Classroom Matters

Tierica Berry is an innovative educator who empowers teenage girls to take ownership of their own development. She believes that when a girl recognizes that the choices they make everyday is what sha…

Michael Brown's death in Ferguson, MO started a national civil rights movement revolving around how police and government treat black residents. Alongside the residents and community concerns came sa…

Dr. Joseph Davis is not only leading the charge to restructure an entire school district, but also managing to keep the quality of academic success high. Raised in North Carolina by his mother and gr…

How do you balance the political pull of education while doing what's best for students at the same time?  Education has become a system of not only expecting academic achievement for ALL students, b…

The nation has been facing a teacher shortage for some time now and folks may be wondering how we have gotten to this point and what we can do to fix it. It’s no secret that the field of teaching has…

Engaging students in meaningful, memorable learning experiences can transform a child’s worldview. It is this belief that fuels our mission at Springboard to Learning to develop children’s abilities …

Want to know the secret of how to successfully lead a school district while keeping your sanity?  Then join me for a conversation with Superintendent Dr. Chris Gaines as he walks us through what it h…

Do you want to know what it’s like to live your mantra, die and then come back to life with a new mantra?  Then you will want to tune in to this episode of Classroom Matters with host Kristy Houle.  …

Most teachers knew at an early age that education was the career path they wanted to take, but at what cost?  In today’s world of bullying, state and national testing, school violence, and academic s…

If you say the words “flipped classroom" to most students they will look at you like you're nuts! In many cases, so will most teachers, but that doesn’t necessarily mean they aren’t using the method …

“Gifted students will do fine on their own.”
“Gifted programs are elitist.”
These and other myths prevent our country from appropriately educating millions of advanced students.  In April 2019 Christi…

In 2018 Beth Davey, an art teacher from the Ritenour School District was named Teacher of the Year by Missouri’s Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.  What Beth soon realized was that “w…

You’ve heard the buzzwords…..media, technology, interactive, innovative, but what do they really mean and how can you use them effectively in a classroom setting?  Teaching with innovation and techno…

As a professional speaker and former educator, Dr, Debra Peppers is no stranger to the epidemic of teacher stress. Hundreds of high-performing teachers suffer each year from not only mental anguish, …