2.6.20 Erin Ryan Kick-start Black History Month in your classroom (and keep it going all year) Black History Month began in 1926 as Negro History Week, an event hosted by the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History. By the late 1960s, the annual event transitioned to a month-long... Read more
1.16.20 Melissa Leonard A 2020 resolution: Foster equity in opportunity and outcomes Abby Javurek, vice president of Educational Solutions at NWEA, was recently awarded first place for her submission to the Fordham Institute’s 2019 Wonkathon. Titled “Beyond the binary: We can... Read more
1.14.20 Melissa Stadtfeld How to use assessment to close gaps and support families Has diversity increased in your school or district since you became an educator? Work by the Pew Research Center has shown that post-Millennials—kids born between 1997 and 2012—are the most... Read more
12.31.19 Monica Rodríguez The 12 not-to-be-missed Teach. Learn. Grow. posts of 2019 It’s been another great year for Teach. Learn. Grow. Thanks to our readers, of course. As 2019 comes to an end, we’re shaking our heads wondering where the time went. We’re also eager to share... Read more
12.10.19 Beth Tarasawa How to advance equity in gifted education Did you know researchers use MAP® Growth™ data to explore how schools and districts can improve opportunities for students? At Texas A&M, Dr. Karen Rambo-Hernández and her team recently... Read more
11.21.19 Sal Khan How MAP Accelerator makes a difference for kids At Khan Academy, our goal has always been to pinpoint where students are in their learning so we can help them close their learning gaps or move ahead if they’re ready to advance. We also want... Read more
11.12.19 Melissa Stadtfeld 2 ways MAP en español can help your students grow Do you have Spanish speakers in your school? Teachers need help identifying what students in one-way and two-way dual language programs are ready to learn. They also need help knowing which kids... Read more
10.29.19 Aaliyah Samuel 8 ways teachers can make a curriculum equitable This post is part of a three-part series on building an equitable curriculum. In my last two posts, I’ve discussed the positive effects of equitable curriculum on all students and offered some... Read more
10.24.19 Erin Ryan How to support ELL students: A Q&A with Dr. Jim Soland Dr. Jim Soland, affiliated research fellow with NWEA and assistant professor at the University of Virginia, recently completed a research study exploring the connection between components of... Read more
10.3.19 Chase Nordengren 3 ways to build the differentiated, equitable school of tomorrow When looking back at the vision of the future in the 1950s and 1960s—think Epcot or The Jetsons—I’m always struck by how well this vision captured the spirit of what the future would look like,... Read more
10.1.19 Aaliyah Samuel 4 ways administrators can create an equitable curriculum In my last post, I explored the positive effects an equitable curriculum can have on all students, regardless of their race, socioeconomic background, gender, and other factors. Designing a... Read more
9.19.19 Aaliyah Samuel Why an equitable curriculum matters “Why didn’t you use your flesh color to color in the picture?” “I did! I used the flesh colored pencil. Did I not do it right?” “Well, peach isn’t your flesh color. You should use one... Read more
