Research and Reflections
Delve into new research and perspectives on instructional materials and practice.
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Professional Learning Design 101
How to Craft a Meaningful Professional Learning Experience for a Room Full of Strangers
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Quality Instructional Materials or Quality Professional Learning Opportunities for Teachers?
Support for educators serving English Learners
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A Switch to Standards-Based Learning
How the standards can support instruction and feedback
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Doing Better: Aligned Instructional Practice
An overview of the Instructional Practice Guide suite of tools
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Making the Connection Between Materials and Instruction
Why instructional practice should be at the heart of all instructional materials decisions
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Seeing College- and Career-Ready Standards through Instruction
Exploring the updates to the Instructional Practice Guide
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Re-Teaching Doesn’t Always Mean Repeating
Consider alternative ways to re-teach when students struggle with new content
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The Role of Educators in Summative Assessment: The Life Cycle of a Question
An inside look at the development of summative assessments
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5 Concerns about Inquiry-Based Learning–Answered
A high school math teacher addresses concerns about inquiry-based learning and shares how it benefits students.
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How to Select Math Intervention Content
How do you diagnose the root causes of grade-level math struggles, and design targeted interventions to address them?
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Three APPS to Support Students with Special Needs
Helping All Kids Grapple with Grade-Level Content
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Addressing unfinished learning in the context of grade-level work
Not all unfinished learning should be treated the same way
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Emerging Effects from CCSS
A high school math teacher shares examples of student progress following CCSS implementation
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Four Best Practices for the Math Classroom
A math teacher shares lessons learned and alternative strategies he's discovered during his teaching career
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Designing Effective Homework
Best practices for creating homework that raises student achievement
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The Instructional Practice Toolkit: An Introduction
Learn how the Instructional Practice Toolkit can help teachers make connections between planning, instruction, and student outcomes.
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Supporting Excellence: Real Support for Teachers Starts With the District’s Curriculum
A new framework for developing and implementing clear district-wide support for teaching and learning
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Piloting the Instructional Practice Toolkit
Two curriculum specialists who piloted the professional learning resource share their experience
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Setting S.M.A.R.T. Goals as an Educator
See how using this goal-setting structure can help you achieve content-focused goals during the school year
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Building Teacher Confidence through Content-Infused PD
Working with teachers to improve their understanding and use of curricular materials
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“We’re the best. Just trust us!”
Finding unbiased information about instructional materials.
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8 Questions About High School Math and STEM
A high school algebra teacher shares her thoughts on high school math myths and misconceptions
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STEM Integration in Algebra: A Bridge to Opportunity
Relating mathematical thought processes to those in 21st Century careers
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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
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Lessons Learned after Teaching without a Textbook
A high school teacher explores the lessons learned after moving away from a textbook-based curriculum.
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Adapting Journeys Common Core
A veteran Journeys user shares recommendations to improve basal lessons and better support teachers and students.
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Lessons from the Fordham Assessment Review
One of the reviewers explains how the assessment review was conducted and what the findings mean for educators and students.
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Supporting All Learners with Complex Texts
Strategies to scaffold instruction of Standards-aligned, complex texts
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Sitting Beside the Learner: The ‘Me’ in Assessments
Common Core-aligned assessments must capitalize on teacher-student relationships
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Creating a Conducive Environment for Teachers to Adapt Materials
An administrator’s guide to promoting teacher innovation
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Why We’re Choosing Instructional Materials Blindly
A Brookings Institution report explains how much we DON’T know about instructional materials in use in today’s classrooms.
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Outcomes of the Adaptation Process
New case studies share a look at the process of adapting math and ELA materials
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The EQuIP Review Process and Rubric
Achieve created a rubric and review process to facilitate peer reviews
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K-12 OER Collaborative’s Request for Proposals
Learn how the Collaborative is planning on creating and vetting materials.
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Working Together to Create Open Educational Resources
The K-12 OER Collaborative is working to create Common Core-aligned resources
