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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…

CTL Artful Reading Project

As part of Artful Reading, students and teachers are learning about creating, responding and producing works of art.  Here’s what happened in one classroom focused on the visual arts.

Speak No More of Rigor?

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.

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 […]

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