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Welcome to my newly reimagined Web site showing how to build an integrated teaching and learning system. The five "timeless" practices showcased here, when intentionally aligned in a deliberate seque…Read More
Welcome to my newly reimagined Web site showing how to build an integrated teaching and learning system. The five "timeless" practices showcased here, when intentionally aligned in a deliberate seque…Read More
CONNECTING INSPIRATION TO “TIMELESS” EDUCATIONAL PRACTICES It’s been my joy and privilege to serve education for nearly 20 years as an author and consultant of effective practices to use with st…Read More
What IS Teacher Clarity? Simply put, teacher clarity means an educator has absolute clarity about what students are to learn, know, and be able to do for an upcoming instructional focus before they pl…Read More
Today an educator may equate the word, “assessment” to “test,” and as such, see it as an isolated event that takes place periodically: at the end of the week in the form of a quiz, at the end …Read More
On June 30, 2017, I co-presented a breakout session entitled, “Formative Assessment: Flourishing or Floundering?” with two of my education heroes, W. James Popham and Margaret Heritage, at NCSA, t…Read More
What are those educational practices that can rightly be called, “timeless”? In my long career as an education author and consultant (21 years and counting!), I’ve had the privilege of teaching …Read More
Larry Ainsworth, author of Prioritizing the Common Core: Identifying Specific Standards to Emphasize the Most (2013) So many standards, so little time… How can classroom teachers be expected to teac…Read More
“Unwrapping” the Standards: A Simple Way to Deconstruct Learning Outcomes Contributed by Larry Ainsworth, author of “Unwrapping” the Common Core: A Practical Process to Manage Rigorous Standar…Read More
The Beginning A native Californian, 22 years old, straight out of college with a minor in education, I wanted to teach! The year was 1970 and Chicago Public Schools was in need of teachers, so that’…Read More
When professional educators are engaged in ways to improve student achievement, staff morale, and equity and advocacy, we leave learning sessions with a newfound enthusiasm. I recently attended the Co…Read More