Nancy Frey's Blog, page 42
June 26, 2020
School Leaders’ Summer Reading List
School leaders have never had a summer like this. Summer 2020 has a new feeling of urgency around so many issues – ensuring equity and cultural proficiency in our staff, figuring out how to re-open safely, creating contingency plans for a possible recurrence of COVID-19, […]
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June 22, 2020
Recognizing Learning Through Self-Questioning
Short post description: If we want students to become visible learners and to truly be their own teachers, we need to teach them how to use self-questioning to guide their learning. From the series: Developing Students’ Ownership of Learning—from a Distance, too! Post #1 Post […]
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June 19, 2020
10 Equity Books to Read This Summer
At Corwin, we believe that education is a basic human right—that we have a moral imperative to ensure every child has the opportunity to fully participate in a democratic society and lead a meaningful life. In support of this belief, we acknowledge the need to […]
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June 16, 2020
Plan for a Successful Return to School by Focusing on SEL
“This has been an emotional rollercoaster.” I have heard this and many statements like it in the work that I do to support educators in implementing Social Emotional Learning for adults and students. I have been in “zoom rooms” with educators across the country and I often […]
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June 15, 2020
White Educators Must Put in the Work: Free Tools for Dismantling Biased Teaching
“For Black people in the United States, getting an education has historically been an illicit activity rife with danger, personal risk, and structural barriers.” In the United States, 82.7% of all public school teachers are white and it is estimated that 62% of all U.S. […]
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June 12, 2020
Time To Step Up
At Corwin, we all share a deep horror and justifiable anger over the recent brutality in Minneapolis—and every bit as significant, the recognition that such brutality is not limited to Minneapolis but the product of a systemic failure across our nation. The brutal killings of […]
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Holding America in the Cradle of Justice: Visioning for the Future
Our hearts ache. In this moment, we are mostly sad, most of the time. We know that change is painful. We are going through pain, yet that pain will help us get to the other side. On that other side of pain, we must lead with courage. Racism begins […]
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June 10, 2020
Mathematizing for Families!
Math practice doesn’t have to be all exercises and worksheets. You know that, but do your students’ parents know that? Families probably know far more about teaching now after supervising hours of Zoom lessons during the various degrees of sheltering in place that families have experienced since […]
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