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Ellen Berg, my colleague in The Teacher Leaders asked this very simple question the other day. I had so much fun in answering and I believe so deeply in the power of this simple question that I wanted to ...

So this week I introduced Costa's Levels of Questioning to my students. We have some teachers on my site talking about these triggers of metacognition so it compliments everyone's efforts to enter this discussion in the classroom. Costa's is, in ...

So I've become a Guy Kawasaki fan. It all started when I was searching for commencement day speeches for my Speech and Debate team to compete with. I found his "Hindsight".

It used to be 4 colors that defined the differences between personalities: gold, blue, green, and orange. Then it advanced to 8 slices of a pie used to categorize the different intelligences: linguistic, logical, naturalistic, interpersonal, intrapersonal, visual/spatial, kinesthetic, musical.  There are ...

Here's yet another reason why test scores can't be the only way to gage teaching quality. A colleague of mine, a fifth grade teacher, at the UCI Writing Project got a call last night from her automated phone tree saying ...

There's a really interesting discussion thread going on at the Interactive Whiteboard Revolution ning.  It all began with my post recapping Robert Marzano's position on the influence of IWB technology when he presented at the CUE conference this year.  You can ...

I was musing over a post at Bill Ferriter's blog, "The Tempered Radical," about "white space" teachers. These are the teachers who are doing great things quietly, unrecognized for their contributions to the overall success of a school. So I ...

I believe a classroom library is the heartbeat of a teacher's environment.  It is the window into their own personality, and it reflects the importance of literacy in the classroom.  I believe every teacher, no matter the subject taught, should ...

Check out my article in yesterday's Teacher Magazine outlining 5 little-thought-about strategies in teaching test prep.  Hope it helps you during your own Test Prep season. -Tweenteacher

Occasionally, I repost this article so that new readers can find it more easily.  Based on some very enthusiastic feedback, it has since morphed into a book proposal called The Top Secret New Teachers Handbook.  I'll share more as it ...