NGSS: Clusters, Portals, and Assessments. Oh My!
It’s a new school year! And mixed with the excitement around new classes and students, I hear questions about the [...]
It’s a new school year! And mixed with the excitement around new classes and students, I hear questions about the [...]
Last week I traveled to an elementary school to meet with my third-grade friends and their teacher. Students were just [...]
The Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), a.k.a. Washington State Science Learning Standards (WSSLS), calls for radical attention to equity within [...]
While visiting schools in our Northwest region, I am constantly reminded that students of all ages have intuitive number sense [...]
I wandered back into the NWESD building after my summer break to find a roomful of excited teachers watching brightly [...]
Motivating students in problem solving is often easier through the use of technology, which allows students to actively and responsively [...]
"School's out for summer..." As the days get longer and the temps are creeping up, I find myself humming [...]
Everyone is sensitive to the fact that teachers have so much on their plates. And introducing new science standards on [...]
As I travel around the northwest region, I hear teachers talking about their certification renewal and the changes that the [...]
I recently walked into a 6th grade classroom where students were thinking flexibly and engaging in meaningful discourse about mathematics. [...]