by aperkins | Nov 7, 2023 | Blog
How is your school district currently fostering parent and family engagement at the preschool level? The Collaborative for Teaching and Learning (CTL) is positioned to support your district with professional development regarding parent and family engagement...
by aperkins | Jun 16, 2023 | Blog
Book club (noun): a group of people who meet regularly to discuss books they are reading (Mirriam-Webster). I have been a member of a book club for the last 16+ years. We are a motley crew but the thing that ties us all together is our love for reading and fellowship....
by aperkins | May 25, 2023 | Blog
Many of us, whether parents or educators, have the “Last Day of School” clearly marked on our calendars. That day kickstarts weeks of play, wonder, and investigation. Days are filled with excursions, camps, and holidays. A break is given to the weight of the backpack....
by aperkins | Nov 30, 2022 | Blog
Imagine the backpack of a student you currently have in class or perhaps (for parent readers) your own child’s backpack. Unzip that backpack. What do you see in the open? What do you see inside each folder? What do you see that intentionally connects school to this...
by aperkins | Jan 8, 2021 | Blog
This blog post has been updated from its original version posted in 2013. What makes a text complex? Is it the structure? Is it sentence length? Is it student motivation? Text complexity takes into account all of these characteristics and more. If we know that one...
