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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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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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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

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Research and Reflections

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Transforming Literacy Instruction

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Building a Culture of Advocacy

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Knowledge-Building Model Lessons for Middle and High School

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Classroom Strategies

About the topic

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

See all posts

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

About the topic

Discover new tools and materials to integrate into you instruction.

See all posts

most recent articles

Dismantling White Supremacy in Our Workplace

Making Students’ Learning Visible with Jamboard

Top Posts of 2020

Materials Adaptation

About the topic

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

See all posts

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

About the topic

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

See all posts

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

About the topic

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

See all posts

most recent articles

Transforming Literacy Instruction

Group of students talking.

Building a Culture of Advocacy

Students reading and taking notes

Knowledge-Building Model Lessons for Middle and High School

Achieve The Core

Adapting Materials Project

Materials Adaptation
Part 1

An Introduction to the Adapting Materials Project

The challenging, yet rewarding process of adapting instructional materials
08/20/15, Stacy Wetcher
Research and Reflections, Standards-Alignment Information
Part 2

What Needs to Change in Instructional Materials: Math

A panel of experts met to pinpoint the biggest problems with today’s math textbooks: here’s what they found
08/28/15, Marni Greenstein
Materials Adaptation, Research and Reflections
Part 3

What Needs to Change in Instructional Materials: ELA

A panel of experts pinpointed the biggest problems with today’s ELA/literacy materials
09/15/15, Rachel Etienne
Materials Adaptation, Research and Reflections, Standards-Alignment Information
Part 4

Collaborative Learning and Updating Materials

Developing a process for teachers to adapt instructional materials in mathematics
09/22/15, Illustrative Mathematics
Materials Adaptation
Part 5

Adapting Basal-Based Literacy Programs

A team of 4th grade educators adapted a Pearson Reading Street lesson to better serve their students and enhance CCSS alignment
11/12/15, Rachel Etienne
Materials Adaptation, Research and Reflections
Part 6

Outcomes of the Adaptation Process

New case studies share a look at the process of adapting math and ELA materials
11/13/15, Stacy Wetcher
Materials Adaptation, Research and Reflections
Part 7

Using Complex Texts with All Readers

A reading interventionist explains the strategies she uses to help struggling readers benefit from complex texts.
01/27/16, Katherine Linnehan
Classroom Strategies, Materials Adaptation
Part 8

A More Powerful Teacher’s Guide

How administrators can help teachers sort through the clutter in today’s math textbooks
02/23/16, Lauren DelFavero
Research and Reflections
Part 9

Creating a Conducive Environment for Teachers to Adapt Materials

An administrator’s guide to promoting teacher innovation
02/26/16, Andrew Davis
Classroom Strategies
Part 10

Mathematical Knowledge for Teaching

How building specific mathematical knowledge in teachers can strengthen classroom instruction
03/07/16, Illustrative Mathematics
Materials Adaptation, Tools and Resources
Part 11

Supplementing Your Anchor Math Curriculum with Rich Tasks

A New York math specialist explains how he’s enhanced his school’s curriculum with tasks from Illustrative Mathematics.
03/16/16, David Michal
Materials Adaptation
Part 12

Essential Knowledge for Adapting Math Instructional Materials

What do teachers need to know to make decisions about adapting math materials?
03/23/16, Jody Guarino
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