by Melissa Lambert | May 24, 2021 | Blog
The American Rescue Plan has distributed nearly $190 billion in Covid relief funds to reopen schools safely and support the academic and social emotional needs of K-12 students in the United States. School districts and states are making quick decisions on how to...
by Melissa Lambert | Apr 24, 2021 | Blog
(Hint: It’s the Same as Introspection) We’ve dug into the topic of formative assessment in depth over the past few months – what it is, what it isn’t, why educators avoid it and how to implement the process. Now knowing all those pieces, it’s time to synthesize...
by Melissa Lambert | Mar 29, 2021 | Blog
“Our ultimate goal as culturally responsive teachers is to help dependent learners learn how to learn. We want them to have the ability to size up any task, map out a strategy for completing it and then execute the plan. That’s what independent learners do.” -Zaretta...
by Melissa Lambert | Feb 21, 2021 | Blog
Imagine telling a group of students to draw the “perfect” smiley face (and that is the only instruction given). Then after each draws their version, revealing what a “perfect” smiley face looks like. No student gets it right (naturally). They didn’t know it needed a...
by Melissa Lambert | Jan 25, 2021 | Blog
There have certainly been many f words saturated in education over the last ten months for a myriad of reasons (with due cause). But there’s an f word that was present far before the pandemic… it’s formative… as in formative assessment. What’s the reason this word...
