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by Rosa Apodaca, Tabetha Bernstein Danis, and Lauren Resnick

Children are born with the innate capacity to reason beginning at a very young age (Carey, 2009; Gopnik and Wellman, 2012; Spelke and...

by Allison Escher and Kerri Messler

Contextualizing the Work

The Institute for Learning (IFL) and Schenectady City School District have worked collaboratively for several years, and this year, we...

By Lindsay Clare Matsumura

Conferring with teachers in advance of observing a lesson is a critical component of the Content-Focused Coaching® (CFC) cycle. These “pre-conferences” are opportunities for...

by Laurie Speranzo, April Perry-Schlatterer, Shaasia Jackson, and Lindsey Smith

“It definitely makes my heart smile when I hear a teacher say, ‘I just stopped what I was doing because the student knew...

By Kristin Klingensmith
 

Accountable Talk® discussions are discussions that promote learning. They are discussions that have evidence of accountability to the learning community, accurate knowledge...

By Lindsay Clare Matsumura

Conferring with teachers in advance of observing a lesson is a critical component of the Content-Focused Coaching® (CFC) cycle. These “pre-conferences” are opportunities for...

By Anindya Kundu
Sociologist of education & postdoctoral research scholar, New York University

By Joe Dostilio
 

There is no shortage of professional development (PD) available to teachers, but PD alone is rarely enough to result in a change of practice. When PD is paired with improvement science...

By Cheryl Sandora
 

Learning Forward and the National Commission on Teaching & America’s Future conducted interviews with teachers and school administrators to understand the disconnect between...

By Laurie Speranzo, Asale Harris, Jamie Gulotta, and JoAnna Castellano
 

In her article “Framing Equity: Helping Students ‘Play the Game’ and ‘Change the Game’” (2009), Rochelle Gutiérrez lays out the...