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Solutions to Unfinished Learning in Math Must Go Beyond Academics

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Re-Humanizing Assessment through Building Internal Capacity

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Dismantling White Supremacy in Our Workplace

Making Students’ Learning Visible with Jamboard

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Materials Adaptation

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Which Types of Content Are Key in Content-Focused Professional Learning in Mathematics?

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Which Types of Content Are Key in Content-Focused Professional Learning in ELA/Literacy?

Mistakes Tell Us What Students Are Ready to Learn

Standards-Alignment Information

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What to Consider if You’re Adopting a New ELA/Literacy Curriculum

Not Your Mom’s Professional Development

Reaching New Heights

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Knowledge-Building Model Lessons for Middle and High School

What Principles Must Underlie Successful Personalized Learning?

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Classroom Strategies

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Explore classroom guidance, techniques, and activities to help you meet the needs of ALL students.

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most recent articles

Solutions to Unfinished Learning in Math Must Go Beyond Academics

Making Students’ Learning Visible with Jamboard

Re-Humanizing Assessment through Building Internal Capacity

Tools and Resources

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Discover new tools and materials to integrate into you instruction.

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most recent articles

Dismantling White Supremacy in Our Workplace

Making Students’ Learning Visible with Jamboard

Top Posts of 2020

Materials Adaptation

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Find instructions and recommendations on how to adapt your existing materials to better align to college- and career-ready standards.

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most recent articles

Which Types of Content Are Key in Content-Focused Professional Learning in Mathematics?

Teacher working at a laptop

Which Types of Content Are Key in Content-Focused Professional Learning in ELA/Literacy?

Mistakes Tell Us What Students Are Ready to Learn

Standards-Alignment Information

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Learn what it means for instructional materials and assessment to be aligned to college- and career-ready standards.

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most recent articles

What to Consider if You’re Adopting a New ELA/Literacy Curriculum

Not Your Mom’s Professional Development

Reaching New Heights

Research and Reflections

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Delve into new research and perspectives on instructional materials and practice.

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Group of students talking.

Building a Culture of Advocacy

Students reading and taking notes

Knowledge-Building Model Lessons for Middle and High School

What Principles Must Underlie Successful Personalized Learning?

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Part 1

Dismantling White Supremacy in Our Workplace

How to start the conversation
02/26/21, Amy Briggs, Joy Delizo-Osborne
Classroom Strategies, Tools and Resources

Making Students’ Learning Visible with Jamboard

How to use Google Jamboard to support instruction and professional learning
02/12/21, Tika Epstein
Tools and Resources
Part null

Top Posts of 2020

Read the most popular posts of the year!
12/18/20, Student Achievement Partners
Classroom Strategies, Tools and Resources
Part null

Meeting the Needs of Every Student No Matter What

5 ways to meets students' academic and emotional needs
12/16/20, Tika Epstein
Classroom Strategies, Tools and Resources
Part null

Small Pivots to Access Complex Text Across the Curriculum

Reading strategies that help secondary students in all content areas
12/15/20, Sarah Brown
Classroom Strategies, Tools and Resources

Finding and Teaching The Complexity In Read-Aloud Texts

11/25/20, Anne Lyneis
Tools and Resources
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Meet Students Where They Are Academically and Literally!

Three ways to use Edcite's Real-time Connect with students
11/20/20, Edcite
Tools and Resources
Part null

Ready to Disrupt the Canon?

A new on-demand learning experience
11/16/20, Kate Crist, Joy Delizo-Osborne, Tori Filler
Classroom Strategies, Tools and Resources

Are We Forgetting About Fluency?

11/13/20, Anne Lyneis
Classroom Strategies, Tools and Resources

Improving Accessibility for All Students

Remote Learning Tips and Tricks
11/06/20, Fishtank Learning
Classroom Strategies, Tools and Resources
Part null

Enhancing Remote Learning and Student Engagement With Online Tools

Five tools to make virtual learning more social for students
10/30/20, Aaron Grossman
Classroom Strategies, Materials Adaptation, Tools and Resources
Part 3

Which Types of Content Are Key in Content-Focused Professional Learning in Mathematics?

