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Malcolm Gladwell has said that for every hour he writes, he spends three hours thinking about writing. Elizabeth Gilbert has said that she spends 2-4 years researching a book…
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Genius is a Journey
Geniuses produce more ideas than non-geniuses. Like all of us, many of their ideas, aren't all that sensational. But also like all of us, their bad work is a…
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Perfect Teaching
To me, perfect teaching is not writing the perfect lesson plan or following the program to a T. And it’s certainly not one checking the boxes off of a…
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Hallelujah
Rich and I are both huge Malcolm Gladwell fans. His books and articles have provided tremendous inspiration for us to stretch our thinking and explore ideas. Malcolm Gladwell’s most…
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A Reminder
This is the painting that greets my students as they enter my art room. I made it for them but perhaps it's really a reminder for me. Trevor…
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Unanswered
Just because a student doesn't give me an answer doesn't mean they don't have an answer. As a teacher, I see my job as creating an environment and…
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Behavior Instruction
You would never make a student who struggles with reading clip down or lose a ticket if they didn’t read something correctly. It doesn’t make any sense. …
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PD Checklists
If professional development is focused more on the how than the why than it’s very likely that checking off the checklist that outlines the how will be seen by…
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Point at the Process
When a student is not doing his work teachers, generally speaking, say one of two things. They will say to themselves, “He’s not doing his work!” or “This…