“It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.”—Charles Darwin I was going to write about teacher observations tonight, but after reading my colleague Tony Celini’s post about our professional development work today, I’m a little fired up. As some of you know, [...]
Archive for the ‘Reform’ Category
Be the Loudest Voice in the Room
Posted in PD, Reform, tagged #idesmar, Differentiated instruction, Professional development on March 1, 2011 | 6 Comments »
Diverge Your Thinking
Posted in Reform, tagged #14inFeb, DAP, Education, elementary, gifted and talented, reflection on February 23, 2011 | 5 Comments »
I’ve been inspired by posts such as Lyn Hilt’s Knowledge Candy and others about passion-driven learning to finally write about an amazing childhood experience I had. As an elementary munchkin I was lucky enough to be part of a group called the Divergent Activities Program (DAP), which was a gifted and talented program that met [...]
Race to Nowhere
Posted in Reform, tagged #14inFeb, race to nowhere on February 10, 2011 | 1 Comment »
My district had a screening tonight for The Race to Nowhere. I’m so glad I went and even happier that there were tons of high school students there who spoke during the discussion portion of the evening. I want to write a reaction while things are fresh in my head, but I’ll probably write more [...]
Jamie’s Story
Posted in Reform, tagged Education, urbanschools on January 30, 2011 | 2 Comments »
This is not my #educon reflection. I’m not there yet; I’m still processing and putting together my thoughts, so that post will come later. But I wanted to tell someone else’s story before it got muddled with other things. I had the pleasure of eating breakfast with a former student, Jamie, who is a thoughtful, [...]
Nothing left to do but Act
Posted in Classroom Practice, PD, Reflection, Reform, Teacher Training, Technology, tagged #Blog4Reform, Education, Reform, Technology on December 30, 2010 | 5 Comments »
I started using Twitter in earnest just a day or two after the last Blog 4 Real Education Reform took place. I started reading about PLN‘s soon after, and started blogging by the end of November. In two months I have learned more from “the internets” than in-house face-to-face PD has taught me in as [...]
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