by Erica Woolway At a workshop in Fayette County, GA today, I had the pleasure of showing several rockstar teachers (BreOnna Tindall in Denver, Jaime Johnson in Gwinett, Christine Torres in Massachusetts) work their magic with our Reading Reconsidered Curriculum and I was reminded once again by what a gift it is for teachers and students…
TLAC is excited to share our newest Plug and Plays that were authored, along with this blog post, by our colleague Alonte Johnson-James. The biggest barrier to students’ comprehension is often word knowledge or vocabulary. The biggest barrier to teachers’ abilities to support students is often understanding the best approach(es) to use in helping students to…
I’ve written a lot here about perception and it’s critical role in elite performance. Almost any decision starts with what an athlete perceives and, crucially, how soon he or she perceives it. Should we design training to develop players’ eyes? Absolutely. The flip side though is that we should also train for deception. It’s not just…
In February, the TLAC team led its first-ever national Math-specific workshop in Houston, TX, where we joined math educators from around the country in a deep study of research-backed techniques for responding to error, building lasting knowledge through retrieval, and effective (re)teaching. Suffice it to say, it was a big success, and we learned a ton…
Our Consulting & Partnerships team works alongside schools, districts, and foundations to accelerate teacher and leader development and improve student achievement. One example is our four-year partnership with the Bluum Foundation in Idaho to support a collaborative of charter schools. Through that work, we’ve partnered closely with Gem Prep Charter Schools, a growing network serving more…