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When I was an undergraduate at the University of Pennsylvania, there were several members of the faculty who were wildly popular for their lectures: Among them were Nicholas Riasanovsky in Russian history, Alfred Rieber in European history, Martin Seligman, then a...

Common Core Standards, Pedagogy and Principal Leadership

The impetus behind the development of common core standards was threefold: to hold schools responsible for fewer curricular objectives but taught in depth and mastered by students; to increase challenge and ensure that students were engaged in a rigorous curriculum;...

Classroom Walkthroughs: Giving Teachers Feedback

Conducting classroom walkthroughs is a useful strategy for gaining an overall picture of instruction in the building. While brief in nature, walkthrough visits yield patterns of data in terms of the instructional strategies that teachers use, levels of student...