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Student homelessness data (Chapin Hall Study) in America’s schools is extremely disheartening. Nearly 700,000 students annually (see graph above) will be faced with some degree of homelessness while in school. In a 2016 report from America’s Promise the numbers are much higher. They report: Student homelessness is on the rise, with more than 1.3 million…
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Does your school have a “dashboard” by which it evaluates whether or not it is successful in meeting its goals? If so, what indicators are used to compile data for the dashboard and how is it presented to the broader school community? In my experience, these are some of the indicators that schools might use…
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All teachers understand that successful teaching and learning requires a keen sense of how to effectively assess student work and provide meaningful, timely, and informative feedback. Feedback can be one of the most powerful influencers in a teacher’s toolbox, enhancing or hindering student learning. However, for feedback to be effective teachers need to have a…
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Here might be one way to cook up a recipe for success that applies to any student in school. student involvement their own grading and evaluation with accurate calibration on the part of the teacher. make the learning targets (goals or intentions) clear to students so they know what to aim towards and make the…
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In Visible Learning for Teacher: Maximizing Impact on Learning, John Hattie describes the conditions that lead to identifying learning intentions and success criteria. He describes the learning equation as five variables that a teachers needs to understand and design around. Challenge represents a design criteria that every teacher faces: designing a learning experience that is…
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