Don't Be Defined By Who You Were in High School
Although we learn a lot in high school, we don't have to be defined by who we were when we were there. Read Full Post >
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September 01, 2012
August 08, 2012
Healthy Steps for Healthy Lives: Fighting Childhood Obesity
If you have ever stood in a school cafeteria during lunchtime you understand that many of our students are eating unhealthy lunches. The unhealthy lunches are not just the ones they bring from home; some schools are responsible for serving food that is high in fat and sugar to students. In addition,... Read Full Post >
June 14, 2012
Do We Know How to Teach Highly Able Learners?
The reality is that we need to look at this issue as achievement versus growth. Many highly able learners may achieve high grades without ever growing at all. Teaching highly able learners is a topic that we often ignore in education. We discuss how to teach struggling learners and spend a great ... Read Full Post >
April 19, 2012
New York State Testing: A Marathon for Students
"The test was too long. In the middle of it I could not feel my butt." Third Grade Student's response on his weekly review. The third grade response above was age appropriate for how he was feeling about the test. In his mind, the tests were far too long. We have now come to a point that makes edu... Read Full Post >
April 11, 2012
Should Teachers Be Responsible for Teaching Social Issues?
In February, I wrote a commentary for Education Week called Dignity for All and it focused on safeguarding LGBT students. I should begin by saying that everyone has an issue that they care about and mine happens to be safeguarding LGBT students. However, I feel strongly that we need to work harder a... Read Full Post >
April 01, 2012
Choices
Today's guest blog is written by Patrick T. Kobler, an inner city high school social studies teacher from Texas who reads Finding Common Ground. Patrick is the founder of Solutions-for-Schools.com: an education reform website that seeks to bring all backgrounds and viewpoints to the table for though... Read Full Post >
March 26, 2012
Will the Dignity for All Students Act Work?
"It's people not programs." Todd Whitaker On July 1st all public schools in New York State must have safeguards in place for students who are harassed based on race, weight, national origin, ethnic group, religion, gender, religious practices, mental or physical abilities, sexual orientation, and ... Read Full Post >
March 14, 2012
What Is Failure?
What is failure? In the media we hear about failing teachers, failing students and failing schools. Students who get retained, say they failed a grade, as much as the educators around them try to call it something else. There are so many ways we fail. Some of those failures are socially acceptable... Read Full Post >
March 12, 2012
Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing: The Issue of Retention
We need to stop putting our expectations on our students and start helping them find their own. It's that time of year when educators continue the 3 R's but turn their attention to the 4th R, which is retention. Students who have struggled all year are now being put on the list of students who ar... Read Full Post >
March 06, 2012
Why Focus on LGBT Students?
Every student has a right to feel nurtured when they enter into school. A few weeks ago I wrote a commentary for Education Week entitled Dignity for All. It was based on my book with Corwin Press that was released last week with the same title. When I was doing my doctoral work at Sage College of... Read Full Post >
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