I believe that independent schools are at last starting to pass through the barriers of our own history, and that there is a growing realization that teachers must be what so many school mission statements extol: lifelong learners. There should no longer be excuses or ways for teachers to opt out of professional learning that will make them more effective in engaging, challenging, and educating their students. Read Full Post >
Professor Andy Hargreaves of Boston College discusses sustainability of school improvement in a conversation with the HOPE Foundation. Read Full Post >
In the service of identifying some common perspectives, I'd like to offer up a small sampler of independent school bloggers--teachers, administrators, thought leaders--whose regular writing has more than occasional relevance to education as a whole. Read Full Post >
Two education organizations are staging a massive open online course for educators, or MOOC, to train K-12 administrators how to use technology to improve schools. Read Full Post >
Here's a teacher professional development idea that I hadn't heard of before. And it comes in three-minute chunks called LessonCasts. Read Full Post >
In reporting for a recent story package on "Common-Core Instructional Opportunities," we found that many teachers are happy with the standards, but scared about the tests. Read Full Post >
But school technology leaders don't expect much more funding to flow to technology over the next year, a new survey shows. Read Full Post >
Design thinking dovetails neatly with STEM goals and unites the various precepts of "21st-century learning" with relevance and the fostering of creativity; it's also a perfect fit with the "maker" movement. Read Full Post >
BookMarks' Friday roundup looks at World Book Day, new Library of Congress resources for teachers, and more. Read Full Post >
Our current professional development addresses the intellect but we do mighty little for the emotional or spiritual parts of our teachers and leaders. And these are the sources of morale. Read Full Post >
