible Challenges

(Originally titled “I Can Climb the Mountain”)

In this Educational Leadership article, former New York City educator Maddie Witter describes how a 17-year-old incarcerated youth exploded when his teacher asked him to read in class. He had dropped out of school after numerous expulsions and had spent most of the last two years on the streets. 

The…

“We Tried Advisory and It Didn’t Work”

(Originally titled “Designing Advisories for Resilience”)

In this Educational Leadership article, consultants Jeffrey Benson and Rachel Poliner describe their work with a number of secondary schools that have had difficulty implementing advisories and list the elements they believe are essential to success:

• The advisor’s role – The purpose of advisories is…