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“Myth-Busting Memory: Why Relying on ‘Student-Led’ Learning Can Backfire
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Coming off a nice, long (much needed) holiday, I have returned to my typical, educational reading, and stumbled across an interesting piece by Adam Boxer in which he states instructional coaching might not be all that it is cracked up to be. It’s a provocative and timely claim, since many states have turned to instructional coaching…
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Not Just Background Knowledge: The Case for Literary Touchstones I read an interesting quote the other day from the RAND Corporation, which claims that math teachers reportedly use at least “one standards-aligned curriculum material” which is “twice as high as the percentage of ELA teachers” (Doan et al., 2025). This statistic doesn’t surprise me. I…
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Are High-Quality-Instructional Materials Actually Quality? I have been part of or have led curriculum adoptions for two school districts over the past four years, and one thing is abundantly clear: high-quality instructional materials (HQIM) are not always as high quality as one would hope. As is often the case with curriculum adoptions, the procurement process is mired…
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