High School Archives - Peers and Pedagogy

Shaking Up High School Math

The XQ Math Badging Initiative

09/21/23, Shelbi Cole, Ph.D

Executive Functions and Literacy Skills in the Classroom

Understanding and increasing our students' ability to attend to academic tasks

09/15/23, Sarah Armstrong

5 Strategies to Create Spaces that Spark Interest and Investment

08/14/23, Rachel Fuhrman

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Using a Task as a Pre-Assessment

06/21/23, Josh Deis

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Strategies to Empower Parents/Caregivers of Multilingual Learners

Leveraging Spanish-speaking parents’/caregivers’ language for at-home learning support

05/23/23, Luisa Palacio

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Inform and Empower Families about Math Instruction

05/04/23, Rachel Fuhrman

Targeting Critical Years in Literacy: 6th & 9th Grades Reimagined

04/13/23, David Liben, Kate Crist, Tina Starks, Katie Keown, Adrienne Williams, Rachel Tetteh

Text Complexity is…well…complex!

Shifting perspectives about high-interest, low-level texts.

01/26/23, Shanita Rapatalo

Challenging the Status Quo

How Chat GPT Can be the Key to Achieving Educational Equity

01/19/23, Zak Cohen

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High-Quality Curriculum Raised the Bar, But Not High Enough

What we miss when we narrowly define what “high-quality” means in instructional materials

01/11/23, Adrienne Williams

Research-based AND Responsive

Putting the science of reading to work for the kids in front of you

01/04/23, Catlin Goodrow

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Constantly Shifting Practice

How the Shifts of the Common Core changed instruction and still missed the mark

12/15/22, Katie Keown

We’ve Come a Long Way, Fast

How Technology is Shaping the Modern Classroom in Unseen Ways

12/01/22, Zak Cohen

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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Small Pivots to Access Complex Text Across the Curriculum

Reading strategies that help secondary students in all content areas

12/15/20, Sarah Brown

Improving Accessibility for All Students

Remote Learning Tips and Tricks

11/06/20, Fishtank Learning

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Enhancing Remote Learning and Student Engagement With Online Tools

Five tools to make virtual learning more social for students

10/30/20, Aaron Grossman

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Knowledge-Building Model Lessons for Middle and High School

Rethinking how we define “text” to engage older students and accelerate learning

10/16/20, Jenni Aberli, Lauren Trahan

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What Principles Must Underlie Successful Personalized Learning?

What educators should consider when selecting or using personalized learning approaches to accelerate literacy outcomes

10/09/20, Meredith Liben, Tanji Reed Marshall, Ph.D., Susan Pimentel

Math teacher explains online lesson to students

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Two Facts: We Are Better Together, And We Can Do Hard Things

Exploring what it means to be “good at math"

09/18/20, Brian Dean

Teacher giving online school lesson via video conference

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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

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

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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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Top 5 Resources for Learning Online

Free, standards-aligned resources to facilitate remote learning

03/20/20, Tika Epstein

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Mistakes Tell Us What Students Are Ready to Learn

Learning from students' mistakes to enhance instruction

03/13/20, Michael Pershan

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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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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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A New Way to Consider Cognitive Demand in ELA Assessments

A Framework for Text Complexity in ELA and Reading

11/08/19, Katie Keown

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Desmos in the Math Classroom

How a free tool changed my classroom

07/19/19, Nick Corley

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Addressing Common Challenges with Student Writing

Why aren’t students successful writers and what can teachers do to help?

10/09/18, Zackory Kirk

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Doing Better: Aligned Instructional Practice

An overview of the Instructional Practice Guide suite of tools

09/19/18, Destiny Eldridge, April Pforts

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Making the Connection Between Materials and Instruction

Why instructional practice should be at the heart of all instructional materials decisions

08/20/18, Sandra Alberti

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Seeing College- and Career-Ready Standards through Instruction

Exploring the updates to the Instructional Practice Guide

08/15/18, Lisa Goldschmidt

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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

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Formative Assessments and Feedback in the Digital Age

How implementing Pear Deck changed my classroom.

