Standardized Testing
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The Top 12 Global Teacher Blogger Discussion: March 2017
What roles do teachers have in creating kind and compassionate citizens? Teaching is about investing in…
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The Top 12 Global Teacher Blogger Discussion: February 2017
How do we teach young people the rigorous critical thinking and research skills to distinguish news…
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The Problem with Choice
I know too many people who are not educators (and some who are) that are in…
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The Top 12 Global Teacher Blogger Discussion: October 2016
How do we better engender a healthy, happy, and productive school environment where both teachers and…
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The Top 12 Global Teacher Blogger Discussion: September 2016
How can we maximize the value of art and music in education and how can it…
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Top 12 Global Teacher Blogger Discussion: June 2016
How do we inspire the best and the brightest to become educators? We have to make…
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Melissa Bowers: 7 Reasons You Might Not Want to Teach Anymore
This is the post I wish I wrote. Melissa Bowers captures the plight of a teacher…
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Joshua Katz’s TEDx Talk: Toxic Culture of Education
Joshua Katz describes perfectly the plight of American education, the damage it does to our lower…
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Friday Writing Challenge: I Miss High School
Prompt: Something you miss I miss high school—not my teenage years but the years I spent…
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Kaplan’s “Path to Recess”
Excellent post about what is truly important for success. The “soft skills” Kaplan refers to are…
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Uncommon Core Book Reading: Chapter 19
On August 24, 2015, I read Chapter 19: Teach Them How to Be Happy from Uncommon…
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Top 12 Global Teacher Blogger Discussion: June
What are the best ways a teacher can demonstrate leadership in the classroom? One of my…
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Top 12 Global Teacher Blogger Discussion: May
What are the quick ways to combat teacher stress in a classroom? The problem with classroom…
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Top 12 Global Teacher Blogger Discussion: April
“How do you balance preparation for high stakes assessments with teaching and learning in your classroom?”…