1.24.17 Jennifer Anderson Podcast: Stephanie Mew, 2016 Hawaii Teacher of the Year Leading from the Classroom: Insights from the 2016 Teachers of the Year In this episode, Stephanie Mew, an elementary school teacher at Kapunahala Elementary School in Kaneohe, Hawaii tells us how... Read more
12.6.16 Michael Dahlin Finding the College of Your Dreams in Three Easy Steps Step 1. Go to sleep. Warm milk before bed sometimes helps with this. Also, running a half marathon. Step 2. Dream about colleges. This part is trickier, since dreams stay mostly outside our control.... Read more
12.1.16 Kara Bobowski 16 Ways Parents Can Help Their Child with Testing, Reading, and Mathematics The Measures of Academic Progress® (MAP®) test is a growth assessment given to K – 12 students that provides data to help teachers teach, students learn, and administrators lead. The MAP test is... Read more
11.22.16 Jean Fleming Answers to Six (More) Questions Parents Ask About the MAP One of our more popular blogs recently was Answers to the Top 6 Questions Parents Ask About the MAP Test, covering some common questions for teachers to discuss with parents. With fall testing behind... Read more
9.13.16 Jennifer Anderson Teacher of the Year on engaging parents to create a great school culture We have all heard someone talk about a great school with the description, “The parents are really involved.” If this is a marker of a good school (at least in casual conversation), how can it be... Read more
6.28.16 Chuck Swanson Summer Road Trip – 13 Car Games for Kids (and Parents) Road trips during summer vacation are a rite of passage for our two kids. Three years ago, Hannah (then age 8) and Elsa (then age 4), along with my wife, drove from Portland, Oregon to Disney Land.... Read more
6.3.16 Cindy Jiban Five Ways to Promote Summer Lovin’…of Math! June: time to hang on by our fingernails, but also time to set families up for summer learning success. Families all hear us saying that reading logs and library cards are keys to summer reading... Read more
4.28.16 Richard Harrold Seven Cardinal Rules when Reporting MAP to Parents We are deep into assessment season and, as teachers, your already busy schedules must now flex to accommodate the curiosity and concern of parents. The data which are indispensable to your planning... Read more
4.19.16 Kathy Dyer Do you know what your child is learning in school? – 3 Questions for the Car How can we take what happens naturally at home and connect it explicitly to what is happening in classrooms where formative assessment is well integrated? Or as Michael Fullan and Joanne Quinn... Read more
12.10.15 Matt Chapman ESSA Passage: Statement from NWEA’s CEO, Matt Chapman There has been much anticipation for the passage of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). It passed with of vote of 85 to 12 in the Senate and 359 to 64 in the U.S. House of Representatives. The... Read more
7.30.15 Joi Converse Summer Reading Resources for the Whole Family Imagine you have just taken a nice walk in some distant forest or on a soft sandy beach. Half of your summer has already passed by. I know, that isn’t a good reminder but there is still time for... Read more
7.10.14 Jean Fleming 8 Resources to Prevent Summer Learning Loss As summer sets in, learning doesn’t need to stop. According to National Summer Learning Association, all students experience learning losses when they do not engage in educational activities... Read more
