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Teaching Portrait of a Graduate Skills
What is it like for teachers when their school district adopts a Portrait of a Graduate?
Find out how teachers are changing their role, mindset, and instructional practices to help their students develop graduate portrait skills.
Snapshots: A Journey to the Promise of Public Education in Wyoming
Over the past several weeks, we have circumnavigated the state, covering 1500 miles as we traced the perimeter, touching down in nine school districts. Each district is realizing ambitions for what is best for their kids. There is so much pride in each community; for their schools, and the promise of public education to support each and every learner. One urban district has over fourteen thousand learners; another has 45% English Language Learners, many of whom are newcomers to the state; another has 114 learners in the entire district. Each of these places is different, and each has a unique approach to student-centered learning.
Against Extractive Assessment
If we want to lessen the extractive forces in our educational system, we might look to less aggressive forms of information gathering in learning and assessment.