by jwright | May 5, 2020 | Blog
Imagine this: You’re walking down the hallways of a bustling school building (I know, kind of hard to imagine in this Covid-19 era), but stick with me for a minute. As you’re walking, you pass by several classrooms, some are noisy, some are quiet, some have kids...
by rodaniel | Apr 3, 2020 | Blog
Looking at the weeks ahead, especially if you are not a edTech guru and/or your students aren’t accustomed to using, processing, and expressing their learning on X platform or Y application, you may feel overwhelmed or ill-equipped with the task of designing quality...
by aperkins | Sep 11, 2019 | Blog
Name this show. “Take a look. It’s in a book…” The title of the show presents itself in the next line of the song. We hear of “A Reading Rainbow” that promises readers we can go anywhere and be anything. When Reading Rainbow® aired in 1983, it was in response to...
by ewilson | Aug 21, 2019 | Blog
Have you met Jerome? You should. When we unpack the new Artful Reading module, The Right Word, and teachers read Peter H. Reynolds’ picture book, The Word Collector for the first time, they all, without fail, meet Jerome and fall in love. Why do they fall in love?...
by dwalker | May 15, 2019 | Blog
One of our goals at CTL is to advance a vision of schooling that engages all students in interesting and rigorous work, develops their talents and abilities, and prepares them for college and career. That sounds like a tall order, but we know from our 20 years of...
by rodaniel | Dec 13, 2018 | Blog
We are excited about the coming year and all of our friends who have helped Artful Reading be so successful this year. We want to give you the opportunity to bring this same excitement to your students and your classroom so we are offering a NEW YEAR discount if you...
by admin | Dec 3, 2018 | Blog
There are experts on formative assessment in every school district in the country but they are not often recognized as such. Who are they? They are the athletic coaches in the building. How does a quarterback learn to improve his effectiveness in passing? How does a...
by admin | Nov 20, 2018 | Blog
How does one change a deeply established pattern or schema? If you have ever tried to change a habit in your life, you know that it takes time, awareness, commitment, and a steady patience as you fall back and forth between the new and the old you are trying to leave...
by rodaniel | Jul 23, 2018 | Blog
CTL has introduced Artful Reading over the last couple of years and is excited to share our first publicly available Kindergarten module- Blueberries for Sal. To fully appreciate Artful Reading, teachers implement up to four modules a year to enhance student literacy...
by rodaniel | Apr 3, 2018 | Blog
As part of our work, CTL provides technical assistance to schools regarding a variety of issues including increasing rigor to promote student postsecondary success. Rigor is a term that means so much too so many people, and is important to define. There are a lot of...
