Speak No More of Rigor?

Speak No More of Rigor?

Writers, philosophers, and mystics know that naming a concept or abstract reality puts limits on our ability to truly comprehend it. By labeling things, we attempt to contain them, define them, and compartmentalize them. An educational term that everyone uses but few...
Revisiting Purpose in ELA Classrooms

Revisiting Purpose in ELA Classrooms

In a recent English Language Arts academy facilitated by CTL, teachers used a critical friends protocol similar to the one show below to provide feedback to each other after three days of creating inquiry-based units. Among the interesting comments shared was this...
Creatively Common at the Core?

Creatively Common at the Core?

Anyone who has been in education for long knows the cyclical nature. Fads of teaching come and go and come again and yesterday’s PD is replaced by today’s workshop and don’t settle in, there’s a new program coming soon! One of those newer...

More on Leadership and the Common Core

This is the third in a series of blogs about school leadership and the Common Core Standards.  The first blog explored the idea of implementing yet another reform and how school leaders can foster a sense of enthusiasm and openness.  The second blog focused on the...