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QTL Partnership at Work
A North Carolina school district is using QTL professional development to prepare teachers for an ambitious technology project. And they chose QTL because it’s not just about technology. The Rutherford County school system is implementing QTL programs through a partnership with The Centers for Quality Teaching and Learning, meaning they have the support of the … Continue reading
Five Surefire Ways to Engage Students, Part 3: Cooperative Learning
This month, we will look deeper into Cooperative Learning, the third way to improve student performance in our series, Five Surefire Ways to Engage Students. (Read Part One:Brain-Based Learning or Part Two: Multiple Intelligences and Learning Styles or Part Four: Graphic Organizers.) Cooperative Learning models have been used at all educational levels, but are also … Continue reading
Failure to Invest in Teachers Carries a Heavy Price Tag
David L. Boliek CEO, The Centers for Quality Teaching and Learning Where can we find $15 billion dollars income for North Carolinians? Or better yet, where is $15 billion dollars going, every year? North Carolina’s newly released dropout figures show that the state has blown – thrown away – $15,296,399,200 in income by the simple … Continue reading
Making Writing ‘Click’ with Students
Shantele Raper teaches eighth grade in Osceola, AR. Her middle school is in an impoverished area of the Arkansas Delta, but she has a great story of student achievement to tell. This month one of her students won first place in the Invest Write national stock market competition sponsored by the Council for Economic Education. … Continue reading
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