The Professional Learning Core Content in Math
10/02/20, Kate Crist, Jun Li
Classroom Strategies, Tools and Resources
Part null

Designing Equitable Learning Environments

Intentional instructional practice decisions, with a specific focus on mathematics
09/11/20, Amber Cook
Teacher giving online school lesson via video conference
Classroom Strategies, Tools and Resources
Part null

How to Keep Virtual Live Lessons Running Smoothly? It Takes Two

A two-person model can improve the flow and engagement in virtual lessons
09/03/20, Matt Kerrigan
Teacher teaching mathematics to students in a classroom
Classroom Strategies, Tools and Resources
Part null

Planning for Math Remediation

Just-In-Case or Just-In-Time?
08/13/20, Sarah Britton, Jami Therrien Wells
Classroom Strategies, Tools and Resources
Part 1

What Is “Content-Focused Professional Learning”?

The Professional Learning Core Content in Mathematics & ELA/Literacy
07/31/20, Kate Crist, Jun Li
Classroom Strategies, Tools and Resources
Part null

Amplifying Student Voices During Distance Learning

Using asynchronous tools to create a math share-out for the kindergarten classroom
07/17/20, Bethany Lockhart Johnson
Research and Reflections, Tools and Resources
Part null

Growing Your Craft, Virtually!

Achieve the Core’s webinars can help your K-12 staff grow and reflect!
06/19/20, Tika Epstein
Classroom Strategies, Research and Reflections, Tools and Resources
Part null

You Have a List of Culturally Diverse Texts. Now What?

Guidance on facilitating classroom lessons and discussions that push student thinking
06/11/20, Keenan W. Lee, M. Ed
Classroom Strategies, Research and Reflections, Tools and Resources
Part null

Digital Coaching Menus Bring the Professional Learning Principles To Life

Designing effective coaching sessions that reflect teacher needs
05/14/20, Kenny McKee
Student participating in a remote math classroom.
Classroom Strategies, Tools and Resources
Part null

5 Ideas to Engage K-2 Students in Math Remotely

Using video, interactive platforms, and at-home materials to support math instruction for young students
05/06/20, Chris Fishpaw
Family reading together as part of remote book club during remote learning
Tools and Resources
Part null

Class and Family Book Tasting During Distance Learning

Designing reading activities to engage K-12 students at home
04/28/20, Tika Epstein
Classroom Strategies, Tools and Resources
Part null

3 Recommendations for Supporting Early Elementary Students Remotely

A kindergarten teacher shares strategies and advice
04/17/20, Lindsay Arnold
Tools and Resources
Part null

Coaching through the COVID-19 Crisis

Four suggestions for how to structure virtual instructional coaching
03/27/20, Kenny McKee
Classroom Strategies, Tools and Resources
Part null

Top 5 Resources for Learning Online

Free, standards-aligned resources to facilitate remote learning
03/20/20, Tika Epstein
Classroom Strategies, Materials Adaptation, Tools and Resources
Part null

Mistakes Tell Us What Students Are Ready to Learn

Learning from students' mistakes to enhance instruction
03/13/20, Michael Pershan
Research and Reflections, Standards-Alignment Information, Tools and Resources
Part null

Not Your Mom’s Professional Development

What needs to change in professional learning design
03/06/20, Rachel Etienne
Classroom Strategies, Research and Reflections, Tools and Resources
Part null

Designing for Equity (Teachers as Designers)

Helping folks who care about equity do equity.
02/27/20, Dr. Christine Ortiz
Classroom Strategies, Research and Reflections, Tools and Resources
Part null

How Does Education Research Relate to My Practice?

