In all business organizations, it is the top executives who bear responsibility for assuring that the entity is focused on its mission and that the mission, itself, properly serves the needs, interests, and expectations of customers. The process must also be structured and resourced to support the people on the line. This is the essence […]

When students can make sense of words, then they learn, grow and succeed. But getting to this point can be a struggle when students need to overcome reading challenges. Studies have shown that if students learn strategies for unlocking multisyllabic words and academic vocabulary with fluency and confidence, then they will achieve long-term results. In […]

School officials in more than 200 southeastern Texas districts were struggling early last month to recover from Hurricane Harvey and ensure that more than 1 million students who were disrupted by the storm could begin the school year in safe and functional classrooms. At press time, most districts impacted by Harvey-related flooding had delayed school […]

Text messages are one of the most effective ways to keep high school students on track once they’ve begun the college application and enrollment process. About 1 in 5 high school seniors who enroll in college never show up, and that rate is closer to 40 percent for students of color. To reverse this trend, […]