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Student-Centered Learning in Math: A Call to Action
We know that math is so important as we prepare our students for college and beyond. As others have mentioned, we need to ensure we are giving students an opportunity to learn at grade level content or beyond.
Life’s Universal Themes Capture Student Engagement
As educators, we often ponder how we can capture the big ideas in order to create increased student engagement. We recently interviewed two educators who are utilizing Big History Project at their schools to do just that.
How Do We Open the Door
Scott Toonder, a READ 180 teacher in Pennsylvania discusses how to get students to "walk through the door" to reading.
Middle Grade Math Blends: 10 Lessons Learned
We’ve been studying middle grade math blends and with the help of guest authors and partners we’ve observed 10 lessons.
TRECA: Supporting Schools, Developing Leaders
Most education conferences continue to use theater seating, microphones on draped tables, and panels that go bla, bla, bla--no evidence that anyone planning the session considered anything about adult learners. It’s refreshing to work with someone like TRECA team who works hard to create powerful learning experiences for education leaders.
Middle Grade Humanities: Going Beyond the English Class
The middle grades serve as important years for students to immerse themselves in reading and writing across content areas. Schools are increasingly finding ways to create opportunities for students to write and read in content areas that go beyond the English class.
Make or Break, Why Middle School Math Counts
The middle school landscape is interesting no matter how you spin it, but combine students’ physical and emotional changes with new and difficult content, and unique challenges face educators and students alike. Middle school is a time of development, discovery and transition for students - but also an exciting and powerful time for math education.
Student Entrepreneurship in Action
By: Esther Wojcicki. What does it take to get students interested in learning entrepreneurial skills? I can tell you what doesn’t work---teaching to the test, which is unfortunately is a national obsession today. Testing does not lead to real world skills.
Deeper Learning: How Eight Innovative Public Schools Are Transforming Education
Monica Martinez and Dennis McGrath promise a book of inspiring stories about Deeper Learning, and that's exactly what they deliver with Deeper Learning: How Eight Innovative Public Schools Are Transforming Education in the Twenty-First Century.
Teaching Students to Learn Using the Dominant Media
Alan November led a provocative conversation with Ohio superintendents at a TRECA retreat. He urged problem solving and teaching with the dominant media of society--the internet.”