What’s Your School’s Theme Song This Year? - The Core Collaborative
Job-embedded, learner-centered, professional learning for schools and systems| The Core Collaborative
Job-embedded, learner-centered, professional learning for schools and systems| The Core Collaborative
Job-embedded, learner-centered, professional learning for schools and systems| The Core Collaborative
When we think about self-assessment, it’s easy to imagine middle schoolers setting goals or high schoolers reflecting on rubrics. But what about our littlest learners, kindergarteners and first graders, who are just beginning to develop metacognition? Can they really self-assess? The answer is yes, if we teach it as a guided, joyful routine. When teaching […] The post Planting the Seeds of Metacognition appeared first on The Core Collaborative.| The Core Collaborative
Informational Writing Mini‑Lessons: Your Go‑To Guide for Flexible, High‑Impact Instruction is more than just a book—it’s a movement toward learner-centered, justice-driven literacy. Designed for K–5 educators, this powerful resource includes over 170 research-aligned mini-lessons that help students use writing as a tool for meaning-making, knowledge sharing, expression, and advocacy. Whether you’re focused on idea development, […] The post Core Collaborative Book Spotlight: In...| The Core Collaborative
You can’t have agency over your own life if you can’t set and monitor goals and reflect on the effort needed to realize them. Without goal setting, learners lack direction; without self-assessment, they navigate blindly. Real agency emerges when students not only identify their path but also regularly pause to measure their progress, adjust their […] The post From Goal Setting to Self-Assessment appeared first on The Core Collaborative.| The Core Collaborative
The first weeks of school are a critical time for shaping the culture of the classroom. When students and teachers work together to create classroom agreements, they lay the foundation for a community built on mutual respect, trust, and shared responsibility. This co-construction process goes beyond compliance or rule-making and gives students authentic ownership in […] The post Together from the Start appeared first on The Core Collaborative.| The Core Collaborative
We can’t build democratic classrooms—or a just society—if we don’t teach young people how to recognize manipulation, reflect critically, and anchor themselves in truth. Misinformation is nothing new. But today, it’s supercharged—moving at speeds and scales we’ve never seen. The Reuters Institute’s 2023 global study found that over half of people surveyed couldn’t confidently tell […] The post Metacognitive Clarity: The Secret Weapon Against Misinformation appeared first on...| The Core Collaborative
A Tale of Two Classrooms Consider two students in adjacent classrooms, separated only by a wall, yet worlds apart in their educational experience. In one room, students are racing forward, each lesson a stepping stone on a hurried path dictated by calendars and bells. Mistakes become permanent scars on their records, misunderstandings buried beneath the […] The post Empowering Democracy Through Mastery Learning: Ensuring Equity and Opportunity for All appeared first on The Core Collaborative.| The Core Collaborative
At Mimi & Todd Press, we publish and market authors who are making a difference, have a story to tell, and are making an impact. We are proud to feature authors who are both thought leaders and practitioners dedicated to creating real change in schools. In this author spotlight, we sit down virtually with Dr. […] The post Centering Culture, Voice, and Justice: A Conversation with Dr. Ingrid Twyman appeared first on The Core Collaborative.| The Core Collaborative
Imagine this: A student uses a conflict resolution strategy from a community circle during a group science project. Another applies a reading comprehension technique to a social studies article. These aren’t just examples of good learning—they’re evidence of transfer. And when students begin to transfer strategies across subjects and settings, something powerful happens: they become […] The post From Knowing to Doing: How Transfer Strategies Ignite Metacognitive Clarity and Learner Ag...| The Core Collaborative
Job-embedded, learner-centered, professional learning for schools and systems| The Core Collaborative
Job-embedded, learner-centered, professional learning for schools and systems| The Core Collaborative
Job-embedded, learner-centered, professional learning for schools and systems| The Core Collaborative
