February 2011 Archives
Waiting for SuperMath
The Unintended Consequences of Investigations "New" Math - Video Read more
3 Who Lead, Learn, and Think
3 Quick Videos. #1 Heidi Hayes Jacobs shares a leadership story when she goes head-to-head against a school principal and allows her ego to take precedence (we've all been there). Read more
" . . . when you teach kids, you have a moral obligation to work to see the best in them . . ."
Leader Chris Lehmann Slams Teacher Blog Denigrating Students in "Bloggate" Read more
The "N" word and Huckleberry Finn
Another terrific report from 60 Minutes last night, if you missed. Byron Pitts takes on the "N" word and Huckleberry Finn. Yay or Nay? Read more
10 ways to build resilience . . .
Does your child's school and class culture sound like this? Read more
Science Education: The Hidden Benefits
" . . . .scientific thinking has valuable uses outside of science. In science class we learn to interrogate nature, but the interrogation methods can be used to scrutinize many other ideas and beliefs." Guest post. Read more
School Pie Charts LOL
Final Exams, What Teachers Hate Most, What I Like About Being a Father, What to do About Homework, What I Got From My College Degree, and more . . . . funny charts Read more
Starbucks Announces Education Collaboration on MSNBC's "Morning Joe"
"It's about all of us." -Howard Schultz, CEO, Starbucks Read moreNow, keeping in mind these fourfold interests - interest in conversation, or communication; in inquiry, or finding out things; in making things or construction; and in artistic expression - we may say they are natural resources, the uninvested capital, upon the exercise of which depends the active growth of the child..John Dewey, The School and Society, 1900
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