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by Katie O’Neal Though education was largely absent from the campaign trail, President-elect Brack Obama did not forget education completely… A few campaign promises: Add billions a year to federal education spending $18 billion in new spending on preschool and K-12 programs $10 billion of this amount would go to help states develop preschool programs “Recruit an army of new … Read More

by Katie O’Neal Officials at all levels will be dealing with the nation’s sagging economy as they try to fix education issues. At the state level: Democrats control all of state government in 17 states Republicans control all of state government in 8 states Control is split between parties in the remaining states State budgets usually allocate almost half of … Read More

By Katie O’Neal As many have noted, education has been markedly absent from the campaign trail this year.  Both Bill Clinton in 1996 and George W. Bush in 2000 ran campaigns which focused directly on education, however this year the first mention of the issue did not come until the last question of the final debate between Senators Barack Obama … Read More

The Schools Attuned Program is touching more than just the lives of educators and students.  The Understanding All Kinds of Minds program is receiving positive feedback as I discovered last week in Tulsa, Oklahoma.  Topics included in the Learning About Learning workshops include Paying Attention, Mastering the Challenge of Homework, Organized for Learning, Learning and Self-Esteem, and Building Alliances. Esther … Read More

Tuttle Elementary School, Pre-K – 3rd, has about 600 students. We are a growing community in Oklahoma. Approximately 5 years ago the enrollment at Tuttle Elementary was around 380 students. We were named in the Daily Oklahoman as one of the top three school districts in student growth. With this in mind the staff and myself, the building principal, came … Read More

Powell Elementary School in Raleigh, NC hosted a Schools Attuned course this summer. Sixteen of their faculty and both of their administrators attended. They had a great opportunity to spend time together planning how they wanted to use what they were learning during the upcoming school year. Now that September has arrived, they are hard at work implementing those plans. … Read More

Owasso Public Schools in Oklahoma is endeavoring to provide all 577 certified staff members with the opportunity to participate in the Schools Attuned courses during the school year while the district provides classroom substitutes.  The Schools Attuned in Oklahoma program received a letter from a counselor who was one of the first to complete the Schools Attuned program offered in … Read More

I recently finished facilitating at an elementary school in Raleigh, North Carolina. We had a terrific group and the discussions were wonderful. After the week ended, I received an email from a participant that I just had to, in part, share. Here’s her story (edited for length) Christine, a kindergarten teacher, has a 6 year old son. “He is an … Read More

I am currently working on a Masters in Ed. which specifically deals with how Wasatch Academy is integrating Schools Attuned. There are so many factors that impact the degree and quality of Schools Attuned integration that I find my thesis work quite fascinating! I guess that makes me an official Schools Attuned nerd… – That’s OK though; I’ve been called … Read More

Wasatch Academy has been integrating Schools Attuned since 2004. The school has seen many changes in how it supports teachers in integrating the principles and processes. As with many schools, initial trainees came away overwhelmed by the prospect of integrating Schools Attuned at the student, classroom, and school levels. – And integration at one level can be complicated by the … Read More