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 What does data driven really mean?

 For me, it means focusing on the kids first and always. And SMART goals with "zones" gives us a way to do this. Listen to the podcast on our home page from the webinar "Engaging Students in Change" and you'll hear some of the best examples of goal monitoring and adjustment involving kids and their teachers that we've ever seen.
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Adventures of a Women-owned Business
Anne and I had the extraordinary opportunity of participating as one of 24 women-owned companies (selected out of over 100) to present to investors in NYC. Springboard Enterprises https://www.springboardenterprises.org/about is the organizing group, and through them we've discovered a wonderful community of support. These are women who are passionate about making positive change in the world, whether through advanced traffic management systems, connecting women to "best of" brands, or like us, transforming American public education.
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How do we live in this Kairos moment?

We're in a Kairos moment right now, a moment between what was before and is no more, and the unknown future. 

Kairos (καιρός) is an ancient Greek word meaning the right or opportune moment. The ancient Greeks had two words for time, chronos and kairos. While the former refers to chronological or sequential time, the latter signifies a time in between, a moment of an undetermined period of time. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kairos
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Using Data and GAN to Bring Focus to Instruction

Imagine how different schools would be if teachers and principals were able to focus completely on a few, significant priorities that have a profoundly positive impact on student learning across all subject areas. Imagine individual teachers actually having extra time because continuous, relevant data helps them target their instruction to students’ greatest areas of need.

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Two "P"s in Collaboration
Collaboration is an essential element in designing a powerful learning environment for schools. When designed properly, a collaborative network will cultivate relationships that thrive on the exchange and formation of knowledge. An effective platform will provide students and teachers the opportunity to reflect, discuss, agree, debate and challenge their existing knowledge. How is collaboration designed? P U R P O S E Purpose can guide decision making. It is the motivation to improve. It is why you take action. It gives meaning to your actions.
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More time doesn't mean more learning

In a recent blog, I wrote that adding more time to a school day won't mean improved student results unless there is a system of continuous improvement in place. This fact seems to be born out by a recent Miami Herald story about Rudy Crew's "zone" program which expanded the school day for low performing kids. After $100M and 3 years, the program is now called a bust. You can read the article at http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/story/1049341.html

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From No Time to Learn to Learning All the Time

The last  comments on this blog caused me to have another "Ah ha!" moment re: change, the time between ("Kairos"), and how time gets used. "More time" doesn't necessarily lead to better quality results.  If a teacher is both artist (heart-engaging) and scientist (mindful of results) then,"more time" does lead to better results, witness the school-wide science teacher in Indiana. 

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