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Today on the podcast, Alex Shevrin Venet joins us to talk about her new book, Equity-Centered, Trauma-Informed Education. How does
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Lindsay McQueen, a middle school science educator at Edmunds Middle School, in Burlington VT, originally presented “Challenging Simplified Notions About
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“How to Facilitate Healthy & Respectful Conversations (Online & Off)” is an interactive online workshop for educators that we offered
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Natalie Smith, a middle school science educator at Lyndon Town School, in Lyndonville VT, originally presented “Making Science Authentic: Teaching
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Using mergers as community opportunities Vermont Act 46 mergers challenged communities to restructure systems. Under a mandated merger, two schools
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The why and how of personalization An inquiry question forms the backbone of action research in the classroom. It guides
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It’s about providing choice in reflection tools Personalized Learning Plans (PLPs) across the state have taken many different forms and
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Students write weekly emails to their families Lizzie Stockbridge, a 6th grade math teacher at Frederick H. Tuttle Middle School
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“A Tale of Three Projects” Two Vermont educators share how they measure success with project-based learning units… in space! Allan
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Releasing responsibility in Ottauquechee Ottauquechee Elementary School teacher Kim Dumont had a vision. She wanted to build her students’s self-direction
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Start by listening to students Elizabeth Tarno asked her students for feedback about their math class at the end of
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Peoples Academy Middle Level shares their action research “It’s getting personal”. Peoples Academy Middle Level teachers discuss how they’ve created
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A tale of research-driven change Last year two educators at Crossett Brook Middle School undertook an amazing action research project
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Standard 3-part story-driven post: 1) what it is, 2) what it looks like in a school, 3) how to do it in your school
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Meet “iLearn” The middle school team at Rutland Town School in Rutland, VT have been working on a more fully
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How student choice can support literacy English teacher Laela Warnecke set out to answer one question: “How might sustained silent reading impact
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Strategies for starting a research project Whether the inspiring teacher examples from my last post roused your inner researcher, or you’re
Read more5 benefits of doing action research in the classroom Teachers are constantly tinkering, creating, learning, and growing. Action research is
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How do student behaviors change? Debi Serafino, a math teacher at Brattleboro Area Middle School, presents the results of her semester-long action
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Measuring how students approach goal-setting in the 5th and 6th grades Educators at Wallingford Elementary School and Shrewsbury Mountain
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A teacher-authored case study Today we hear from a grade 5-6 team venturing into the world of personal learning plans (PLPs)
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The impact of PD in a 1:1 teaching environment A trio of middle grades educators from Mill River Union High
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Goal-setting as a process This presentation, delivered by Harwood Union High School teacher Lissa Fox at the 2016 Middle Grades Conference, describes
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A middle school case study Katie Bryant, an English teacher at Lamoille Union Middle School, presents the results of her
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Incorporating student choice into reading This screencast, from Crossett Brook Middle School, in Waterbury, Vermont, describes an action research project based
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