Barbara R. Blackburn

Advocacy is what you do when you are actively supporting a cause such as expanding the emphasis on technology in your school.

Developing a Curriculum for students with additional needs requires strategies including OPTIMIZE planning, blocking, and interleaving practice.

Rigor is more about quality than quantity and focuses on depth of understanding, this is particularly true in career technical learning. 

It’s important for teachers to provide opportunities for students to take responsibility for learning.

Barbara Blackburn, Ph.D., reflects on her time as a teacher and how she handled chronic absenteeism with struggling students.

There are specific strategies that will help students, teachers, and families connect and build relationships to lead to Student Success.