Minga Blog

Here you will find resources and insights that will help unleash student engagement and ensure safety in your schools.

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Average Daily Attendance: The $1.4M Case for Quiet Halls

Hallway Management, PBIS and Behavior Tracking, Tardy Management

3 days ago

Improving average daily attendance is the primary challenge facing school leaders today; it is the metric that determines the resources available to your students and the stability of your campus.…

Image showing a school setting with teacher and parent communication between a teacher, mom and student

How Teacher and Parent Communication Improves Behavior

PBIS and Behavior Tracking

4 weeks ago

For most parents, what happens during the school day is a total mystery. They don’t know whether their child made it to third period on time, whether that missed math…

Happy students in an image used for a blog post about PBIS rewards: building a school where students actually want to be

PBIS Rewards: Building a School Where Students Want to Be

PBIS and Behavior Tracking

1 month ago

The feeling of a school is obvious the moment you walk through the doors. In some buildings, the day is spent purely on the defensive. Teachers are tired, and the…

progressive discipline in high school tardy policies

Level Up Your School Tardy Policy With Progressive Discipline

PBIS and Behavior Tracking, Tardy Management

1 month ago

Tardiness is a significant issue at nearly every school we work with. It disrupts the classroom, impacts academic performance, and creates negative habits that may persist into adulthood. It’s gotten…

High school student with teacher talking about MTSS interventions

Understanding MTSS Interventions for Student Success

PBIS and Behavior Tracking

1 month ago

A Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS) is only helpful when the “supports” are clear, consistent interventions, not vague extra help or last-minute responses after a student is already behind. In…

Students at school showing good hallway behavior

Effective Hallway Behavior Management in K12 Schools

Digital Hall Pass, Hallway Management, PBIS and Behavior Tracking, School Culture and Student Engagement

1 month ago

Hallway behavior affects how safe a school feels, how much learning time gets protected, and how students treat each other in shared spaces. When hallways run smoothly, the whole building…

Girl at school in class for blog post about how schools can boost attendance

Boost Student Attendance Through Accountability and Connection

PBIS and Behavior Tracking, School Culture and Student Engagement, Tardy Management

2 months ago

Student attendance keeps coming up as one of the biggest challenges in schools right now. Along with it, the same day-to-day issues keep showing up: tardies, kids being out of…

People putting stickers on the Minga engagement wall at the CADA 2026 conference

CADA 2026: Students are Opting Out. It’s Time to Bring Them Back

PBIS and Behavior Tracking, School Culture and Student Engagement, Tardy Management

2 months ago

At the CADA 2026 conference, we wanted to hear what is really happening with culture and engagement in California schools today. So we brought our “Engagement Wall”, a simple, hands-on…

The 26/27 Federal Education Budget is Finalized. Make the Most of Your Renewed Funding.

Extras

3 months ago

If you’ve been leading a school this year, you’ve probably had the same thought more than once: “Can we please get one thing to stay stable long enough to plan?”…

FETC 2026 Recap- Student Attendance, Phones, and the Surprise Issue—Google Docs

FETC 2026: Student Attendance, Phones, and the Surprise Issue—Google Docs

PBIS and Behavior Tracking, School Culture and Student Engagement, Tardy Management

3 months ago

If you’ve ever set a Google Alert for “chronic absenteeism,” you’ve seen how constant the conversation is. One day it’s a state sounding the alarm, the next it’s a district…

Minga Blog

Average Daily Attendance: The $1.4M Case for Quiet Halls

How Teacher and Parent Communication Improves Behavior

PBIS Rewards: Building a School Where Students Want to Be

Level Up Your School Tardy Policy With Progressive Discipline

Understanding MTSS Interventions for Student Success

Effective Hallway Behavior Management in K12 Schools

Boost Student Attendance Through Accountability and Connection

CADA 2026: Students are Opting Out. It’s Time to Bring Them Back

The 26/27 Federal Education Budget is Finalized. Make the Most of Your Renewed Funding.

FETC 2026: Student Attendance, Phones, and the Surprise Issue—Google Docs

Average Daily Attendance: The $1.4M Case for Quiet Halls

Join Minga at MASSP EdCon

How Teacher and Parent Communication Improves Behavior

PBIS Rewards: Building a School Where Students Want to Be

Level Up Your School Tardy Policy With Progressive Discipline

Understanding MTSS Interventions for Student Success

Effective Hallway Behavior Management in K12 Schools

Join Minga at ISTE LIVE

Boost Student Attendance Through Accountability and Connection

Join Minga at TASSP Summer Workshop