May 2012 Issue
Moving Education From Time to Competency
With Fred Bramante
Fred Bramante, co-author of the new book, Off the Clock: Moving Education from Time to Competency, joins us this month. Fred is a past chairman and a long standing member of the New Hampshire State Board of Education, where he has led a full-scale redesign of public education. In this system, student achievement is based on mastering competencies not “seat time," and learning is not restricted to a school building or the traditional school calendar. Continue
Modeling and Building 21st Century Skills for School Leaders
With Jonathan Costa
For school leaders who are looking to move towards digital learning for all students, the first step must be for you to be a model of that change. With that in mind, Jonathan Costa, author of Digital Learning for All, Now joins us to talk about the six essential 21st century skills. Continue
Putting Faces on the Data
With Lyn Sharratt
Lyn Sharratt, co- author of the new book, Putting FACES on the Data: What Great Leaders Do!, joins us to talk about how you can personalize data for all students so that each is treated as a real person and helped to learn according to his or her own individual needs. Continue
Opening the Common Core: Bringing ALL Students to College and Career Readiness
With Delia Garrity
Delia Garrity, co-author of the new book, Opening the Common Core: How to Bring ALL Students to College and Career Readiness, looks at the role that district and school leaders should be playing in implementing the CCSS and specifically how these new standards can help all students to graduate college and career ready. Continue
The New School Management by Wandering Around
With Bill Streshly and Susan Gray
Managing an organization by wandering around is a widely followed and highly successful practice in the business world. We’re joined this month by the co-authors of the book, The New School Management by Wandering Around, Bill Streshly and Susan Gray, who offer us some smart, practical advice about the benefits of wandering around for school leaders. Continue
Creating and Responding to Early Warning Systems
With Sheila Arens
About one-third of current students will drop out of school and another third will leave high school unprepared for college or the workplace. In this segment, Sheila Arens, a senior director at McREL who has been working with districts to … Continue
Childhood Obesity and Its Effects on Academic Achievement
With Carrie Germeroth and Debbie Mazzeo
Research shows that childhood obesity, which is on the rise, is linked to lower self-esteem and achievement. In this segment, McREL researchers Carrie Germeroth and Debbie Mazzeo discuss the links between student health and achievement and report on what they … Continue
Improving School Success and Raising Achievement
Franklin Schargel, author of 162 Keys to School Success, shares some of his highly practical insights for school success and raising achievement in America’s schools in this segment. Continue
Positive Effects of Online Learning
With Jessica Heppen
In this segment, we take a look at a new study that provides the first rigorous and reliable evidence that online learning in middle school can have positive effects on student outcomes. Jessica Heppen, lead author of the study and … Continue