Here are ten commonly overused words Day-to-day communication can get boring. There are only so many “Sounds good” and “Let me know” emails, texts, and Slack messages you can send and read each day without your eyes glazing over. While there are some communications that have to...
Revamping A Writing Curriculum Previous blogs on The Writing Revolution highlighted a study conducted a few years ago at New Dorp High School on Staten Island in New York. Nearly 10 years ago, 82% of freshmen entered the school reading below grade level and could not...
Part Two in this series focuses on identifying the cause of low performing students Although New Dorp (a public high school in Staten Island, New York) teachers had observed students failing for years, they never connected low performing students to specific flaws in their own teaching....
Why schools shouldn’t approach technology like businesses once did While businesses might be excused for initially adopting an efficiency objective when it comes to technology, schools cannot. This objective has already been shown to be ineffective for businesses. More importantly though, efficiencies – unlike for business – should...
Rethinking grade levels & school design for personalized learning A Chicago school’s openness to multiage classrooms gives both students and teachers extra choice and support by TARA GARCÍA MATHEWSON CHICAGO — At the end of the first-floor hallway in the West Belden campus of the Chicago International Charter School...