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Perspective - Anne DiPardo - Nov 1 2012 - 12:19pm - 2 comment(s)
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Perspective - Anne DiPardo - Dec 5 2012 - 12:59pm - 2 comment(s)
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Resources - Michael Palmisano - May 18 2012 - 2:09pm - 2 comment(s)
This excerpt from Michael Palmisano's Taking Inquiry to Scale: An Alternative to Traditional Approaches to Education Reform (NCLE & NCTE, 2013) discusses the differences...
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Perspective - Millie Davis - May 9 2013 - 2:52pm - 1 comment(s)
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Vignette - Ball Foundation, Cotsen, George Herrera - Feb 16 2012 - 5:54pm - 2 comment(s)
George Herrera of Rowland Unified School District, Rowland, California describes some of the challenges, activities, and outcomes of a family literacy community of practice that included both teachers and parents.
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Perspective - Michael Palmisano - Jun 7 2013 - 10:52am
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Vignette - Amy Valens, Mission Hill School, Tom Valens - Mar 1 2013 - 1:46pm
"A Different Story About Public Education,"
On January 31, 2013, Sam Chaltain wrote in an Education Week blog titled...
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Perspective - Michael Palmisano - Nov 14 2012 - 11:17am
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Vignette - Lori Griffith, NCLE Staff, NCTAF - Dec 4 2012 - 12:56pm
Using a project-based learning approach, this team of high school teachers from different disciplines collaborated to identify an area in which their students needed work, then developed a cross-curricular project to address it.
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Perspective - Catherine Nelson - May 15 2013 - 5:03pm
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Resources - NCLE - Mar 19 2013 - 4:38pm
Making Room for What WorksToday there is growing agreement that literacy is at the center of all learning. The National Center for Literacy Education, a coalition of...
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Resources - NCLE - May 28 2012 - 3:34pm
This framework provides an overview of the types of organizational conditions and practices that enable schools to build and sustain a collaborative culture that is grounded in evidence of student learning. Focusing on the collective capacity within a team, a school, a district, or...
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Perspective - Lara Hebert - Apr 25 2013 - 3:06pm
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Perspective - Kent Williamson - Mar 28 2013 - 4:38pm - 1 comment(s)
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Resources - NCTE - May 10 2013 - 12:34pm
This NCTE policy research brief outlines some of the key features, benefits, and challenges faced by communities of practice, as well as some of the ways that institutions can support school-based communities of practice. NCTE Policy Research Briefs are available at...
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Resources - Melinda J. McBee Orzulak - Sep 6 2012 - 1:14pm
The challenges and rewards of the mentor–student teacher partnership are explored through a dance metaphor in this English Journal essay by Melinda Orzulak, introduced by "Mentoring Matters" editor Tom McCann.
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Vignette - NCLE Staff - Jun 18 2012 - 11:02am
Motivated by a shared inquiry question, a team of librarians at Deerfield High School (Illinois) gathered data to support a push to integrate information literacy skills into the curriculum, and developed a fruitful collaboration with other departments resulting in a co-taught Medieval...
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Perspective - Lara Hebert - Apr 4 2013 - 5:03pm
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Perspective - Mark Thomas - Apr 17 2013 - 5:07pm
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Resources - Ball Foundation - Apr 8 2013 - 3:29pm
This collection of tools and protocols can strengthen a team’s inquiry process by providing structures for open and engaging conversation related to a group’s learning focus. The tools in this particular collection come from a variety of sources and have been adapted by the...
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Resources - Diane Lapp, Maria Grant - Jun 5 2012 - 3:21pm
This 60 minute web seminar introduces the key components of a model of intentional instruction called Gradual Release of Responsibility (GRR). This is the 1st in a series of two...
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Perspective - Rex Babiera - Feb 13 2013 - 11:59am - 1 comment(s)
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Vignette - Phil Johnson - Apr 9 2013 - 5:14pm
Educator Angie Muse, a learning coach in the Hazelwood School District, Missouri, describes some of the experiences she and her colleagues shared as part of a district-assigned “data team.”
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Resources - Learning Forward - Apr 4 2013 - 12:38pm
Professional Learning in the Learning Profession: A Status Report on Teacher Development in the United States and Abroad examines what research has revealed about professional learning that improves teachers’ practice and student learning. The report describes the availability of...
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Perspective - Catherine Nelson - Mar 20 2013 - 2:44pm
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Vignette - Rex Babiera - Mar 20 2013 - 3:59pm
At Hilltop Drive Elementary School in Chula Vista, California, educators and students are creating a culture of “we,” where everyone ensures that learning happens.
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Resources - Harvard Family Research Project - Feb 19 2013 - 12:40pm
There is strong evidence that when schools partner with families and community-based organizations, these partnerships for learning improve children’s development and school success. In this report from the Harvard Family Research Project, authors Erin Harris and Shani Wilkes draw on the...
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Resources - Lara Hebert - Feb 4 2013 - 4:43pm
The Participatory Learning and You! (PLAY!) Framework for New Media Literacies encompasses cultural competencies and social skills needed for young people to fully participate in the digital world of today and into the future. The New Media Literacy team argues that these competencies and...
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Vignette - Rex Babiera - Mar 27 2013 - 4:03pm
Sarah Brown Wessling and her colleagues at Johnston High School, Iowa, saw that some changes were needed in the curriculum to achieve real student engagement, and working together, they found a way to make it happen....
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Resources - Ball Foundation - Apr 27 2012 - 5:40pm
The “fishbowl” process of observation and conversation is useful for reaching a shared understanding of organizational and instructional issues. This two-page document provides a description of the purpose and use of the conversational process. A discussion group of 5-8...