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Robert Smith gets a picture of his future
This is part 2 of an ongoing series tracking fictional freshman Robert Smith and how Opening Doors ...
High school is two months away. Here’s who's already worried about it.
We ask outgoing eighth-graders a handful of questions every year: do you ...
Five things we learned from our survey work this year.
We look at a lot of data over the course of a school year—staff, student, parent, and community ...
Five years later: what’s up, what’s down, and who we should be worried about.
We do this exercise twice a year. At the midpoint and again at the end ...
Opening Doors helps Robert Smith adjust to high school
This is part 1 of an ongoing series tracking fictional freshman Robert Smith ...
Survey says: Everyone wants students to learn life skills
How should we measure the success of our schools? If you ask 50 people ...
April 2026 Referendum Results: Trends & Analysis
How this spring compares with recent April election cycles ...
Community scores are improving – make a plan to keep the momentum going
We’ve done more than 1,400 community surveys ...
This isn’t our first rodeo! A midyear results roundup.
Two times each year (once around the first semester mark and the other in June), we compile all our ...
The “three Cs” for cell phone policies
Last fall, a new Wisconsin law required schools to adopt a policy that prohibits students from using ...
Why People Skip Surveys — And What to do About It
When you're looking for honest feedback, it can be frustrating to put ...
Families open-enrolling out? Why?
Sometimes, a family open enrolling out of your district may be a simple logistics decision: they work in ...
It’s better to know than to assume
You can’t fix a problem that you don’t know exists. And wouldn’t it be better to fix it before frustration spreads? ...
How to create an effective strategic plan
It’s important for any organization to have a strategic plan. But to move from just any plan ...
Heard, helped, and hopeful: What this year’s survey data tells us
We approached this staff, student, and parent survey data analysis through two lenses ...
Slinger School Store
This post is part of our Opening Doors series, highlighting districts finding success ...