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by Art Costa, Bena Kallick, and Allison Zmuda If students leave our schools knowing more about their ability to learn and who they are becoming as continuous learners, they will be prepared for now and for the future. There is Read More …
When we suggest that a critical element of personalized learning is a cumulative demonstration of learning, we mean that in order for students to discover what they are capable of in the moment as well as how they grow over Read More …
By Jennifer Gonzalez. This post was first published on The Cult of Pedagogy, you can listen to the podcast episode with Mark Wise here. In my 20-year career as an administrator, I’ve had the opportunity to be a fly on the Read More …
by Krissy Hufnagel, Tina Darling, Kelly Bello, and Soroya Smith Krissy Hufnagel is an Innovative Learning Coach for grades preK-6 in Mason City Schools in Mason, OH. She is passionate about growing a school culture in which the whole child Read More …
Vincent Lostetter is working with a CTE pathway in Vista HS. A few years ago, as a part of his ROTC program, preparing students for the air force, he came upon a crashed airplane and decided it would be a Read More …
The focus of this newsletter began with an introduction to one librarian and reconnecting with another on a contemporary concern for our students and our citizenry: News Literacy. What is it? Why should we care about it? What skills are Read More …
Where do I go from here? What else is out there? We suggest three websites where new content for exploring and practicing news literacy skills is posted and updated regularly. The first we discussed in the book and briefly in Read More …
Living in a hyperlinked world means each of us now owns our reading experience. We choose our path by following links from our primary reading to ancillary media with just a click. While this reading experience empowers all of us, Read More …
I have been privileged to write in this space before, and have written about a staple in my classrooms—the Socratic Seminar (11th grade) and the Round Table Discussion (9th grade). For the 11th graders, these are topic driven—The Great Gatsby, Read More …
How do we hone students’ skills to examine news stories with a critical eye? This interview with Michelle Luhtala and Jacquelyn Whiting talks about how we can engage with students and staff on important research issues such as: Drafting better bibliographies Read More …
