Frontline Blog

The inaugural Insights Summit is a wrap, and it was an amazing experience! As a Frontline Education team, we feel truly thankful to serve such a great group of clients.

For the longest time, the popularity of adult coloring books was a mystery to me. But one day I realized, when you make thousands of decisions every single day — from which socks or shirt to wear, to which candidate you should hire or where to put your limited budget — your brain gets a little tired. A simple activity like coloring within the lines doesn’t require any deep thought or planning. It’s more of a meditative exercise, with the added benefit of creating something tangible.

I have always loved Thanksgiving. Spending time with family I haven’t seen all year, smells from the kitchen gradually filling the house, the crackle of dry leaves underfoot… what’s not to love?

Sadly, our schools are not always the safe haven we’d hope they would be for our children. While many circumstances that lead to school violence are out of school leaders’ and educators’ control, we can empower educators with information to detect behavioral cues that may indicate a child is at risk.

'Tis the season to take a break from our daily routines, enjoy timeless holiday traditions and have fun with friends and family. And in the spirit of the holidays, we've put together some one-of-a-kind coloring pages to celebrate the most magical time of year.

“The idea that ‘data is king’ still has merit. The difference between now and ten years ago, however, is that there is no shortage of data. The challenge now is to mine the information to find relationships that will help school districts improve.”  

School is almost back in session! Teachers and students alike are sharpening their pencils and getting ready for a new school year.   As you tackle the new semester, here are the top 7 education blog posts from last school year that district leaders are still reading and thinking about.  

Every school year comes with its own unique challenges, experiences and opportunities — all coming together at the summer to weave a story of perseverance, community and success. There’s no question about it — working in education is rewarding, but it certainly isn’t easy.  

Certainly, we'd all benefit from a few more hours in the work week to get things accomplished — but it's easy to see how the daily hustle and bustle of running a school (otherwise known as logistics and operations management) could consume most of the day for principals and assistant principals. Potentially, school logistics management could eat up all of the hours in the work day of a K-12 principal, leaving less time to monitor the quality of instruction and learning.