All over the Internet people are sharing their appreciation of teachers. Here at Schoolrunner we focus everything we do on how we can help make their daily lives easier and better through the right data. Here are some of our favorites from #NationalTeachersDay! Here in Colorado, you can tag your favorite teacher online with the hashtag #thankateacherco. You […]
Administrators
The Importance of Integrations and APIs with Kirk Gray
Every day schools are adopting new technologies across their classrooms. Whether it be a math-focused learning app, a learning management system, or a all-in-one system like Schoolrunner, managing and utilizing the data is a big task – especially when those tools don’t talk to one another or make it easy to get the data you […]
Change is Hard – Keys to Getting Staff Buy-in
Recently at our annual user conference, The Schoolrunner Data Institute, we were lucky enough to hear from founding school leader Kathleen Sullivan of JeffersonRISE share her keys to getting staff buy in. If you’re excited about bringing Schoolrunner, or another process or idea back to your team after #SXSWedu, it’s a must see! Click here […]
Standards-Based Grading: The Full Lowdown
Every four years, people across the globe plop themselves down in front of the television to watch the Summer Olympics. Gymnastics is one of the more popular events in the summer games. Not every gymnast is going to garner perfect 10s like Mary Lou Retton at the 1984 Summer Olympics, however. Gymnasts get scored on […]
See you at NCSC!
Conference season is upon us, and we’re ready and rarin’ to go! This year, we’ll have team members at both ISTE (the International Society for Technology in Education Conference & Expo) and NCSC – the 2016 National Charter Schools Conference (#NCSC16) in Nashville (June 26-29). We’re super excited for our second year at NCSC. Last […]
See you at ISTE!
Yes, we’re going, and yes, we’re excited! This will be our first year at the International Society for Technology in Education Conference & Expo (#ISTE2016) here in Denver (June 26-29), and we just. can’t. wait. We can’t wait to learn about all the new technologies that have been dreamed up to tweak, strengthen, and perhaps […]
The Ins and Outs of Social Emotional Learning
A Happy Coincidence? Remember when Adam Sandler movies were actually funny? It’s been a while since The Sandman has had a movie worth quoting, but one of his classics was the 1995 hit “Billy Madison.” As many no doubt know, this is the story of spoiled rich kid whose father paid his teachers to give […]
Conference CliffNotes | WILD Summit | For Profit and For Good
Here at Schoolrunner, we often have team members flying around the country to attend interesting conferences on both education and edtech. Being the data-dorks that we are, we love taking notes on all the things we see and learn at these talks. Recently, the ladies of Schoolrunner spent the day at the WILD Summit – […]
School Data Managers: The Who, What, and Why
The Superheroes Behind the Monitor: An Introduction to School Data Management When you sit back and think about it, school data managers are like superheroes. Just look at Professor X or Tony Stark. Both superheroes rely heavily on computers to do good in the world – Cerebro and Jarvis, respectively. But it’s Xavier and Stark […]
Conference CliffNotes | California Charter School Association | College Attainment for Alumni
Here at Schoolrunner, we often have team members flying around the country to attend interesting conferences on both education and edtech. Being the data-dorks that we are, we love taking notes on all the things we see and learn at these talks. Recently, I had the opportunity to attend California Charter School Association’s 2016 Conference in […]
