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The Case for Program Coherence to Improve… The Case for Program Coherence to Improve Student Learning Imagine you’re walking through a famous building. Tall columns and oblong floors surround you on the classic Roman-style west side. As you walk south, the architecture suddenly switches to a Gothic style, and the columns…
February 08, 2022 Peter LaCasse Filed Under: Future ReadyThe State of Education
Tutoring Works. But What’s the Best Way… Tutoring Works. But What’s the Best Way to Deliver It? When I was a classroom teacher, I, like many others, picked up tutoring gigs on the side. What I loved about this work was that I could give kids the individualized support they needed and…
November 03, 2021 Peter LaCasse Filed Under: LONG + LIVE + MATHProfessional LearningThe State of Education
How Formative Assessment Helps More Students Than… How Formative Assessment Helps More Students Than Diagnostic What do your students know and what don’t they know? This is a common question we ask teachers, and the way you answer it has a more profound impact than you might imagine. Let me…
September 20, 2021 Peter LaCasse Filed Under: Professional LearningTeaching Strategies
How to Choose the Best Instructional Resources… How to Choose the Best Instructional Resources for Continuous Learning If this past year has taught us anything, it is to expect the unexpected. I bet you could list three things that happened this year that surprised you… maybe one was that most students had…
August 12, 2021 Peter LaCasse Filed Under: Carnegie LearningEdTechFuture ReadyThe State of Education
I Can See Clearly Now: How Data… I Can See Clearly Now: How Data Illuminates Student Learning How It Started: Pre-Data Days   When I was teaching in the late 1990s and early 2000s, teaching was a classroom-focused activity. My ability to teach students to solve quadratic equations or make a coherent…
May 11, 2021 Peter LaCasse Filed Under: Carnegie LearningEdTechLONG + LIVE + MATHLONG + LIVE + MATH Classrooms
3 Common Assessment Mistakes 3 Common Assessment Mistakes During the 2020-2021 school year, some students managed to stay on track academically throughout remote and hybrid learning, while many others experienced the COVID slide we had feared. Unfortunately, this variation in student knowledge is…
March 24, 2021 Peter LaCasse Filed Under: Brain & Learning ScienceCarnegie LearningEdTechTeaching StrategiesThe State of Education
Quality Content: Now More Important than Ever Quality Content: Now More Important than Ever Do you remember, prior to COVID-19, when teachers spent six or more hours each day with students? In that model, teachable moments (where teachers could directly interact with and support student learning) were abundant. From…
August 27, 2020 Peter LaCasse Filed Under: Carnegie LearningLONG + LIVE + TEACHING
Movie Magic: The Best Learning Experiences Movie Magic: The Best Learning Experiences Movies play an important role in telling our story. They help explain who we are, and more importantly, who we want to be. In times of immense struggle, we evolve as a society and become…
June 26, 2020 Peter LaCasse Filed Under: Carnegie LearningLONG + LIVE + TEACHING
A District’s Guide to Preventing the COVID-19… A District’s Guide to Preventing the COVID-19 Slide We are all in an unprecedented situation right now, and schools and districts everywhere are working hard to transition to distance learning models to prevent student learning loss while schools are closed. We see schools…
April 13, 2020 Peter LaCasse Filed Under: Carnegie LearningProfessional LearningTeaching StrategiesThe State of Education
What True Differentiated Learning Looks Like What True Differentiated Learning Looks Like Can you remember a teacher who made a huge difference in your life? I had one of those teachers my sophomore year in high school named Mr. Peck. I'm sure he has no idea how…
May 01, 2018 Peter LaCasse Filed Under: EdTechTeaching Strategies
The Power of ‘And’ The Power of ‘And’ You may have heard that our materials were recently reviewed by EdReports, the non-profit that has expert reviewers look at the quality of instructional materials. The review process got me thinking about how our materials are…
March 26, 2018 Peter LaCasse Filed Under: Carnegie LearningFuture Ready
Is Your Math Software Coaching or Just… Is Your Math Software Coaching or Just Assessing? From time to time, I dig into popular TV shows. Usually, they are opportunities to turn off the brain and relax. I had a different experience recently while watching The Voice. At the time, I…
January 22, 2018 Peter LaCasse Filed Under: Teaching Strategies
Life in the Fast Lane: Why Students… Life in the Fast Lane: Why Students Need to Go at Their Own Pace When I taught world history to middle school students in San Mateo, California, I gave them a decent run through history. We touched on the Greek and Roman Empires, the Battle of Hastings, the French…
January 11, 2018 Peter LaCasse Filed Under: LONG + LIVE + MATHTeaching Strategies
Are We Remediating Out of Control? Are We Remediating Out of Control? We are seeing a trend across the U.S. to focus on meeting students where they are, especially in math. Schools are leveraging screening tests to determine what type of learning experience each of their students…
December 05, 2017 Peter LaCasse Filed Under: Teaching Strategies
Every Classroom is on a Journey Every Classroom is on a Journey Do you ever find yourself hunting for the perfect gift? With the holidays coming up, this is continually on my mind. How do I find something that will be the perfect gift? Not an easy…
November 17, 2017 Peter LaCasse Filed Under: LONG + LIVE + MATH Classrooms
Your Ride is Here: The Self-Driving Car… Your Ride is Here: The Self-Driving Car of the Math Classroom I was riding in an Uber through Pittsburgh last night with my driver, Tom. As you may know, Pittsburgh is home to the self-driving, "autonomous" vehicle. Multiple companies, including Uber and Ford, are working on developing…
November 02, 2017 Peter LaCasse Filed Under: EdTechSTEM