Looking for Inspiration for the New School Year?

A new school year is underway! Parents, teachers, professors, administrators, tutors, researchers, librarians—we all enjoy the energy of this fresh start each year.

New beginnings grow from past learning. As we look back on the past year, let us bring important lessons and inspiration with us. Below are some of our favorite blogs that can help you reflect, renew, and remember the important role you play in the lives of those you reach.

• We reflect on our work—both individually (Changing Isn’t Failing), and institutionally (When Data Analysis Doesn’t Tell What You Want to Hear).
• We work the long game (A Perfect Storm: Ten Years of Mathematics Pathways)  and at multiple levels and angles of our nation’s education systems (Collaborative Teams Tackling Big Challenges).
• Sometimes we even pause to celebrate individual accomplishments (Susan May, Winner of CNS Staff Excellence Award), or institutional milestones (Dana Center by the Numbers).
• And, in all this, we keep true to our constant mission: Helping all students learn. Our strategies include
  • raising awareness about the signs and strategies for helping students living in homelessness,
  • fostering classroom cultures that fuel student-driven inquiry,
  • integrating social, emotional, and academic development for student success

Our conversations about our work—the work of helping people learn—never end. We aim to extend and deepen those conversations here. We invite your questions, comments, ideas, and musings—please share in the comments or via Twitter at @utdanacenter.