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09/07/2010 - 7:54pmCongratulations to Diane Henry Leipzig! —the winner of AfterSchool KidzScience™ Beach Science Kit for grades 3–5. See the original contest post here.
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09/03/2010 - 12:59pmWelcome back to school! As you are getting back into the swing of things with your students, there are many ways that the Caring School Community (CSC) program can support the beginning of the year. One of the most important ways is through teambuilders. Much of what we’re trying to help you accomplish with CSC is a sense of community for...
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09/02/2010 - 3:36pm"Research lesson," in the parlance of lesson study, is defined by Research for Better Schools as follows: A research lesson, also commonly referred to as a "study lesson," is the lesson that is team-written, taught in the presence of observing colleagues, discussed during the debriefing session, revised, retaught, and reported...
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09/02/2010 - 10:32amI did an activity with participants in a workshop in Henrico County the other day—The Title I schools in the district are purchasing our IDR libraries and our focus has been on the importance of independent reading in classrooms. Of course, I shared some of Dick Allington’s research on students and independent reading and we discussed...
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09/01/2010 - 3:53pmProfessional Learning Communities (PLCs) provide a format for people to come together and talk deeply about the issues that surround their profession, in this case, education. PLCs take on many different forms, but the essence of any PLC is focused, passionate conversation about the issues at hand. I had the opportunity to participate in one such...
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08/27/2010 - 2:06pmWe at DSC are passionately committed to the idea that if educators don't address the social and emotional needs of students, they compromise their ability to engender academic success. It's why we're here. It's why cooperative structures are braided into our literacy and math instruction, because it is our belief that academic and...
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08/26/2010 - 3:46pmI recently saw the “good news” about KIPP (Knowledge Is Power Program) getting another ton of money—$50,000,000 from the feds—to ramp up dissemination of its program. I am no fan of KIPP and believe it is not a healthy model for schooling in a democracy. It focuses too narrowly on low-level skills and content, and it uses...
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08/26/2010 - 12:24amLesson study is a brilliantly conceived professional development process. It has the potential to be nothing short of transformative in a school. One of the most appealing things to me about lesson study is that it is built on a foundation of common sense: teachers work together to help students learn better. Lesson study provides the medium...
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08/25/2010 - 11:11amA Google search can be an overwhelming starting point for learning about lesson study! One resource I highly recommend, having been in that position myself, is the Chicago Lesson Study Group. The Chicago Lesson Study Group was formed in 2002 under the guidance of lesson study scholar and proponent Akihiko Takahashi (DePaul University) “to...
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08/24/2010 - 12:42pmVermont and Utah are the newest states to have adopted the Common Core Standards. It dawned on me recently that I had only a vague sense of which and how many states were on the bandwagon, and I wondered whether someone had put together a convenient visual representation of the information...you know...a map. I fished around a little...
The DSC Way creates a culture of learning where students are motivated to do the thinking and talking that builds community, literacy skills, personal relationships, and personal responsibility while engaging teachers in reflective professional development. The seven core principles of the DSC Way are integrated within each of its program, professional, and product development activities.
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