Dan Winters

Director of Research and Evaluation in SUHSD. Questions are Better than Answers. Tweets are my own.

[Dan Winters @dfwinters]

@helenrey @researchED_US Yes indeed and Gene Taverreti just recommended you as the guru of science teaching 😉

[Doug Lemov @Doug_Lemov]

Retrieval practice is so important in helping learners retain knowledge. Love to see more and more of it.

One of the most common opportunities to improve though is in avoiding very general questions. Eg “What’s one thing you remember from yesterday’s lesson?”

This Q will likely result in learners recalling the easiest thing, the most familiar… Ie “low hanging fruit.” Much better to say: “Yesterday we talked about four key principles of x. What were they (or even: how many can you recall?) and which one did we discuss as being the most important?” Now learners are prompted to recall full schema and to recall things that don’t come easily.

[Dan Winters @dfwinters]

Knowledge rich, sequenced curriculum would go a long way to improve reading performance of all students.

[Dan Winters @dfwinters]

Rediscovering Knowledge as the Key to Reading https://t.co/0UZTmuOgSE

Among high school students, the differences in performance on a reading test are largely due to knowledge.

[Dan Winters @dfwinters]

*Some* Kids Are Flourishing. Most Are Not. https://t.co/psl3TyRQxQ

[Dan Winters @dfwinters]

https://t.co/6uVC2N206b

AI adoption in education requires thoughtful and intentional approaches. Dr Lily Abadal makes excellent distinctions between the changes inspired by the printing press and the potential changes AI may bring. They are NOT the same.

[Dan Winters @dfwinters]

@JP_Biz Yes, and please add a few more features to Microsoft Word while you’re at it.

[Dan Winters @dfwinters]

@jillbarshay @ChadAldeman Tricked?

[Dan Winters @dfwinters]

@C_Hendrick Wonderful summary

The key skill is not applying a formula but making sophisticated, real-time predictions about a learner’s needs. It involves navigating the uncertain boundary between difficulty that aids learning and difficulty that impedes it, a human judgment

[Dan Winters @dfwinters]

@tombennett71 @badger_claire @BruceNextLevel When are you planning to return to US?

[Education Next @EducationNext]

ICYMI - The Soft Bigotry of Education Blather: More dismal NAEP results call for a clear, decisive response from the field. What we get is self-serving gobbledygook. https://t.co/u3haKEGrR5

[Dan Winters @dfwinters]

RT @PrincipalKafele: Today, September 15 is the 62nd anniversary (1963) of the white supremest (ku klux klan) bomb blast that took the live…

[KUSI News @KUSINews]

Sweetwater Schools + Cox Business https://t.co/RqHubNiV6X

[Sweetwater Union High School District @SUHSD]

Options Middle College High School recently held a press conference with @SWC_college to share the news about the unique dual enrollment program that allows high school students to earn college credits while completing their diploma. School begins August 12th! #SUHSD

[Sweetwater Union High School District @SUHSD]

Great progress at Mar Vista High School as construction crews lifted the brand-new press box into place as part of the stadium modernization project. Step by step, we’re building a top-notch facility for our Mariner community to enjoy for years to come! #SUHSD

[Sweetwater Union High School District @SUHSD]

Construction is happening at Mar Vista Academy! Soon a new main office building will be complete — a project that is set to enhance our campus and better serve our students, staff, and families. Stay tuned for more updates as progress continues! #SUHSD

[Dan Winters @dfwinters]

Elmores third principle for instructional improvement highlights SUHSD approach to professional development If we don’t see changes in the content , teacher knowledge and skills , and student understanding of the content then we won’t improve student learning

[Dan Winters @dfwinters]

Richard Elmore, Harvard Graduate School of Education, clarifies what schools and districts can do to improve student learning in his 2008 article

To paraphrase the political theorist James Carville, "It's about the instruction, stupid!" 😉

[Dan Winters @dfwinters]

Elmore found that schools outside the US had a greater focus on how the student interacted with the task