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Teacher Noticing: The Key to Unlocking Student Success

How do you know if your students are truly learning? In a world of packed classrooms, tight schedules, and curriculum demands, teacher noticing may seem like an elusive skill. But it’s the secret weapon that separates good teaching from great teaching. Teacher noticing isn’t just […]

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#CorwinTalks: Making Sense of Visible Learning

What works best in teaching and learning?  That is the core question John Hattie set out to answer some 40 years ago.  Since then, there has been a rapid growth in leveraging the power of meta-analyses to answer that very question.  Yet, a different level […]

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Math Proficiency for All: Part 3

As a new school year begins, teachers and leaders are already planning intervention support for students who are not currently meeting grade-level math standards. Rather than defaulting to traditional remediation practices that have produced disappointing results and failed to position students for future success, let’s […]

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Let’s Collaborate in Assessing Multilingual Learners!

The connection between learning and assessment is becoming much closer than ever before as educators and multilingual learners assume more active roles in teaching and learning while language and literacy development becomes more prominent within content learning (Gottlieb & Katz, 2020). Put another way, the […]

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#CorwinTalks: Why—and How—to Encourage Productive Struggle

Productive Struggle Helps Students Grow Their Learning Power  The following is adapted from (Re)Building Students’ Learning Power: Teaching for Instructional Equity and Cognitive Justice by Zaretta Hammond, forthcoming from Corwin Press in April 2025.    To engage in increasingly complex academic work, each student must develop […]

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Tips for Coaching Teachers with Multilingual Learners

Are the teachers you are coaching asking for help in teaching and reaching multilingual learners? Do they want to know which vocabulary method is best for English speakers? Do you often hear, “Some of my students can’t read; how can I help them?” Studies on […]

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Three Things All New Teachers Need to Know to Be Successful

There is no shortage of advice for people starting this wonderful profession.  It’s both challenging and rewarding to be a teacher. It’s humbling and motivating. And each day can be filled with joy and sadness. We touch lives. No, we shape lives. It’s a huge […]

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Kicking Off Math Coaching: Engaging in A Challenge-Centered Inquiry Approach

Keisha has been a math coach for three years and is looking forward to the new school year. She is excited about working with the teachers she has been mentoring as well as building relationships with the new teachers. She wants to make sure that […]

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Podcast PD: A Professional Learning Strategy to Earn District Credit for Podcast Listening

Podcasts offer educators a professional learning option that I like to call Podcast PD. School districts often encourage teachers to create their own professional learning opportunities so why not include listening to podcasts? Corwin’s Teacher to Teacher Podcast episodes offer educators wisdom that is based […]

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Establish a School Culture That Prioritizes Student Experience

Across the nation, educators, students, and families are diving headfirst into the first weeks of school. Parents and families are excited to send their kids out of the house for seven hours, students are excited to share their summer selfies and show off their new […]

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