Welcome to My Blog: Exploring Libraries, Education, and Innovation
Fostering Reading Engagement: Strategies and Innovations in School Libraries
School librarians are transforming reading culture through student choice, inclusive collections, tech integration, and community-driven programs. Their evolving role supports literacy, equity, and lifelong learning across all grade levels.
Empowering Students to Create Their Own Scaffolds
Teaching students to build their own learning scaffolds promotes independence, motivation, and lifelong learning skills. This approach helps shift the role of scaffolding from teacher-directed to student-owned, enhancing metacognition and academic resilience.
Building Resilience in Children and Teenagers: Strategies for Lifelong Strength
This guide outlines how to nurture resilience in kids and teens through relationships, routines, emotional skills, and school support. It emphasizes practical, research-backed strategies that build confidence and coping tools for life’s challenges.
Discipline Strategies in Schools: Effectiveness and Impacts on Students
Exclusionary discipline like suspensions and zero-tolerance policies harm academic performance and school climate, especially for vulnerable groups. Restorative justice and PBIS offer more effective, equitable alternatives that improve student behavior and learning outcomes across all grade levels.
The Evolving Nature of K–12 Technology Plans: A Case for Fluid, Adaptive Planning
A future-ready K–12 tech plan must evolve continuously to stay effective. This report highlights why flexibility, evaluation, and alignment with emerging trends are essential for success.
Sustaining the Educator Workforce: A Comprehensive Approach to Teacher Retention and Recruitment in K-12 Public Education
This report presents a comprehensive strategy to address the teacher shortage in K–12 public education by focusing on state policies, school leadership, and community support. It highlights solutions such as increased pay, mentorship, alternative certification, housing, and public recognition to build and retain a strong educator workforce.