If The Question Is ‘Why Don’t Teachers Use A Lot Of District-Bought Curriculum?’ The Answer Sure Isn’t Because They Need To Do More Student Assessments

If The Question Is ‘Why Don’t Teachers Use A Lot Of District-Bought Curriculum?’ The Answer Sure Isn’t Because They Need To Do More Student Assessments

  Why Teachers Don’t Use the High-Quality Instructional Materials They’re Given? is a great question that serves as a headline to a recent The 74 column. The author does provide an answer that partially answers it – because many of our students can’t access the supposed “grade-level” material present in it. Another answer, of course,…

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Ed Tech Digest

Ed Tech Digest

  Ten years ago, in another somewhat futile attempt to reduce the backlog of resources I want to share, I began this occasional “Ed Tech Digest” post where I share three or four links I think are particularly useful and related to…ed tech, including some Web 2.0 apps. You might also be interested in checking…

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Teaching Students, Not Subjects

This article first appeared in The Teaching Professor on November 23, 2020 © Magna Publications. All rights reserved. Try a FREE three-week trial of The Teaching Professor! Too often, faculty make content coverage the focus of lesson planning. They plan their courses around the topics they need to cover, which usually leads to them motoring…

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