8 Simple Ways Data Can Be Used to Personalize Instruction
Published November 10, 2021
Technology has given us access to more data than ever. How can we sort through all of our formative assessment data and turn it into actionable steps[...]
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How Do I Get Them to Turn in their Work? Tips for Asynchronous Learning
Published November 03, 2020
As a BetterLesson instructional coach, I work 1:1 with teachers across the country, as well as facilitate small group discussions during Virtual[...]
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Distance Learning: 4 Great Ways to End the School Year
Published May 26, 2020
In a traditional setting, the end of the school year is filled with lots of field trips, celebrations, and reflections. Teachers keep students[...]
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3 Tenets of Culturally Responsive Secondary Literacy Instruction
Published March 10, 2020
Across the country, we have a deep literacy problem: According to the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), in 2019 only 35% of 4th[...]
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Infusing Student-Centered Literacy Practices into an Established Curriculum
Published October 22, 2019
This is the fifth blog in our Newsela student-centered literacy blog series. You can find the previous installment here and the subsequent, and[...]
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How Instructional Coaches Can Support Teachers in the Writing Process
Published October 01, 2019
This is the second blog in our Newsela student-centered literacy blog series. You can find the first installment here and the third installment here.
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Unpacking Student-Centered Instruction for Literacy
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BetterLesson
Published September 17, 2019
Student-centered literacy instruction is a skills-rich and text-robust approach to teaching literacy that emphasizes student choice and ownership of[...]
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