Telling a Good Story

Telling a Good Story

  Whether you are selling a product, or an idea, selling a restaurant or a concept, or selling an experience or some combination of these things, chances are your ability…
Late Bloomers

Late Bloomers

  In a a few weeks I’ll turn 44. In just a few days my first book will be released. By any definition, I’m a late bloomer. My book is…
Measuring Smiles

Measuring Smiles

  What if, when a principal observed a lesson, he or she focused on how many times the kids and the teacher smiled? How would that change instruction? How would…
Favorites of 2018!

Favorites of 2018!

It has been another great year for us! The Art of Comprehension lands tomorrow! The Four O'Clock Faculty is still helping educators to change their PD Game, and a new…
Visual Texts & Comprehension

Visual Texts & Comprehension

  In this two-minute video, Trevor Bryan, author of The Art of Comprehension, demonstrates how an illustration from Peter H. Reynolds’ book, The Dot can help students to practice finding…
All Children Can Comprehend

All Children Can Comprehend

  The Art of Comprehension is built on the idea that nearly all students, non-readers, striving readers and beginning readers can decode visual texts such as illustrations and paintings, effectively.…
What is Arts Education for?

What is Arts Education for?

  If we are asking the questions, what is arts education for? Why do we have it? And perhaps more importantly, why do we need it? Canned, highly predictable projects,…
I Do We Do You Do

I Do We Do You Do

  I love the gradual release model of I Do, We Do, You Do but I find a lot students benefit from a more modified version that looks a bit…
The Art of Comprehension

The Art of Comprehension

  I could not be more excited to share that my upcoming book, The Art of Comprehension: Exploring Visual Texts to Foster Comprehension, Conversation and Confidence, is heading into the…