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Scaffolding and Formative Assessment to Improve Teaching and Learning

by dperkins | December 16, 2013 | Blog | 0 Comments

Schools and teachers often become so focused on summative assessments they forget to include multiple opportunities to check student progress. It’s this…

Was Life in the Middle Ages Really a Fairy Tale?

by aperkins | November 26, 2013 | Blog | 0 Comments

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

by admin | November 25, 2013 | Blog | 0 Comments

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…

Reflections

by admin | Mar 8

I’ve developed and written many videos over the course of my career. Some have been intended for national broadcast, others for smaller audiences…

The Best-laid Plans of Mice and Men Often Go Awry

by aperkins | Mar 5

How do we make right a lesson that has gone wrong? This is the question teacher Sarah Brown Wessling addresses in her video When a Lesson Goes Wrong. As you view the video, keep these questions in mind: 1. How does Ms. Wessling know that her lesson isn’t working? 2. Notice the changes Ms. Wessling […]

Difficulty of Sustaining Change in Education

by rodaniel | Feb 27

I have been reading several blogs recently and have to say that I am impressed with much of the thinking that is being expressed in the blogosphere currently. I think Mind/Shift is promoting some good shifts in instruction regarding the potential impact of the Standards of Mathematical Practices from the Common Core, and I really […]

A Book Not By the Book

by admin | Feb 22

Our grown son is a journalist and author. On a recent visit home, he did a reading, discussion and signing of his new book at a wonderful local bookstore. It was exciting to have many friends and colleagues in attendance, but it was a particularly delightful surprise when several of our son’s former teachers–from preschool […]