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TLaC 2.0: Adding Stretch It to No Opt Out (video)
I’m in California this week so have been slow to post and respond to comments…. but the great news (for me) is that I am out here to do a two-day workshop for teachers and leaders at the highly–and...
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On No Opt Out… and a Parent Who Objects
A colleague from the Midwest reached out a few days ago to ask a question that’s not entirely without precedent: After reading “Teach Like a Champion,” I have begun using many of these practices,...
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A New No Opt Out Insight and the Advent of TLaC 3.0
I should start this post with apologies for my long hiatus from blogging. After finishing the new book manuscript, I developed a keen case of, if not writer’s block then at least writer’s break… but I...
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Letter from New Orleans: Teach Like a Champion for Peer Tutors
Caution: Biohazard A couple of weeks ago I got an email from Evan Stoudt, Freshman Dean and Algebra teacher at Sci Academy in New Orleans–one of my favorite schools. I find them especially reflective...
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Joaquin Hernandez: The Moves That Build a Culture of High Expectations in...
When our team watches footage of teachers in action, we often find ourselves observing classrooms that are in full bloom. Expectations have been internalized, procedures have become routines, and the...
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You Have to See Aidan Thomas’ No Opt Out
My team and I watched footage yesterday of Aidan Thomas’ math class at Leadership Prep Bed Stuy Middle Academy in Brooklyn. This series of No Opt Outs that Joaquin Hernandez cued up for us was kind of...
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“It’s How We Do Gender-Equitable Teaching”
Erica and I just spent an hour on the phone with a group of amazing colleagues–Audrey Spencer, Becky Banton, Jomara Laboy and Francis Vernyuy–who train Peace Corps volunteers working in education in...
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A Masterful No Opt Out by Denarius Frazier (Video)
Every once in a while, you come across an example of a teacher using a technique in the classroom that captures almost everything you wanted to say about it–Why a teacher would use it. How. It’s a...
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Samara Levy: Cold Call + No Opt Out + Retrieval Practice
Strengthening long-term memory with Retrieval Practice. Super busy at TLAC Towers this week so I barely have time to write, but we just cut this great clip of TLAC Fellow Samara Levy of Livingston...
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Some Sensible TLAC Wisdom From MR WJ
I recently stumbled on a short video that a colleague in the UK, ‘MR WJ’ (aka, Lloyd Williams-Jones) made describing three TLAC techniques he uses: Cold Call, No Opt Out, and Show Call. MR WJ TLAC...
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A Road Map for Live Coaching: Postcard from Freedom Prep
Tashanae, showing she’d like to offer some coaching while giving Serina control over when and how This year Darryl Williams, Team TLAC’s Senior Fellow for School Leadership, has been providing...
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