by rodaniel | Mar 25, 2024 | Blog, teacher leadership
Imagine a classroom where students know exactly what’s expected of them, where grades are clear and consistent, and where learning feels focused and achievable. This is the power of rubrics in action. Rubrics, those handy scoring guides that break down...
by rodaniel | Dec 5, 2022 | Blog
Research into critical thinking is clear that the skill can be taught and that it can be taught to young students as well. For CTL’s Postsecondary Success Skills Model, we use Robert H. Ennis’ (Emeritus Professor at the University of Illinois and author of several...
by dperkins | Jun 18, 2013 | Blog
Our students are growing up in an intensely stimulating time. As technology races forward many of our habits are changing but are our teaching practices? As an instructional architect I place a high value on “slow thinking” but are we exploring the power...
by admin | Feb 12, 2013 | Blog
There is much talk about preparing students for college and careers by the time they graduate from high school. How much of that talk involves those who are closest to the issue—the students, themselves? I decided to call upon some real experts for this blog: my...
