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Tools for Teachers, by Teachers: The Literacy and Math Design Collaboratives
The Literacy Design Collaborative (LDC) and the Math Design Collaborative (MDC) were developed to support the co-design and implementation of high-quality tools for literacy and math instruction. We created this toolkit to help educators better understand the guiding principles behind LDC and MDC tools, provide examples, and share results.
Teachers know that meeting students’ individual needs in a bustling classroom is a Sisyphean task. But the job may be getting easier, thanks to a variety of new digital literacy tools. Last year Debra Rook began using Newsela, a program that uses news articles about current events to build reading comprehension, and customizes each article for five different reading levels.
The connection between teachers and students is at the heart of learning. Our work focuses on ensuring that all teachers have the goals, skills and tools to form and strengthen that powerful bond with their students. The first step in doing that is asking teachers what works and what they need to strengthen the teacher-student bond—and then trusting and listening to what they tell us.
School districts around the country are stepping up to address an urgent need: to align curricula to new, high standards and adopt tools to aid teachers in teaching to them. One example is Florida’s Duval County Public Schools.
Apr 22, 2016
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