While I’m excited about the direction of the new C3 Framework for Social Studies and agree the sample questions are important for our students but are they important to them?
Just as expectations for student college going have changed, so have the ways that people communicate information and share in conversations. It’s time for schools to reflect new communication strategies to…
As a profession, we are confusing reading and writing instruction with assessment of that instruction. Many teachers strive, as I did, to insert “test-like” experiences within the context of their units to decrease…
Recently I visited the Denver Art Museum and had an experience that has stayed with me. It was the Red, White and Bold: Masterworks of Navajo Design, 1840-1870 exhibition of Navajo chief blankets. An arresting…
By Dr. Carmen Coleman: Five years ago in Danville, we began a journey. We wanted to know what schools were doing that were cultivating learners who weren’t only ready for something when they graduated from high school, but who were equipped to be successful in their postsecondary endeavors.
By Allison Hunt: If teacher leadership is really going to transform education, the meaning of the phrase is significant. Teacher leadership can absolutely change our educational system if it is interpreted not to be teachers simply taking on more administrative duties, but instead empowering teachers as true professionals within the classroom context.
By Dr. Patrick Michel: I respectfully submit to you, by its very definition, that the current crop of education reformations are not the same thing as transformation in schools, and that the factors that cause achievement gaps need transformational solutions, not reform.
