The article Visual Arts As Critical Thinking, posted in Edutopia online magazine, is one that echoes professional beliefs I hold as an educator. One of the beliefs at the core of CTL is “Learning about, in and through the arts is a vital dimension of effective classroom practice”. When CTL staff engage with clients (students, teachers, and administrators), we intentionally use the arts […]
This blog is one of five posts for the CTL book study, FOCUS IN HIGH SCHOOL MATHEMATICS REASONING & SENSE MAKING. To date, We’ve looked at (see other posts): Linking Expressions and Functions, More Than Meets the Eye (Example 9, pages 38-40) – a resource for promoting mathematical practices that relate to attending to precision, […]
A colleague of mine recently sent out the above video as a way to jump-start a sluggish Wednesday morning. It seemed a perfect metaphor to follow up to last month’s post about questions that get people moving. I’m here to report that posing those four little words: “What do you think?” generated all kinds of […]
At CTL we have forged a strong partnership with GEAR UP, a federal college access program that seeks to prepare and enroll poor and minority students in college. Generally these students are first in their family to attend college, so support ranges from increasing academic rigor to providing early college experiences to reducing financial and […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
