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Emily Freitag

The challenges of unaligned language

I’ve been thinking a lot about the words we use in education: how often we’re not on the same page and how challenging it is.

Oct 10

Oct 10

The value proposition of high-quality instructional materials is different than I thought it was.

As another school year begins, I have been struck by the many different ways leaders and educators talk about instructional materials.

Sep 10

Sep 10

Instructional hopes and fears with the end of ESSER

I have three worries about the way the end of ESSER may play out for instruction—and hopes for how leaders might work against them.

Jun 24

Table displaying four chapters of the pandemic: 1. The Crisis 2. Reentry 3. Recovery 4. New Normal

Jun 24

How thrilling it is to learn new things

In the face of a powerful personal learning experience, I find it hard to be cynical about our capacity to learn new things.

Apr 29

Apr 29

We know more about how to improve math outcomes than current policy debates suggest

worry that the policy debates I am watching seem to have forgotten that we know a lot about what to do to improve math outcomes.

Apr 18

Apr 18

A look back on predictions for 2023 and new predictions for 2024

Last December, I made five predictions for 2023. As the year draws to a close, it’s time to check in and settle the score.

Dec 18, 2023

Dec 18, 2023

High-quality instructional materials change instructional leaders’ job

I hope wecan pave a new normal that attends to the role leaders need to play in implementing HQIM.

Nov 27, 2023

Nov 27, 2023

Sharpening our focus on instructional leadership

We have found, over and over, that leaders need partners, not programs.

Nov 9, 2023

Nov 9, 2023

Rethinking the teacher role requires rethinking the principal role

Principals have an outsized impact on teacher satisfaction, retention, and student learning.

Jul 10, 2023

Jul 10, 2023

The worthy quest for greater coherence

Every leader of a state or school system I know regularly gets asked the question, “how do all of the things we are doing fit together?”

May 7, 2023

May 7, 2023

Emily Freitag

Emily Freitag

Instruction Partners CEO, former AssistCommish for TDOE, library lover, Sunday afternoon chef and head of the Jan, Owen and Liam fan club.

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