EdSpeak: Connecting Teaching to Policy Through Research

There, climbing on the center island in my kitchen, is my 18-month old grandson. The lower rack on the island is full of wine bottles but he is using it to get up. He is creatively working the island to … Continued

One of the most successful arts funded research programs was the arts integrated curriculum model called Picture Writing/Image Making (PW/IM). The rest of today’s blog is given over to quoting from the published report at the RMC RESEARCH CORPORATION of … Continued

Emerging Performance Assessment Performance assessments have emerged as a school reform strategy because they collect better evidence of student learning and because they help guide teachers and students to more rigorous work. Standardized tests will still have a place when … Continued

Today’s blog is about a literature review for the characteristics of effective professional development as researched by the The Learning Policy Institute. But I want to make sure that we also consider a topic that teachers need meaningful discussion around: … Continued

In this new world of online learning, what evidence do we have of student learning? Teachers have heroically transitioned to online learning, produced curriculum, assigned homework, collected student writing and graded it. We do not have a full accounting of … Continued

As I was walking the dog yesterday in Florida I passed by a buffet restaurant called the Carving Station. The owner was outside cleaning up the sidewalk and I stopped to listen to him talk. He had a very simple … Continued

In the evaluation of a faculty in any school, we look for teacher quality. We look for how long teachers have been at the school, what degrees they hold, where did they get their degrees, are they certified in the … Continued

On April 9, 2020, the New York TImes published an editorial titled: “The America We Need.” The Editors pointed to an America that still has wide disparity between the haves and the have-nots. In education for example, they noted, “in … Continued

Central Purposes of the Standards “The central purposes of education standards are to identify the learning that we want for all of our students and to drive improvement in the system that delivers that learning. Standards, therefore, should embody the … Continued

I am aware of being caught up in history every now and again. A week ago Friday was my last day at the office and Saturday and Sunday were spent taking care of social distancing supplies and a car that … Continued