As always, Jon Stewart is spot-on with his reflection on the systemic oppression of African Americans and rampant racism still controlling our country today. Prayers for Charleston and the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church.
Saturday, June 20, 2015
Friday, June 12, 2015
Benefits of a Home Visit
The 2015 National Center for Families Learning Teacher of the Year, Kristen Whitaker, reflects on how home visits have improved her practice.
Family Engagement
Using this model (Hoover-Dempsey & Whitaker, 2010) may be helpful when examining ways schools can increase family engagement.
Monday, April 13, 2015
Jefferson County Public Schools is seeking a waiver from the Kentucky Department of Education to omit the K-PREP test scores of ELLs scoring below a 4.0 on the ACCESS test on schools' accountability measures. Instead of being attributed to individual schools, ELLs' K-PREP scores would only be reflected on the district report card. Read more here.
Wednesday, April 1, 2015
How to Use ACCESS Scores
In this video I describe how to utilize ACCESS scores to design instruction and assessment using WIDA's Can Do Descriptors.
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