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Introducing: Equitable Classrooms
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Creating meaningful alternatives to teacher evaluation
Veteran teachers and their school site administrators share a common challenge: how to make teacher evaluation more meaningful, less tense…
The research: how student talk fosters learning
Research demonstrates that students who talk more learn more when that talk is focused on higher-order thinking. A fourth grade teacher…
How to generate deeper learning with instructional conversations
Did you know that instructional conversations that elicit student talk accelerate student achievement, especially for English learners?
Assigning students to Zoom breakout rooms, for teachers
Our students need opportunities to speak in class, and Zoom’s breakout room feature is a powerful tool for doing just that. In this post…
Facilitating Zoom breakout rooms, for teachers
Zoom’s breakout rooms are a powerful tool for building more engaging online classes. That’s why I put together this how-to series to help…
Getting started with Zoom breakout rooms, for teachers
As teachers, we’re used to putting students. ingroups all the time—for group projects, table discussions, pair-shares, etc. —but how…
What I built to help teachers engage students online in the time of COVID
As I gear up for more online learning this fall, student engagement remains an elusive challenge at the forefront of my mind. How do I…
Leading your school through budget cuts
Establishing priorities, leveraging technology, and getting the most from categorical funding
Working on SEL? Start with student talk.
Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) has become a key focus of district administrators, school leaders, and teachers across the country…