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The Marshall Memo is designed to keep principals, teachers, superintendents, and others very well-informed on current research and best practices in the field. Kim Marshall, drawing on his experience as a teacher, principal, central office administrator, and writer, lightens the load of busy educators by serving as their "designated reader."

To produce the Marshall Memo, Kim subscribes to 44 carefully-chosen publications and looks through scores of articles each week to select 5-10 that have the greatest potential to improve teaching, leadership, and learning. He then writes a brief summary of each one, pulls out several striking quotes, provides e-links to full articles when available, and e-mails the Memo to subscribers every Monday (with occasional breaks).

What do readers gain from the 20 minutes it takes them to read the Marshall Memo? For one thing, they feel less guilty about not getting to all those journals piled up on their desks! More importantly, they tap into a rich vein of ideas and resources that can help them be more effective. Some Marshall Memo items reaffirm what practitioners are already doing well; some might boost an idea higher up the "to-do" list; and some are genuinely new and thought-provoking. Reading the Marshall Memo provides top-notch professional development and keeps educators on the cutting edge - for only a dollar a week!

Here is what four subscribers wrote about the first year of Marshall Memos (see "What readers say" for additional quotes):

• "Kim is brilliant at doing an accurate précis of dense material and delivering it in a highly readable package that arrives without fail every week."
• "Exceptionally clear, succinct, yet comprehensive summaries of the articles that are most relevant."
• "An extraordinary resource for the busy educator."
• "There's no better way to be kept abreast of best practices and research than reading the informative and lively Marshall Memo."

In addition to receiving the Marshall Memo by e-mail each week, subscribers have access to the Members' Area of this website, where it's easy to (a) download back issues, and (b) locate any article by searching a comprehensive database by author, topic, title, source, headline, or grade level.

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