Participate in your kids’ schools and activities, encourage them to share with you what they’re learning and doing, and with whom they’re learning and doing it, and you’re…
Parent Disengagement: Learning to Let Go
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Harnessing the power of “Digital Thinking”
As an instructional architect I place a high value on “slow thinking” but are we exploring the power of what we call “digital thinking” to engage students in thinking…
Writing in Mathematics
I captured some ideas about writing in math classes several years ago on a wiki for a class I was taking (Teaching Transactive Writing). It is interesting as I looked through…
The Importance of Parent Engagement
Beyond traditional volunteer roles, schools can engage parents in ensuring that their students are college ready and knowledgeable about the college application process…
Job Opening- Mathematics Programs Specialist
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.
Teaching Critical Vocabulary
Teachers must focus students on the purpose for reading, and plan vocabulary instruction in a way that directly supports that purpose and content. As the authors point out, knowledge of “photosynthesis”, a tier 3 word, will hardly…
CTL in a Nutshell
CTL had to dig deep into communication and collaboration–skills we help teachers develop in their students–to develop a short animated video that describes our work. We had to ask ourselves what we do and for whom; what our mission…