7th Grade science teacher sweating to inspire the next generation ...ideas about education to inspire thought and action.
What are opportunities in our situation for learning
Our schools aren’t closed! The building are but the staff is working diligently to shift services!
Stop worrying about the letter on a piece of paper and focus on learning!
In this every changing world Now is the time for educators to shine, inspire and help move students towards the culture of learning
As I watch my 15 yo loose passion for education due to homework over the holiday I wonder: do we take ourselves too seriously?
Students so often focus on the end result that they don’t worry about the steps to get there. Help them focus
Talking about types of PD
Seems like so many fund raisers in schools today, are we limiting opportunities due to economics?
Ideas to recruit and retain best and brightest in education
There are huge inequities in funding for classrooms so many educators have gone to social media to publish lists of their needs. Time to fix educational funding this is sad!
It is important to allow our students the opportunity to develop a making mindset
Teaching is a hard challenging job. Many feel teachers are saviors but we aren’t. Sure saving happens from great teaching but that is a side effect.
Watched Netflix Queer Eye season 4 episode 1 and saw a familiar face. I grew up in Quincy IL. And Kathy Dooley was my choir director in church.
Remember many innovations fail, how do we support innovations in our schools
One size doesn’t fort all, remember tos mix up instructional styles for your students
Why do some thrashers give extra credit? Is this practice outdated l, shouldn’t it be part of the past!
Perceptions and ideas around college/ career training
Pondering diversity being old and white.
There are many question around the 2020 political platforms that propose debt free college.
When we are talking about classroom instruction, class size matters!
Advice to recent school of education graduates on finding the best fit for them
Considering how many different starting points exist in a classroom it is amazing what is accomplished in a classroom
As PSAT and SAT are upon us, a few thoughts on high stakes tests
Rethink Ed structure
Is choice good? Not always ! Students often struggle with making right choices and can have anxiety over them
Teaching is a very hard job that has many rewards.
Is this common expression around education helpful?
How can educators get past students who use their free will not to learn content?
With all these snow days in Michigan it has many worried about extending the school year. What if learning was it measured in days and hours but targets meet!
Lets remember that learning is hard work and students have free will whether to learn or not learn.
The words we use when talking about education matters. We need to stop the use of superlatives.
Twitter is so powerful for connections but be careful with judgements
Tough decisions are made around snow day calls by districts.
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