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Marzano Research supports Colorado Department of Early Childhood transition

Carrie Germeroth2025-01-14T17:12:22+00:00June 30th, 2022|Blog Post, Early Childhood Education|

Colorado launched its Department of Early Childhood on July 1, 2022, after a year of transitioning when HB21-1304 was passed in June 2021. The transition to this new [...]

Recruiting and retaining rural teachers: The Colorado Center for Rural Education’s rural teacher stipend program

Steven Tedeschi2025-01-14T17:13:47+00:00June 29th, 2022|Blog Post, Rural Education, Rural Example|

Teacher shortages are increasingly impacting districts across the United States. The recent COVID-19 pandemic has only exacerbated this worrisome trend. Moreover, teacher shortages disproportionately impact [...]

Masterful questioners harness the power of questioning

Ceri Dean2022-10-17T23:35:17+00:00May 31st, 2022|Blog Post, School Improvement, School Improvement Coaching and Consulting Blog Series|

One of my younger sisters asked a lot of questions when she was a little girl, so many questions that my other sisters and I asked our mother, [...]

Ensuring future student success: Defining and assessing 21st century skills

David Yanoski2025-02-08T00:13:16+00:00May 10th, 2022|Blog Post, Rural Education, Rural Example, School Improvement, Strategic Planning and Facilitation|

School districts around the country share the goal of preparing their students to succeed in the future, regardless of where these students’ individual [...]

Beyond style: Playing a variety of consultant roles to meet clients’ needs

Marzano Research2022-10-17T23:36:41+00:00April 29th, 2022|School Improvement Coaching and Consulting Blog Series, Blog Post, School Improvement|

A colleague recently asked me to describe my “consulting style.” I interpreted their question as wanting to learn more about how I see and enact my role [...]

How deepening client relationships supports systemic change

Mike Siebersma2022-10-17T23:38:22+00:00April 13th, 2022|Blog Post, Professional Learning and Coaching|

Have you ever thought about the kinds of questions your doctor asks you and how strange it would seem for you to ask the same questions back to [...]

Four districts selected to pilot statewide teacher-driven research initiative

Marzano Research2025-01-16T19:46:33+00:00March 30th, 2022|Announcement, Press Release, Teacher as Researcher|

Originally posted by the South Carolina Department of Education Columbia, S.C. - The South Carolina Department of Education (SCDE) has contracted with a leading educational research and analytics firm to [...]

Researching Lyrics2Learn’s potential impact on literacy instruction

Carrie Germeroth2025-01-16T19:46:17+00:00March 18th, 2022|Blog Post, Early Childhood Education|

Since 1992, The Nation’s Report Card (NAEP) has indicated minimal improvement in reading. One of every three fourth-grade students cannot read or understand text at a basic proficient [...]

How can you tell if literacy instruction is working across a district?

BNP Education Partners2025-04-08T18:46:24+00:00February 26th, 2022|Blog Post, Classroom Practice, Literacy, School Improvement|

States from Tennessee to Wyoming have passed laws aimed at ensuring that all students can read. The laws require a variety of specific actions from [...]