From left: Williams, Woolway, Driggs, Richard, Lewis We’re happy to share some exciting news about changes to the Teach Like a Champion leadership team. As many of you know we’ve transitioned to be independent of Uncommon Schools. This is a move that’s designed to give us more operating flexibility so we can emphasize our external…
In September, we’ll be offering our first workshop for medical educators. Our purpose is to study techniques that can help people in the medical field teach more effectively and more productively. Yes, we borrow from outstanding K-12 examples… but we also study real world examples of how doctors are taught. This video of University of Pittsburgh…
Any great reading curriculum should be built around books, we think. Reading whole books, cover to cover, helps students develop a deep understanding of an authorial voice. It helps them build deep understanding of ideas and empathy for characters. It helps them sustain interest in a story for an extended period of time. It teaches…
Here’s an excerpt from the TLAC Team’s forthcoming book, Reconnect: Building School Culture for Meaning, Purpose, and Belonging by coauthors Doug Lemov, Hilary Lewis, Darryl Williams and Denarius Frazier. One of the themes of the book is that in a time of difficulty schools will have to choose between building the best possible environment for…
In Reconnect my coauthors Denarius Frazier, Hilary Lewis and Darryl Williams, and I write about the importance of schools being prepared for behavioral breakdowns by being ready to teach in response to such behavior. Yes, consequences are often a necessary response. But they are far more effective if they are pared with teaching- with a…