Written Meanderings

A reader requested a custom function for getting the id of the current spreadsheet. This would be useful in conjunction with the importrange() function discussed in a previous post: "Pulling Spreadsheet Data: No Scripts Required." In the example below we see cell A1 reads "This Spreadsheet Id is" and cell... [Read More]

Using Email Notifications to Fix Bad Numbers Educators know the impact a phone call can have on the trajectory of a student. Studies have also documented the positive effects school to family communication can have on improving attendance.1 At schools today, one impediment to conducting systematic phone outreach is that... [Read More]

Why is Contact logging important? Schools are houses of invisible complexity. There are so many moving pieces that without strong systems it is nearly impossible for a school leader to create consistent adult behaviors that yield predictable and positive results with students. A contact logging system is one example of a tool... [Read More]

When I first started teaching, more veteran teachers and my supervising assistant principal routinely referenced the phone log I should have been keeping to document phone conversations I was having with the families of my students. While now I can recognize the importance of maintaining C.Y.A style records, at the... [Read More]

Abraham Maslow was an American Psychologist who is best known for his theories that human needs have a hierarchical structure. Maslow taught that a person’s need for physiological, safety, love, and esteem must be met before a person can fully self-actualize. At New Visions, and in particular on the CloudLab... [Read More]