The Hard Work of the Process of Change

The Hard Work of the Process of Change

The Complexity of Changing Outcomes for Students). But there is also internal change that teachers and administrators embark on, to create better learning conditions for their students.  Internal change efforts are not any easier to accomplish, even though the impetus...

Responses to Issues Raised at Education Town Hall Meetings

www.ctlonline.org. Questions from the flyer: 1. Expectations of Schools: With CTL’s background in mind, we expect schools to develop the full capacities of students by engaging them in rigorous and interesting work that has application to the world beyond the school. ...
Artful Thinking and Project Based Learning

Artful Thinking and Project Based Learning

You are probably asking yourself, what is Artful Thinking? We at CTL asked ourselves the same question as we sought to define how the arts play a critical role in PBL classrooms. We established Artful Thinking as a way of supporting students in approaching learning,...
The Complexity of Changing Outcomes for Students

The Complexity of Changing Outcomes for Students

Carnegie Commons Blog: It’s Complex). The author notes that we use the phrase it’s complicated often in our speech, but what we are really talking about are small barriers that get in the way of our accomplishing something we already know how to do.  Changing...
From September to Now:  20th Anniversary Take-Aways

From September to Now: 20th Anniversary Take-Aways

th Anniversary Education Forum.  Our hope was that participants would engage in discussion about actions they could take to address these themes and in doing so, improve educational opportunity for students.  A few weeks ago I sent to all participants a video...