In this piece the new IFL Executive Director Angela Allie shares her story and some insight from her two decades of experience in systemic school change, culturally relevant teaching, and professional learning for racial equity.
With a nod to Valentine’s Day, the Bridges Editorial Committee wanted to share some of our most loved articles! Check out the top articles related to English Language Arts instruction, Mathematics instruction, and Accountable Talk®practices. We hope you take a couple of minutes to (re)read, reflect, and share them!
Educators and schools whose students have high average achievement tend to be given a lot of freedom whereas educators and schools whose students have low average achievement are given little freedom. In this article, Chris Schunn, an LRDC senior scientist, shares that in his experience, this approach tends to have many negative consequences, and the net effect is to amplify inequities.
Hey everyone, IFL Recommends is back for the 2022-2023 school year! Our first recommendation is actually three short articles centered around student identify and the importance of students feeling respected and seeing themselves in their learning.
This week’s recommendation is a podcast from Radiolab about how perceptions and opportunities early in life can affect future performance, sometimes unintentionally and unfortunately in a negative way.