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by cisga | Mar 26, 2015 | Awards, Staff Blogging Corner
Student Achievement Month (SAM) is one of our favorite times of the year. This annual event recognizes CIS students, grades K-12, who are sometimes overlooked and often expected to underachieve. SAM boosts student’s confidence and helps them set new goals and gain a...
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by webmaster | Mar 11, 2015 | Staff Blogging Corner
A relatively new concept in education is gaining momentum across party lines throughout the country: Community Schools. The concept is to work with public and private groups to bring Integrated Student Services (ISS) to students at their school site. Research has...
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by Carol Lewis | Feb 18, 2015 | Staff Blogging Corner
Parents, educators and community leaders, I can’t think of a better time for schools to get a much needed influx of money then after Congress considers and makes decisions in the next few weeks about reauthorizing the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA)....
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by cisga | Oct 10, 2014 | Staff Blogging Corner
By Carol Lewis As the country continues to discuss issues of poverty and the correlation it has to America’s children, I think about how we can turn negative impacts of poverty and inequality in schools into positive outcomes for children. Statistics show that one in...
by webmaster | May 20, 2014 | Staff Blogging Corner
The recent AJC cover story regarding the state report card defines in statistical detail the impact of poverty – actually the associated ills of poverty – on academic performance. Regardless of the measurement systems, we will not see optimum significant positive...
by cisga | Jan 24, 2014 | Staff Blogging Corner
Although National Mentoring Month (January) is over it is never a bad time to volunteer! Mentoring scares some people. Maybe it was because you may have first heard the word in Greek mythology as a faithful friend to Odysseus. He was also the teacher of Telemachus....
