Lauderdale County School District

Ripley, TN

Wit & Wisdom (K-8)

December 11, 2019 - December 12, 2019



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Guest Article
The 74: How One Rural Tennessee School District With 25 Percent Student Literacy and Nearly a Quarter of Kids Living in Poverty Is Turning the Tide
Lauderdale County School District, Ripley, TN

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Julie Kirkpatick – Lauderdale County School District, Ripley, TN

“They’re confident because they’ve heard it and because the way Wit & Wisdom is built it snowballs on each other.”

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Nicholas Stevens – Lauderdale County School District, Ripley, TN

“Wit & Wisdom allows them to bounce answers off of peers, collaborate their understandings, and realize they actually have it right.”

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Leshil Holder – Lauderdale County School District, Ripley, TN

“They love the text whereas before we got on board with Wit & Wisdom when I would have an inclusion class, they were not interested in reading.”

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Kelli Tidwell and Leshil Holder – Lauderdale County School District, Ripley, TN

“Those kids were talking and usually they wouldn’t have felt comfortable with the text to say anything.”

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Shawn Kimble – Lauderdale County School District, Ripley, TN

“I see kids are more engaged, kids have more confidence, they have more of a platform to share and reflect and talk with their peers.”

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