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CSA Goes to SXSW EDU 2023
- Author: CSA Staff
- – March 17, 2023
Pam Garner, Vice President of Strategy, and Lisa Panka, Vice President of Program Development had the opportunity to attend SXSW EDU 2023 in Austin, TX. Now that they have had time to decompress and reflect on all that they learned, we wanted to share some highlights and takeaways with you.

Reading Month Book Drive for Joseph Kellman Elementary School
- Author: Kim Fletcher
- – March 3, 2023

Project Spotlight: CTE Work for Electude
- Author: Chris Benson
- – February 24, 2023
CTE has been an area of focus for CSA Education. We believe that building strong CTE content will provide opportunities for all students to pursue a successful career in a field that aligns with their personal strengths and interests.

CTE Dual-Credit Programs
- Author: Chris Benson
- – February 10, 2023
Dual-credit programs are an increasingly popular form of education in the United States. These programs allow high school students to take college-level courses and earn college credit while in high school, often at a much lower cost than traditional college tuition.

Project Spotlight: Anderson Ranch Visiting Artists Series Curriculum
- Author: Katie Delbridge and Michael Aki
- – December 9, 2022
Anderson Ranch approached CSA to help them create a curriculum for their LatinX Visiting Artists Series featuring a printmaker and a new media artist.

Giving Back to our Communities
- Author: Brian Kozlowski
- – November 15, 2022
November is a time for reflection on thankfulness and recognizing the aspects of our lives that we appreciate. This Thanksgiving season, we wanted to reflect on the different ways of giving back that bring joy to the CSA staff.

Literacy Instruction for English Learners
- Author: Joanna Merrithey
- – October 5, 2022
Literacy instruction for ELs should connect to and build on their home language, encourage participation through scaffolded instruction, and emphasize oral language development.

Crafting CSA Education’s Core Values
- Author: Teresa Roberts
- – September 16, 2022
CSA is a small company with a unique culture, and we wanted a way to show exactly who we are and what we stand for.

How Has Copyediting and Proofreading Changed in the Digital Age?
- Author: Jen Gavigan
- – August 22, 2022
In addition to producing grammatically correct content and curriculum, it is important to craft engaging content as well. To be noticed in a highly competitive environment these days, it is essential to grab the reader’s attention with every word.

Project Spotlights: DEI Revisions
- Author: CSA Staff
- – July 22, 2022
We are committed to creating educational materials that reflect the diverse students who use them. In this post, we highlight recent DEI projects.

CTE and Middle School – Why Wait?
- Author: Laura Fidler
- – June 17, 2022
It is never too early for students to explore what they may or may not be interested in before they have to start to make some tough decisions in high school. Why wait to do this? Middle school is the perfect time to introduce this concept.

What Are Phenomena?
- Author: Christine Ruiz
- – May 16, 2022
Beginning science instruction with phenomena provides that sense of wonder and purpose all students need to get excited about science.

Purchasing in 2022: School Districts Continue to Prioritize Standards Alignment
- Author: CSA Staff
- – May 6, 2022
Throughout the pandemic, the challenge of distance learning required teachers to learn and integrate a whole host of educational technologies into their daily routines, and high-quality materials and the ability to identify them have become more important than ever.

Creating Effective Educational Multimedia Content
- Author: Andrea Woudenberg-Harvey
- – April 6, 2022
Whether they know it or not, influencers often produce multimedia content that aligns with e-learning theories and strategies. How can educators harness these same theories to make educational multimedia materials engaging and effective?

Making Science Relevant for All Students
- Author: CSA Staff
- – March 2, 2022
Making authentic connections between content and students’ lives will engage students and make learning more relevant to their lives.

Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs in Schools
- Author: Lisa Panka
- – February 3, 2022
Ask most teachers, and they will tell you that they want their students to be working at that self-actualization level, striving to become the people they want to be. What can teachers, schools, and communities do to help students reach that level?

What Is Curriculum and What Goes into Making It?
- Author: CSA Staff
- – January 4, 2022
What Is Curriculum and What Goes into Making It?


Nanolearning: A Little Content Goes a Long Way
- Author: Kimberly Gier
- – November 1, 2021
The idea that shorter lessons might increase retention is not new. Successful nanolearning takes advantage of technology to individualize learning by delivering content that students need or want to know when they need or want it.

Strategies for Planning Challenges Many Teachers Face
- Author: Lisa Panka
- – October 6, 2021
School administrators and teachers can work together to build a collaborative environment for sharing ideas.

Setting Learning Goals with Students
- Author: CSA Staff
- – September 1, 2021
Setting achievable learning goals with students can be a great tool to increase motivation.

Health and Wellness: Eliminate Stress
- Author: Corrie Thompson
- – August 4, 2021
You can cut off ties to the social projection of life and stay present in the moment.

