You Know When It's Right

You know the feeling when something is right?  I do.  I looked up the definition of the word "right".  It was defined as "in accordance with what is good, proper, or just".  Insight is right.  As an organization, Insight believes in doing right by public education.  We have quality people doing quality work to improve teacher effectiveness as we embrace the Common Core.  The work that we do is meaningful and rich and there's a passion in our staff that is unequaled in comparison to other K12 vendors in the industry.  I'm so very proud to be part of this dynamic team and proud to work under the guidance of Dr. Michael Moody and Jason Stricker.  We are a company of integrity.  Insight is the right fit for me and the right fit if you want to improve student outcomes through effective teachers.

Standards Alone Don't Improve Learning . . . Teachers Do!

In the April 18th, 2012 edition of Education Week, an article reviewing the potential effectiveness of the new standards said, “Standards that simply sit on a shelf are certain to have no effect.  Solid curricula, excellent teaching, good assessment, sound accountability systems and many other things must fall into place for the promise of standards to be realized.”  Preparing teachers and aligning curricula to the new standards is a complex issue and doesn’t begin with an assessment or by adopting new textbooks; teachers serve an important role.  The level of rigor for learning is much higher with the new Common Core State Standards and engaging teachers early on means a better understanding by these crucial stakeholders as well as better buy-in.