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Peer review is one collaborative writing strategy that can assist students in achieving a number of the Common Core Standards, including the one stating that students will improve their writing by "revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach." Research has shown that peer review, done well, results in improved student writing and learning about writing.

Weaving Social Justice Into Science Instruction Shedding light on inequity in science fields bolsters students' critical thinking skills and sense of self-efficacy in science. A free curriculum helps teachers get started.

What do we care most about? We care about social collaboration, immersing students in investigations of science phenomena, developing artifacts that demonstrate rigorous learning, and then presenting those artifacts for community use.

An ongoing commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) work will help you build the foundations of belonging for every student. But DEI work alone is not enough. Let's go back to your students. Are your lessons designed in alignment with what we know from cognitive science about how the human brain learns? What does the practice work you assign look like? What study strategies do you teach students to use? How is metacognition built? Does the feedback you give students help or hurt? What does homework look like?