TregoED Blog — Student Achievement

I remember reading about a teacher who started each school year by giving her students a simple questionnaire that asked about their lives outside of school – where do you live & with whom?  How do you get to school? What responsibilities do you have outside of school?  All of the sudden, you see the Read the full article…

I was recently talking to a principal from a school that was considered a “Focus” school.   They were not on the list because the overall school was performing badly.  They were on the list because they were a Title I school that has a large within-school gap between the highest achieving subgroup or subgroups and Read the full article…

While it appears that the world (or at least our government) is at a standstill as we wait to see what happens in the next election, in fact, recent action has taken place that will affect our day to day operations in education over the next few years.  The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), signed Read the full article…

“So, what do you do?”  A common question, right? If asked in an elevator I might say “I work for non-profit consulting firm that delivers workshops on collaborative decision making for school leaders.” But given more time that nice succinct statement would expand to include…. I work for a non-profit consulting firm that was borne out of Read the full article…

“If the learner hasn’t learned, the teacher hasn’t taught.” How many times as an administrator or as an educator have you heard that phrase?  I know I have heard it often.    At times I have agreed with the statement but just as many times I have not!  I think if all things were perfect – the environment was Read the full article…