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In anticipation of National Reading Month this March—in which Kalamazoo Public Schools kicks off literacy activities throughout the schools—we prepare ourselves by engaging in the annual ritual of asking via email:...
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Before Ask Me About My 12,000 Kids moves into this new year, it is a good idea to reflect on where this blog has been and so, here are 17...
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As I busy myself with upcoming preparations, like menu planning and making out a grocery list, and debating if it would be best to shred or slice zucchini for a...
We’ve heard from a number of you about how much you enjoyed reading the latest CIS Connections (“It’s All About the Grit” issue) on social emotional learning. That’s why we...
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What if, right now, you could do one thing that would positively impact a student’s academic performance? Would you do it? What is that one thing, you ask? It’s helping...
So many cool things can happen while waiting in the checkout lane of the grocery store. Here’s one thing you need to check out today: the below post. It is written...
Attendance research is discovering what schools have known all along: Our teachers can teach our children….if the children show up. Turns out, attendance is a significant predictor of student performance....
As I sit down to write this post, I’ve just returned from being part of the orientation for our new interns. All twelve of them! It’s a CIS bi-annual ritual...
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CIS Think Summer! ran for six weeks this summer and served over 150 first through ninth graders and also included the Kids in Tune participants. Fifteen AmeriCorps VISTA Summer Associates were hired...
Summer is slipping away and school is back in session. At CIS, back to school means… Believing that the future of our community rests in our children who deserve...
