Teachers and school leaders in need of a bit of good news take note: We are excited to preview details of our Expanded Reading Reconsidered Curriculum Pilot for the 2020-21 school year, which will officially be available on May 4. Background: Two and a half years ago, with great enthusiasm (and a bit of trepidation), we…
Watched a few synchronous online lessons today and was struck by how lacking in purposefulness the first few minutes were in several of them. Teachers seemed agenda-less. There was no clear starting point. Or there was a clear starting point but only after 6 or 7 minutes of idle chatter. There was insufficient clarity about what…
As you can tell from reading this blog, our team has been furiously watching footage of online instruction. We’ve been inspired by the enthusiasm and humility of teachers as they take on sudden new challenges in the name of remote instruction. Last week we watched several teachers doing Retrieval Practice as part of their online lessons. …
Over the last two weeks I’ve had the pleasure of running online webinars with teachers called Techniques and Principles for Remote Learning. My team’s goal in designing this webinar was to: share valuable techniques teachers can use; study video of teachers applying them in real-world conditions; demonstrate the techniques we’re talking about so participants can “live…
Having strong procedures and routines is one of the most important things you can do to support learning in a bricks and mortar classroom. Ensuring that students to know how to do frequently recurring tasks well is a driver of focus and efficiency. It helps us as teachers make the endeavor of school feel productive and…