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Interdisciplinary Assessment: Combining Literacy, Science, and Mathematics

June 19, 2015by Core Transition 4 Comments

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 […]

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Mathematics, Science

Rebooting Alignment

June 8, 2015by Core Transition 2 Comments

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 […]

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Leadership, Mathematics

Corroboration, Conflicting Sources, and Competing Narratives

May 22, 2015by Core Transition 3 Comments

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, […]

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ELA, History

3 Ways to Build Students’ Word Consciousness

May 18, 2015by Core Transition 4 Comments

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 […]

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ELA

A Fresh Look at Final Exams

May 12, 2015by Core Transition 7 Comments

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 […]

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Leadership

Two Ways to Support Principals as Instructional Leaders

April 28, 2015by Core Transition 1 Comment

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 […]

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Leadership

Beyond Movement: Taking Action Towards Standards Based Grading

April 1, 2015by Core Transition 2 Comments

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 […]

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Developing Systems to Encourage Reflection, Growth, and Mastery

March 25, 2015by Core Transition 3 Comments

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 […]

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Enabling Student Performance on PARCC

March 10, 2015by Core Transition 2 Comments

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 […]

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History, Leadership, Mathematics

How Do You Eat an Elephant? Preparing for PARCC Writing, Part 2

February 13, 2015by Core Transition 1 Comment

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 […]

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ELA, Leadership

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