Health and Wellness: Fighting Off Screen Fatigue
- Author: Corrie Thompson
- – July 7, 2021
With classes, administration meetings, and off-hour social hangouts all being online, you can be tired of the screen.

Health and Wellness: An Introduction
- Author: Corrie Thompson
- – June 1, 2021
Teaching kids to incorporate health and wellness practices can support them by fulfilling their social-emotional needs, encouraging creative expression, and validating mental health realities.

Rethinking Grammar Instruction
- Author: Joanna Merrithey
- – May 5, 2021
When students are shown how to analyze grammar and develop an understanding of how grammar works, they can use it express precise meaning in their own writing. When students see how authors use grammar for specific purposes, they can apply grammar in their own writing.

Equity and Inclusion in Civics Instruction
- Author: Ron Watson
- – April 13, 2021
A rise in awareness in regard to diversity, equity, inclusion, and representation is driving an evolution in social studies instruction, particularly civics instruction.

Student Engagement Is Often Missing During Online Learning
- Author: Kim Doele
- – March 3, 2021
How we teach virtually is going to look and feel different than classroom teaching, but planning for engaging students remains essential.


Don’t Forget to Encourage Kids to Play!
- Author: Joanna Merrithey
- – January 6, 2021
Everything can be playful with the right mindset—even cleaning! Play is essential for every child’s development, whether it be social play, independent play, or guided play.

New Realities in Education
- Author: Eric Placek
- – December 2, 2020
Instead of looking at illustrations of dinosaurs in a textbook, students can use AR technology to get an up-close look at three-dimensional dinosaurs in action.

Resources For Teaching Tolerance
- Author: CSA Education
- – November 16, 2020
We've put together a list of resources on teaching tolerance. Will you join us on this International Day for Tolerance as we continue to listen and learn?

Copy Editing
- Author: CSA Staff
- – November 4, 2020
The word itself, copyedit, is ambivalent. As a verb, it’s one word (preferred), but as a noun, it’s two words, copy editor, according to Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary, so don’t believe everything your spellchecker tells you.

Every Student Succeeds Act in a Pandemic
- Author: Lisa Panka
- – October 7, 2020
Just as many states were getting their footing, the world was faced with a pandemic. States questioned how they could possibly meet their ESSA and ESEA requirements while trying to find a way to provide the most basic services to students at home.

Fact-Checking You Can Count On
- Author: Corrie Thompson
- – September 2, 2020
Fact-checking information is instrumental to assuring your audience that the knowledge shared is credible and timely.

Dogs of CSA Education!
- Author: CSA Staff
- – August 25, 2020
It's National Dog Day! We love our dogs here at CSA Education.

Representation in Education
- Author: Lisa Panka
- – July 1, 2020
Recent events have shone a spotlight on some dramatic inequalities in our society. What can we as educators and curriculum developers do to be part of the solution?

COVID-19 and Learning Loss
- Author: Lisa Panka & Joanna Merrithey
- – June 25, 2020
This year's learning loss may be more drastic because of the students' absence from their schools for an extended period of time. How can educators and parents lessen the impact of extended stay-at-home orders on student growth?

Guided Reading: The Writing Process
- Author: CSA Staff
- – May 29, 2020
“I think it would be amazing to have the kids watch the writing process happen in real life. We teach the writing process, but kids don’t really understand that writers use it too,” said Ann, a guided reading specialist. Let’s do it. Let's develop a series of leveled readers that goes through the entire writing process.

Guided Reading: What Students and Teachers Want
- Author: CSA Staff
- – May 29, 2020
If we want to make our guided reading programs really shine and meet teachers’ and kids’ needs, we should give them what they want: cool books, reading suggestions, fun facts, and video links!

UDL as an “Adaptable” Curriculum
- Author: CSA Staff
- – May 29, 2020
Students should not have to adapt to the curriculum; the curriculum should adapt to the student. UDL may be the solution to that problem.

Five Ways to Incorporate Social-Emotional Learning in the Classroom or at Home
- Author: Joanna Merrithey
- – May 29, 2020
Many educators are advocating prioritizing students’ social and emotional wellness over grades and assignments. What are some activities you can do with children that focus on social-emotional learning?

NCTM: Adapting to Change in Centennial Year
- Author: Lisa Panka
- – May 29, 2020
With their 2020 conference cancelled, NCTM found a creative way to provide professional development to educators around the world.

Virtual Adventures for Children (and Parents!) Stuck at Home
- Author: Teresa Roberts
- – May 28, 2020
Sparking your child’s curiosity and encouraging engagement with learning has never been more critical. A wide variety of educational and cultural institutions offer virtual resources that can help.