Recently I observed a very good high school reading teacher leading a lesson that did a lot of things well. But the lesson also struggled with some very common challenges, especially around the idea of Close Reading (a topic we discuss extensively in our forthcoming book Reading Reconsidered) and it got some of us at TLaC…
Two weeks ago we watched footage of Erin Krafft, a 6th grade teacher from Houston Independent School District’s Revere Middle School. We blogged about how she installed a beautiful and productive system to ensure quality discussions during her Turn and Talks. This week we want to share another tiny moment from Erin’s teaching. It’s a seemingly…
Look, we know we want the kids to have a growth mindset and to embrace a “Culture of Error“– in which kids like struggle and challenge and in which getting it wrong is a key tool for getting it right. We know we want the kids to think, “Oh, good. This is going to be hard!”…
I’ve been working with US Soccer to develop some training tools on principles of teaching for coaches. As part of this work I’ve been developing short videos of an outstanding young coach, Steve Covino, working with a group of U8 players. In the next week or so I’m going to share two especially useful videos of…
My son started high school this year and among other things the process has caused me to reflect on some current ideas in education I have not paid much attention to….one of these is the “flipped” classroom, which is the way at least one of his teachers runs class. The idea behind the flipped classroom in…