One simple tip for giving students feedback
“May I give you some feedback?”I heard this question recently during a middle school visit. This classroom had a markedly different feel than others I’d visited that day–and it was...
“EVOLUTIONIZING” the Teaching Profession
A few years ago, I had the pleasure of listening and learning as four teams of teachers, including one from my own charter network, shared their stories of collaborative design...
The Key to Lessening Pressure AND Increasing Rigor
David Aderhold, a superintendent in New Jersey recently put an end to HS mid-term and final exams in a well-intentioned attempt to ease pressure on increasingly anxious kids–pressure also discussed in this...
To Raise or To Ruin
A 3d graphic of the words in the question What Do You Think? This could be used to encourage people to participate in a survey or poll and ask their...