Sarah Hanawald

What’s the First Step in Leading Curricular Change? It Might Be a Curriculum Audit

By Sarah Hanawald / December 19, 2023

When conducted thoroughly, a curriculum audit will help you provide a clear picture of how well your curriculum aligns with your school’s mission, the latest educational standards, and published statements about your program.  […] read more

Why Teacher Intelligence Will Always Matter More Than Artificial Intelligence

By Sarah Hanawald / September 12, 2023

Who will teach these students what they need to know to make generative AI a resource while still developing their intellectual capacity? It will be their teachers and parents, not the AI itself. […] read more

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Introducing Wild Zebra: AI-Powered Learning Built for Independent Schools

Thursday, July 14, 2026
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New National Norms are coming to 360 Access: What does that mean?

The CTP is an assessment widely used by independent schools to measure student achievement and reasoning abilities. By rigorously analyzing the CTP scores of over 1,300 students, we uncovered a remarkably strong, data-backed link between a student’s CTP performance in middle school and their future performance on college entrance exams. […] read more

How Practice Can Help Mitigate Test Anxiety

As for any assessment, best demonstrating your knowledge on the ISEE also requires a strong set of test-taking skills, such as time management and answer choice elimination. Test-taking, like any skill, can be learned and improved through practice.  […] read more

E3n Is Officially Here

The legal merger of EMA and ERB is now complete, officially creating E3n—an organization dedicated to strengthening independent school communities and supporting the students and families you serve. […] read more

Upcoming 360 Access Closure   360 Access will be unavailable due to scheduled maintenance on the evening of Tuesday, March 31.
ERB Support Availability for June 2–5  ERB Support will attend an off-site meeting from Monday, June 2, through Thursday, June 5. For support during this time, you may contact us at erbsupport@erblearn.org or log into MyERB to submit a case. We will actively monitor and respond to submitted cases throughout the week; however, response times may be slower than usual.
The merger of ERB and EMA is complete — E3n is officially here!