Looking for the “So What?” In Our Data
Looking for the “so what?” in our data If you’ve read this blog for any period of time, you’ve probably figured out that data tracking is kind of my thing. …
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Use Your Data to Celebrate Families
Use your data to celebrate families Educators: you’ve made it! It’s finally the end of the school year. And what a school year it was. I’m sure that there are…
More ways to meet Engage with Data
More ways to meet Engage with Data In case you missed last week’s announcement, my company, Structured Solutions Educational Consulting, has a new name! I am so proud to have…
Meet Engage with Data!
Meet Engage with Data! Let me be real for a second: when I started Structured Solutions five and a half years ago, I was definitely building the plane as I…
“Whose Evidence Is It?”
“Whose Evidence is It?” I’ve been talking a lot about evidence lately, but I feel I’ve been missing a crucial piece. As a reminder, the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA),…
ESSA Level 4: Getting your foot in the door
ESSA Level 4: Getting your foot in the door In my last post, I talked about how the recent American Rescue Plan Act will bring an influx of funds specifically…
Funding is Coming: Get Your Evidence Ready!
Funding is Coming: Get Your Evidence Ready! Here’s a sentence we don’t often get to say in education: the motherlode of funding is coming our way! The recently-passed American Rescue…
Education’s lessons learned from a year at home
Education’s lessons learned from a year at home It’s hard to believe that a year ago this week, my husband and I returned from a trip to visit my family…
Your data tracking cheat sheet
Your data tracking cheat sheet In my last post, I talked about how logic models — although they can be a chore — can actually be a great visual roadmap…
From “Ugh” to “Ooh!” – Reframing Logic Models
From “Ugh” to “Ooh!” – Reframing Logic Models “Ugh, they’re making us submit a logic model? What is the point of a logic model anyway? “I don’t understand all that…