The obvious way that the pieces connect and depend on each other suggests that when we dissect effective teaching for the sake of improving, we need to spend time on putting it all together again in a way that works for students.
Rigor is a word that gets thrown around in meetings, planning documents and social media amongst educators. But what exactly is rigor? Too often we mistake rigor for “more difficult” and while we want to challenge our students we don’t want that challenge to be deadly..
Guest Blogger Stella Baker is an English Language Arts teacher at Owsley County Middle School. She has been teaching in Kentucky schools for 29 years. Over that period of time she has taught a variety of subjects and grade levels, but has always returned to middle school English, which is her niche. In her spare […]
A coffee metaphor for how technology can change educational practice, going from substitution to redefinition (think pumpkin spice instead of plain java) offers insights into how leaders can enhance student learning.
By Dr. Aaron Thompson: Discussions about school reform and underachievement often portray diversity as an issue to overcome. Yet rather than being an obstacle to student learning, diversity can instead be viewed as an asset schools can build on.
By Dr. Diane Ravitch: CTL has outlived many reform efforts because it is focused on what matters most: strengthening instruction in the classroom. Policies come and go, but what remains constant is the relationship between students and teachers.
By Sharon Darling: An often overlooked strategy to achieve college and career readiness is family engagement that is focused on literacy development across generations. Meaningful interactions that bring parents and children together to work, play, read, and learn can lead to enhanced language, literacy, emotional, and cognitive development.
