Why do your students need you?

Why do your students need you?

  What is it, about you, that your students need?   Can you answer this question? Can they answer this question?   For your classroom to flourish, you and your…
What is Your Greatest Superpower?

What is Your Greatest Superpower?

  A Guest Post by Tony Cattani   What is your greatest superpower? Superman has many amazing attributes: superhuman strength, x-ray and heat vision, freezing breath, super speed, and enhanced…
Facing Resistance

Facing Resistance

  The most dangerous words in the English language: This is how we've always done it.   How do you combat those who are resistant to change? Be sure that…
Educational Experts

Educational Experts

  Often, professional development is geared towards helping everyone to learn everything equally.   But what if every teacher over the course of a year (or two) dedicated themselves to…
A Letter to Every Educator

A Letter to Every Educator

  A letter to every educator Dear Colleagues: I am still struggling to comprehend how and why 17 students and teachers died while doing what each one of us does…
Something Finally Clicked

Something Finally Clicked

  It can be beautiful when something finally clicks.  I have spent the last 12 weeks coaching my daughter's basketball team.  For weeks, we have been continuing to teach the…
Original Voices

Original Voices

  Seek out the original voices. The disruptors. The resistors. Find those who buck the system.   The status quo choir isn’t where the future is.   But… and this…
#LetLoveWin

#LetLoveWin

  It hurts every time this happens, and yet it still continues to happen. I wrote this post almost two years ago. I updated slightly but I feel like it…
Grade Level Testing

Grade Level Testing

  When a student is reading below grade level   we let them read books that are below grade level.   However, when we test them we often give them…
5 Websites/Apps That Teachers Love Right Now!

5 Websites/Apps That Teachers Love Right Now!

  Trying to Flip your Classroom? Looking to have students reflect upon their learning? Want to assess student learning or document it using a digital portfolio? Try these easy-to-use websites…