by Staci Eddleman | Apr 19, 2023 | Blog
In his book Great instruction, great achievement for students with disabilities: A road map for special education administrators, O’Connor (2016) offers important insights about classroom instruction for special education students. Most students identified for special...
by Jenni Aberli | Feb 6, 2023 | Blog
Schools and districts are so often looking for a silver bullet to improve student outcomes. This isn’t new, we’ve been doing it for years and I’ve yet to find or hear of that ONE SINGLE THING that does it. Trends come and go, curricula change, and research evolves to...
by rodaniel | Jan 24, 2023 | Blog
I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about the roles protocols and strategies play in our Adolescent Literacy Model. They are closely linked in enhancing learning. We introduce content literacy strategies to help students learn, and we use protocols to have conversations...
by Staci Eddleman | Jan 11, 2023 | Blog
In the United States, K-12 schools are legally required to ensure that Multilingual Learners (MLs) can participate fully in all educational programs, as outlined in both the Civil Rights Act and the Every Student Succeeds Act. Since it is estimated that by 2025, MLs...
by Staci Eddleman | Dec 13, 2022 | Blog
By Roland O’Daniel, Ph.D. & Staci Eddleman, Ed.D. In a middle school science class, students stand in circles of 3-4, presenting unanswered questions from an article they read from National Geographic about a baby dinosaur discovered in a fossilized egg. As...