At The SchoolWorks Lab we’re dedicated to building teacher capacity to grow and make a difference in the lives of disadvantaged students.
Wondering what’s the role of arts education in student success?
Teachers lead the way with job-embedded, peer-to-peer learning
Designing creativity-based assessments benefit all students
When we ask each other, what makes a good school, we often talk about it in a very general way. For example, the school is
Many teachers teach reading in K-3 public schools through a “balanced-literacy” approach, meaning that they use multiple strategies for a variety of reading abilities. Reading
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For twenty years, the testing and standards movement has failed to help move the needle in terms of academic achievement in our K-12 schools. The
As we move forward to help teachers and schools more accurately assess student achievement through performance assessments, we also need to more carefully assess our
There are many policy issues involving our education system and its needs for improvement. One way to gauge this need is to look at teachers
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For more than a hundred years, K-12 public schools have struggled to make schools worthy of educating all children well. Learning in schools works for
Our mission is to bridge the gaps between teachers, parents, researchers, administrators, and policymakers by conducting and distributing research filled with common understandings, clear findings, and coherent policy. The goal is a national policy that supports equity and access through student-centered learning and provides higher quality education.
Learn from experts on how to create an effective arts integration strategy for your school that includes: