fbpx

Student Ownership

169 results.

February 5, 2020 Service with a Smile

In my part of the world, there is a quaint restaurant that many people don’t know about. And, to be perfectly honest, I…

February 3, 2020 No More Learning Objectives on the Board

There’s no shortage of advice for teachers out there. The laundry list of strategies to try out in your classroom can run on forever.…

January 31, 2020 The Value of Diverse Reading

Earlier this week, the American Library Association awarded the Newbery Medal for most outstanding contribution to children's literature to New Kid by Jerry Craft.…

January 24, 2020 Dealing with Late Work

I still have nightmares about my high school planner. For such a small thing, that notebook caused me no end of grief throughout my four-year…

January 10, 2020 Civic Engagement in the Classroom

It would be inaccurate to say we live in an increasingly polarized culture. It’s more like we exist in a Thunderdome of controversy which occasionally…

December 30, 2019 From Good to Great

I recently saw a post on social media asking people to share their favorite “good” movie of the year. Not great, just good. Some of…

December 27, 2019 The Smartest Person in the Classroom

You’ve probably heard that old proverb that the smartest person in the room isn’t a person at all, but rather the collective wisdom of the…

December 20, 2019 An iPhone in a Snowbank

The evening before leaving for vacation, my daughter unknowingly dropped her iPhone into the freshly falling snow near a friend’s driveway. For those of you…