Inventing the Next 20 Years: Education Panel Discussion
What does the future hold for public education, and how can we shape the future to ensure that all our students benefit? Read More →
Tag Archives: achievement
Equity – Diversity Matters!: CTL 20th Anniversary Blog Series
By Dr. Aaron Thompson: Discussions about school reform and underachievement often portray diversity as an issue to overcome. Yet rather than being an obstacle to student learning, diversity can instead be viewed as an asset schools can build on. Read More →
CTL Fosters Systemic Change: CTL 20th Anniversary Blog Series
By Dr. Diane Ravitch: CTL has outlived many reform efforts because it is focused on what matters most: strengthening instruction in the classroom. Policies come and go, but what remains constant is the relationship between students and teachers. Read More →
Two Things That Will Destroy a Competency Based Initiative
All across this country and in countries across the globe, competency based learning is taking place. There are two significant pieces to sustaining and scaling a successful competency based system that we must get right from the beginning or we won’t get the results we desire. Read More →
Should we get rid of Teacher of the Year awards?
Good teachers don’t get the recognition they deserve but what if we also celebrated and recognized things like the lessons or units of the year? In other words, what if we recognized the specific… Read More →
Was Life in the Middle Ages Really a Fairytale, Continued
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. … Read More →
Using Technology to Increase Parent Engagement
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… Read More →
The Difference Between Testing and Teaching
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… Read More →
Three Focus Areas for School Leaders
With endless responsibilities on their list, principals need to be very clear with teachers and other stakeholders about priorities for instruction, with attention to their cultural implications. While the task of college readiness… Read More →
Leadership and Academic Success
School leaders can further students’ academic success by modeling learning behaviors like goal-setting, problem-solving, and ongoing literacy development. Read More →