vChalk

Happy new year everyone! Thank you to everyone who ever supported us. vChalk is now inactive. We tried to create an easy to replicate and sustainable model to help primary teachers close early learning gaps. Four years later we realized that we failed. While vChalk closes, its vision to ensure all children can express their ideas in English and love learning will always remain alive.
Thank you for your encouragement!

What is making parents turn children away from government schools? Aspirations. Here is an overview of the situation in Bangalore from Economic Times.

Why is making children turn away from government schools With parents preferring private schools, policymakers and experts are unable to come up with a plan that will make public education attractive and bring students back into government schools.

Today it is the World Day of Social Justice
It is a reminder that no matter the income level, race, religion, gender, disability everyone deserves to lead a better life.
At vChalk we hear the voices of low-income parents who demand English skills for their children. And that of students who feel overwhelmed by the burden of studying in English, an unfamiliar language that they hear only in school.
How do you celebrate social justice?

In a differentiated classroom, the teacher assumes that different learners have different needs and proactively plans lessons that provide a variety of ways to “get at” and express learning. For teachers out there, here is why differentiated classrooms work great:

7 Reasons Why Differentiated Instruction WorksASCD Inservice Differentiated instruction (DI) begins with an accurate understanding of what DI is—and is not. You may be surprised how easy it is to incorporate into your classrooms. 1. Differentiated instruction IS proactive. In a differentiated classroom, the teacher assumes that different learners have diffe...

Happy New Year, everyone! Don't forget to learn and love learning.

Merry Christmas everyone! Let's hope for a better world for all children because every child can dream big and every parent wants better for their child. 🎆🎄🎄🎄

Look what amazing work kids can have access to! If only these books were accessible to all parents no matter their income.

The 7 Loveliest Children’s Books of 2017 Profound and poetic illustrated celebrations of solitude, self-possession, friendship, and our place in the cosmos.

Would you choose to build a house on top of an unfinished foundation? Of course not. Why, then, do we rush students through education when they haven't always grasped the basics? As we practice teaching-by-level with more than 2000 students here at vChalk, we discover that this way of teaching is gaining more attention from amazing people out there. Like Sal, the founder of Khan Academy. Listen to his TED talk here to learn WHY it is important to help students master basic skills.

Let's teach for mastery -- not test scores Would you choose to build a house on top of an unfinished foundation? Of course not. Why, then, do we rush students through education when they haven't always grasped the basics? Yes, it's complicated, but educator Sal Khan shares his plan to turn struggling students into scholars by helping them ma...

Happy Diwali everyone!