The Dashboard: A Blog for K-12 Superintendents & Educators

5 Excel Functions Every Educator Needs to Know

Richard Walter

Updated: September 18, 2017

As many of our customers know, my favorite part of SchoolStatus is our reporting engine. I’m a big fan of manipulating and smashing data together to see cool...

Teaching Math Upside Down

Levi King

Updated: September 12, 2017

I've always been pretty good at math, but when I got to Partial Differential Equations in college I struggled a lot.

6 Books for Teachers at the Beach

Hector Boldo

Updated: June 20, 2017

Many of us are beach people, however that can mean two vastly different things. For some people that means fun, sun, and water, while for the rest of us it...

How Do Teachers Get Stellar Test Results? They Train

Tyler Cummings

Updated: May 15, 2017

I started to seriously run when my sister challenged me to run a marathon with her. I ran the marathon, she didn’t.

What IS Teacher Appreciation? It's Like Finding Money in Your Pocket

Tyler Cummings

Updated: May 5, 2017

Once, while out for a jog, I found $5 on the side of the road and I am pretty sure I said “SWEET!” out loud.

10 Things I Learned About Teachers While Working at SchoolStatus

Robert Reeder

Updated: May 4, 2017

You could say I work in education, but in reality I haven't been in a classroom in years.

Why Does Parent Engagement Really Matter?

Joe Buza

Updated: April 25, 2017

A student’s time at school is a pretty small part of their day. In a twenty-four-hour period, they probably spend about eight hours doing school-related...