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Lead From Where You Are

March 23, 2025 by megankruse

This post was started just over two weeks ago.  The flu bug hit, so I was down and out for awhile.  As I write today, I am enjoying the end of a week-long spring break, wishing I had my full pre-flu energy back, still unsure about the situation I wrote about below, and hoping for … [Read more…]

Posted in: Assessments and data, Collaborative culture, Facilitating improvements in instruction and student learning, Outreach and collaboration with families and community, Personal Learning, Professional learning for continuous improvement, Research, Student learning and the profession, Teacher Leader Model Standards, Uncategorized Tagged: Angie Hanlin, edWeb, Emily Hanford, Empower Podcast, Harnessing the Science of Learning, John Maxwell, Kristen Wynn, Kymyona Burk, Louisiana, Margaret Goldberg, Mississippi, MTSS, Nathaniel Swain, NPR, Pamela Snow, Pati Montgomery, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Reading Rockets, Sold a Story, Stephanie Stollar, Steubenville Ohio, Success for All, The Reading League

What If…

March 2, 2025 by megankruse

APM’s journalist, Emily Hanford and colleagues, have done it once again.  They have taken a complex topic and made understanding of it attainable for any listener.  They have shed light on contributors to our literacy crisis in episodes 1 – 10 of the Sold a Story podcast, and in the last 2 weeks have released … [Read more…]

Posted in: Assessments and data, Collaborative culture, Facilitating improvements in instruction and student learning, Outreach and collaboration with families and community, Personal Learning, Professional learning for continuous improvement, Research, Student learning and the profession, Teacher Leader Model Standards, Uncategorized Tagged: Angie Hanlin, APM, Bob Slavin, Brené Brown, complex change, Dr. Mary Lippitt, Emily Hanford, Geoff Woods, Jason Kennedy, Margaret Goldberg, Mississippi, Nancy Madden, Orison Swett Marden, public servants, Sold a Story, Stephanie Stollar, Steubenville Ohio, Success for All, systems, The Mythical Silver Bullet, The Reading League

Know Your Students

October 20, 2024 by megankruse

I’m sitting in the Charolotte International Airport as I write this (why does it make me feel important to write that?!).  I am processing two incredible days of learning, alongside incredible educators, from the 8th Annual Conference of The Reading League. Last week, I had written that I predicted many presenters would mention Scarborough’s Reading … [Read more…]

Posted in: Assessments and data, Collaborative culture, Facilitating improvements in instruction and student learning, Outreach and collaboration with families and community, Personal Learning, Professional learning for continuous improvement, Research, Student learning and the profession, Teacher Leader Model Standards, Uncategorized Tagged: Amy Numedahl, Barbara Foorman, Benita A. Blachman, Christy Austin, Donell Pons, Dr. Jan Hasbrouck, Elizabeth Norton, Ending the Reading Wars, George Couros, Holly Lane, Jamey Peavler, Jamie Allerdice, John Maxwell, Kara Veach, Kareem Weaver, Kristen Wynn, Kymyona Burk, Laura Stewart, Lindsay Kemeny, Linnea Ehri, Lisa Williams, Margaret Goldberg, Melissa Orkin, Nancy Young, Papae Wymore, Reading Rockets, Rhonda Nelson, Right to Read Project, Scarborough's rope, science of learning, science of reading, simple view of reading, Stacy Hurst, Stephanie Edgren, Stephanie Stollar, Teaching Reading is Rocket Science, The Reading League Conference, Tier 1, total participation techniques, Zaretta Hammond

Keeping Myself in Check

December 5, 2022 by megankruse

The Learning Journey As I’ve written before, I’ve dedicated much of the last four years of my life to learning about the Science of Reading.  Four years in, I fully recognize that there is much, much more to learn – from the body of research that currently exists, and from the body of research that … [Read more…]

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Accountability to Culture

November 27, 2022 by megankruse

Last week, I indicated that the education world continues to present many challenges:  “Our students are not the same students we had before 2020.  They are displaying more frequent challenging behaviors.  Despite this, we have educators at FMCSD (and everywhere!) who are working incredibly hard to meet the needs of our students.”  As I continue … [Read more…]

Posted in: Assessments and data, Collaborative culture, Facilitating improvements in instruction and student learning, Outreach and collaboration with families and community, Personal Learning, Professional learning for continuous improvement, Student learning and the profession, Teacher Leader Model Standards, Uncategorized Tagged: accountability, Amplify Science of Reading Podcast, clarity, culture, FMCSD, Jimmy Casas, Margaret Goldberg, mission, positive, reading scores, relationships, science of reading, Susan Lambert, vision

A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words

November 20, 2022 by megankruse

In the spirit of this Thanksgiving week, this post is dedicated to those things for which I am presently most grateful for.  Each picture included in the post is worth a thousand words… to me, anyway, as they represent my immense gratitude!  I am stealing George Couros’s weekly email format:  I will be writing about … [Read more…]

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Scaffolds and Supports

September 26, 2021 by megankruse

The purpose of scaffolding on a construction site is to support people in getting to places that are out of their reach.  Without scaffolding, the job of a construction worker would be nearly impossible.  Scaffolding provides the “just right” amount of support needed.  It can be added to, and taken away. Supports in the Kitchen … [Read more…]

Posted in: Collaborative culture, Facilitating improvements in instruction and student learning, Personal Learning, Student learning and the profession, Uncategorized Tagged: Alanna Mednick, Amplify Science of Reading Podcast, Chelsea Page, coaching cycles, collaboration, Deb Ridgway, el education, FMCSD, gradual release, knees, Margaret Goldberg, Right to Read Project, running, scaffold, Sue Pimentel, supports, Susan Lambert, Universal Design for Learning

Listening to Understand

June 27, 2021 by megankruse

I missed posting last week – I believe it is the fifth missed post since January 1, when I made a commitment to posting weekly.  I feel an immense amount of gratitude to those readers (I might have five regular readers?!), who give a nudge or notice when I haven’t written.  I write for my … [Read more…]

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