(I’m republishing posts on my My All-Time Favorite Posts list. This one appeared in 2010. You can see them all here) Mohamed_hassan / Pixabay A couple of years ago, I read a short piece by classroom management author Marvin Marshall about the importance of emphasizing to students what they could do, as opposed to…
It seemed like it should be an easy win for Des Moines Superintendent Ian Roberts to dust off his racing shoes and compete against a team of elementary schoolers. The 47-year-old Guyanese runner’s skills had taken him around the globe, after all, even competing in the 2000 Summer Olympic Games in Sydney. “I showed up…
It seemed like it should be an easy win for Des Moines Superintendent Ian Roberts to dust off his racing shoes and compete against a team of elementary schoolers. The 47-year-old Guyanese runner’s skills had taken him around the globe, after all, even competing in the 2000 Summer Olympic Games in Sydney. “I showed up…
Sophomore Neomi sits quietly in an office at her high school in a Colorado mountain town west of Denver. It’s a cold December morning and she’s wearing gold and black Nikes and a gray hoodie, pulled up. She’s surrounded by school staff and her mom. “I just wanna be really clear about the intention of…
Sophomore Neomi sits quietly in an office at her high school in a Colorado mountain town west of Denver. It’s a cold December morning and she’s wearing gold and black Nikes and a gray hoodie, pulled up. She’s surrounded by school staff and her mom. “I just wanna be really clear about the intention of…
The Biden-Harris administration has announced new initiatives to increase access to school-based mental health services for students, including increased funding and additional staff training. “Today’s announcements affirm the Biden-Harris Administration’s continued commitment to tackling our youth mental health crisis,” said U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona. “We know students are more likely to access mental…
The Biden-Harris administration has announced new initiatives to increase access to school-based mental health services for students, including increased funding and additional staff training. “Today’s announcements affirm the Biden-Harris Administration’s continued commitment to tackling our youth mental health crisis,” said U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona. “We know students are more likely to access mental…
Reading Time: 3 minutes Name one quick and easy-to-use formative assessment technique you can use tomorrow? On my teacher travels, I regularly quote a tried-and-trusted teacher technique I’ve used for 25 years. However, despite 3,000 blogs on this site, I have never written about it! As stated in the blog post title, the acronym C3B4Me…
Reading Time: 3 minutes Name one quick and easy-to-use formative assessment technique you can use tomorrow? On my teacher travels, I regularly quote a tried-and-trusted teacher technique I’ve used for 25 years. However, despite 3,000 blogs on this site, I have never written about it! As stated in the blog post title, the acronym C3B4Me…
OpenClipart-Vectors / Pixabay Today would have been Malcolm X’s ninety-ninth birthday. You might be interested in The “Best” Resources For Learning & Teaching About Malcolm X. Today would have been Malcolm X’s ninety-ninth birthday. You might be interested in The “Best” Resources For Learning & Teaching About Malcolm X. anniversaries Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the…