What Teachers and Students Can Accomplish with Project-Based Learning
Published October 11, 2018
In our second year working together, Liora Chessin declared she wanted her fifth graders to critically engage with history, a skill set educators[...]
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Making the Creation of Mastery-Based Progressions Achievable
Published October 09, 2018
Do you want to include more choices in your classroom and give students more ownership of what they focus on at a given time, the pace at which they[...]
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How One School Leader Used BetterLesson Coaching to Catalyze Practice Change
Published October 04, 2018
Adam Bowen, Principal of New Buffalo Elementary School, was a first year principal when the partnership between BetterLesson and New Buffalo began in[...]
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Strategies to Create a Profound Ripple Effect in Our Classrooms and School Culture
Published October 02, 2018
What ripple effect do you want to leave on students and adults in your school building? Our impact as educational leaders can vary. Back in November,[...]
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Facilitating Effective Family-Teacher Conferences
Published September 27, 2018
I have a confession to make. I am an educator who doesn’t enjoy participating in parent-teacher conferences as a parent. Our son is a sophomore and[...]
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How to Give your Students Content-Based, Real-World Experiences Using Project-Based Learning
Published September 25, 2018
Perhaps you have tried an end-of-unit project with your students but want to find ways to incorporate those projects into the actual day-to-day[...]
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How to Give Your Students More Ownership, Voice, and Choice in Your Classroom
Published September 20, 2018
Do you want to include more choice in your classroom but are worried about giving up control? Would you like your students to set, manage, and[...]
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Strategies To Begin Again This School Year
Published September 18, 2018
There is nothing like the possibility of a new school year. One of my favorite parts of teaching was the ability to begin again each September. No[...]
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BetterLesson Launches New Online Instructional Strategies to Inspire and Engage Teachers, Administrators
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Published September 18, 2018
Ready-to-use resources focus on student-centered teaching to complement its award-winning lesson plan portal
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How to Maximize (and Limit) Coach Effectiveness
Published September 11, 2018
In an Edweek blog post, Dr. Peter Dewitt, the author of several books on school leadership, asked if instructional coaching has become a dumping[...]
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