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Oak Ridge Schools Strategic Plan 2020: Promoting Achievement and Accountability
This is the third post in a six-part series recognizing the state finalists and overall Grand Prize winner of the Tri-State Best Practices contest. Our previous posts featured Alabama state finalists Eufaula City Schools and Muscle Shoals City Schools. Preparing students for college, career, and life success is a balancing act. School systems not […]
Muscle Shoals City Schools: Impactful Problem-Solving
This is the second post in a six-part series recognizing the state finalists and overall grand prize winner of the Tri-State Best Practices Contest. Our first post featured Alabama state finalist Eufaula City Schools. Many young people face a Catch 22 when they enter the job market: Employers want experience, but you cannot get […]
Eufaula City Schools – Providing Purposeful Exploration of College and Career
This is the first post in a six-part series recognizing the state finalists and overall grand prize winner of the Tri-State Best Practices Contest. May these great examples of best practices in Alabama, Louisiana, and Tennessee public education inspire you as they did us. What do you want to be when you grow up?” […]
Central Community and East Feliciana are the Louisiana Finalists!
Spring is in full-bloom here in the southeastern United States and LEAN Frog is pleased to announce that the Louisiana school systems’ first year of participation in this Best Practices Contest has blossomed beyond our expectations! The Louisiana entries were highly competitive and well-deserving of recognition. After several rounds of judging, LEAN Frog and co-sponsors […]
Louisiana Believes . . . in Great Best Practices Contest Entries!
The state plan for the Louisiana State Department of Education is Louisiana Believes. The Louisiana Believes plan was designed to ensure that every child is on track to a college degree or a professional career and emphasizes the crucial role students, parents and teachers play in helping students achieve. This strong belief is echoed in […]
Oak Ridge and Warren County are the Tennessee Finalists!
Alabama may reign as the National Champion in football, but there is stiff competition coming from Tennessee for the overall grand prize winner of the Tri-State Best K-12 Practices contest. In the presence of 75+ Tennessee Directors of Schools and Superintendents, the two Tennessee Finalists were revealed at the Tennessee Organization of School Superintendents (TOSS) […]
Tennessee Best Practices Entries are Turning Up the Heat
Dave has one word for the Tri-States Best Practices competition–“hot! hot! hot!” I guess that’s actually three words. See below for what he has to say about some of the entries we’ve received so far from Tennessee school systems. Keep ’em coming Tennessee. Your deadline to submit entries is Tuesday, January 23! It […]
Eufaula City and Muscle Shoals are the Alabama Finalists!
GREAT things are happening in Alabama public schools! This past Friday, Eufaula City Schools and Muscle Shoals City Schools were recognized as the Alabama Finalists in the “Tri-State Best K-12 Practices” Contest. Their titled entries — “From Crayons to Careers: Intentional Preparation for College and Career Readiness” from Eufaula City Schools and the “Pathfinder Alabama […]
INNOVATIVE and AMAZING Alabama Entries for Tri-State K-12 Best Practices Contest
Are you ready for some positive, uplifting news about Alabama public education? Want to hear about some OUTSTANDING instructional and non-instructional practices that benefit children? Well the Alabama entries for the “Tri-State Best K-12 Practices”* contest deliver just that. This year in Alabama, many INNOVATIVE and AMAZING entries were submitted for the Contest! The […]