I believe that the debate over quality education and learning is a bunch of smaller debates that really consist of people going round and round in circles. In October, I wrote about the need for educational reform. One of the points that I touched on was the lack of teacher involvement in that discussion. In […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Oprah News http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/10_51/b4208021639963.htm?chan=magazine+channel_news+-+companies+%2B+industries http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2011/0117/focus-david-zaslav-winfrey-discovery-behind-oprah.html Anyone who says they don’t want to be Oprah is lying. She’s got it all, and heart. Even though I don’t have cable anymore, I still like to read up on the queen of daytime. I’d like to say that I am following in her footsteps, but my shoes are that […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I’m part of several groups – but one that I really enjoy is Teachers Pay Teachers. I consider it to be similar to an ebay for teachers. I know that I’ve discussed it before, so I won’t repeat myself. Instead, to try and bring more attention to it, I’m going to do occasional write-ups on […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Everyone does better in their learning when they have an example to follow. And, like so many other parts of life these days, that example comes from the classroom. As a big advocate of saving the environment (really who shouldn’t be?) I have the top 6 ways to help make that example of change start […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The educational author, Jonathan Kozol writes how there is value in having a classroom filled with work from all students [look at me, using the word ‘work’ Alfie Kohn would be so upset]. I completely agree. But for me, knowing how to fill my classroom is an internal struggle. I always wanted each child to […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I can’t use yellow highlighters. All of the other colors are just line, but it’s the yellow ones that work against me. Please allow me to explain. Starting in sixth grade I struggled in school; by the time I was in high school I was bottoming out as a C student. So one of my […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
