Regie Routman, Laura Robb, Dr. Lynell Powell, John Spencer and Jeffrey Benson contribute their commentaries on goal-setting with students.

Dr. Sanée Bell, Rita Platt, Kevin Parr, Dr. Jennifer Davis Bowman and Matt Renwick share their ideas on helping students set learning goals.

The new "question-of-the-week" is: How can we use goal-setting with our students?

Jane Fleming, Susan Catapano, Candace M. Thompson and Sandy Ruvalcaba Carrillo agreed to answer a few questions about their book, "More Mirrors In The Classroom."

Megan Allen, Jenny Grant Rankin, Linda L. Lyman, and Wendi Pillars share their stories of difficult teaching moments.

Laura Robb, Jim Bentley, N. Chaunte Garrett, Jennifer Orr, and Jonathan Eckert contribute commentaries about their most difficult teaching experiences.

Lorena Germán, Tom Rademacher, Diana Laufenberg, Sarah Kirby-Gonzalez, and Jeff Bradbury share their stories of difficult teaching moments and what they learned from them.

Nancy Frey and Doug Fisher agreed to answer a few questions about the new book they co-authored with John Hattie, "Visible Learning for Literacy, Grades K-12: Implementing the Practices That Work Best to Accelerate Student Learning."

The new "question-of-the-week" is: What was the most difficult moment of your teaching career and what did you learn from it?

Today's post features commentaries from Susan E. Craig, Rhonda Neal Waltman, Patricia (Tish) Jennings, Eric Jensen, Joe Hendershott, and Kristin Souers, along with thoughts from readers.