Engaging the Divide
On equity in the digital classroom In her article “Digital Divide in the Classroom” Diana Gonzalez analyzes the gap between students who are able to experience and critique digital media…
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Lessons learned from a 1:1 rollout
…their middle level classrooms. I was fortunate enough to be part of their careful planning process, and witness important and thoughtful commitments to details such as student voice, equity, family…
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Hack your classroom: flexible physical learning environments
…Or after three episodes of America’s Next Top Model. Respect students’ other commitments Vermont educator Alex Shevrin wrote an incredible post about equity issues in offering extra credit, and the…
Read moreBeyond Bling: how do we deepen Makerspace learning?
…of accessibility for a population that might not otherwise have used the technology. And yes, engaging new populations can be one of the ways we bridge some of the equity…
Read moreDefining innovation in Vermont education
…personalization and proficiency based education practices over the next several years. And what is the motivation? Not accountability mandates or privatization threats. It’s the moral urgency of equity and a…
Read moreRethinking the traditional school schedule
…educating adolescents. The Vermont Educational Quality Standards aims to provide equity and ensure high quality opportunities for all students. Act 77 challenges the Vermont landscape to continue to push the…
Read moreMiddle Grades Institute Reflections
…can be part of personalizing learning for students. It is about equity of access to the opportunities, and sharing those with families that can bridge the divide. Vermont is growing…
Read more4 ways to begin using scales for assessment
…are designed to ensure students are becoming proficient by advancing on demonstrated mastery and (2) schools are organized to provide timely and differentiated support to ensure equity. A competency-based structure…
Read moreWhat work-based learning in Vermont can look like
On exploring flexible pathways to learning This past August, Vermont Secretary of Education Dr Rebecca Holcombe addressed the 2016 Amplifying Student Voice & Partnership Conference on the topic of equity…
Read moreCan virtual reality teach empathy?
…variety of contexts”. And “take positive action to resolve conflicts, promote equity, and/or solve community problems”. Go Vermont! Teaching our kids to be better citizens and human beings; just one…
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4 ways to make math more relevant
… The federal SLOPE (STEM Learning Opportunities Provide Equity) program aims to tie increased proficiency in 8th grade algebra to improved academic outcomes. We’re all on board with that,…
Read more#vted leads the way with #everydaycourage
…Barcelona. Or how to respond to student concerns about diversity, tolerance and equity. Or, ulp, how to address this recent article by Wired, revealing that the state with the highest…
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…provide a safe place for students to understand the facts, share their feelings, and discuss potential ways to work for acceptance, peace, and equity. We must also honor the #everydaycourage…
Read moreHow to start a difficult conversation
…conversations with members of your community. It takes a certain amount of courage to address issues that affect your whole community — such as bullying, hate speech and equity —…
Read moreWinooski’s Graduate Proficiencies & Graduate Expectations
…high school graduation. However, the scale also leaves room for students to reach and push themselves. Winooski’s GXs are available to view as a Google Doc. Equity has been a…
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The Importance of Eating Earnest
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…food is a really great way to try to bring those concepts of sustainability both the economics, the environmental health, the social equity piece to life because food is something…
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5 resources for building community
…some big topics pertaining to social change. Tolerance.org has published this set of lesson plans (.pdf) on how to have civil discourses in your classroom. Talking through issues of equity,…
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All about service learning
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…really about any book with injustice, because they’re so focused on fairness and equity at that age. They’re really concerned when they see an injustice. Katy: They really are. In…
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#vted Reads: The Power of Moments, with Rachel Mark
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…with high school kids and with middle school kids around equity and the way we treat people differently and status. Its called Liar’s Poker. It asks you to get a…
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3 tools for exploring character with middle schoolers
…great value in this work, but we also need to be mindful of the ways that equity, race, and socioeconomic status can impact this view. We want this work to…
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The shifting role of the teacher in a blended learning classroom
…can play the guitar or the kids that can’t play the guitar; everybody feels as though they’ve accomplished something…It’s created a level of equity in my class that has been…
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2018 TIIE Holiday Reading
…tools for equity. Happy Reading! Katy Winter is the best time for reading, all that darkness. I was lucky to find a sale priced copy of Daniel Pink’s by DRIVE:…
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16 tips for writing a great blog post
…physical ability. Writing for screen readers, transcribing audio and captioning videos is an equity issue. It’s also an issue when we’re choosing what types of examples, links and other media…
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How to keep the holiday spirit all year long
…the holidays . I find it invaluable to read justice-focused education publications regularly – they give me the courage, reminders and ideas to teach for equity. Teaching Tolerance’s guide did…
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Ottauquechee’s Diversity Detectives in:
…Your Local Community (School Library Journal) The Benefits and Limits of Diversity Audits (Reading While White) Equity Through the School Library (medium.com) How to Build a More Diverse Classroom Library…
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Welcome to Learning Lab VT
…— are in the midst of a monumental transition that, done well, will ensure that Vermont’s public schools deliver on their mission of excellence and equity for all our learners….
