I began teaching as a mid-career change after many years in the private sector, and my business mindset followed me into the classroom: I expected measurable progress from my students, and I presumed...
I'm not bragging when I say, “My daughter is smart.” I started reading to her when she was a newborn. At four months old, she could turn the pages on a book as read to her. At 18 months, she was...
I’m terrible at math. In seventh grade, I became aware of my poor math preparation when I entered a team math competition against other Catholic schools in the Chicagoland area. At least half of the...
We recognize the importance of education, but what many may not recognize is the importance of certain skills and habits that are not commonly taught in today’s education system. In an era of...
We’ve finally started to receive our student-level results here in Colorado from the first year of PARCC tests, which were given way back in the halcyon days when Donald Trump was just a reality TV...