Category: Academic Excellence

The following blog was contributed by Janette Boazman, M.S., Ph.D., associate professor of education at Constantin College of Liberal Arts, University of Dallas, and author of several NCEA Briefs on exceptional learners. The last three months have been challenging, to say the least. I want to take this opportunity to commend the awe-inspiring work of […]

The following blog was contributed by Brooke Mabry, strategic content design coordinator, and John Cronin, PhD, senior research fellow, at NWEA in Portland, Oregon. The coronavirus has turned the world upside down—especially for educators and the kids who count on them. As noted in a recent NWEA brief, students may return to school in the […]

The following blog was contributed by award-winning author, speaker and teacher, Amy J. Cattapan. Follow her at AJCattapan.com. A few weeks ago, I shared how middle school and high school teachers can use the TV show The Chosen to introduce students to Lectio Divina. However, this new viral show about Jesus also offers ripe lessons for […]

The following blog was contributed by Crystal Brooks, director of inclusion at Notre Dame Preparatory in Scottsdale, AZ, and Colleen McCoy-Cejka, Catholic school teacher, principal and assistant superintendent in the Archdiocese of Indianapolis and the Dioceses of Gary and Phoenix. Crystal and Colleen are the co-authors of Setting the Table: A Guide for Diversified Learner […]

The following blog was contributed by Michelle Lia, Ed.D., Assistant Director for Professional Learning, Andrew M. Greeley Center for Catholic Education, Loyola University Chicago in Illinois. You have just been hired to teach your dream grade. Hooray! When you are finished signing the paperwork, you are given a link to a Google folder. In it […]

The following blog was contributed by Kristin Komyatte Sheehan, Program Director, Pete Piscitello, Manager of Outreach and Operation Support, and Dr. Clark Power, Founder & Director of Play Like a Champion Today in Notre Dame, Indiana. In the midst of an ordinary spring, those of us involved in youth and high school sports would be […]

The following blog was contributed by Rushton Hurley, speaker, trainer and the founder of the educational nonprofit Next Vista for Learning. Mr. Hurley originally published this blog on his own website on March 15, 2020. In the early 00’s, I spent time as a principal of an experimental online high school. We worked under a […]

The following blog was contributed by Jodee Blanco, New York Times best-selling author and consultant. There always seems to be that one student chronically in need of attention.  They’ll interrupt class continually whether to engage their classmates or challenge a boundary with you. You may have gotten to a point that as much as you […]

This blog was contributed by Matthew Breuninger, M.A., Psy.D., Assistant Professor of Psychology at Franciscan University of Steubenville in Ohio. Dr. Breuninger is also a licensed clinical psychologist. As a clinical psychologist and a college professor, I find myself profoundly aware of the mental health issues and concerns that plague many of our students. Research […]

For the past year, high school junior Max P. has been an intern in the marketing department at NWEA in Portland, Oregon. Since it’s not often we get to hear detailed student reactions to assessments, we thought we’d go straight to the source and invite Max to write a guest blog sharing his experience taking […]