What Does Public Education Mean to You?
Public education means different things to different people. Peter DeWitt asked the experts what public education meant to them. Read Full Post >
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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 >
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 >
February 09, 2012
The Stigma of Low Expectations
"We underestimate students when they fall short of expectations because they don't understand the school game and we determine that they lack motivation. " Carol Ann Tomlinson Recently, I read another great article in Educational Leadership by Carol Ann Tomlinson. Carol co-authored the article with... Read Full Post >
August 17, 2011
The Accidental Teacher: An Interview With Dr. Carol Ann Tomlinson
"The high stakes test culture runs almost totally counter to what we know about how people learn. It causes us to engage in professional malpractice on a regular basis." Carol Ann Tomlinson There is nothing better than watching high-quality instruction. Seeing students engaged with their teacher, ... Read Full Post >
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