by dwalker | May 15, 2019 | Blog
One of our goals at CTL is 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. That sounds like a tall order, but we know from our 20 years of...
by rodaniel | Sep 28, 2016 | Blog
luck. The US Department of Education has just launched a comprehensive website on the topic of building STEM Teacher Leadership. The subtitle of the website is “Reflections by the STEM teacher leader community on opportunities and gaps in STEM teacher leader...
by dwalker | Aug 8, 2014 | Blog
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 Mr. David Cook, Director Division of Innovation and Partner Engagement, Kentucky Department of Education There...
by aperkins | Mar 18, 2014 | Blog
The Common Core State Standards challenges us, as English Language Arts teachers, to shift the way instruction looks and sounds in the ELA classroom. One of those shifts is the attention to the staircase of complexity. We know that for students to be ready for the...
by dwalker | Nov 7, 2013 | Blog
Last month I posted a blog entitled Parent Engagement Revisited, part on an occasional series on how to engage parents in the school and in their child’s education. A webinar I participated in earlier this week made me return to this subject. The webinar was...