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Practical answers to real classroom questions from Dr. Victor Sampson, Krista Sampson, and the ADI team.
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What Do I Do When Turnover Means I’m Always Starting Over?A district science curriculum coordinator sent me this question, and I suspect a lot of people reading this will recognize themselves in it: “Every year I...
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What Should I Look for Three Months After a Workshop?An instructional coach asked me this question recently, and it is one I hear from principals and district leaders all the time: “We sent a group...
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How Does a District Keep ADI Going When the Person Who Championed It Leaves?A curriculum director asked me this question after her district’s science coordinator took a job in another state:
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Is ADI a Curriculum or a Supplement? Our District Has to Pick One.A curriculum director asked me this on a call last spring, and she was not asking out of curiosity. She had a procurement form in front...
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When Students Arrive Every Day, at Every Level: Building a Science Program That Fits Alternative CampusesWalk into an alternative education campus and you’ll meet a challenge that almost no other school faces: the roster changes constantly. A new student shows up...
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"By Science Folks for Science Folks" Round Rock ISD's ADI Implementation JourneyOur district science specialist attended a Texas Science Education Leadership Association meeting at ESC Region 13 in Austin, TX where Vic Sampson facilitated a session on...
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Make a Change Grant: Pasco County Schools, FloridaOverview: The Make a Change Grant is designed to support the adoption and sustained use of Argument-Driven Inquiry® (ADI) instructional materials in schools and districts.
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