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Solutions to Unfinished Learning in Math Must Go Beyond Academics

Making Students’ Learning Visible with Jamboard

Re-Humanizing Assessment through Building Internal Capacity

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Dismantling White Supremacy in Our Workplace

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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

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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

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

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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Classroom Strategies, Tools and Resources

Improving Accessibility for All Students

Remote Learning Tips and Tricks
11/06/20, Fishtank Learning
Classroom Strategies, Research and Reflections, Tools and Resources
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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
Research and Reflections, Tools and Resources
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Quality Instructional Materials or Quality Professional Learning Opportunities for Teachers?

Support for educators serving English Learners
07/26/19, Renae Skarin
Classroom Strategies, Tools and Resources
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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
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Top Blog Posts of 2018

Here are our top 25 most-visited posts of 2018.
12/20/18, Student Achievement Partners
Classroom Strategies
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Using Content and Language Objectives to Help All Students in Their Learning

Strategies from an English Language Learner Specialist
10/16/18, Shanthi Kumar
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, Research and Reflections
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Creating and Sequencing Text-Dependent Questions to Support English Language Learners

Strategic selection and organization of questions can be a scaffold that helps English learners grapple with highly complex questions.
08/01/18, Claire Rivero
Classroom Strategies, Tools and Resources
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Inspiring Writers

A process for supporting writing practice with K-2 English Language Learners
06/22/18, Astrid Emily Francis
Research and Reflections, Tools and Resources
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Compelling Digital Lessons for English Learners

How to use the free WriteReader app to support English Language Learners
04/17/18, Astrid Emily Francis
Materials Adaptation, Research and Reflections
Part 2

Using Curriculum to Send Essential Messages to Students

How Wit & Wisdom Supports English Language Learners
01/19/18, Sarah Webb
Classroom Strategies, Materials Adaptation, Research and Reflections, Tools and Resources
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Three APPS to Support Students with Special Needs

Helping All Kids Grapple with Grade-Level Content
12/21/17, Dr. Bryan Drost
Classroom Strategies, Materials Adaptation, Research and Reflections, Standards-Alignment Information
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Most-Read Articles of 2017

12/15/17, Student Achievement Partners
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
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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, Materials Adaptation, Research and Reflections, Standards-Alignment Information, Tools and Resources
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Most-Read Articles of 2016

12/21/16, Student Achievement Partners
Materials Adaptation, Research and Reflections, Standards-Alignment Information, Tools and Resources
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Training Materials for the ELA/Literacy IMET

New training modules on the IMET’s Non-Negotiables and Alignment Criteria
10/12/16, Student Achievement Partners
Classroom Strategies, Materials Adaptation, Research and Reflections, Tools and Resources
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Supporting All Learners with Complex Texts

Strategies to scaffold instruction of Standards-aligned, complex texts
08/17/16, Carey Swanson
Materials Adaptation, Tools and Resources
Part 4

What to Do When Curricular Materials for ELLs Are Not Available

Where to look for additional ELL resources to support Common Core-aligned lessons
06/01/16, Diane Staehr Fenner
Standards-Alignment Information, Tools and Resources
Part 3

CCSS-Aligned Materials for ELL Students

Where to Find High-Quality Curricular Materials for ELLs in the Public Domain
05/11/16, Diane Staehr Fenner
Materials Adaptation, Tools and Resources
Part 2

Criteria for Curricular Materials Labeled as Appropriate for ELLs

How to determine whether instructional materials support ELL's needs
05/05/16, Diane Staehr Fenner
Classroom Strategies, Research and Reflections
Part 1

The Shifts and ELLs

An ELL expert explains what the Common Core means for teachers of English language learners
04/28/16, Diane Staehr Fenner
Classroom Strategies, Materials Adaptation, Standards-Alignment Information
Part 1

A Teacher’s Thoughts on the Core Knowledge Language Arts Curriculum

First grade teacher, Adrienne Williams, describes the strengths and challenges of Core Knowledge Language Arts.
04/07/16, Adrienne Williams
Standards-Alignment Information
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Building a Review Team that Represents Students and Supports Teachers

How Milwaukee built a review team that reflected the needs of the teachers and students
07/24/15, Tracy Stevenson-Olson
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