Every great lesson starts with intention. Teachers plan with clear goals, meaningful activities, pacing decisions, instructional strategies, and the needs of their students in mind. But once teaching …
Beyond the video submission: Why M2 is a system for National Board success
If you've been through the National Board process, or supported someone who has, you know the scope of the commitment. It’s an exhausting, rewarding marathon of recording lessons, rewatching them, and …
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#OneLittleSpark: How Bowie Elementary kept its flame aglow with M2
One new principal, four instructional coaches, and a lot of new teachers Katherine Lange had never led an elementary school before she walked through the doors of Bowie Elementary in January 2025, …
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From grant to growth: How Hawkins County brought AI innovation to every middle school classroom
I gave it a chance and I immediately found value in its feedback and instructional ideas. In fact, I look forward to bringing it to my class because I know it will give me inspiration that is actually …
Why 1-2 observations aren’t enough: The case for continuous feedback in pre-service teacher training
Picture a student teacher the morning of their first formal observation. They've prepared for days. The formal observations feels high stakes because in a sense it is: observations are rare. Not …
How M2’s AI rubric scoring aligns with expert human evaluators
For AI rubric scoring to be useful in a school or district, it has to be trustworthy. That means it needs to score the way a trained evaluator would score: consistently, accurately, and in a way that …
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Supporting multilingual learners beyond language: How M2 connects English development and academic learning
There are over 5 million English Language Learners (ELL) in U.S. public schools, and they face a challenge most of their peers don't: learning English and academic content at the same time. This …
M2: Improving instruction at every tier
Mirrortalk 2.0 is coming March 18th, it is the next evolution of Mirrortalk and we’re calling it M2. It brings together instructional support, feedback, reflection, and boosting participation into a …
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The M2 score: what it measures and why it matters
The M2 score measures participation as the foundational condition for learning. It captures whether a classroom consistently creates, sustains, and distributes opportunities for thinking—moment by …
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Turning district priorities into consistent classroom feedback: M2’s Rubric Builder
We built M2 with a feedback focus on engagement, questioning, and pacing. Why? Because insights in these three areas make a difference for every teacher we know. Many districts have also …