Sep
17
2010
17
2010
Teachers Under Quarantine
I have deep sadness sometimes when I think about the frenzy surrounding so-called education reform. This should be a time of unity, where all those involved are called upon to solve the multitude of problems that plague our system and ...
Sep
08
2010
08
2010
Blogging with Middle Schoolers: Frontloading and First Steps
So I just finished introducing blogging to my middle school classes. They are hooked, as each year before them was hooked. I use it as a substitute for Reading Logs, that dreaded love-of-reading killer which causes eye rolls ...
Sep
04
2010
04
2010
Google’s Top Ten Golden Rules and Education
There are so many policy makers that want to see education run like a business. Now, before I came to education, I was in the private sector. And as much as schools would like to think there's nothing ...