Is your reading program working? What can you do to improve it?
02/14/20, Tori Filler, Carey Swanson
Classroom Strategies, Research and Reflections, Tools and Resources
Part null

Tidying Up

Instructional Routines for Whole-Class Reading and Writing
01/22/20, Jon Gustafson
Classroom Strategies, Materials Adaptation, Standards-Alignment Information, Tools and Resources
Part null

Reaching New Heights

A Framework for Examining Cognitive Complexity in Mathematics
01/06/20, Shelbi Cole, Ph.D, Ted Coe, Ph.D
Classroom Strategies, Materials Adaptation, Research and Reflections, Standards-Alignment Information, Tools and Resources
Part null

Top Posts of 2019

Read the most popular posts of the year!
12/12/19, Student Achievement Partners
Classroom Strategies, Research and Reflections, Tools and Resources
Part null

For the Love of Learning

How a focus on building knowledge through content-rich nonfiction can enrich ELA instruction and engage learners
12/08/19, Carey Swanson
Classroom Strategies, Materials Adaptation, Tools and Resources
Part null

Math Instructional Routines: Creating Opportunities for Students With Disabilities to Grapple with Grade-Level Math

How Routines for Reasoning can support all students to engage with the mathematical practices
12/01/19, Grace Kelemanik, Amy Lucenta
Classroom Strategies, Tools and Resources
Part null

I See Me

Building a diverse classroom library with the help of First Book Marketplace
11/24/19, Tamika Peters
Classroom Strategies, Materials Adaptation, Research and Reflections, Standards-Alignment Information, Tools and Resources
Part null

2019 Blog Contest

Creating Equity in the Classroom
11/18/19, Student Achievement Partners
Classroom Strategies, Materials Adaptation, Tools and Resources
Part null

Designing and Integrating a Grade 3 Assessment on Fractions

A Q&A With Raven Redmond and Jennifer Ahearn
11/15/19, Raven Redmond, Jennifer Ahearn
Classroom Strategies, Tools and Resources
Part null

What Makes a High-Quality Diverse Text and How to Get These Texts Into Your Classroom

Resources and guidance for educators
11/13/19, Jill Eisenberg
Research and Reflections, Tools and Resources
Part null

A New Way to Consider Cognitive Demand in ELA Assessments

A Framework for Text Complexity in ELA and Reading
11/08/19, Katie Keown
Classroom Strategies, Tools and Resources
Part null

Laying a Solid Foundation of Literacy

Building Teacher Capacity with the Reading Foundational Skills
11/04/19, Darla O'Leary
Classroom Strategies, Materials Adaptation, Tools and Resources
Part null

Developing the Math Language Routines

Foster Student Participation Through Building Math Language, Practices, and Content
10/28/19, Jack Dieckmann, Renae Skarin
Classroom Strategies, Research and Reflections, Tools and Resources
Part null

Striving for Foundational Excellence

Country Heights' Journey Through Foundational Skills Instruction
10/22/19, Shiryl McAdams, Allie Lindow
Classroom Strategies, Tools and Resources
Part null

Planning the Small Group Reading Lesson

Teach and Guide
10/06/19, Dr. Deborah Glaser
Research and Reflections, Tools and Resources
Part null

Quality Instructional Materials or Quality Professional Learning Opportunities for Teachers?

Support for educators serving English Learners
07/26/19, Renae Skarin
Tools and Resources
Part null

Desmos in the Math Classroom

How a free tool changed my classroom
07/19/19, Nick Corley
Research and Reflections, Tools and Resources
Part null

Designing a Holistic Learning Experience

Why school communities must integrate social, emotional, and academic considerations into instructional planning
06/19/19, Rachel Etienne
Classroom Strategies, Tools and Resources
Part null

Press Play

Using Podcasts and Documentaries to Supercharge Background Knowledge and Bolster Reading Comprehension
06/02/19, Jon Gustafson
Research and Reflections, Tools and Resources
Part null

Social Emotional Learning and Academic Content: A Natural Pairing

Reflections on how best practices for social emotional learning (SEL) and academic instruction are mutually supportive
05/21/19, Astrid Fossum
Research and Reflections, Standards-Alignment Information, Tools and Resources
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Connecting the Dots

Making a Match Between Assessment Texts and Materials in ELA
05/10/19, Katie Keown, Laura Hansen, Carey Swanson
Classroom Strategies, Tools and Resources
Part null

Three Simple Steps to Empowered Word-Learning

Using morphology, context clues, and outside resources to help students decipher word meanings
03/28/19, Kenny McKee
Classroom Strategies, Materials Adaptation, Research and Reflections, Standards-Alignment Information, Tools and Resources
Part null

