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7 Essential Strategies to Integrate STEM in Your Middle School Math Classroom
Here are seven easy-to-implement strategies that will integrate STEM into your middle school math lessons.
Dianne McKinley
May 193 min read


Transforming Math Education: Engaging Students with Real-World Connections and Virtual Adventures
Teachers must vary their instructional methods to include online resources, videos, and make direct connections for ALL students to perform

Bill Reed
May 15, 20245 min read


Focused on the Future
Have you planned time for teachers and administrators to be informed and make necessary changes to prepare for these new requirements?

Bill Reed
Apr 9, 20246 min read


March Testing
What have you done to prepare students, parents, and all other groups that might be involved?

Bill Reed
Mar 12, 20246 min read


Don’t Assume, Be Sure!
Too many times we assume students know or have experienced things that they have either forgotten or never been exposed to. Every year in...

Bill Reed
Feb 2, 20246 min read


2024 a Year in Preview
So many times, in December and January, we tend to look back and reflect on a year that has been. Instead, I would like us to look ahead...

Bill Reed
Jan 22, 20244 min read


Transitions and Change
This is a time for transitions. We just transitioned from Thanksgiving toward Christmas. We will be transitioning from 2023 to 2024 very...

Bill Reed
Dec 11, 20235 min read


Being Thankful in Education
I have been in education now, for over 40 years. Especially now, it is so very easy to get mired down in all the negativity that is...

Bill Reed
Nov 9, 20237 min read


Lesson Plans “Must Haves”
I think most people have heard the old saying; “Failing to plan, is planning to fail!” This is especially true for teachers and their...

Bill Reed
Oct 2, 20235 min read


The Importance of Quality Professional Development
We all know that teaching is a profession that truly is a calling. Teachers who stay in the profession for a long-time care deeply about...

Bill Reed
Sep 18, 20234 min read


The New Digital SAT Suite of Assessments
You probably have heard the PSAT and SAT are changing for the 2023-2024 school year. The New Digital SAT Suite of Assessments includes...

Bill Reed
Aug 4, 20237 min read


Get the Students Talking and Doing!
As I have visited classrooms and observed teachers teaching their classes, I am noticing a very common trend. The learning their students...

Bill Reed
Aug 1, 20236 min read


Entertaining Math
I know it is hard to believe that Math can be entertaining, but believe it or not, it really can be! Students and the general population...

Bill Reed
Jun 19, 20235 min read


Staying Informed
Early in my career, when I was in the classroom teaching, I was busy just preparing for my lesson I was teaching. I struggled to stay on...

Bill Reed
May 3, 20235 min read


The 411 on the SAT Assessment: Now Part of an Indiana H.S. Graduation Pathway
It is extremely important for Administrators, Teachers, Parents and especially Students to understand exactly what the SAT Assessment is...

Bill Reed
Apr 12, 20235 min read


The 5 Seasons of Education
We all know that there are four seasons in nature. However, there are 5 seasons of education. Each one is filled with excitement and...

Bill Reed
Apr 4, 20235 min read


Time To Stretch
It is finally Spring. Spring Breaks are over, and we are in the home stretch to the end of the school year. As we all know it is a...

Bill Reed
Mar 29, 20232 min read


When Am I Ever Going to Use Math after High School?
What I am realizing now is they are asking this because, as math teachers, we are NOT doing enough to make sure that question is answered BE

Bill Reed
Mar 3, 20237 min read


Higher Order Thinking: Are You Asking the Questions You Think You Are Asking?
When I was still in the classroom I would ask, what I thought was, a great question, only to have students answer the question I had...

Bill Reed
Feb 28, 20237 min read


What Is Number Sense?
Number sense is the ability to understand and use numbers in a variety of contexts. It involves being able to recognize patterns,...

INcompassing Education Team Member
Feb 16, 20234 min read
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