Slideshow
October 2012
Is Learning a Sport?
Students should not go to school to win - students should go to school to learn. Read more
The Parent-School Relationship: The Importance of Listening
"....I have been part of schools that have constantly told me what to do but never listened to what I had to say.' " Read more
Being Pegged, Late Bloomers and Effort
How 2012 Nobel Prize Winner Dissed by His High School Biology Teacher Read more
Math Heaven and Hell
"My different studies have shown that students who engage actively in their mathematics learning, rather than simply practicing procedures, achieve at higher levels." - Stanford professor Dr. Jo Boaler Read more
Three Great Books to Read Aloud to Your Tweens & Teens (Yes, you heard right)
Interesting that two of these three recommendations have to do with a teacher . . . Read more
Why Change Is So Darn Hard
Radish or chocolate chip cookie? Read moreIn fact, educators and administrators cannot justify giving the arts an important position in the curriculum unless they understand that the arts are the most powerful means of strengthening the perceptual component without which productive thinking is impossible in any field of endeavor.Rudolf Arnheim, Visual Thinking
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