When some teachers think of differentiation, they imagine having to create a different lesson for every student in the room. In this video, teacher and author Larry Ferlazzo explains that differentiating instruction is really about getting to know your students and making decisions, often in the moment, based on what they need. He offers some low-lift strategies he’s learned over the years for making activities accessible for students with all types of gifts and challenges.

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The organizational psychologist Adam Grant, who many know from his New York Times columns, describes three orientations of which we are all capable: the givers, the takers, and the matchers. These influence whether organizations are joyful or toxic for human beings. 

If you listen to this content, think about what would happen in our school place instead of work place?

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Results from first Smarter Balanced assessments are in

The Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction released state testing scores Monday, including the first scores from the Smarter Balanced Assessments. The results were promising and exceeded early predictions.