07/06/18, Jeff Crayton

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Illuminating Interims

What makes a good interim assessment program?

06/07/18, Laura Hansen

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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

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Most-Read Articles of 2017

12/15/17, Student Achievement Partners

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The Math Gap Between High School and College

Educators at the high school and college levels aren't talking to each other. Should they be?

12/13/17, Lane Walker

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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

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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

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Emerging Effects from CCSS

A high school math teacher shares examples of student progress following CCSS implementation

11/27/17, Lane Walker

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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

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The Many Positive Uses for Assessment

Three ways to use assessment for good

11/15/17, Rob Woodworth

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3 Steps to Engage Students in Research Writing

A high school teacher shares concrete suggestions for sparking curiosity and stimulating quality research questions

11/09/17, Hattie Maguire

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Designing Effective Homework

Best practices for creating homework that raises student achievement

10/13/17, Claire Rivero

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High-impact strategies for teaching writing with evidence at the high school level

An interdisciplinary PLC develops common strategies and rubrics to support student writing.

10/11/17, Mary Burt

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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.

09/22/17, Rachel Etienne

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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

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Creating a Feedback Culture

Using effective feedback to help students master their learning goals

09/13/17, Andrea Raines

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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

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There has got to be a better way to do this! How to start an interdisciplinary PLC.

Insights on the value of interdisciplinary PLCs and how to create one in your school

09/01/17, Mary Burt

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Digital Book Baskets for High School Classrooms

Students create their own high-interest text sets to build knowledge

07/11/17, Mena Dedmon

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Lessons Learned from a High School Mathematical Modeling Lesson

A high school algebra teacher creates a lesson to engage her struggling students through real-world application

06/21/17, Lane Walker

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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

05/16/17, Lane Walker

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STEM Integration in Algebra: A Bridge to Opportunity

Relating mathematical thought processes to those in 21st Century careers

04/04/17, Lane Walker

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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

03/13/17, Joshua Zagorski

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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.

02/14/17, Bob Janes

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What Do They Actually Know?

Using mini-assessments to break free of the norm

01/23/17, Rob Woodworth

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Most-Read Articles of 2016

12/21/16, Student Achievement Partners

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Taking Ownership over Assessments – A Case Study in Kentucky

Assessments should align to good standards-based instruction. Instruction shouldn’t align to a bad assessment.

12/06/16, Jenni Aberli

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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

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Four APPS to Redefine Your Language Arts Curriculum

Focusing on building a student-centered classroom through digital applications

10/05/16, Bryan Drost

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Assessment Item Alignment Modules

Learn how examining assessment items can be a source of professional development and deepen your understanding of the Shifts

09/19/16, Shelbi Cole, Katie Keown

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Reason Abstractly and Quantitatively

A math teacher explains how well-designed materials can help students learn to deal with challenging math problems

05/13/16, Sarah Galasso

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Mathematical Knowledge for Teaching

How building specific mathematical knowledge in teachers can strengthen classroom instruction

03/07/16, Illustrative Mathematics

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Creating a Conducive Environment for Teachers to Adapt Materials

An administrator’s guide to promoting teacher innovation

02/26/16, Andrew Davis

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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.

02/05/16, Student Achievement Partners

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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

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Decision-Making that Matters: 10 Ways Teachers Can Impact Curricular Decisions

A high school English teacher shares 10 ways classroom teachers can influence curriculum

01/20/16, Lauren Trahan

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Top Five Ways to Improve Your Basal Reading Program

If you’re not satisfied with your current basal reading program, here are five things you can do to improve it.

01/11/16, Student Achievement Partners

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Top Five Ways to Make the Most of Your Math Materials

If you’re not satisfied with the quality and CCSS-alignment of your existing math materials, here are five tips to improve them.

01/05/16, Student Achievement Partners

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Choosing Wisely: A Strategic Approach to Curriculum in Duval County

An interview with Dr. Nikolai P. Vitti, Superintendent of Duval County Public Schools

12/21/15

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The EQuIP Review Process and Rubric

Achieve created a rubric and review process to facilitate peer reviews

10/08/15, Student Achievement Partners

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