Teachers examine cultural perspectives through collaborative analysis of student learning
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Georgea M. Langer is an author and education consultant. She has published extensively in the areas of staff development teacher education, and teachers’ reflective inquiry in journals such as the Journal of Educational Psychology, Educational Leadership. She wrote the 2003 bestseller, Collaborative Analysis of Student Work: Improving Teaching and Learning. The second edition, co-authored with Amy Colton, will be published in 2015 by Corwin Press.
Amy Colton is a senior consultant for Learning Forward and executive director of Learning Forward Michigan.
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