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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Shaking Up High School Math

Executive Functions and Literacy Skills in the Classroom

Connecting and Communicating With Families to Help Break Down Barriers to Learning

Tools and Resources

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Discover new tools and materials to integrate into you instruction.

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Culture, Community, and Collaboration

Vertical Progression of Math Strategies – Building Teacher Understanding

“Can I have this? Can I have that?”

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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Helping Our Students See Themselves and the World Through the Books They Read in Our Classrooms

Textbooks: Who Needs Them?

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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Let’s Not Make Power ELA/Literacy Standards and Talk About Why We Didn’t

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

Not Your Mom’s Professional Development

Research and Reflections

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

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Summer Reading Club 2023

Synergy between College and Career Readiness Standards-Aligned Instruction and Culturally Relevant Pedagogy

Children Should be Seen AND Heard

Achieve The Core

Articles Tagged with “Equity in Education”

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The e² Instructional Practice Framework™: Toward a Vision for High-Quality Instruction

07/07/23, Silvestre Arcos, Jennie Beltramini, Dr. Diana Cordova-Cobo, Carey Swanson

Summer Reading Club 2023

06/21/23, Student Achievement Partners

Synergy between College and Career Readiness Standards-Aligned Instruction and Culturally Relevant Pedagogy

05/16/23, Dr. Amanda Hill-Hennie

Children Should be Seen AND Heard

Dismantling racism in the ELA curriculum so all children feel valued

05/12/23, Dr. Tamora McConnell

Part 2

Practical Ideas to Support Newcomer Students

Building an understanding of how to support newcomers in the classroom.

04/20/23, Angelica Shornack

Challenging the Status Quo

How Chat GPT Can be the Key to Achieving Educational Equity

01/19/23, Zak Cohen

Equity = Challenge for ALL

12/13/22, Kimberly Bast

text books

Part 1

The Stories We Were Sold: Reflections on Knowing Better, Doing Better in Education

12/08/22, Carey Swanson

Developing Language and Literacy With Children’s Literature and Through the Lens of a Culturally Sustaining Pedagogy

Why children’s literature fosters a culturally sustaining pedagogy

12/06/22, Jennifer Benitez

We’ve Come a Long Way, Fast

How Technology is Shaping the Modern Classroom in Unseen Ways

12/01/22, Zak Cohen

Adapting Curriculum in Your Environment

Teaching foundational reading to the students in your room

06/02/22, Carey Swanson

Learning From Mistakes: Easier Said Than Done

How can you turn mistake-making into mistake-learning in your classroom?

02/04/22, Zak Cohen

Low Expectations Are Prevalent but Preventable

Unpacking and addressing biases as educators

12/16/21, Jessica Ramos

Debunking the Myth of the “Math Person”

What messages are we sending students?

11/19/21, Jessica Lauer Tilli

Part 2

What Is Academic Success (Student Learning)?

Reimagining how to foster academic success in the classroom and document students' growth

11/12/21, Dr. Abigail Amoako Kayser

Part 1

What Is Culturally Relevant Pedagogy?

An introduction

11/05/21, Dr. Abigail Amoako Kayser

Lesson Plans Should Be Seasonal

Varied learning activities can highlight diverse student strengths

11/02/21, Dr. Megan Olivia Hall

Small Classroom Moves Can Make a Huge Impact on Student Confidence

How to “create safety in small”

10/25/21, Jo Lein

Culturally Responsive Literature in Mathematics

Providing windows & mirrors beyond the literacy classroom

10/12/21, Jessica Lauer Tilli

What Balanced Literacy Can Learn from Biliteracy

09/24/21, Dr. Lillian Ardell

Helping Our Students See Themselves and the World Through the Books They Read in Our Classrooms

The impact of text selection on students

09/01/21, Sheeba Jacob

“SCCANning” Your Library for Culturally Relevant Books

A method for ensuring ALL students see themselves in books

07/09/21, Kristine W. Woods, Ed.D.

The Power of Students’ Self-Perception

Countering stereotypes and promoting positive math self-identities

07/08/21, Alicia Tackitt

Part 3

Amplifying Student Brilliance in Mathematics Is Critical

How to see more than one ray of mathematical sunshine

07/06/21, Leah Baron

Part 3

A Stroke of Genius

Implementing culturally responsive teaching

06/22/21, Alexis Mays-Fields, Adrienne Williams

Part 2

Everyday Emancipatory Teaching

Everyday anti-racist literacy

06/22/21, Dr. Michael Lowe

You Can’t Tackle Culturally Responsive Teaching Without Addressing Teacher Language Ideologies

Social justice work in the classroom begins by examining our beliefs about language.

