by reDesign | Apr 22, 2020 | Assessment, Blog, Curriculum
As part of reDesign’s #justonething effort to support (and not overwhelm!) educators during the COVID-19 pandemic, here is just one thing: a student-facing performance task guide, The Personal Statement: A Student Guide, to support learners in crafting...
by reDesign | Jun 15, 2019 | Adult Develpment, Blog
“Fraternity hazing” is how one article in the Atlantic characterized the experiences of first year teachers. The comparison conjures images of navigating degrading and dangerous rites of passage before being accepted for full membership into the group. Is it...
by reDesign | May 31, 2019 | Adult Develpment, Blog, Cultural Responsiveness, Pedagogy
Student accuses teacher of lying. Student is right. Nothing is done. Sounds like an event of a distant past? Nope. King Johnson’s recent note to his teacher this month reminds us, telling lies is not an aberration in schools, but a regular occurrence: I suspect...
by reDesign | May 1, 2019 | Blog, Cultural Responsiveness, Curriculum
In an October blog post, Everything I’ve Ever Needed to Know About Teaching, I Learned From Black Women: A Recommended Reading List, Akosua Lesesne highlighted the groundbreaking works of ten Black women education theorists whose works have for decades...
by reDesign | Apr 15, 2019 | Assessment, Blog, Competency-based Learning
What types of summative assessments should be a part of our Competency-based or Mastery-based assessment model? Do traditional assessments go away? What about in math class, specifically? Is it really feasible to do multi-week projects all of the time? These are...
by reDesign | Mar 1, 2019 | Blog, Curriculum
Though strong in theory, Essential Questions often wander off into drab and uninspiring standards-land when writing them for a unit. How do we frame learning, right from the start, in a way that maximizes student interest? How can we keep inquiry (and...
