Friday, February 7, 2025

Wauwatosa School District Science Detracking Efforts (Part 3 in a Series)

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The Wauwatosa School District’s Science Department has undergone a significant transformation, which began in the Fall of 2022. The district...
Monday, September 16, 2024

Detracking Students in High School Science - A Case Study (Part 2 in series)

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Guest authors - Jacquelyn Curran, Craig Gagnon, Leah Williams, and Kathryn Eilert from Middleton High School (synthesized and edited by me) ...
Wednesday, May 22, 2024

Why is Tracking Students a Problem? (Part 1 in a series)

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                Three experiences in my life stand out in my personal pathway to discouraging schools from tracking students into different ...
Friday, May 5, 2023

Making Room for Creativity in Science Class

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How many times have you had a student ask, “Will this be on the test?” I often did as a teacher. They fully expect the test questions to hav...
Thursday, March 16, 2023

Cultivating Genius: Adapting Lessons to Bring Out the Genius in All Students

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I have a hard time connecting with some frameworks for equity-based teaching. Often, that’s because they don’t connect as well as I’d like t...
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Monday, September 26, 2022

Are Today's Students Actually Different?

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In my role in state science leadership, I often end up hearing from educators that the students right now are different than before. I have ...
Thursday, April 14, 2022

What Is “Student-Centered” Instruction?

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To begin, if there is one right answer to a task, it’s not student-centered. It’s students figuring out the answer the teacher wants. True, ...