Mar
05
2010
05
2010
“Internet Literacy: The Genre” : CUE 2010
Thank you as well to those of you (wow! there were a lot of you!) who attended my "Internet Literacy: The Genre" session at CUE.
As promised, here is the keynote itself to peruse at your leisure. As with everything on ...
Mar
05
2010
05
2010
“Podcasting with 70 Middle Schoolers”: CUE 2010
Thank you to everyone who attended my session today at CUE on "Podcasting with 70 Middle Schoolers." As promised, here is the keynote itself to peruse at your leisure. As with everything on my site, this work is ...
Feb
11
2010
11
2010
Why Equity can be a bad word for Education
As well intentioned as it is, the goal of equity in all branches of education is doing a disservice to the goal of, well, equity. I'm searching for a word here. Maybe I need to make one up. ...
Feb
05
2010
05
2010
Is Education a Mudslide?
"It's like trying to stop a flow of lava with a Scott's paper towel. It's been this way for years!" The lady who said this wasn't talking about education, but she could very well have been. The lady in ...
Jan
10
2010
10
2010
How do we “Fix the Schools?”
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 ...
Jan
07
2010
07
2010
LA Times Article: Bailing on Schools Doesn’t Fix Schools
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 ...
Jan
06
2010
06
2010
Is TFA a Volunteerism Succubus?
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 ...
Nov
03
2009
03
2009
Teacher by Day, WOW Warrior by Night
My name is Morigold. I am a dwarf paladin from Ironforge. My traveling companion, Balrong, is a night elf who hails from Darnaccus. Now let me translate:
My name is Heather Wolpert-Gawron. I am a teacher and ...
Sep
12
2009
12
2009
When you Can’t Talk, You Can Still Teach
So in my semi-annual tradition, I've already lost my voice. Now, I'm not talking about still whispering here. I'm talking about a totally stripped, honk-when-I-try-to-produce-sound lost voice. It happens to me 2-3 times a year and I'm ...
Sep
05
2009
05
2009
Obama’s Speech to the Schools (UPDATED)
As we've all heard, President Obama is addressing the children of our schools on Tuesday, speaking about the value of education, and encouraging students to work hard. The White House has also included lesson plans that focus on listening comprehension ...

