Posts by Erin Gohl
Future of Learning
Voices from the Field: Best Practices
By: Erin Gohl and Kristen Thorson. We can support our teachers and the work they do by valuing their perspective and insights, providing them with the resources specific to their students’ needs, and giving them the autonomy to respond to the variations in learning and circumstance within their classrooms.
Early Learning
PreK.com: Using Technology to Elevate Early Childhood Education
Parents want to find the best preschool for their kids and schools want to find a way to reach parents. PreK.com fits the bill for both.
Project-Based Learning
2020 New Year’s Resolutions: Changes in Practice to Benefit the Whole Child
We can create the best learning environment for students if we take the time to reflect, reconsider and reimagine our teaching practices.
Early Learning
Small Talk, Big Benefits: Adding Conversations to Reading and Everyday Moments
By: Erin Gohl and Kristen Thorson. Reading with children has a plethora of developmental benefits. Recent research suggests dialogic, or conversation-based, reading can even further broaden and deepen the benefits of the reading experience.
STEM & Maker
3Dux|Design: Out-of-the-Box Thinking, Right Out of the Box
3Dux|Design emphasizes process over product, promoting design thinking by creating pathways for innovative learning.
SEL & Mindset
Is My Child Ready? Broadening Conceptions of Back to School Readiness
By: Erin Gohl and Kristen Thorson Most parents awaken to the dawn of summer with the best intentions of continuing their children’s learning during the weeks spent out of the classroom. As May turns to June, we look forward to the weeks ahead with hopeful, idealistic refrains running through our…
EdTech
Beyond Report Cards: Louisville Students Use Portfolios to Curate and Defend Their Personal Learning Record
The close of the school year brings the joy of graduation and promotion ceremonies across the country. Students, teachers, and parents reflect on the learning and growth of the past year and look forward to the new opportunities and experiences in the school year to come. As a way to…
Equity & Access
The Educational Implications of Michelle Obama’s Becoming
Erin Gohl and Kristen Thorson share insights from Michelle Obama’s biography, Becoming, and how parents, teachers and mentors supported her education. Read as they share her mission to provide educational structures, policies, and programs that show all students that they matter.
SEL & Mindset
CASEL’s New Guide Provides Actionable Steps for SEL Implementation
CASEL recently published a comprehensive framework and toolset on social-emotional learning (SEL) to help bring clarity on, and provide actionable steps for, how to proceed in ensuring the healthy development of students.
Equity & Access
Families are Fundamental: Takeaways from The National Center for Families Learning Conference
Research shows that family engagement in learning has marked positive effects on learning measures across all racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic groups. How can we get more families engaged in their children's learning? This conference provided some fresh ideas.