In Service

One of the districts that I’ve been working with for less than a year has built a variety of grade-level common formative assessments that they plan to begin using this fall. Getting to this point has been a long, winding road. Uphill. Both ways. In the dark. Through several feet of snow. Without proper footwear. And in the [...]

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As a coordinator for curriculum and staff development, I have the good fortune of working with many data-savvy administrators and teachers. Eager to uncover what the New York State Assessments truly demanded of students, and more importantly, determined to develop a common, deeply aligned curriculum that would produce results, this very group of educators challenged [...]

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Stephen Peters is a former classroom teacher, assistant principal, principal, and director of secondary education. He is the author of Inspired to Learn: Why We Must Give Children Hope and Do You Know Enough About Me to Teach Me? He’s served on panels, hung out with everyone from Oprah Winfrey to the former U.S. Secretary [...]

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