Sometimes a story is just so egregiously stupid that you not only have to post about it but encourage others to spread the word too. This might be one of […]
[cross-posted at the TechLearning blog ] I’m in the midst of reading Clark Aldrich’s Simulations and the Future of Learning . As Aldrich walks me through the process of developing […]
The Teacher Salary Project is intended to call attention to the important and difficult work that teachers do. I agree that teachers “deserve more.” Is it wrong of me to […]
Samuel Smiles, a Scottish author, said: We learn wisdom from failure much more than from success. We often discover what will do, by finding out what will not do; and […]
Voting for the finalists in the 140-character book review contest is now open: CLICK HERE TO VOTE! See the results to date I picked nine of my favorites. It was […]
Distributed (or shared) leadership is all the rage right now in leadership circles. And rightfully so. School leaders should tap into the wealth of expertise and experience that their staffs […]
The good news from the most comprehensive study ever done of gender and math performance? ‘No gender difference’ in scores among children in grades 2 through 11. [see research summary] […]
Head on over to Leading From the Heart and leave Tracy Rosen a comment on her thought-provoking post about revisiting digital literacy. Here’s the comment I just left her: n […]
Over at the On Our Minds @ Scholastic blog, Tyler Reed is pondering the recent announcement by the Lamar (MS) County School District that it will prohibit teachers from communicating […]
As you can see below, there were a number of great Leadership Day 2008 posts. If I missed someone, my apologies in advance. Please add your link in the comments […]
Al Gore said: We have to abandon the conceit that isolated personal actions are going to solve this crisis. Our policies have to shift. He was talking about global climate […]
Sylvia Martinez said: n n Of course not all “olden days” teachers were drilling students. . . . When people think about the past, of course we all have had […]
It’s time for a new contest! This one has nothing to do with K-12 education. Just an idea that caught my fancy that I hope will catch yours too. As […]
[cross-posted at the TechLearning blog] n The personalization movement, enabled significantly by communication and design technologies as well as global manufacturing supply chains, is well under way… n If I […]
Will Richardson has yet another post that’s generated a great deal of discussion. This time it’s about the value of Twitter for conversation. Will ponders Twitter’s impact on conversations and […]
I couldn’t agree with you more, Arthus. You’ve just highlighted an enormous failing of our entire system of schooling. I know that there’s been a great deal of consternation and […]
Chris Lehmann’s post last week regarding Clay Shirky’s Here Comes Everybody and educational change was particularly thought-provoking for me. If you haven’t yet read Chris’ post or the book, move […]
It’s time to announce the ‘winner’ of the Dismaying Class Assignments Contest. With due recognition to Heather Voran‘s music notation note cards, Rick Tanski‘s (and David Keane’s) tissues for class […]
Live blogging Dr. Kent Peterson, U. Wisconsin-Madison, talking about school culture and climate at the West Virginia Institute for 21st Century Leadership…
Joel Adkins blogged … For the past few months, I have played around the edge of the new philosophers. I have been reading their blogs, listening to the podcasts, reading […]
