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 ...

I've been reading a lot of headlines lately about NCLB leaving out the over-achievers and potential leaders in our schools.  Joanne Jacobs mentions it in her article, "What About the Smart Kids?" and the NYTimes and the Common Core blog ...

Guess what's back?!   Yes, indeed, the NY Times is reporting that "The Electric Company", that hip how-to-read show set to a funky beat that became the background soundtrack to many a moment in my childhood, is back.