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Balancing the what with the how of teaching. Meditation on the messiness of improving instruction teacher by teacher.

I could not agree more with the need for balance. I think different teaching styles are as important as teaching to different student learning styles. I'm concerned that a school full of all Type A "what" teachers is not the best thing for our students -- school culture is a huge factor that is often given a lower priority than "student achievement." Here's to a greater emphasis on the "how's" of teaching and learning!

How PD starts in a session but doesn't end until the rubber meets the road in the classroom. One of those articles that states the obvious, but well enough it reframes it. Nice PD graphic model.

What if...a teacher "flipped" students' learning experience so the lecture/mini-lesson happened at home or outside of school time, and homework --applied learning -- happened in the classroom? How could a parent participate in this process? We may not be there yet (especially due to internet access issues), but we're on our way!

A different perspective than the previous article, this one reminds me of some of the issues raised in the movie, "Race to Nowhere."

Time for the postmortem, from the right wing no less.

Why it is so hard to measure the value proposition of personalized learning through more technology.