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Lebron James’ I Promise School: Test Scores Don’t Always Tell the Whole Story

With the recent headlines about the failing state test scores of students in Lebron James, I Promise school, many point their proverbial “blame and shame” fingers. There is so much to unpack in the negative light painted in the focus on the fact these upcoming eighth graders “hadn’t passed the math portion of their state […]

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Grading President Biden’s Proposed Educational Budget for 2024

There is no doubt that, as educators, we have strong opinions about how the government spends money geared toward education.  Teachers and our students require a never-ending list of things to make classrooms adequate and student success attainable.  Unfortunately, not an infinite amount of funding is set aside for our student’s educational future.  Decisions, and […]