Last year, through collaborative inquiry with Mills Teacher Scholars along with other professional learning efforts, Montalvin Manor Elementary teachers, leaders, and students made strides in their learning. Particularly notable is the growth of their English Learners, whose English...

— By Dina Moskowitz Teachers are huddled in groups of twos and threes, analyzing student math work and making an effort to see what students do and do not understand about their content.

At Mills Teacher Scholars, we know that collaborative inquiry builds teachers’ local knowledge about how best to support their students’ learning. By sharing that knowledge publicly, they develop a collective understanding of where their students are and a vision for where to focus their...

— By Eva Marie Oliver I had just handed out grades and comments for my eighth-grade Humanities students’ first “assertion” paragraphs of the school year. After they looked them over, I asked each student to...