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The challenge is what learning is all about—to willingly explore new ideas and grapple with existing ideas to deepen understanding. The term “challenging learning” has two implied meanings: to challenge the way learning is typically done, and to make learning more challenging.

The books in this series are centered around proven, research-based instructional strategies designed to cultivate exploratory dialogue, foster growth mindsets, give feedback, craft quality questions, and design challenging lessons. 

The Evaluating Instructional Leadership seminars are structured for long-term and ongoing success in districts across the nation. In these seminars, Julie and Ray Smith outline eight Recognized Practices (RPs) for Success in leadership coaching and evaluation.

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What’s the point of mathematics and literacy?

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On-Your-Feet Guides, your quick reference to effective classroom practices

The story of Konocti Unified School District

Clearlake, California

Konocti Unified School District in northern California has a hard-working staff. The Visible Learning^plus school change process, based on Professor John Hattie’s research, is helping the school system work hard in key target areas, producing identifiable pockets of progress.