# On The Subject

> The newsletter for educators tired of being sold solutions to problems they don't have. Practical advice that works in real classrooms and in real districts.

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## Posts
- [🧰 Rebuild a cut program, IKEA-style ](https://newsletter.subject.com/p/rebuild-a-cut-program-ikea-style): How one Texas charter rebuilt grades 7-12 with no grant 
- [♥️ If EdTech had a Hinge profile](https://newsletter.subject.com/p/if-edtech-had-a-hinge-profile): What your EdTech platform's bio really means. 
- [💰 Brad Pitt would approve this budget ](https://newsletter.subject.com/p/brad-pitt-would-approve-this-budget): Jonah Hill made spreadsheets cool. This one's cooler. 
- [⚙️ The settings every roster leaves out](https://newsletter.subject.com/p/the-settings-every-roster-leaves-out): Grade level and reading level are different numbers
- [🔁 5 stories worth a rerun](https://newsletter.subject.com/p/5-stories-worth-a-rerun): Everything we'd hand a brand-new subscriber
- [⏲️ A 20-minute roster audit](https://newsletter.subject.com/p/a-20-minute-roster-audit): Sort your roster into three piles and start counting.
- [🚀 Launch the year without a budget](https://newsletter.subject.com/p/launch-the-year-without-a-budget): What to do in September so February isn't a slog
- [📝 A pop quiz for your vendor](https://newsletter.subject.com/p/a-pop-quiz-for-your-vendor): Two questions that make a vendor show their work
- [🎷 Steal this from the band room](https://newsletter.subject.com/p/steal-this-from-the-band-room): Fresno's music school has a 100% college rate. Here’s how yours can too.
- [✅ Do a pre-filling PE gut check](https://newsletter.subject.com/p/do-a-pre-filling-pe-gut-check): One PE requirement sank an entire application. Here’s how to make sure yours don’t.
- [❌ Being wrong is the lesson plan](https://newsletter.subject.com/p/being-wrong-is-the-lesson-plan): A math director's fix for the copy-me century.
- [🩴 Crocs got a rebrand. Virtual schools are next.](https://newsletter.subject.com/p/crocs-got-a-rebrand-virtual-schools-are-next): Your course catalog deserves better press.
- [📜 The McGrath rule](https://newsletter.subject.com/p/the-mcgrath-rule): Three habits, one rule, zero budget required. 
- [🪾Get back to your R.O.O.T.S.](https://newsletter.subject.com/p/get-back-to-your-r-o-o-t-s): The handbook page every staff meeting needs.
- [🚀 Virtual school isn't rocket science](https://newsletter.subject.com/p/virtual-school-isnt-rocket-science): Your district's virtual program could launch this year.
- [🚶‍♀️🚶🚶🏻‍♀️ SPED, EL and curriculum walk into a bar ](https://newsletter.subject.com/p/sped-el-and-curriculum-walk-into-a-bar): Good intentions start inclusion. Strong systems sustain it.
- [🤷‍♀️ sorry is not a system](https://newsletter.subject.com/p/sorry-is-not-a-system): The vocabulary kids need before the drama arrives
- [👻 Ghost-proof your EdTech contract](https://newsletter.subject.com/p/ghost-proof-your-edtech-contract): It's giving "signed a contract and then vanished"
- [EdTech 🫶Teachers 🫶 Students](https://newsletter.subject.com/p/edtech-teachers-students): A platform loved by teachers AND students? Groundbreaking. 
- [Your summer beach reads are here](https://newsletter.subject.com/p/your-summer-beach-reads-are-here): Three spring semester hits to use while you still know their names.
- [💅 Confidence > credentials, always](https://newsletter.subject.com/p/confidence-credentials-always): Turns out confidence has an address. It's a 4-story building
- [▶️ The "play" button is not a teacher.](https://newsletter.subject.com/p/the-play-button-is-not-a-teacher): A finished course and a confident student are not the same.
- [Copy our notes on station-based learning](https://newsletter.subject.com/p/copy-our-notes-on-station-based-learning): The station-based learning guide that's making kids choose homework over free time
- [EdTech’s favorite bad habit](https://newsletter.subject.com/p/edtech-s-favorite-bad-habit): Less pitching. More listening.
- [Good lessons have more than one entry point](https://newsletter.subject.com/p/good-lessons-have-more-than-one-entry-point): The 4-step approach that builds lessons that work for every kid
- [EdTech's dirty little price tag](https://newsletter.subject.com/p/edtech-s-dirty-little-price-tag): The procurement cycle has a villain. It's not the district. 
- [🌵 Pick a lane, Texas](https://newsletter.subject.com/p/pick-a-lane-texas): Which virtual school bet fits your community?
- [📚 More courses ≠ more students](https://newsletter.subject.com/p/more-courses-more-students): What families really want from virtual school
- [🎒 Second careers make great teachers](https://newsletter.subject.com/p/second-careers-make-great-teachers): Schools need people who stay calm under pressure and manage boundary-testing humans. Look around.
- [🎓 Which graduate are you funding?](https://newsletter.subject.com/p/which-graduate-are-you-funding): Same classroom. Totally different futures. Here's why.
- [Woodstock but make it education](https://newsletter.subject.com/p/woodstock-but-make-it-education): 80 educators, 9 states, 1 unforgettable weekend
- [❤️ teach your students with a beating heart](https://newsletter.subject.com/p/teach-your-students-with-a-beating-heart): Three chambers that make therapy skills actually transfer
- [🧑‍🏫 Teachers are the WHOLE point](https://newsletter.subject.com/p/teachers-are-the-whole-point): A former teacher on why EdTech gets it backwards
- [🐻 The Goldilocks Zone of Learning](https://newsletter.subject.com/p/the-goldilocks-zone-of-learning): Here’s how to find the educational sweet spot
- [🥱 EdTech's boring billion-dollar secret](https://newsletter.subject.com/p/edtech-s-boring-billion-dollar-secret): How solving boring problems wins