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Reflective Teaching Requires Humility – One Classroom Example

Oct6

This story is a metaphor for a common scenario in our classrooms: those moments where a scaffold or a task stumps student—not because the students need reteaching, but because the scaffold or task fails to connect to how students think and what they already know and can do.

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Do I Add More Supports, or Change My Teaching?

Mar2

This is an essential question to ask when a student struggles. It’s an essential question to engage educators in asking when they analyze data together to improve teaching for equity and EL excellence.

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