by dperkins | Mar 31, 2014 | Blog
As Google Hangouts on Air has evolved it’s become a great tool to curate and share learning. I’ve certainly enjoyed the live panel discussions I’ve done around the Next Generation Science Standards and Literacy for 21st Century Learners pulling...
by aperkins | Mar 18, 2014 | Blog
The Common Core State Standards challenges us, as English Language Arts teachers, to shift the way instruction looks and sounds in the ELA classroom. One of those shifts is the attention to the staircase of complexity. We know that for students to be ready for the...
by admin | Mar 14, 2014 | Blog
The online bios of CTL staff members feature quotes that reflect each person’s passion or special interest within education. For Educational Programs Specialist Ashley Perkins, the quote actually includes the word “passion”: “Adolescent...
by dwalker | Mar 7, 2014 | Blog
When my son was in middle school, I remember his seventh grade class moving from one subject and one room together, directed by the teacher, and following a painted line on the floor. To not stay within the line meant a reprimand or even worse, a discipline...
by admin | Mar 5, 2014 | Blog
In the previously published blog titled, Teaching Critical Vocabulary, I outlined a simple way of thinking about changing the way teachers traditionally approach vocabulary instruction in all content areas, starting with careful selection of words with which students...
by admin | Feb 28, 2014 | Blog
CTL is excited to announce that Jefferson County Public Schools (JCPS) in Louisville, Kentucky has selected a team led by CTL as one of 12 semifinalists in the district’s School of Innovation Design competition. Forty-eight proposals were submitted. The...
by dperkins | Feb 25, 2014 | Blog
Guest Blogger David Cook is Director of Innovation and Partner Engagement at the Kentucky Department of Education. One of the most exciting movements in education today is the competency based learning movement. The term “competency based learning” is sometimes...
by dperkins | Feb 20, 2014 | Blog
Good teachers don’t get the recognition they deserve. So when I wonder aloud here whether we should do away with things like Teacher of the Year awards it’s not because I think they shouldn’t be honored and noticed; it is quite the contrary. We, at...
by rodaniel | Feb 11, 2014 | Blog
MATHEMATICS PROGRAMS SPECIALIST Position Posting The Collaborative for Teaching and Learning (CTL), a non-profit Louisville-based education agency, is seeking candidates for an Educational Programs Specialist position in mathematics to join our growing team. The...
by admin | Feb 10, 2014 | Blog
Middle and high school teachers are embracing deeper reading in their classes, as required by the Common Core State Standards. They accept the literacy premise that students need to build background knowledge in order to comprehend, analyze, and synthesize...
