Building teams of public adult learners  is a central component to developing cultures of continuous improvement in West Contra Costa USD. At each Mills Teacher Scholars inquiry session, a teacher volunteer publicly shares their...

Verde Elementary Like many elementary school teachers, the teachers at Verde Elementary in WCCUSD are using balanced literacy to build students’ reading comprehension skills. What is different about the approach of the teachers at Verde is that they are working...

By Carrie Kelder My AP Psychology class represents a diverse group of learners with a variety of skill levels when it comes to reading and writing. What the students have in common is their level of motivation, whether an interest...

The room was abuzz with appreciations as a panel of Mills Teacher Scholars concluded their 90-minute workshop on “Inquiry as an Equity Strategy” at this year’s Teachers for Social Justice Conference in San Francisco. Dedicated teachers from across the Bay...