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First published on Inside the classroom, outside the box! and reprinted with permission. “The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud.” -Coco Chanel We know that effectively using student data to drive instruction for student learning is Read More …
How do you create full student choice with a couple hundred of kindergarten through eighth-grade students and one art teacher? A) Pedagogy, B) Planning, and C) Personalized Learning. I am a K-8 art teacher, and I run a choice-based, student-driven Read More …
This post is authored by Allison Zmuda, Marie Alcock and Michael Fisher and was first published on the Solution Tree Blog. Based on The Quest For Learning: How To Maximize Student Engagement In many classrooms, assessment is still an event. It Read More …
English teacher Denise Earles from Madison Public Schools, CT is part of an innovation project to experiment with standards based grading in a traditional school system. Kevin Siedlecki is in his 8th year as an English teacher at Daniel Read More …
When I began teaching 12 years ago, after two other careers, I did not have the typical mindset of a “new” teacher. First, because I had spent three years in a middle school special education classroom, and second, because I Read More …
Junior honors students have recently been provided with the opportunity to experience the standards-based grading system at Daniel Hand High School. Standards-based grading eliminates the fear of failure associated with grades. If a student unsuccessfully takes a risk, he or Read More …
This post first appeared on PowerSchool and is reprinted with permission. Ken O’Connor, The Grade Doctor, expands on the question: What is standards-based grading? Let’s go back to basics and revisit what standards-based grading (SBG) is and how it delivers Read More …
English teacher Denise Earles from Madison Public Schools, CT is part of an innovation project to experiment with standards based grading in a traditional school system. Kevin Siedlecki is in his 8th year as an English teacher at Daniel Hand Read More …
by Art Costa, Bena Kallick, and Allison Zmuda There are predictable policies and practices in the opening month of school that center around setting goals as a classroom teacher, grade level, department, or school. Well-intentioned to be sure, but perhaps Read More …
One morning about midway through the school year I arrived to work and sat down to read the myriad of emails I had received since leaving the previous day. One email caught my eye. The subject line read, “Your piece Read More …