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How to do a library diversity audit
…in on increasing diversity about specific issues. Consider this list of possible partners: Outright Vermont: Queer and LGBTQ+ advocacy and support Vermont Women’s Fund: gender equity Peace and Justice Center:…
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#vted Reads: The End of Average
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…at the beginning of the year, and it’s amazing. It’s *amazing*. Jeanie: I’m also just thinking about how equity work is such a natural fit here because it’s about celebrating…
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Top 10 ways to spend a snow day
…Robin Bebo-Long “How can we empower student voice and facilitate student-centered learning while exploring themes of social justice and equity?” —Andrea Gratton & Kyle Chadburn “How can goal setting happen…
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#vted Reads: Juliet Takes a Breath
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…never learn it?” It reminded me, at the Middle Grades Conference, a teacher in the room asked some Edmunds Middle School students who were presenting on equity, “What could adults…
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Creating your school plan for distance learning with limited internet access
…will take you through setting up a school plan and share an example from White River Valley Middle School, and how they are centering students and equity as much as…
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Virtual video walkie-talkies? Meet the Marco Polo app
…about bandwidth availability as an equity issue — but we’ll do it with video-messaging, rather than video-conferencing. So how does it work? Enter your phone number, take or add a…
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Balancing your new work and home situations
…in emails, and just about every other possible delivery method. Many have been examples of online tools, equity focused, and connected to supporting learning. Many have been making sure people…
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Where are we with formative assessment for remote learning?
…more properly known, “emergency distance learning” is really highlighting the equity issues that have always existed in our systems. So we ask: Who has support? Who has access? Resources? Safety?…
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#vted Reads: Stamped, by Jason Reynolds
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…Equity, Access, and The Quest to Be Who Our Students Need Us To Be, by Cornelius Minor. Which I’m looking at sitting right over there. I highly recommend that book….
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5 ways to bring closure to this school year
…reprioritized relationships and equity. Educators have gone to great lengths to stay connected to students. Schools have brought creativity and urgency to ensuring that systems are in place so that…
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The power of PIPs in a pandemic
…much. Plus, let’s name it: equity remained a problem. Access to resources was an issue in school and it became a greater issue away from school. Let’s go back, Jack,…
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2020 Summer Reading with TIIE
…a non-fiction book aimed at young adults, This Book is Anti-Racist by Tiffany Jewell. After working with teachers around expanding equity and identity work in middle schools, my friend showed…
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Re-connect & re-imagine this return to school.
…this time? How can we assess the new skills they gain? And how do we level the playing field in terms of racial, social, economic and intersectional equity? But all…
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Measuring the value of a personalized learning coordinator
…trades bound, and there are opportunities for all of those kids. It’s not just the kids who don’t do well in school.” For maintaining equity in personalized learning programs, coordinators…
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14 socially distanced advisory activities
…handling, in terms of both equity and trauma. Be careful not to choose a topic that could make your students feel exposed in terms of socioeconomic need or privilege, and…
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Keep saying their names.
