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Podcast Episode Episode Description In this episode of The Balance, I talk with Shira Woolf Cohen, co-founder of Innovageous and author of Leading Future-Focused Schools: Engaging and Preparing Students for Career Success. With nearly three decades in education […]
When I wrote The Station Rotation Model & UDL: Elevating Tier 1 Instruction and Cultivating Learner Agency, I set out to address one of the most persistent challenges in education: how do we meet the wide range of […]
Related Podcast Episode Artificial intelligence (AI) is here and in many of the digital tools teachers already use for lesson planning, grading, and assessment. These platforms are doing much of the heavy lifting in designing instructional materials and […]
Podcast Episode Episode Description In this episode of The Balance, I chat with Sunil Gunderia, Chief Innovation Officer at Age of Learning, the company behind ABCmouse. Sunil is driving efforts to design AI-powered tools that personalize learning for […]
Many of the schools I work with have adopted curricula in response to updated state standards and growing pressure to improve student outcomes and close achievement gaps. The decision to adopt and pay for a curriculum is driven […]
Related Podcast Episode As we prepare to welcome students back into our classrooms, it is tempting to dive headfirst into content. We feel the pressure of pacing guides, content standards, looming assessments, and the constant ticking of the […]
Podcast Episode Episode Description I discovered Evalaurene Jean-Charles on Instagram and was instantly drawn to her joyful, honest, and unfiltered reflections on life as an educator. Her posts tackle hard truths about teaching and school systems, but always […]
Podcast Episode Episode Description I discovered Evalaurene Jean-Charles on Instagram and was instantly drawn to her joyful, honest, and unfiltered reflections on life as an educator. Her posts tackle hard truths about teaching and school systems, but always […]
Guest blog by Robert Barnett, co-founder and Chief Innovation Officer of the Modern Classrooms Project Is there anything more annoying for a teacher than missing school? It seems like a funny question: taking a day off school can […]
Related Podcast Episode In the first three blogs in this four-part series, we explored how the station rotation model can meet the diverse needs of our multilingual learners, how to design the teacher-led station to differentiate effectively, and […]
Podcast Episode Episode Description Why are so many teens tuned out, stressed out, or just going through the motions at school? In this episode, I talk with journalist Jenny Anderson and education expert Rebecca Winthrop about their new […]
Related Podcast Episode In the first two posts in this series, “Supporting Multilingual Learners with The Station Rotation Model” and “Differentiating Instruction for Multilingual Learners at the Teacher-Led Station,” we explored how the station rotation model can create […]