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07/29/2026

Is your school or district planning on hosting a showcase event this upcoming school year? Check out our newest Edutopia article "PBL Showcases Are Worth the Investment of Time" to get ahead of your planning and get tips for preparing students with the skills needed for showcase success, scheduling, and designing the event.

Starting well in advance allows students to get the most out of their preparation and ensures they’ll have a proper audience.

07/20/2026

🎉We are excited to share that our second book, Classroom Reset, will be released later this year!

To celebrate the good news, Solution Tree and ASCD are offering a 20% off code on all pre-orders of Classroom Reset until July 28th!

Discover the power of co-constructing a positive, productive environment directly with your students. In the book, you will find protocols for assessing and improving classroom culture, along with strategies, student-facing scripts, and practical planning tools. Classroom Reset will help you create a classroom that elevates student voice and autonomy.

Preorder your book here: https://www.solutiontree.com/classroom-reset.html
CODE: ASCD20
EXPIRATION: 7/28/2026

06/11/2026

Maureen + James will be presenting Future Ready Group Roles at the ISTE LIVE 2026 \ 2026 ASCD Annual Conference in Orlando on June 29th!

Session Description: Are you looking for structured group roles that support students' readiness for college and career? Explore a set of roles that support students' ability to lead their own groups to be positive and productive. Unpack and adapt the toolkits that accompany each role to increase students' leadership competencies. Link to register is in the comments.

06/04/2026

Cor Creative Partners is hosting a FREE Investigating History webinar on June 11th, 2026 from 3-3:45 pm. Join us and learn more about DESE's free curriculum available to grades 3-7 in MA. Registration link is in the comments.

We will also be hosting an in-person Investigating History Summer Institute in August. Stay tuned for more details!

02/23/2026

We are proud to announce that Cor Creative Partners was selected as one of just four vendors statewide for the Equitable Services for Eligible Private Schools ! These funds are specifically allocated to support professional development and coaching services aimed at enhancing the capacity of nonpublic schools in various critical areas.

We are pleased to already be partnering with many private school districts on this grant and we encourage schools to apply while the funding remains available.

02/20/2026

Thank you to Will Parker and Jen Schwanke for having us on your Principal Matters ! Together we discussed the parallel work of adults and students in building leadership skills which can and should be cultivated in everyone, including , , and students.

https://claritaspod.com/measure/traffic.libsyn.com/principalmatters/PMP483_.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadA Quick Note to Listeners: Before this week’s episode, Will Parker and Jen Schwanke take some time to answer a listener question. This week’s question is: Why do you think reading...

01/05/2026

We are proud to share our latest article in Edutopia, based on our work partnering with educators to make feelings visible in the classroom.

We would appreciate it if you would read, share and comment!

Teachers can use these strategies for promoting emotional literacy to help students develop self-regulation and motivation for learning.

12/09/2025

The Crisis of Joy in Schools During and Post Pandemic

The Crisis of Joy in Schools So why did James Simons and Maureen Chapman decide to write their new book - Leaders of the Class: Units for Teaching Motivation, Perseverance, Communication, and Collaboration in the Secondary Classroom? Listen to the whole podcast conversation on dev...

12/04/2025

Turn Everyday Lessons into Motivation for Students

Turn Everyday Lessons into Motivation Data If we want students to understand their own motivation, we must give them learning experiences they can reflect on. 📍 When the work is engaging, students can assess: Was I motivated today? Why? 📍 When the work is challenging, frustration becomes a pow...

12/01/2025

Human Skills Belong in Every Classroom

Human Skills Belong in Every Classroom Persevering through challenges. Communicating authentically and appropriately. Collaborating to get meaningful work done. These aren’t “extra” skills. They’re human skills—and they belong in every classroom: math, science, art, English, social studies...