by dwalker | May 10, 2025 | Blog
http://www.flickr.com/photos/33224129@N00/ / CC BY-NC 2.0 We are excited to collaborate with principals on various initiatives that encourage them to embrace an active instructional leadership role in their schools! In our conversations, we frequently explore two key...
by dwalker | May 6, 2025 | Blog
Being a school principal often feels like walking a tightrope, balancing various stakeholders’ diverse and sometimes conflicting expectations. District leaders envision well-run schools hitting academic targets, fostering positive learning environments, and...
by dwalker | May 3, 2025 | Blog
Over the years, the call for school reform, closing achievement gaps, and raising overall achievement has grown increasingly urgent. Despite our best efforts, too many students still fail to meet academic standards. For persistently low-performing schools, the focus...
by admin | Apr 25, 2025 | Blog
When was the last time you were involved in a quality conversation? What characteristics distinguished it from other conversations you have had? We have all been part of company that lost our attention because the conversation was very one-sided. An exchange that...
by Jenni Aberli | Apr 22, 2025 | Blog
As we come to the end of another school year, I find myself reflecting on how education has changed in the past few years, which then takes me down the rabbit hole of reflecting on how education has changed over the course of my 30-year (I can’t believe it!) career as...
by Staci Eddleman | Mar 18, 2025 | Blog
In many classrooms, reading tasks follow a predictable pattern: students read a passage and then answer a set of questions to “demonstrate their understanding.” While this approach occasionally has its place, it often fails to equip students with the skills they need...
by dwalker | Mar 6, 2025 | Blog
From its inception in the mid-1990s, CTL has incorporated into its work inquiry-based approaches to classroom instruction, as well as a healthy dose of the arts to spur creative thinking and artistic expression. For more than 20 years, the arts have remained a...
by vmillerbennett | Mar 5, 2025 | Blog
As educators, we are always looking for ways to engage our students and make learning mathematics both fun and effective. Games in the math classroom have long been a staple in elementary and middle school classrooms. The body of research continues to grow, suggesting...
by jwright | Feb 19, 2025 | Blog
For the past six years, as an Educational Programs Specialist at the Collaborative for Teaching and Learning, I’ve had the privilege of supporting educators from preschool to 12th grade in enhancing their literacy instruction. My work typically involves guiding...
by Jenni Aberli | Jan 28, 2025 | Blog
In today’s increasingly digital world, the question of whether reading comprehension is better or worse with digital text has become a subject of much debate and research and there are many studies and articles that address this issue. Screens are here to stay,...
