Ep 216: Holding the Line on High Expectations
Holding the Line on High Expectations
Guest: Dr. Carla Braun, Assistant Superintendent for Teaching and Learning in Westmont Community Unit School District 201
In this episode, Dr. Beth and Dr. Anna invite Carla Braun to dig into a belief every new teacher holds and every new teacher gets tested on: that all students can succeed. Carla draws on years of classroom observations across districts nationwide to show how good intentions quietly slide into lowered expectations, and what to do instead.
In this episode:
Why believing every student can succeed is easy to say and hard to hold onto in a…
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