There were still three months to go in the school year. My students had amazed me with how well they took to this strange new normal, but in recent weeks it seemed that everyone’s focus had started to...
Berkeley Unified Music Teachers Use Collaborative Inquiry To Explore Joy At the start of the 2020-21 school year, the Berkeley Unified Music Department made a radical decision. At that point, Berkeley schools, like most public schools in the...
For years social emotional learning has been on the tip of educator’s tongues, but not always embedded in their practice or at the top of one’s mind. Educators are balancing a lot every moment of everyday. Teaching and...
Students often have misconceptions about Computer Science (CS) as a subject around who can be successful at it and who can’t. My school starts CS education as early as 6th grade and by the time I see them...
We know one of the main areas of uncertainty on everyone’s minds right now is reopening. What does it look like? And, what does it feel like for students, educators, leaders, and community members to reopen in partnership?...
In February the Wallace Foundation published a report that synthesizes over 20 years of research about effective leaders. But, What does it mean to be an effective leader? How do effective leaders support...
Instructional leadership team members at one of our partner sites log into Zoom each month ready to dive into teacher learning data to understand more about their adult learners. These teacher leaders each bring a unique viewpoint, from...
As we work together to restore hope to the future, we need to include a strange and new ally — our willingness to be disturbed. Our willingness to have our beliefs and ideas challenged by what others think. No one...
Many teacher, school and district leaders are questioning how they can create professional learning cultures where colleagues routinely engage in honest conversations that lead to learning and improvement, particularly as it relates to issues of equity. What is...
For teachers everywhere our worlds have been turned upside down. We are used to gathering data about what our students know and don’t know yet through listening to conversations, having quick chats before or after class, and even...
