We need diverse books

We need diverse books

What was your favorite childhood book? If you’re like me, perhaps there was one book that you enjoyed reading over and over again. I read Cinderella so many times that I had the words to the story memorized, forever etched in my mind. When my mom read aloud to me and...
Building virtual community

Building virtual community

These past few months have required all of us to come up with creative and flexible solutions to move forward. Springboard Collaborative is no different.  At Springboard, we have dedicated our time to shifting our literacy and family engagement approach to online...
Teaching with Springboard

Teaching with Springboard

Tomiko Ball (left), an expert DCPS educator, a 2017 Honored National Teaching Award recipient, and a present doctoral candidate at American University for Ed Policy and Leadership, has been involved with Springboard Summer programming for three years in Washington,...
Saving the education system

Saving the education system

Earlier this month, the New York Times published an article lamenting the sorry state of America’s education system. Indeed, the findings are dire: “The performance of American teenagers in reading and math has been stagnant since 2000… despite a decades-long...
3 education best practices you can start doing today

3 education best practices you can start doing today

Fall might seem like a strange time to focus on summer, but that’s exactly what educators from all over the country gathered to do at the 2019 National Summer Learning Association conference in Atlanta. We came to the Summer Changes Everything conference ready...