Top Blog Posts of 2018

Here are our top 25 most-visited posts of 2018.
12/20/18, Student Achievement Partners
Classroom Strategies, Tools and Resources
Part null

Encouraging a Growth Mindset through Art

Strategies for moving beyond "follow-the-leader" style art projects and developing an art curriculum that supports student learning across subjects
10/26/18, Tempest NeuCollins
Research and Reflections, Tools and Resources
Part null

Observing Reading Foundational Skills Instruction

Introducing a new tool to observe the components of foundational skills instruction
10/23/18, Carey Swanson
Classroom Strategies, Research and Reflections, Tools and Resources
Part 1

Addressing Common Challenges with Student Writing

Why aren’t students successful writers and what can teachers do to help?
10/09/18, Zackory Kirk
Classroom Strategies, Tools and Resources
Part null

Building A Culturally Responsive Classroom

Why building a culturally responsive classroom matters for the success of ALL students
09/07/18, Jill Yamasawa Fletcher
Classroom Strategies, Tools and Resources
Part null

Engaging Students with #BookSnaps

Reinventing how your students discuss text within the classroom
08/30/18, Andrea Raines
Tools and Resources
Part null

Formative Assessments and Feedback in the Digital Age

How implementing Pear Deck changed my classroom.
07/06/18, Jeff Crayton
Classroom Strategies, Tools and Resources
Part null

Inspiring Writers

A process for supporting writing practice with K-2 English Language Learners
06/22/18, Astrid Emily Francis
Materials Adaptation, Tools and Resources
Part null

enVisionmath 2.0: Focusing the K-5 Mathematics Curriculum

The process and the documents one district designed to support alignment of their curriculum to the standards.
05/30/18, Jaime Pitkin
Materials Adaptation, Tools and Resources
Part null

Making enVisionmath 2.0 Work

An Introduction to Adapting enVisionmath 2.0 K-5
04/25/18, Anna Schattauer Paillé, Marni Greenstein
Research and Reflections, Tools and Resources
Part null

Compelling Digital Lessons for English Learners

How to use the free WriteReader app to support English Language Learners
04/17/18, Astrid Emily Francis
Tools and Resources
Part 2

The 3 R’s + 4 C’s = 7th Heaven (Part 2)

A technology integrationist introduces digital tools to support collaboration, communication, creativity, and critical thinking.
04/06/18, Rachel Langenhorst
Tools and Resources, Uncategorized
Part 1

The 3 R’s + 4 C’s = 7th Heaven

A Technology Integrationist’s Guide to 21st Century Learning (Part 1)
03/23/18, Rachel Langenhorst
Tools and Resources
Part null

The Digital Coaching Menu: Four Reasons Why You Need One

Providing teachers with content-focused options for coaching support
01/25/18, Kenny McKee
Standards-Alignment Information, Tools and Resources
Part null

Understanding vocabulary standards: Building students’ skills

Differentiation between the vocabulary standards in the Reading and Language Strands
01/22/18, Vincent Segalini , Melissa Beck
Research and Reflections, Tools and Resources
Part 2

Supporting Our Youngest Readers: Teaching the Skills of Reading

Why using decodable readers can be powerful
01/12/18, Carey Swanson
Standards-Alignment Information, Tools and Resources
Part null

Materials Alignment Quick Check

Introducing a new evidence catcher to facilitate instructional materials decisions
12/27/17, Meredith Liben, Susan Pimentel
Classroom Strategies, Materials Adaptation, Research and Reflections, Tools and Resources
Part null

Three APPS to Support Students with Special Needs

Helping All Kids Grapple with Grade-Level Content
12/21/17, Dr. Bryan Drost
Research and Reflections, Standards-Alignment Information, Tools and Resources
Part 2

Addressing unfinished learning in the context of grade-level work

Not all unfinished learning should be treated the same way
12/06/17, Chrissy Allison
Classroom Strategies, Tools and Resources
Part null

Creating Student Empowerment Through Your Garden-Variety Graphic Organizer

How I use graphic organizers in my classroom to promote student independence
11/30/17, Alison Killy
Classroom Strategies, Research and Reflections, Tools and Resources
Part null

