Tracking Effort for Success Over the first couple months of school we observed students that are unsuccessful with formal quizzes and tests in the class, but showed understanding during formative assessments and class assignment. Since these students are successful in...

The Power of BecauseOver the course of the 2023-2024 school year, we have worked to assess what the success rate would be if we added the “because” tool within our language arts classrooms. The initial problem of practice was...

Using House Systems to Cultivate a Culture of Thinking and LearningInspirationDuring the summer of 2023, a group of teachers from Jackson Independent visited the Ron Clark Academy and was immediately impressed and inspired by the House System used at...

Developing Text Evidence Through BecauseIn our action research project, we started by identifying our problem. The main problem identified was that our students were struggling with written responses using text evidence to support their claims and explaining the evidence...

Vocabulary Knowledge Rating (VKR)-Have I heard of this before?When I began my journey to become a teacher, one of the first questions I was asked was “What is your philosophy of education?” After much thought and consideration, I came...