by Diamond Alexander | May 22, 2019 | General
By Jeff Heyck-Williams, the director of curriculum and instruction for Two Rivers Public Charter School Two Rivers Public Charter School recently wrapped up our first Deeper Learning Cohort, a year-long program focused on helping teachers define, teach, and assess...
by Diamond Alexander | Mar 28, 2019 | General
By David Nitkin, Chief of Staff at Two Rivers Public Charter School Think of the best boss you’ve ever had. Did they hold you to a high standard and push you to grow? I’ll bet they did. Did they make you feel cared for and supported? I’m sure of it. But how did they...
by Diamond Alexander | Jan 23, 2019 | General
By Jeff Heyck-Williams When I visited a fifth-grade class recently, the students were tackling the following problem: If there are nine people in a room and every person shakes hands exactly once with each of the other people, how many handshakes will there be? How...
by Diamond Alexander | Nov 12, 2018 | General
By Monica Powell, English Teacher, Two Rivers Public Charter School “Fire Ants. What do you know about them? Turn and talk to the person sitting next to you.” My face flushed as I turned to the middle-aged stranger sitting beside me in the workshop. “Um..they sting?...
by Diamond Alexander | Dec 15, 2017 | General
By: Jeff Heyck-Williams This piece was first published in Education Week’s Next Gen Learning in Action Blog While the idea of teaching critical thinking has been bandied around in education circles since at least the time of John Dewey, it has taken greater...
by Diamond Alexander | Aug 3, 2016 | General
By: Jeff Heyck-Williams Earlier this summer, I had the pleasure of working with eight amazing teachers from Two Rivers as they developed performance tasks to assess problem solving skills. Building on the work of Jill Clark, who has been developing our assessments...
by Diamond Alexander | Jun 3, 2016 | General
By: Jeff Heyck-Williams Two Rivers Public Charter School in Washington, DC is a network of EL Education schools serving over 700 students in preschool through 8th grade. Throughout our twelve-year history, we have continued to champion the importance of embracing a...
by Diamond Alexander | Mar 18, 2016 | General
By: Jeff Heyck-Williams One of the big buzzwords in education reform at the moment is personalized learning. While the term means lots of different things to lots of different people, my first introduction to the idea was at schools where personalized learning meant...
by Diamond Alexander | Mar 2, 2016 | General
By: Jeff Heyck-Williams THE QUESTION What is Two Rivers’ curriculum? A few years ago, a parent approached me with this seemingly simple (albeit essential) question – a question that I should be able to answer quickly without much thought. My title, after all,...
by Diamond Alexander | Nov 2, 2015 | Mission, Outcomes
By: Jeff Heyck-Williams The Two Rivers Public Charter School Mission To nurture a diverse group of students to become lifelong, active participants in their own education, develop a sense of self and community, and become responsible and compassionate members of...