Emerging Effects from CCSS

A high school math teacher shares examples of student progress following CCSS implementation
11/27/17, Lane Walker
Standards-Alignment Information, Tools and Resources
Part null

A Five-Course Meal Complete with Strategies for Assessment

Concrete strategies to help classroom educators get involved with assessment design
11/21/17, Bryan Drost
Materials Adaptation, Research and Reflections, Tools and Resources
Part null

The Many Positive Uses for Assessment

Three ways to use assessment for good
11/15/17, Rob Woodworth
Classroom Strategies, Research and Reflections, Tools and Resources
Part null

Instead of…Try This

Avoid common pitfalls in the ELA classroom with these strategies
10/03/17, Andrea Raines
Materials Adaptation, Research and Reflections, Standards-Alignment Information, Tools and Resources
Part null

The Instructional Practice Toolkit: An Introduction

Learn how the Instructional Practice Toolkit can help teachers make connections between planning, instruction, and student outcomes.
09/22/17, Rachel Etienne
Classroom Strategies, Standards-Alignment Information, Tools and Resources
Part null

Assessing Grammar and Language Convention Skills

New guidance explains how to assess writing skills through embedded-error passages and multiple-choice items
09/18/17, Laura Hansen, Katie Keown
Classroom Strategies, Tools and Resources
Part null

Blended Learning: The Station Rotation Model

Find out how a blended learning station-focused model can help you differentiate instruction and give ALL students the support they need to tackle grade-level work
09/06/17, Susan Hitt
Tools and Resources
Part null

Unfinished Learning in Math: How Do You Address it?

The role of coherence in ensuring all students stay on grade level
08/30/17, Jeff Crayton
Research and Reflections, Tools and Resources
Part null

Piloting the Instructional Practice Toolkit

Two curriculum specialists who piloted the professional learning resource share their experience
08/21/17, Kim Schoenau, Aubree Short
Tools and Resources
Part 2

Looking At and Learning From Student Work, Part Two: Now What?

An 8th grade teacher models the process of using writing analysis checklists to make plans for future writing instruction
08/17/17, Joey Hawkins
Standards-Alignment Information, Tools and Resources
Part null

State of Our Classrooms: Instructional Materials

Findings from a 2017 survey about instructional materials usage among educators
08/07/17, Janelle Fann
Materials Adaptation, Tools and Resources
Part null

Finding Our Way in Fluency – A School’s Journey to Strengthen Math Fluency Instruction

A personal story of how educators built their knowledge of mathematics fluency from the ground up, and identified creative ways to help their students master fluency expectations
07/05/17, Amanda Davis, Catie Warren
Tools and Resources
Part 1

Looking at, and Learning from, Student Writing

An introduction to the Vermont Writing Collaborative's Writing Checklists
06/26/17, Joey Hawkins
Research and Reflections, Standards-Alignment Information, Tools and Resources
Part null

“We’re the best. Just trust us!”

Finding unbiased information about instructional materials.
05/30/17, Janelle Fann
Materials Adaptation, Tools and Resources
Part null

Adapting an ELA Curriculum for Standards-Based Learning

05/11/17, Cassie Mense
Tools and Resources

Reading to Learn

Strategies to build a love of learning through content-rich nonfiction
05/04/17, Carey Swanson
Classroom Strategies, Tools and Resources
Part null

Demonstrating Conceptual Understanding of Mathematics Using Technology

Using free recording software to capture students’ solution methods and help teachers reflect on their instruction
04/06/17, Robin Diedrichs
Tools and Resources
Part null

Five Places for Trusted Resource Recommendations

Amid the sea of free online materials and digital applications, here are five places we’d start our search.
03/30/17, Student Achievement Partners
Materials Adaptation, Tools and Resources
Part 7

Empowering Primary Math Teachers

How one school moved from contention to ownership of their math curriculum
03/27/17, Danielle Brown
Research and Reflections, Standards-Alignment Information, Tools and Resources
Part null

Forming a United Whole – The Coherence Map

A K-12 STEM District Supervisor Explains How He Used the Coherence Map to Improve His District's Math Curriculum
03/13/17, Joshua Zagorski

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