Interdisciplinary Assessment: Combining Literacy, Science, and Mathematics by Michaela Duggan Every class at BCCS ends the year with a final. This year, I decided to try something different—instead of a […]
Rebooting Alignment by Emily Charton As a Middle School Principal and Instructional Leader, I enjoy helping teachers create and develop curriculum. Part of the coaching process is ensuring that teachers are […]
Corroboration, Conflicting Sources, and Competing Narratives by Brooke Feldman Students often ask me, “how do we know what really happened?” As historians, we tackle this sophisticated question by corroborating, sourcing, […]
3 Ways to Build Students’ Word Consciousness by Abi Frost Most teachers I know have a deep interest in words and academic language. That’s probably why many of us became […]
A Fresh Look at Final Exams by Megan Hyland As we begin the month of May, and start to think about the end of the school year (gulp!), it’s hard […]
Two Ways to Support Principals as Instructional Leaders by Jenna Ogundipe The current wave of education reform places the teacher in the spotlight … But how do we ensure that their […]
Being an urban charter school principal is hard work. In my fourth year in the role, I’ve learned that days are unpredictable—sometimes you find yourself fishing clementines out of the […]
Developing Systems to Encourage Reflection, Growth, and Mastery by Michaela Duggan In her recent post, Bridget Adam talked about a tracking system she was implementing. In science we use a […]
Enabling Student Performance on PARCC by Emily Charton The key word in the title of this blog post is “performance.” Throughout the entire year, teachers have worked tirelessly to align […]
How Do You Eat an Elephant? Preparing for PARCC Writing, Part 2 by Megan Hyland On November 7, I wrote Part 1 of this blog, which explained the first bite […]
