Student success isn’t just about college attainment
Much has been written about the need for us to increase attendance and graduation rates at today’s two- and four-year institutions in the national quest to have 60% of Americans holding a degree, certificate or other high quality credential by 2025. According to...
It’s time to look outside our classrooms to improve student outcomes
We’ve all heard Albert Einstein’s definition of madness: doing the same thing over and over, while expecting different results. It seems to me that we are stuck in this kind of endless loop when it comes to improving the educational outcomes of our students. The...
In the push to measure student success, some schools are getting it right
You can’t run a Google search for “student testing” without turning up over half a billion references, almost all about the swirling waters around standardized tests and their pros and cons. And yet, a recent article in The New York Times describes another growing...
A tip of our hat to school counselors
The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) celebrated National School Counselor Week from February 1-5, 2016. It’s about time we all tip our hats to these professionals and the dedication they bring to their calling. Given the budget pressure faced by school...