…our country. And then last Wednesday, there was no justice for Breonna Taylor. And our country continued to mourn, grieve and grapple with justice and equity. Our heads are baffled,…
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How to have difficult conversations in the classroom
…Parent Afraid of Anti-Racist Education, English teacher and equity expert Christina Torres pointed out that this is not something new. “Teachers don’t just teach ‘content.’ We never have. For generations,…
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Lessons learned from a community conversation on race
…classroom, check out this unit on equity and identity from 6th grade social studies teacher Christie Nold). We also wanted to make sure that people entered the conversation with the…
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The Power of One Person
…political upheaval across the United States, the fight for climate change and a deeper conversation on equity, have made a lot of us take a closer look at the here…
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#vted Reads: The Dark Fantastic
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…Learning Facilitator in Educating for Sustainability. In general, that means we work with teachers and schools to support their process and practice and to integrate concepts of sustainability and equity…
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The Culturally Responsive Learning Environment
…is in the air in CRP environments. Students interrogate injustices, both local and global. Students participate in ways of being together that provide alternative possibilities that center equity and belonging….
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Lessons Learned from Vermont’s Virtual Academies
…Vermont. And all three educators touched on equity, student engagement, mental health, and much, much more. Below, you can find a fully captioned video recording of the event. Recording …
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St. Johnsbury District’s reignite planning process
…annual growth.” Jeremy agreed. Both principals anticipate working to build teacher skills and school structures around the measurement of growth. Brian tied the concepts of relationships, growth, rigor, and equity…
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Increasing Student Self-Direction
…do. Equity & Self-Direction The interesting pieces that I have been drawn to as I’ve conducted research about self-direction is I’m wondering if and how we give our learners equal…
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Fostering a Sound Culture at Hazen: Youth Voices and the Sounding Board Project
…understand how our students are doing and hear what they need. Make student voice and agency central to our message and mission and culture. Prioritize inclusion, accessibility and equity. Historical…
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Student-centered personalized learning starts with identity
…Andrea Gratton and Kyle Chadburn does just that. Combine social studies and art to explore Equity, Identity, and Art. Write, record, and share “this we believe” essays. Create STEM identity…
Read morePLPs to Know Students Well: Introducing the Personal Learning Plan Toolkit
…express their identities can be large or small, cross boundaries of curriculum and instruction, and help students pursue critically important questions about equity and justice. The rise of the project-based…
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Introducing our NEW Adult Culture toolkit
…so you can bring your vision to life. How to make meetings more effective Getting started with protocols Using protocols for equity Setting online norms for faculty meetings We love…
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Winter Break Reading & Listening: 2022 Edition
…fever. My love of the beautiful game (soccer) is only matched by my appreciation of a good book. Throw in middle school and equity and I’m hopelessly hooked. I was…
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Introducing our Outdoor and Place-Based Learning Toolkit
…equity . And so many fabulous project based learning experiences take place in part or fully outside. We hope you enjoy digging in here, and, of course, getting out there!…
Read moreSubmission Guidelines
…We’re currently looking for articles specifically on: equity in the digital classroom augmented reality family involvement digital citizenship We’d love to see and hear your classroom, so we encourage you…
Read moreWhat is Learning Lab?
…— Vermont educators — are in the midst of a monumental transition that, done well, will ensure that Vermont’s public schools deliver on their mission of excellence and equity for…
Read moreList of podcast episodes
…equity Episode 22: Mathew’s Y.E.A.R. at The Compass School Episode 21: Brattleboro’s Radio Days Episode 20: Personalized learning at the Middle Grades Institute Episode 19: Screencasting for a student-led conference…
Read moreMakerspaces
…sure that you have someone on your team who wears an equity lens in your conversations about making is helpful. Consider: who is invited? Who feels welcomed? Who shows up?…
Read morePersonalized Learning Plans (PLPs)
…and instruction, and help students pursue critically important questions about equity and justice. The rise of the project-based PLP Students and teachers across several schools discover that engaging project-based learning…
Read more2.1 Knowing Students Well
…thought Read about how other educators are grounding PLPs in student identity, helping their students feel seen, heard, safe, and valued: Equity, Identity and Art Scaffolding Deeper Identity with Students…
Read moreKyle Chadburn & Andrea Gratton
…in Orleans VT. kchadburn@ocsu.org & agratton@ocsu.org | Visit their classroom Inquiry Question: How can we empower student voice and facilitate student-centered learning while exploring themes of social justice and equity?…
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