I had the pleasure of visiting Troy Prep, yesterday, Uncommon’s school in the small upstate city of Troy that’s led by principals Lauren Catlett (Middle) and Sam DeLuke (Elementary). I had a series of realizations and inspirations and thought I’d share a few of them here. On Jamila’s Classroom One of my first stops…
All of a sudden I’m on a Right is Right jag. Last week there was this clip of Grace Ghazzawi driving up the rigor with an “answer my question.” This week it’s Maggie Johnson killing it with a beautiful “hold out for all the way right” moment with one of her students- during close reading no…
I’m looking for some tales of Implementation as I write TLAC 2.0. The topic is what I call “slates.” It’s a small (but mighty) part of Checking for Understanding where students show you objective data on their work in unison in order for you to be able to more simply and quickly assess it. More on…