With the release of “Waiting for Superman” and NBC’s “Education Nation” weeklong focus on educational reform, there has been much important exploration of education reform in the United States. I am all for it. It just so happens that former First…
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Revving Up: Starting a Writing Community
Many of my colleagues still don’t get me. They don’t understand the degree to which I find writing essential. They don’t realize how much I love my students to write. They think I’m talking about some fairytale land where if I had the time, the ri…
The Wilderness Downtown: A Google Experience
Check this out. I know this has been out for a while, but it sent chills down my spine. Imagine comparing different locations in this Google experience.http://thewildernessdowntown.com
The Evolution of Classroom Technology – Interactive Feature
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Collaborating with Some Oldies but Goodies
I collaborate twice a week with my PLC. Our first one was fun, and part of our discussion centered around integrating grammar lessons with our literature study. In the ideal world, it would be done based on the literature itself, but working with …
Keeping it Real in an Urban High School
Because one of the reasons I continue to teach at an urban comprehensive high school is there is never a dull moment and because some of my previous posts have been just too serious, I have some fun anecdotes to share with you from my first week o…
Learning Principles… « What Ed Said
In my post for Leadership Day 2010 , I wrote about the McTighe ‘Schooling by Design’ model, in which programs, practices, hiring of staff and allocation of resources all rest on the foundation of the mission statement (what we stand for) and learn…
Foreword to Bring It to Class – National Writing Project
Foreword to Bring It to Class By: Kylene BeersDate: May 2010 Summary: Students’ backpacks bulge not just with oversize textbooks, but with paperbacks, graphic novels, street lit, and electronics such as iPods and handheld video games. Bring It to …
The Bounty that is Google Sites
I know many of y’all know about Google Sites. I know that you may have made several sites with it, but have you played around with their templates recently? Seriously, go check it out—especially if you’re an educator. I just did this today. Ther…
Enrique’s Journeyisms 2
Olga Sanchez Martinez…what a saint. After having cancer, being in a coma, losing parts of her fingers at work in the tortilla factory, being left by her husband for another woman, she still finds the strength to help so many migrants like Enriqu…
Persistent Pondering 