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Shareable tips and insightful thoughts on K–12 education from Renaissance teams and educational leaders from Australia and around the world.

November 6, 2020

Start Planning – Build a Strong Community of Readers in 2021!

Ah Term 4, after the year we’ve had it’s comforting to know that we’re on the home stretch. Students, schools and staff have experienced a year […]
November 3, 2020

The Making of an Accelerated Reader Quiz

Every day, at hundreds of schools across the country, thousands of students have the opportunity to assess their reading comprehension by taking a Reading Practice Quiz […]
October 13, 2020

Creating Numeracy Success Through Data-Informed Learning

By: Renaissance Professional Development Team This article is a follow up to the Facebook live held by the Renaissance Professional Development team on the 16th of […]
September 16, 2020

Strategies for Guiding Effective Numeracy Teaching – Part 3

By: Renaissance Professional Development Team The third and final post in our series of blogs following our webinar on Guiding Effective Literacy and Numeracy Teaching explores […]
September 11, 2020

Strategies for Guiding Effective Literacy Teaching – Part 2

By: Renaissance Professional Development Team   Welcome to the second post in our series on literacy and numeracy strategies, exploring three more literacy strategies that we’ve […]
September 10, 2020

Strategies for Guiding Effective Literacy Teaching – Part 1

By: Renaissance Professional Development Team   As Renaissance Professional Development Coaches, we’re very lucky to work with so many incredible schools across Australia and New Zealand. […]
August 20, 2020

Science in the Classroom

By: Jovana Cupac The science classroom is a powerful place where students can develop critical thinking skills and explore how the world operates. Students may have […]
August 11, 2020

Data Tells a Story: Using Renaissance Data to Discover Student Stories

By: Denise Spanswick When our ancient ancestors sat around the fire at night, they would discuss details such as where to find food, how to successfully […]
July 28, 2020

Digital Literacy: the past, the present and most definitely the future

By: Zora Zaric It was 1998. I was in Year 3 and Mrs Thomas had just shown us how to write procedure texts. Whilst I still […]