by Diamond Alexander | Oct 18, 2013 | Character, Collaboration & Communication, Outcomes
By: Jeff Heyck-Williams At Two Rivers, we often say that social learning is just as important as academic learning. This isn’t just talk. We believe that time spent teaching our students about how they can effectively interact and the personal skills needed to...
by Diamond Alexander | Jan 21, 2012 | Outcomes
By: Elaine Hou, Instructional Guide What is rigorous teaching and learning, and what does it look like across the grades? As students, educators, and parents, we have all come across varied definitions of rigor in past and present schooling experiences. When one wants...
by Diamond Alexander | Nov 15, 2011 | Outcomes
By: Jeff Heyck-Williams Anyone who has had a conversation with me about education or has taken time to read any of my previous posts on this blog knows that I am passionate about what I have come to describe as expanded outcomes for education. This idea is at the...
by Diamond Alexander | Nov 1, 2011 | Families, Homework, Math
By: Jeff Heyck-Williams Math can be one of the most challenging areas of school for children, and many parents don’t have an idea about where to begin to help their kids be successful within the discipline. A lot of websites, video games, and materials are produced...
by Diamond Alexander | Apr 5, 2011 | Expeditions, Field Studies
By: Elaine Hou, Instructional Guide In the crisp November air, forty-eight fourth graders from Two Rivers eagerly set foot onto Jamestown soil, perhaps with as much excitement and trepidation as the first English settlers brought with them over four hundred years ago...
