When students have trouble learning, we turn to medication for help. But before we go there, how much have we thought about the underlying barriers to learning? For example, could their eyesight be preventing them from seeing the classroom board … Continued
For most of the last 100 years of K-12 schools in the United States, more attention has been given to cognitive and academic improvements rather than social emotional learning. Schools have more leeway in constructing curriculum around curriculum content of … Continued
I love to write about what are the top issues in education because it differs depending on where you live, if you are a parent or teacher, and how much money is involved. There is no one list, but let’s … Continued
It is well understood that good teachers produce better student achievement. What is not well agreed upon is the “how, what, where, when, and why” of this important driver of school success. How exactly do teachers improve student achievement? Most … Continued
Marc Tucker is the latest educator to ask the question of educators everywhere, are we unable to provide a relevant education to students today? In his latest paper he looks at adaptation of ideas for improving education and radical rethinking … Continued
In my workshop on Performance Assessment Tasks, at the World Alliance for Arts Education Summit (October 11-15, 2021), I presented performance assessment tasks to assess reading and creativity. During the six month period of a new school from January to … Continued
I will be giving a workshop at The World Alliance for Arts Education Virtual Summit on October 13, 4pm! Sign up below: LIVE: Measuring the Creative Mindset of Students; Performance Task Assessment Robert Southworth Robert A. Southworth, Jr., Ed.D., The … Continued
Two former Boston School Principals took issue last week with a Harvard Professor who was promoting personalization: As longtime school leaders, we’re delighted that Paul Reville has discovered the potential of personalization to improve our schools and student learning (“America’s … Continued
Performance Assessments Performance assessments are part of a high-quality assessment system. In the new K-3 Foundations School, only the state exams given to third graders are standardized formats that ask students to check the correct answers from those provided by … Continued
If there is one thing that still resonates from September 11, it is the fear that we all felt, and the hope that we could pull together to fight this fear. The unity we all felt was unbelievable. We had … Continued