Good Morning. It’s Good to See You.
Years ago I was involved in a project where a new principal was trying to turn around her 鈥渇ailing school.鈥� …
Reflections on Collaboration and Assessment
The following piece is adapted from a longer聽reflection by Darren Cambridge on the theme of Collaboration and Capacity Building for …
Is the Assessment Tail Wagging the Dog?
An article in today鈥檚 Washington Post entitled School standardized testing is under growing attack, leaders pledge changes points to the …
Looking through a Disciplinary Lens
In the simplest of terms, the difference between teaching 鈥渃ontent area literacy鈥� and teaching 鈥渄isciplinary literacy鈥� has to do with …
Preparing Students to Be Creators of Knowledge
鈥淗ow do you prepare students to be inhabitants of a scientist鈥檚 world, a historian鈥檚 world, or a legislator鈥檚 world? How …
What Do We Mean by Text?
鈥淚f you are struggling to find the time in class to read, it can be helpful to broaden the definition …
Vocabulary as inspiration?
Vocabulary is at the heart of every subject we teach, but teaching vocabulary usually feels like flossing teeth. You know …
“The View from 3 Feet”
Here鈥檚 a wonderful video from the Opportunity to Learn Campaign about the importance of early childhood education. Note that it …
“Cultivating Puzzlement”
A lot of lip service is being paid to teaching literacy in all subject areas in school. But when we …
“Whose Forebears Are We?”
In the teaching profession, the daily challenge of meeting the expectations of our students, our school, and our system, as …