Instructional Practices Archives – Page 2 of 6

Develop Critical Thinking Curriculum: Implement These Examples of Critical Thinking in Your School

Two Rivers, a Washington D.C. preK-8 Expeditionary Learning (EL) school founded in 2004, embeds critical thinking in the school’s culture—or as Je…

Inflexion May 2, 2023

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Foster Instructional Best Practices: Add Learning Walks to Your School’s Evaluation Toolkit

The Learning Walk routine is a proven and powerful tool for getting smarter about teaching and learning. For almost 25 years this research-backed prac…

Inflexion May 2, 2023

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Learning from Each Other: Use These Tools for Peer Reviews in Teaching

This peer review activity focuses on specific elements of a classroom (outlined below) and fosters encouragement and strategies for teachers given by …

Inflexion May 2, 2023

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Magnolia High School: Growing Their Community’s Future

Magnolia High School's agriscience community center was highlighted as a model community school that's helping its community solve its food desert pro…

Vanessa Brazil April 28, 2023

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Black female student with her head down while handwriting. Other students blurred in the background are also handwriting.

The Literacy Playbook: Integrate Literacy Into Every Period, Every Day

When students are struggling with literacy, consider teaching it schoolwide during every period of every day. This is what Valley High School implemen…

Inflexion April 5, 2023

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Two young students stand at the front of the classroom displaying objects while the teacher smiles at them.

Develop Literacy Skills and Civic Competency: Plan an Identity Artifact Museum Activity

Do Something performance tasks ask students to demonstrate their anti-bias awareness and civic competency by applying their literacy and social justic…

Inflexion April 5, 2023

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High school students sitting at desks handwriting.

Develop Literacy Skills and Civic Competency: Plan the ‘Writing Letters for Change’ Activity

Do Something performance tasks ask students to demonstrate their anti-bias awareness and civic competency by applying their literacy and social justic…

Inflexion April 5, 2023

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Diverse group of high school students sitting and smiling together outside a school building.

Liberatory Design Cards: Engage Your Students in Equity Center Design

Create opportunities for the human-centered designer to notice and reflect on the identities, experiences and biases they bring to a design opportunit…

Inflexion April 5, 2023

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White female high school student with short curly hair and black frame glasses rests her chin in her hands with a puzzled expression on her face.

The Challenge Zone: Implement These Techniques to Build a Culture of Critical Thinking

Using these techniques in daily interactions with educators, students, and parents can shape a shared respect for critical thinking that’s accessibl…

Inflexion April 5, 2023

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Black male teacher wearing glasses kneels at the students' level and smiles warmly at the student he is helping.

Positive Modeling: Building Strong Positive Relationships

In schools where relationships are strong and positive, modeling is evident. It is a very Little Thing that could have been done yesterday, and you ca…

Inflexion March 31, 2023

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