Never Take Good Teaching For Granted

Good teaching causes children to learn. The act of teaching is complex, planned, and explicit. Appreciate good teaching when you see it. Continue reading

Don’t Sweat NAEP Scores.  What Did We Expect?

Recently released NAEP scores represent what we expected as achievement indicators resulting from emergency education in 2021 and 21-22. Don’t worry backwards; get to work moving forwards. Continue reading

Feedback: Recalibrating the superlative

General feedback goes so quickly to the superlative that it loses any meaningful commentary. Be exact and actual in comparing what you say to what you expect students to know, do, and be. They want your honesty not falsity. Continue reading