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Frederick H. Tuttle Middle School

student intervention
Equity Identity 

Student intervention for anti-racist education

June 17, 2020October 19, 2022 Life LeGeros 2 Comments equity, Frederick H. Tuttle Middle School, social justice

Schools are committed to bringing anti-racism into curricula and systems more than ever before. Even in predominantly white schools there

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Morgan and her mom, just after the student-led conference celebration.
Student-Led Conferences 

The student-led conference as celebration

November 4, 2019February 25, 2020 Audrey Homan 0 Comments Frederick H. Tuttle Middle School, popup edvideo

What does it take for us to see parent-teacher conferences as celebrations? What does it take for families to see

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Equity 

Getting personal about systemic equity

June 24, 2019March 22, 2021 Life LeGeros 2 Comments Chamberlin Elementary School, Christie Nold, equity, Frederick H. Tuttle Middle School, Hannah Miller, Jeff Novak, Kathleen Brinegar, Lamoille South Supervisory Union, South Burlington High School, South Burlington School District, Tracy Wrend

Sometimes pursuing systemic equity in education can feel a little like the carrot vs. the stick. Since No Child Left

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UVM Tarrant Institute for Innovative Education equity Tuttle art unit
Equity Identity 

Equity, identity & art

June 14, 2019April 29, 2022 Life LeGeros 17 Comments equity, Frederick H. Tuttle Middle School, live performance, slam poetry, social justice

Tracing a middle level social identity unit Identity. Oppression. Social justice. Structural racism. Liberation. These are some intense ideas to

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curiosity projects at Tuttle
Stories from VT Students 

What do curiosity projects look like?

May 22, 2019May 22, 2019 Audrey Homan 0 Comments Frederick H. Tuttle Middle School

“I think every school should do it!” Soup to nuts, curiosity projects — Genius Hour, 20% time or passion projects

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Elizabeth Stockbridge
Action Research 

Unlocking family communication in math class

March 20, 2019April 1, 2019 Life LeGeros 0 Comments best part of my week, Elizabeth Stockbridge, emails home, family communication, Frederick H. Tuttle Middle School, MGC, student writing, weekly emails

Students write weekly emails to their families Lizzie Stockbridge, a 6th grade math teacher at Frederick H. Tuttle Middle School

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The athlete, the artist & the PLP
Identity Stories from VT Students 

The athlete, the artist & the PLP

November 16, 2018November 20, 2018 Audrey Homan 0 Comments Frederick H. Tuttle Middle School

How Passion Projects can fire up a student-led conference Julia is a student at Frederick H. Tuttle Middle School, in

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identity work with students
Identity 

Scaffolding deeper identity work with students

September 24, 2018September 24, 2018 Life LeGeros 0 Comments Frederick H. Tuttle Middle School

Beyond the “About Me” page “What is important to know about me to help me learn?” Every student at Frederick

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social identity and Frederick C. Tuttle Middle School
Equity Stories from VT Students 

How can students teach educators about social identity?

February 26, 2018March 23, 2021 Audrey Homan 0 Comments Frederick H. Tuttle Middle School, school board meetings, social justice

A trio of Tuttle 6th graders led educators from around Vermont through activities in bias-awareness and social identity at the

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Innovative Edtech Classrooms 

5 online resources for teaching current events

October 13, 2017February 11, 2021 Jeanie Phillips 0 Comments #FergusonSyllabus, Allsides, Frederick H. Tuttle Middle School, Listenwise, Newsela, Vermont Online Library

When things get tough, the tough use tools. Whether you’re actively trying to embed current events in your curriculum or

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Uncategorized 

The #everydaycourage of talking about race in Vermont schools

September 7, 2017June 18, 2018 Jeanie Phillips 0 Comments #everydaycourage, equity, Frederick H. Tuttle Middle School, social justice

How will your students prepare for active engagement in democracy? Last spring Christie Nold, a 6th grade teacher at Frederick

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Innovative Edtech Classrooms 

4 resources for fighting fake news

February 24, 2017February 24, 2017 Katy Farber 4 Comments digital citizenship, fake news, Frederick H. Tuttle Middle School

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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Student-Led Conferences 

4 shifts for student-led conferences in a proficiency-based environment

November 2, 2016April 29, 2022 Life LeGeros 0 Comments Crossett Brook Middle School, Frederick H. Tuttle Middle School

Student-led conferences are for students Student-led conferences are a key strategy in personalized, student-centered educational practices. And they’re even more important

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