Project based learning helps CTL achieve one of our goals: to advance a vision of schooling that engages all students in interesting and rigorous work, develops their talents and abilities, and prepares them for college and career. Read More →
What does the future hold for public education, and how can we shape the future to ensure that all our students benefit? Read More →
By Mr. David Cook: As Director of Innovation for the Kentucky Department of Education, I spend too much of my time responding to the following question: “What is innovation?” My first reaction is to use the phrase from the anti-drug campaign “Just Say No” to defining innovation. Read More →
By Allison Hunt: If teacher leadership is really going to transform education, the meaning of the phrase is significant. Teacher leadership can absolutely change our educational system if it is interpreted not to be teachers simply taking on more administrative duties, but instead empowering teachers as true professionals within the classroom context. Read More →
What accounts for the lack of connection between our expectations and aspirations, and the reality of schooling for many students? For those of us who loved learning while in school, read voraciously and tackled reports and projects with enthusiasm, why are we unable to generate that same enthusiasm for the majority of our students? Read More →
Obviously going into a unit or lesson without intentional planning is a recipe for disaster but what great teachers know is that in addition to great planning there is indeed an art to knowing just what question to ask and when. Some teachers come by this more naturally but we all grow through experience and practice as we become more perceptive to knowing just how much productive struggle to allow before our students shift into shutdown mode. Read More →
A motion graphic produced by fifteen year old Sarah Almeda gives educational leaders suggestions for how schooling can nurture students’ talents and interests by emphasizing individuality rather than standardization. Read More →
The National Adolescent Literacy Coalition (NALC) recently announced that CTL’s Ashley Perkins has been named to serve on its steering committee. Read More →
If we want to foster innovative thought, adaptability and complex problem solving on the part of our students, we need to engage them in activities that develop these various abilities. Read More →
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 →