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By Barbara R. Blackburn Instructional rigor is a key component of effective instruction. Too often we think that our instruction is rigorous, but oftentimes it is not. Our assumptions about…
By Ronald Williamson and Barbara R. Blackburn Ronald Williamson Real instructional change begins at the classroom level. However, school-wide efforts create the climate that supports these classroom-level changes. We’ve worked…
By Barbara R. Blackburn A key part of instruction is designing questions that scaffold student learning. Let’s look at five strategies to design effective questions. 1. Draft quality questions In…
By Ronald Williamson and Barbara R. Blackburn Evaluating teachers and other staff is a major job of every principal, one of the most important. Evaluation is guided by state and…
By Barbara R. Blackburn In a typical classroom, beginning teachers will learn to use a wide range of comprehension strategies, whatever content they teach. Let’s look at five strategies that…