4 Types of Activities-Assessments That Every Teacher Should Know and Use
What kinds of activities best prepare students for a changing and uncertain world? I would Read More >
How to Strengthen Understanding by Design: Five Suggestions
I’ve been fortunate to be part of the Understanding by Design (UbD) family for a
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Building a Foundation for Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) within Elementary Schools
While implementing meaningful and authentic SEL instruction throughout the school day. Social-emotional learning (SEL) continues
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Five Questions Every Teacher Needs to Ask Often
Based on Teaching for Lifelong Learning: How to Prepare Students for a Changing World. In
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Meeting Goals, Part 3 of 3
In our first and second posts in this series on Meeting Goals, we lasered in
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A Time to Be Wary
“Incessant testing and grading and criticism keep you in a chronic probationary state that breeds
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How I Learned In My Summer Vacation
Years ago, it wasn’t unusual for the teacher to assign the usual “How I Spent
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Relationships: First and Always
In the spring of 2020, I published my very first book, I’m Listening: How Teacher-Student
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Research Based Learning: a Lifelong Learning Necessity
“Give a person a fish and he will eat for a day; teach a
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How Do You Want to Tackle Trauma? Are You Focused on the Short Term or Aiming for Long-Term Solutions?
Schools and districts are planning to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars next year so
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