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Nadja YoungOctober 20, 2011 2

Student achievement's trick masks student growth's treat

Halloween is around the corner and children everywhere will wear masks throughout their neighborhoods for a night of trick-or-treating fun and, likely, too much candy. A masking has also occurred in education policy with the No Child Left Behind Act, sans the candy at the end of the night. That

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Nadja YoungOctober 6, 2011 0

Part 3 of the 3 R’s of Education: Relationships that Raise Learning

With an increasing volume of curriculum to cover and no time to spare, teachers often hit the ground running with the full throttle rigor and relevance critical to teaching and learning. However, I argue that the first two R’s are futile if teachers don’t have meaningful relationships with their students.

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Nadja YoungSeptember 15, 2011 4

Part 2 of the 3 R’s of Education: Real World Relevance

As schools across the country delve into a new year, I want to bring my readers back to teaching basics with Part 2 of my Three R’s series on Rigor, Relevance, and Relationships. Here's Part 1. As students flood our halls and classrooms, are they eager and excited for the challenging year ahead? Do

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Nadja YoungJuly 14, 2011 2

Part 1 of the 3 R's: Relentless Rigor

Most of us grew up playing some type of sport and dreaming of becoming a collegiate or professional athlete. For me, it was a focus on dance and striving to be a professional ballerina. At some point we realized that in order to make this dream a reality, we’d have

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Nadja YoungJuly 5, 2011 0

The Three R’s Series: Rigor, Relevance, and Relationships

Last week, I attended the International Center for Leadership in Education’s Model Schools Conference in Nashville, TN, where I learned about many forward-thinking education initiatives taking place across the country. My colleagues and I also had the privilege of facilitating a SAS(r) EVAAS for K-12 presentation from two principals at

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Nadja YoungMay 20, 2011 1

Artistry and Creativity in STEM

As I write my first blog entry for SAS State and Local Government, I thought it would be prudent to provide a little personal background. I grew up in a family of artists- with 5 musicians, 2 painters, 1 sculptor, 1 dancer, and 1 composer. I studied business, became a

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Lindia HarbaughNovember 4, 2010 0

Common Core Standards key to consistent student assessment

I recently had the opportunity to attend the VA Governor’s Education Summit “Innovate to Educate” was the theme throughout the summit. Speakers and panelists discussed both the challenges we face in today’s schools across America as well as innovative ideas and best practices being implemented in an effort to raise

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Lindia HarbaughAugust 26, 2010 0

Race to the Top winners reinforce importance of measuring schooling effectiveness

The long awaited winners of the second round of Race To The Top were announced yesterday. Race To The Top is about education reform to improve schools and is based on four assurances: 1) Raising standards and improving assessments. 2) Recruiting, retaining and supporting effective educators and ensure equitable distribution

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Lindia HarbaughJune 25, 2010 1

A data-driven path to graduation, and what graduation means to me

It's that time of year. Caps and gowns, photos and parties. Time to begin a career or go off to college. For those starting a career the learning is over, right? Well, for those of us in the work force we know first-hand, this isn't the reality if you want

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