Putting Our Trust in Students
When teachers are trusted to take student learning in new and exciting directions, they are in a position to extend that trust to students. It's a powerful step for those ready and willing to take it....
Teaching
Goldstein and Green Reimagining Teaching (Part One)
Dana Goldstein (The Teacher Wars) and Elizabeth Green (Building a Better Teacher) came to Stanford University to discuss "Reimagining the Teaching Profession" with Professor Linda Darling-Hammond....
Two, four, six, eight! Sorry tests are not that great!
If students can't do their best work unless adults hop, skip, strut, twist and shout about the test, we're doing something quite wrong in assessment, and in our messaging about education. ...
Thriving Schools Need Libraries and Librarians
If you know anyone who still imagines a librarian is a glorified book clerk whose main interaction with patrons is "sshhhh!" then I urge you to have them visit a library, and talk to a librarian about...
EdWeek Blog Highlights
Here are a few excerpts from my most recent posts on "Road Trips in Education" – and an invitation to click through to EdWeek.org to read more!...
Don’t Give a Pass to Failed Grading Systems
Considering the importance and consequences attached to student grades, you’d think that we would have a common professional understanding about what grades mean and how they work....
Teacher Driven Change on Display at Innovation Expo
I was blown away by the presenters who described how their union-based grants spurred partnerships among teachers, administrators, parents, businesses, community organizations and universities....
Fundamental Attribution Error
A hopefully useful re-post from my InterACT blogging days. This morning’s general session at the ASCD conference featured a talk by Chip Heath, a Stanford professor and author (with his brother, Dan...
5 New Year’s Resolutions for Teachers (re-post)
Re-posted from my former blog at InterACT. Looking ahead to the new year often involves taking stock of where we’re at and how we might improve – as people, and as teachers. Drawing my in...
Learning Forward Conference Wrap-Up
Better late than never, and following a tragic loss of an unsaved draft, this post will conclude my review of session at the Learning Forward Conference in Nashville. I attended Monday through Wednes...