No Quick Fixes

“Every spring, education-related newspaper and magazine stories raise the alarm that schools are teaching to the test. Scores of articles and editorials paint a disheartening picture of frustrated teachers forced to abandon good instructional practices for a relentless stream of worksheets based on boring, repetitive test-preparation materials.”  Craig Jerald It’s hard for teachers to stay…

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4 Ways to Promote Quality in the Classroom

As educators we want to provide quality learning experiences for our students.  We also want to instill an expectation and appreciation for quality work from them.  To simply complete a task is not the goal – but to create a product that extends thinking and shows exemplary effort – that is time well spent.  It is a…

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