In this article the authors share their experience of Teacher Lab, a job-embedded form of professional learning that has been a critical addition to professional learning practice for nearly a decade in the Avondale School District in Auburn Hills, Michigan. Using a full-day released time format, Teacher Lab combines preobservation dialogue and…

The University of Michigan-Dearborn Writing Program and Writing Center serve an increasingly large number of recent immigrants, international students, and students who as children immigrated to the United States. The Writing Program and Writing Center have for a decade developed curriculum and support services geared specifically toward meeting…

Describes how elementary educators in Michigan have integrated the concept of literacy centers into a comprehensive assessment system designed to drive literacy instruction in the classroom. The Michigan Literacy Language Profile is the state's effort to closely align a wide range of literacy assessments with meaningful and purposeful literacy…