Nancy Frey's Blog, page 7

The Gift of Confidence

The post-pandemic reality is that students have lost faith in themselves as capable learners. Many didn’t return to school and we currently face a storm of chronic absenteeism, high dropout rates, and frequent emotional crises among teens. Far too many students are giving up and […]

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Discover What Happens: When Visible Learning Fosters Growth

Reflections on the Visible Learning Journey for Greenfield Exempted Schools, Ohio Educators are constantly looking for the right formula that helps their students learn and thrive in the classroom. With so many different techniques and strategies, how do you know what will work best for […]

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#CorwinTalks: Think Outside the Box with AI in the Classroom

In Response to Innovations Like AI, Educators Can Be “Lead Learners” By Kiki Prottsman Over the past year, educational conferences have highlighted a flurry of workshops in AI. Educator reactions have spotlighted a broader approach to innovation in the classroom. There’s fear, excitement, a whisper […]

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Empowering Students Through Mastery Learning

What are the practical aspects of mastery learning and its impact on student achievement? Key components of this educational model, including the importance of feedback, individualized pacing, and a focus on competencies rather than time can help students become aware of their own abilities and […]

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What Does it Mean to be “Known” in School?

Do you have a favorite coffee shop or other establishment that knows you when you come it? They recognize you and can predict what you’ll order.  You tend to go there more often, in part because of that experience. Dominique visits a local convenience store […]

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How to Select Texts That Drive Student Learning

Summer is a great time to explore new books and other texts we may want to share with children and dream up possibilities for the year ahead. We may find ourselves one summer afternoon chatting with our local librarian about new releases, checking out displays […]

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#CorwinTalks: Strategies for Antiracist Educators

Five Commitments for Antiracist Educators By Sonja Cherry-Paul  Here’s the truth. Our good intentions as educators do not necessarily amount to teaching that is antiracist. Antiracist teaching is a commitment to iterative, messy, necessary work toward the goal of equity, justice, and liberation that requires […]

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Credibility in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

Over the past year, the rise in use of generative artificial intelligence platforms like ChatGPT has presented many opportunities. Educators, for instance, have discovered how this technology can save them time by doing things like creating additional practice problems in math, writing exemplar texts for […]

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From Steps to Success: Moving Towards Deep Mathematics Learning

When talking about the teaching and learning of mathematics, we often bring our own experiences to the conversation. For example, if you experienced mathematics as an endless list of problems that you had to solve in order to arrive at a single correct answer, that […]

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Cultivating Strong School Cultures and Climates through Mindframes for Belonging, Identities, and Equity

When students cross the school gate, they do not leave their culture, sense of belonging, or identities behind. Schools create societies, sometimes mirroring and sometimes in contradiction to the society around them. When we walk into schools, we can often feel the energy, the passion, […]

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