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I just took a look at the recently released Metlife Survey of the American Teacher, and its section on "Effective Teaching and Leadership."  This section of the survey reported much about the opinions of teachers and administrators, focusing much of ...

So a colleague of mine commented yesterday on my article "Is TFA a Volunteerism Succubus?" David Cohen (fellow member of The Teacher Leaders Network and creator the ACT ning) said the following in response to my article: "...They won't invest ...

The New York Times recently published an article, which shares an analysis of the post-service Teach for America corps and their subsequent level of civil service. To those involved in TFA, the findings were somewhat cringe-worthy. To the rest of ...

According to Psychcentral.com, "Learning Styles are being re-evaluated" and negated. This theory, according to a recently published journal article claims that there is really no research out there to prove that students learn differently from one another. Shrug. Cue ...

Sunday's LA Times took a tip from Miss Manners and decided to include a "Yuletide Tip Guide" in Booth Moore's article "Don't Forget a Note of Thanks."  Warm and fuzzy, right?  Well, you should read the list.

According to the Arizona Star, AZ is about to become the first state to eliminate teacher tenure entirely from its educational system.  AZ's an interesting state.  They are definitely onto something with abolishing the time change thing.  Now THAT'S antiquated. ...

My fellow Teacher Leader Network colleague, Anthony Cody, recently began a Facebook campaign which has lit a fire in teachers from around the country. Open Letters to President Obama asks teachers to write a letter to our president and ...

When I think of my advanced students, a key element that sets them apart from their lesser-achieving peers are their life experiences, the education that they are getting in their off-time outside of school.

I recently reviewed the Promethean Board, and more specifically its projector, for Projector Central.  You can read the article here.

I'm a semi-regular contributor to Imagine Magazine, a print periodical published by Johns Hopkins University and marketed to Gifted Middle Schoolers.  The beauty of this magazine is in how it talks to kids.  It takes high-level concepts and delivers them ...