6.29.20 As schools restart, NWEA is ready for remote testing As we look ahead to a safe, smart restart for schools this fall, I want to assure you that we’re ready and prepared to help teachers at your schools close gaps and make gains in the ways that... Read more
6.25.20 Let’s talk equity: Reading levels, scaffolds, and grade-level text Our students already had quite a spring. Now, they are having what looks to be quite a summer. COVID-19 introduced some serious challenges to equal educational access and opportunity. Now, we... Read more
6.23.20 How responsive planning can strengthen your formative assessment practice In my work with educators over the years, I have found the majority associate formative assessment with the phrase “assessment for learning” and describe it as “in-the-moment adjustments... Read more
6.18.20 Anti-racism in your school: 5 books to help you navigate what’s next What a month, huh? Protests in all 50 states and in cities around the world demanding equal justice, protection, and support of black lives. As an educator, you are likely cognizant of the... Read more
6.16.20 Get ready for fall with our school restart summit and guide Whoever first told the story that educators just lounge around all summer had a very vivid imagination. You and I both know it’s pure fiction. It seems like, every year, the digital ink on... Read more
6.11.20 The power of formative assessment when the only constant is change Before schools closed in March, I sat in on a lesson planning meeting with an Algebra II teaching team working on how to bring context to a lesson on linear and exponential change. In the air... Read more
6.9.20 To support anti-racism, build a diverse staff When I joined Chemeketa Community College, in Salem, Oregon, in 2011, word quickly got around that the English department finally had a faculty member who could check the box for Hispanic on the... Read more
6.4.20 5 tips for reopening after COVID-19 school closures from a Liberian school that made it through Ebola Jeff Trudeau is in the unique position of being one of only a few educators able to take some highly educated guesses about what it will be like to reopen schools after coronavirus ceases to be... Read more
6.2.20 5 ways one Georgia school district is tackling remote learning Ready for some real talk? None of us knows what we’re doing. Pandemic Teaching 101 simply wasn’t offered back when we were in college. Neither was Advanced Topics in Education while... Read more
6.1.20 We must teach children that George Floyd didn’t die in vain I write this post with a heavy heart. The news of yet another unarmed black man dying in the hands of white police officers—this time, George Floyd, a 46-year-old father of two—is unbelievably... Read more
5.26.20 NWEA grant helps East High School reduce AP enrollment disparity At East High School in Madison, Wisconsin, an equity vision statement has long defined the faculty’s commitment to meeting the needs of every student: “East High School is intentional... Read more
5.21.20 Coronavirus and mental health: Resources to support kids during school closures With school and other closures affecting school-aged kids nationwide, it’s impossible not to think about the mental health effects this pandemic may be having on children and teenagers. I... Read more