06/14/21, Dr. Lillian Ardell

When Grades Don’t Motivate

Disrupting the grading system

06/04/21, Lindsay Prendergast, Dr. Roberto d’Erizans, Chris Thoms

Part 2

The False Construct of Readiness in Mathematics

A New Lens on an Existing Problem

05/21/21, Ashley Powell, Kristin Gray

Part 4

The Importance of Organizational Feedback

How feedback helped reshape SAP

04/16/21, Sharmin Khan, Antonio “Tonii” Richardson

Every Student Can Learn

Confronting entrenched beliefs about student ability

04/09/21, Kimberly Sarfde

Part 3

Redesigning Our Principles

Equitably and unapologetically

04/02/21, Rahel Fesseha, Tara Martinez, Carey Swanson

Part 2

Shifting Our Work and Narrowing Our Focus

Designing at the margins

03/26/21, Jennie Beltramini, Tori Filler

What the Data Can’t Tell Us

Concerns about summative assessment in a pandemic year

03/25/21, Katie Keown, Astrid Fossum, Jun Li, John Young

Textbooks: Who Needs Them?

03/19/21, Devin Evans

Part 1

Dismantling Academic Tracking in Mathematics

03/10/21, Shelbi Cole

Transforming Literacy Instruction

An opportunity to equitably accelerate students’ literacy development

03/03/21, Amy Briggs

Part 1

Dismantling White Supremacy in Our Workplace

How to start the conversation

02/26/21, Amy Briggs, Joy Delizo-Osborne

Meeting the Needs of Every Student No Matter What

5 ways to meet students' academic and emotional needs

12/16/20, Tika Epstein

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Writing and Implementing Culturally Relevant and Responsive Math Lessons

Teaching math with culturally relevant topics and themes of social justice.

12/01/20, Nichole Campbell, Peggy Nayar

Part 3

Identity, Personal Experience, and Classroom Libraries: How Educators Can Make Thoughtful Decisions About the Texts They Choose

Reflections on Lorena Germán's Coffee and Conversations session

11/18/20, Carey Swanson

Ready to Disrupt the Canon?

A new on-demand learning experience

11/16/20, Kate Crist, Joy Delizo-Osborne, Tori Filler

Part 2

Identity, Personal Experience, and Classroom Libraries: How Broadening the Literary Landscape Can Empower Students

Reflecting on Lorena Germán’s Coffee and Conversations session

11/12/20, Pascale Joseph

Part 1

What It Means to Disrupt Text

Reflecting on Lorena Germán's Coffee and Conversations session

11/05/20, Joy Delizo-Osborne

Group of students talking.

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Building a Culture of Advocacy

Building a culture of advocacy is a continuous effort

10/23/20, Dr. Janice K. Wyatt-Ross

Designing Equitable Learning Environments

Intentional instructional practice decisions, with a specific focus on mathematics

09/11/20, Amber Cook

Students participating in digital classroom

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Centering Student Voice & Choice in a Remote Classroom

How student feedback changed classroom dynamics

08/30/20, Whitney Aragaki

Group discussion among adult professionals

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How Honestly Willing Are We to Create Equitable Opportunities and Experiences for All Students?

Transforming education by leading teachers to empower students

08/06/20, Carrie Rosebrock

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Why Teaching Justice Through Reading & Writing Cannot Wait

How teachers can enact change and combat racism through purposeful discussions and literary curricula

06/14/20, Yvonne Thompson

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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

Students engaged in a classroom and raising their hands.

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Refocusing on Your Learners

5 ideas to create a student-centered classroom

05/28/20, Tamera Musiowsky-Borneman

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Designing for Equity (Teachers as Designers)

Helping folks who care about equity do equity.

02/27/20, Dr. Christine Ortiz

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Finding the Courage to Teach Texts Outside Your Comfort Zone (2019 Blog Competition Finalist)

Teaching texts that honor difference and inspire challenging conversations

02/21/20, Rhiannon Hartman Dunn

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Creating a Culture of Shared Norms and High Expectations in Your Classroom (2019 Blog Competition Finalist)

How to create a culture that facilitates powerful learning for ALL learners

02/21/20, Matthew Shea

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Say “Author” (2019 Blog Competition Finalist)

Strategies for including all learners in discussions about complex text

02/21/20, Shannon Hahne

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I See Me

Building a diverse classroom library with the help of First Book Marketplace

11/24/19, Tamika Peters

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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

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Building A Culturally Responsive Classroom

Why building a culturally responsive classroom matters for the success of ALL students

09/07/18, Jill Yamasawa Fletcher

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Creating a Feedback Culture

Using effective feedback to help students master their learning goals

09/13/17, Andrea Raines