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When an improvement effort falls short, what happens next matters.

Looking at effort, strategy, and external circumstances can help school teams understand setbacks and determine their next move.

Read more and get the reflection tool: https://t.co/bnU1eaRmzv

#SchoolImprovement

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Before collecting more data, there’s a simple way to take stock of what already exists.

A data inventory helps state and local education agencies build a realistic measurement plan for literacy programming.

Get the REL NW tool here: https://t.co/N8o6C4gI5e

#Literacy #DataUse

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From Spanish teacher to literacy coach, Emily Janak’s path shaped how she thinks about reading gaps.

In our latest Q&A, she shares how one school used data to rethink support when more than half of students needed intervention: https://t.co/J7gWaDomrq

#ReadingIntervention

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Can hope be a school improvement strategy? There’s more to it than wishful thinking.

#SchoolImprovement consultant Ceri Dean shares how grounded optimism can help school teams stay focused, learn from setbacks, and keep moving toward their goals.

https://t.co/bnU1eaRmzv

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What does community-connected rural teacher prep look like in practice? A community walk offers opportunities for observation, reflection, and learning.

Read more: https://t.co/QUrHVOogHU

#TeacherEducation #RuralEd

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AI can help teachers brainstorm, draft, summarize, organize, and adapt materials. Teacher expertise and professional judgment guide how those outputs are used.

Explore practical guidance for responsible AI use: https://t.co/cSg8mwV2qV

#AIinEducation #TeacherResources

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Students practice employability skills when they explain their thinking, revise after feedback, lead discussion, or solve problems with others. Here's how schools and districts are making those skills visible and intentional.

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#CareerReadiness

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A failed improvement effort does not have to become a permanent story. Asking the right question can help teams adjust, recommit, and move forward.

Download our setback analysis tool: https://t.co/x3bBcu0paX

#EducationResource #SchoolImprovement

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Preparing teachers for rural schools starts with understanding rural communities. See how community walks can help teacher preparation programs connect coursework with local context, relationships, and assets: https://t.co/QUrHVOogHU

#RuralEducation #CommunityWalks #TeacherPrep

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Can hope be a school improvement strategy? Read how grounded optimism helps schools persist through setbacks and download our setback analysis tool: https://t.co/x3bBcu0paX

#SchoolImprovement #EducationLeadership #EducationResource

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Our early childhood experts were excited to kick off the first of 3 Idaho Early Math Institutes in Idaho Falls. It was a great day of learning alongside Idaho’s early childhood educators. Next stop: Coeur d’Alene!

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How can prep programs better prepare candidates for rural teaching? Community walks are one way for them to learn from the places, people, and local assets that shape students’ lives.

Rural expert Dr. Ann K. Schulte shares more: https://t.co/9zEw1Xs381

#RuralEd #TeacherPrep

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Check out the new #RELNW guide our team helped produce! It gives rural leaders a practical, research-based process for strengthening working conditions to improve retention.

https://t.co/XOEdydWmwC

#RuralEd #TeacherRetention

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Strong rural CTE strategy starts with asking the right things.

These 10 questions can help school and district leaders strengthen CTE: https://t.co/BoWaF7HOkY

#RuralEd #CTE #EducationLeadership

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District priorities often come with the question, What federal support can help us get there?

The answer depends. This overview breaks down the ways federally funded programs can support research, implementation, and improvement work: https://t.co/fBxRVGLDvn

#SchoolLeadership

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A new school year can be a good time to ask: Are we getting the full picture of what’s working?

Internal evaluators know the context. External evaluators bring fresh eyes. Sometimes the strongest answer is both.

Explore the case for hybrid evaluation: https://t.co/cXua92xg3J

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Training introduces the idea, but coaching is what makes it stick.

Ohio’s integrated MTSS work shows how ongoing, layered coaching can help educators move from learning new practices to actually implementing and sustaining them.

See it in action: https://t.co/2ecr6qAmM8

#MTSS

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Back-to-school planning often focuses on the launch. Strong leaders also plan for staying power.

Build the routines, buy-in, data conversations, and support that help improvement efforts last, even when conditions change.

Start here: https://t.co/4X5oxnQDC2

#SchoolImprovement

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When one goal spans multiple agencies, collaboration needs structure.

These 5 strategies can help state leaders align priorities, build trust, engage stakeholders, and move from conversation to implementation: https://t.co/ytJAfoMCs4

#StateLeadership #EarlyChildhood

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Your back-to-school leadership toolkit is ready to download.

Get 8 practical, evidence-based resources for leading change, strengthening teams, using data, setting goals, and planning for sustainability: https://t.co/gyPJyZUogo

#EducationLeadership #SchoolImprovement