Is It Time to Address Climate Change in Your Curriculum?
School looked a little different for New Jersey students returning to their classrooms in September 2021. What changed? Climate change was now a mandatory part of the curriculum. Thanks to ...
Authentic Learning: Lessons that Last a Lifetime
Which would make the most effective lesson: learning what an engineer does by reading a book, or by solving an actual engineering problem? The former is what we typically expect ...
Gamification in the Classroom: How to Get Started
Ever earned reward points for chowing down at your favourite restaurant? Gained a badge for your seven-day step streak? Competed for the top spot on the leaderboard of your language ...
Got Gaps in Classroom Time? Try Anchor Activities!
You’ve just delivered an amazing lesson. Your students seem to grasp the new concepts, and they’re working away at a learning activity to get some practice under their belts and ...
How to Turn COVID-19 Related Learning Loss into Learning Gains
If you’ve ever heard of the “COVID slide,” you’ll know it isn’t the latest TikTok dance move – it’s a term used to describe the learning loss that’s happened since ...
10 Surprising Curriculum Statistics That’ll Help Your School
Recently Chalk collaborated with Dr. Heidi Hayes Jacobs to bring thousands of educators free professional development seminars focusing on curriculum mapping. We wanted to share the curriculum statistics we learned ...