Portland, Oregon-based NWEA and Big Brothers Big Sisters Columbia Northwest have missions that dovetail: Both are dedicated to making a positive impact on children and creating equal opportunity. …

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“Bring your A-game,” Trish Davlantes tells her students. Her 7th grade math students certainly brought it. Last year, 100 percent of them hit their growth targets. “I keep expectations …

The week before Thanksgiving, I attended a conference where I was lucky enough to hear Mark Brown speak about finding YOUR best self. At the end of his powerful speech, Mark shared a motivational …

In high school, we had “Data Match”... a school fundraiser that filled the hallways with chatter in the first two weeks of February. My friends and I eagerly filled out personality surveys and …

During Morning Meeting, I asked my 5th graders to use an adjective to describe their summer. I chose “inspiring.” As the 2016 Virginia Teacher of the Year, I had an inspiring summer – the kind …

We assess and provide feedback to our students all day, and many of you (depending on where you are geographically) are probably knee deep in end-of-the-year state testing, end-of-the-year school …