The late educator Jack Frymier often said, "If the kids want to learn, we can't stop 'em. If they don't, we can't make 'em." Yet how often are schools' objectives defined in terms of what the students seek to achieve? What would it look like if we charted a different path to learning and engagement? Read Full Post >
Do more teachers than administrators use Twitter? Read Full Post >
April Fools' Day kicks of National Humor Month, giving teachers the opportunity to incorporate jokes and laughter in their lesson plans this month. Read Full Post >
As a society we have the know-how to teach every kid well. We have the wealth to create schools in which every student is known, valued, and educated. Know-how and wealth. What's missing, of course, is the will. Read Full Post >
Predecessors with good intentions created these contracts and extended these benefits but they could not have foreseen the convergence of social, political and economic forces occurring in this moment. It is our turn to navigate and the old maps no longer serve. Read Full Post >
In light of the December Newtown, Conn., school shooting and fears about school violence, some teachers, parents, and administrators are turning to self-defense classes. Read Full Post >
I came into education assuming that our task was and always had been to produce a learned, thoughtful, and tenacious "ruling class." Read Full Post >
The newest e-book from Education Week is all about classroom management Read Full Post >
Common Core Standards continue to be a point of debate. We should remember that these standards are what every child should know and be able to do not everything a child should know and be able to do. Read Full Post >
We are being asked to lean on our students to prove we are doing our job using a single measure and we know it is not fair to them. Teachers and leaders are faced with the additional burden of being directly evaluated by these results also knowing there is an expected slump in results during these first years of implementation of an expectedly flawed process. Read Full Post >
