Can Teaching Follow Medicine’s Prescription?
Ron Thorpe recently published a provocative piece in Phi Delta Kappan where he outlined key components for a plan to fully professionalize…
From, “Arggghhhhh!” to “Awesome!”
A few months ago bloggers argued about a parent who complained that the Common Core had needlessly complicated subtraction. The controversial techniques…
TYLTS Day: One day, many lessons
Last week, I had the incredible privilege of hosting Representative Jonathan Larkin (District 30) at my school for the first…
Twenty Minutes
The other day I completed my reading lesson with fidelity to the curriculum, rigorous objectives, 100% student engagement, and data…
Make It Work
RuPaul tells us to work it. Britney sings that we better work if we want something. However, Tim Gunn says…
Time to Grow: To Grade or to Kick Butt?
Today, a student resentfully announced in class that there was no grade in the gradebook for an essay he wrote.…
Why Teachers Are Still the Experts
Sandy wrote a great post offering some push-back about the statement teachers make that “your experience as a student doesn’t…
The Small Things
Joey is a junior and, already, failing four classes. We have seen this many times before. The debate always sounds…
Everybody Knows
Everybody knows that she’s creative. Everybody knows that she’s got the ideas. Everybody knows. Well, at least the 28 miniature people…
Deconstructing a Teacher Leader Cliché
“Being a patient’s not like being a doctor, though, is it? A doctor has to know what’s wrong with people.…