What’s Age Got To Do With It?
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What’s Age Got To Do With It?

  I recently listened to the Revisionist History podcast episode Outliers, Revisited. In the episode, Malcolm Gladwell investigates the privilege that athletes and students have based on their birth dates.…
Forest First
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Forest First

  We often have the problem in education of not being able to see the forest for the trees.  We often focus on very minute details and forget our larger…
Bounded Flexibility
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Bounded Flexibility

  Freedom and flexibility often scare teachers. It’s the fear that freedom equals chaos. WL Gore, the manufacturing company behind Gore-Tex, promotes the idea of bounded flexibility, freedom within constraints.…
Decide What’s Important
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Decide What’s Important

  As educators, we recognize the amount of tasks that come across our desks each day, not to mention the number of decisions that we must make on a regular…
Needs
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Needs

  This school year, recognize everyone’s needs.   Recognize your own needs. Recognize the needs of each individual student. Recognize that needs can change from day to day. Dig into…
It’s You!
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It’s You!

  At first, I assumed that others would take responsibility to help me learn. I assumed that those who hired me were in the best position, and were engaged in…
A Different Metric?
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A Different Metric?

  As I worked on next year's schedule, I came to a painful realization. We often mark education in allotments of time. 40 minute periods. 80 minute blocks. 180 day…