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Teachers as Writers Project #3
Do teachers that teach writing need to be writers? Do they need to write well? But maybe part of the reason that writing is a very difficult subject to…
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Teachers as Writers: Best Lesson
Last week, I challenged teachers everywhere with the Teachers as Writers Challenge #2. Here is what I wrote: Describe the best lesson you've ever taught. So which of my lessons…
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The False Sense of Accountability
How do we hold educators accountable right now? It’s a very strange question to ask as I’m currently watching teachers work harder than they ever have. But of course,…
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Umpire 1, Complaining 0
This past week, I was watching a baseball playoff game. Throughout the game, both teams displayed unhappiness with several of the decisions and calls made by the umpire. While…
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Teachers as Writers Project #2
Do teachers that teach writing need to be writers? Do they need to write well? But maybe part of the reason that writing is a very difficult subject to…
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Teachers as Writers: Motivation
Last week, I challenged teachers everywhere with the Teachers as Writers Challenge #1. Here is what I wrote: What motivates you to work with students every day? I came…
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Light in the Middle
Normally, we wait until the end. We know that there will be some sort of resolution. We can anticipate what’s coming, and know that there will hopefully be a…
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How Long Should a Meeting Be?
How long should a meeting be? In schools, we’ve had a standard answer to this question. The usual time in my experience is sixty minutes. Maybe, forty five minutes…
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Teachers as Writers Project #1
Do teachers that teach writing need to be writers? Do they need to write well? It’s probably a question that we don’t consider very often. After all, we don’t…
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Just Solutions
We can all continue to complain about why it won’t work. We can list the multitude of reasons why not.This won’t happen. That won’t work. It’s never been this…