With staff vision and student and community engagement, turn the unused or under-used areas of your school buildings or grounds into gardens, labs, and makerspaces.

Franchising allows a single principal to lead multiple campuses concurrently. These individuals must be proven, trusted leaders given the flexibility to focus on the best results.

Enrichment classes like toy making and candy chemistry combine fun with serious content in science, technology, engineering, the arts, and math.

Attract parent volunteers by giving them their own space and appointing a coordinator whose job it is to make them feel welcome, comfortable, and needed.

Flower and vegetable beds around school can serve as a multidisciplinary classroom.

Having kids in all grades read multivolume book series pays off in student fluency and engagement with reading.

Elementary students study saving, spending, and sharing on the way to putting a collective $30,000 in the bank in a year.

Tapping your community for funds, resources, and labor isn't easy, but with planning, persistence, and good will, rallying local support for a major school project benefits everyone.

Layering incentives at classroom, grade, and schoolwide levels creates a culture of positivity and achievement where students celebrate milestones in their individual and shared learning.