CTL Fosters Systemic Change: CTL 20th Anniversary Blog Series

CTL Fosters Systemic Change: CTL 20th Anniversary Blog Series

This is one of a series of posts leading up to CTL’s 20th Anniversary forum and celebration, September 9th at the Muhammad Ali Center in Louisville, KY. By Dr. Diane Ravitch, Research Professor, New York University, School of Culture, Education and Human Development...
How to Make Growth Mindset Work

How to Make Growth Mindset Work

One of the more enjoyable aspects of my work in the past year has been participation in a book study with local teachers and an administrator. The book, Rigorous Reading, written by Nancy Frey and Doug Fisher, served as an excellent common text for our group’s...
Should we get rid of Teacher of the Year awards?

Should we get rid of Teacher of the Year awards?

Good teachers don’t get the recognition they deserve. So when I wonder aloud here whether we should do away with things like Teacher of the Year awards it’s not because I think they shouldn’t be honored and noticed; it is quite the contrary. We, at...
Speak No More of Rigor?

Speak No More of Rigor?

Writers, philosophers, and mystics know that naming a concept or abstract reality puts limits on our ability to truly comprehend it. By labeling things, we attempt to contain them, define them, and compartmentalize them. An educational term that everyone uses but few...

Was Life in the Middle Ages Really a Fairy Tale?

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. Over that period of time she has taught a variety of subjects and grade levels, but has always returned to middle...