“What Has Changed in Education over Time?”
…assessing through tests rather than classroom teacher assessments. Joni Degner @DegnerJoni What a great topic! Over time we’ve focused less on being a student and more on being a learner….
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“The Battle over Books Is a Battle over Democracy. We Can Win Both.”
This post is by NCTE member Cody Miller. NCTE recently noted that school districts are the “most active battlefield in the American culture wars today.” This assessment speaks to an…
Why Journalism Matters: Objectivity
…provided professional development sessions at EdScape, Global Education Conference, and Columbia Scholastic Press Association on a variety of topics, including global awareness, authentic assessment, classroom technology integration and student goal-setting….
September 2017 #NCTEchat: Elevating Student Voice and Choice
…in The #bowtieboys believe that a strong partnership between student and teacher, whether in design of instruction, assessment, environment, or management style, will render the most productive and engaging classroom…
Living with, Learning from, and Loving the Toughest Readers to Please
…assessments—which they have. It’s not even because many of them enter my class carrying a lot of reading-baggage that might include a lack of happy reading memories to build their…
The Lasting Power of English Teachers: A Note of Appreciation
…who haven’t been in a classroom since they were themselves students certainly aren’t shy about the “common sense” wisdom they have regarding literacy and assessment. I so appreciate those teachers—and…
Readers as Placemakers
…present, place has never been so important. In classrooms particularly, teachers and students are distracted by the dictates of data-driven instruction, high-stakes assessment, and standardized curriculum. (pp. 1–2) To position…
How Can We More Explicitly Teach the Value of Language Diversity to Our Students?
…After speaking with Chris, I think about ways to explore this further with my students. My first idea happens to focus on assessment, because that is what class is about…
Community Involvement
When NCTE asked survey respondents to talk about how families and communities could be involved in decision making around assessment, we got a lot of confused replies. Should families have…
Right to Write
…approaches to the teaching of writing.” But in an era of increasing emphasis on assessments that are cheap to make and easy to score, writing often gets sidelined in literacy…
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