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Direct linkTownsley, Matt – Educational Leadership, 2014
In the first years of his career as a high school math teacher, Matt Townsley was bothered by the fact that his grades penalized students for not learning content quickly. A student could master every standard, but low quiz grades and homework assignments they didn't complete because they didn't understand would lower their final grade,…
Descriptors: Mathematics Teachers, Grading, Academic Standards, Educational Practices
Walsh, Jackie Acree; Sattes, Beth Dankert – Educational Leadership, 2015
The authors have seen an inspiring phenomenon in certain classrooms--students thinking through their answers to teacher questions, responding thoughtfully to other students' answers, even self-correcting or providing more information after they've answered a teacher aloud. The strategy behind these student actions is a skillful use of "wait…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Thinking Skills, Student Participation
Alberti, Sandra – Educational Leadership, 2013
Over the last two years, the author has talked with thousands of educators about the Common Core State Standards, and she has realized that one of the biggest risks they currently face is full-speed implementation without an understanding of the changes that the standards require. When a new reform initiative comes around, the instinct of teachers…
Descriptors: State Standards, Educational Change, Academic Standards, Change Strategies
Buffum, Austin; Mattos, Mike; Weber, Chris – Educational Leadership, 2010
The underlying premise of Response to Intervention (RTI) is that schools should not wait until students fall far enough behind to qualify for special education to provide them with the help they need. Instead, schools should provide targeted and systematic interventions to all students as soon as students demonstrate the need. However, schools…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Response to Intervention, Achievement Gap, Individualized Instruction
Clark, Terrence – Educational Leadership, 2009
Bethpage Union Free School District in New York is a high-performing district by almost any current accountability measure. Yet administrators and teachers worried that they were not doing enough to prepare their students as critical thinkers for the 21st century. Inspired by the curriculum framework of the Partnership for 21st Century Skills, the…
Descriptors: High Schools, Abstract Reasoning, Interdisciplinary Approach, Problem Solving
Bottoms, Gene – Educational Leadership, 2007
What would happen if schools offered all students the same challenges and opportunities that some schools now offer only their "best" students? The Southern Regional Education Board addressed that question in 1987, when it developed the High Schools That Work Model. Blending challenging college-preparatory content with modern vocational and…
Descriptors: High Schools, Academic Achievement, Program Descriptions, Program Implementation
