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Partnerships for Juvenile Justice in California

A partnership between OYCR and Collaborative Classroom helps address systemic failures within California's juvenile justice system.

May 9, 2025  |  By Stacy Storm
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Dixon Montessori: Building Confident Readers

Dixon Montessori reading specialist Heidi Hefner has used SIPPS to transform her approach to helping students become confident, capable readers.

May 7, 2025
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Being a Writer Builds Community in West Virginia

Second-grade teacher Jennifer Currie shares how Being a Writer built classroom community through writing in Berkeley County, WV.

Apr 25, 2025  |  By Nicole Campbell
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Age-Appropriate Skills Instruction for Multilingual Learners

How SIPPS equips educators to provide age-appropriate foundational skills instruction to support multilingual learners rapid reading growth.

Apr 17, 2025  |  By Nicole Campbell
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How Intentional Leadership Transformed Literacy at PSAS

How intentional instructional leadership at Pueblo School for Arts & Sciences (PSAS) closed reading gaps and boosted student literacy.

Apr 14, 2025  |  By Paula Kavalec
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Understanding Assessment: Are We Testing Wisely?

Best-intentioned testing can go astray—when extensive, ongoing assessments replace instruction or when adopting a one-size-fits-all approach.

Mar 7, 2025  |  By Linda Diamond
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Collaborative Leadership in Literacy: Engaging Educator Discussion Forums

Explore how collaborative leadership in literacy thrives through educator discussion forums and supports professional learning for school leaders.

Feb 21, 2025  |  By Lisa Busalacchi
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How Age-Appropriate Texts Help Older Striving Readers Succeed

How can we use age-appropriate, decodable texts to engage, motivate, and support older striving readers?

Feb 5, 2025  |  By Rod Hart EdD & Cate Simmers
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Using Collaborative Structures in the Classroom

Are you struggling with student engagement? Learn how implementing collaborative structures in the classroom can help get your students talking.

Jan 28, 2025  |  By Kim Still
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Addressing the Issue of Chronic Absence with Social and Emotional Learning

Explore how social-emotional learning (SEL) can help address chronic absenteeism in schools.

Jan 10, 2025
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Planning Instructional Next Steps for Older Striving Writers

Using student writing samples for assessing learning and planning next steps instructionally for older striving writers. 

Jan 7, 2025  |  By Kathy King-Dickman
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Multilingual Learning in the Early Childhood Environment

Successfully create an equitable and welcoming learning environment for Multilingual Learning in the Early Childhood Environment.

Jan 6, 2025  |  By Nereyda Hurtado
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How the Collaborative Leadership Community Helps Lake Mills Area SD Thrive

Lake Mills Area School District uses the Collaborative Leadership Community to provide a strong system of support.

Jan 3, 2025  |  By Allison Voeller
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Mixed Delivery Systems in Early Childhood Environments Part 2

Mixed delivery systems provide successful services for PreK through K12 by aligning communities, public schools, and city-wide initiatives.

Jan 2, 2025  |  By Emily Grunt
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Mixed Delivery Systems in Early Childhood Environments Part 1

Mixed delivery systems promote successful outcomes for PreK through K12 by aligning communities, public schools, and city-wide initiatives.

Dec 13, 2024  |  By Emily Grunt
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Effective Writing Instruction and the Limits of AI

Dr. Steve Graham discusses effective writing instruction, how writing is used to support reading and the impact and limits of AI.

Dec 12, 2024
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MISD Dyslexia Interventionists on the Success of SIPPS

Teachers and Dyslexia Interventionists in Montgomery school district discuss the district’s success using SIPPS and the transfer of skills.

Dec 10, 2024  |  By Jennifer Ackermann
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St. Paul Public Schools WINN with SIPPS Reading Intervention

Reading Intervention with the ‘WINN SIPPS’ program in Saint Paul Public Schools, supporting the delivery and implementation of SIPPS.

Dec 3, 2024  |  By Tracey Kubitz
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How SIPPS and Schools Cubed Helped Sunset Elementary Transform Literacy Instruction

Discover how Sunset Elementary School in Utah transformed their literacy program with the SIPPS program and collaboration from Schools Cubed.

Dec 3, 2024  |  By Marine Freibrun
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SIPPS and a Walk to Read Model in Pedley Elementary

Learn how Pedley Elementary School uses SIPPS and a Walk to Read model to achieve significant growth in reading.

Nov 18, 2024  |  By Babak Movahed
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