“Violence in Schools Seems to Be Increasing. Why?”—EducationWeek, November 1, 2021 “Why So Many Teachers Are Thinking of Quitting”—The Washington Post Magazine, October 18, 2021 “Classroom Time Isn’t the Only Thing Students Have Lost”—The Atlantic, September 7, 2021 “Too Much Focus on ‘Learning Loss’ Will Be a Historic
It’s spring of 2021 and schools across the world are wrestling with the challenges of bringing students back to physical classrooms full time, all with the doomsday drumbeat of student ‘learning loss’ and a push to ‘double-down’ on addressing the achievement gap through a mandated summer school. This is a continuation of the ‘threat and rigidity response’ to
We have so much to learn from the recent “pandemic teaching and learning” experience. The strongest message is to learn from what went well during COVID, and ensure we do NOT return to the old ‘grammar of schooling’. We should be collating and sharing all
From the series: Developing Students’ Ownership of Learning—from a Distance, too! Check out Posts #1 and #2. Let’s continue our journey to developing assessment-capable, visible learners. At this point, students know what they are supposed to be learning, what success looks like, and how they can monitor their progress. The next
From the series: Developing Students’ Ownership of Learning—from a Distance, too! Check out Post #1 here. This week we’re back and ready to focus on a new aspect of developing assessment-capable, visible learners. As you probably remember, we’re interested in helping students take responsibility for their learning