Posts by: Beth Friedman, Author at SchoolWorks
In the winter of 2013, SchoolWorks partnered with Vital Source Media to create a series of videos illustrating Common Core-aligned instructional strategies and leadership activities for the EngageNY website. While the short term objective of the work was the production of videos, the long-term goal is to impact the practice... read more
In the summer of 2013, a national network of charter schools engaged SchoolWorks to design and lead an in-depth, qualitative research effort to uncover the specific practices and approaches driving achievement at high-performing schools. This research was the first phase in an ongoing effort to capture and share specific... read more
Recently, I had the privilege of visiting a school that shall remain unnamed – the penultimate visit in an eight-part series that is examining consistently strong performers across a network of schools. Last week’s school was filled with joy and rigor in a way I truly haven’t seen in many other places, and I felt... read more