Exploring Authentic Learning

Recently, I was chatting with someone I consider a true expert in our field.  We were talking about what seems to be missing in today’s c...

"To raise achievement, schools may need to work as hard on the social-emotional aspect of learning as they do on the academic aspect....

As we near the end of the book (and unfortunately summer), we come to an often overlooked or at least underestimated part of the PLC proces...

  “In God We Trust, All Others Bring Data” Throughout the summer, as we have read Venables’s book, The Practice of Authentic PLC’s ,...

"Great team members hold each other accountable to the high standards and excellence their culture expects and demands."  -Jon ...

If you want to assess how effective your PLC’s have become, one of the most valuable places to start is the level of student work and how i...

        “Your team doesn’t care if you are a superstar.  They care if you are a super teammate.” – Jon Gordon        One of the biggest ...