Schools and teachers often become so focused on summative assessments they forget to include multiple opportunities to check student progress. It’s this…
Scaffolding and Formative Assessment to Improve Teaching and Learning
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Was Life in the Middle Ages Really a Fairy Tale?
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 […]
CTL’s Roland O’Daniel Honored with MESA Award
CTL Director of Programs Roland O’Daniel recently received a Mathematics Education Service and Achievement (MESA) Award from the Kentucky Council of Teachers of Mathematics (KCTM) for outstanding contributions…
Hangout with CTL: panel discussion on Literacy for 21st Century Learners Dec 10th, 3P EST
We’ll explore new research showing a major shift from reading to writing in recent years and what that may mean for teaching and learning including the Common Core.
Equity – Leveling the Playing Field: CTL 20th Anniversary Blog Series
By Dr. Deborah Walker: Several years ago I attended a meeting in Washington, D.C. for Promise Neighborhoods awardees along with our partners and project leads from Berea College. Geoffrey Canada, architect of the Harlem’s Children Zone was the guest speaker…
What is Learning Innovation?: CTL 20th Anniversary Blog Series
By Mr. David Cook: As Director of Innovation for the Kentucky Department of Education, I spend too much of my time responding to the following question: “What is innovation?” My first reaction is to use the phrase from the anti-drug campaign “Just Say No” to defining innovation.
Innovation – Let’s Make Good Art: CTL 20th Anniversary Blog Series
Art by Sarah Almeda: CTL is marking its 20th anniversary with an education forum and celebration in September. In advance of that event, we wanted to begin the conversation on inventing the next 20 years of education in ways that transform teaching, learning and leadership. We’ve identified three inter-related themes necessary to the invention process: innovation, equity and systems change.