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Ted Talks Karen Likes

I love Ted Talks. In 20 minutes, I can hear from an expert in a given field and expand my thinking. I have a few favorite talks that...

Going District-Wide: Lessons Learned While Leading District Instructional Coaches

Instructional Coaching is most effective when tied to a pedagogical protocol. Instructional Coaching cycles are goal-focused and agreed...

Avoiding the Scrum

Admittedly, I know almost nothing about rugby. Whilst attending Oxford, I attended a few matches and attempted to understand what I was...

Who's Afraid of the Common Core?

I started my career before there was Common Core, before there was internet, and when many families stayed in one city or state for the...

Moving Instructional Coaching out of the Shadows

Instructional coaching has become increasingly popular as a support to teachers for the last two decades. Most schools and districts ...

Tiers of Confusion.

The materials and the assessments indicate the Tier of Instruction. As I work with different groups of educators, I find significant...

6 Pedagogy Moves for [COVID] and Beyond

In the past several months, the educational community has been trying to quickly get up to speed on research-based best practices to...

Online/Hybrid/Distance/You've Got This

It's Winter. When we started this journey last Spring, we all believed it would be two weeks. I actually doubted anyone had the...

Grow Your Blog Community

With Wix Blog, you’re not only sharing your voice with the world, you can also grow an active online community. That’s why the Wix blog...

KAREN J. BROCK: Leading Schools