Essential Questions: Opening Doors to Student Understanding By Jay McTighe & Grant Wiggins Published by ASCD, 2013 I was lucky enough to go through my MAT training (about 10 years ago) with a program that used Wiggins & … [Read more...]
How do Effective Teachers Create a Classroom of Inquiry? – A Book Review
May 20, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Jeff Bliss: Ignorance Is Bliss Or Is Bliss Just Ignorant?
May 17, 2013 by 1 Comment
Recently, I saw this video in which an angry student named Jeff Bliss went on a tirade against his teacher because he felt she wasn't actively teaching the students in her class. After a few minutes of Internet surfing, I stumbled upon this … [Read more...]
The State of Education in New York: “The Hunger Games” (Part 2)
May 16, 2013 by Leave a Comment
In The Hunger Games Katniss becomes an unwitting symbol of the revolution when she uses the nightlock berries as a strategy for survival. She takes the power out of the hands of the Capitol and the Gamemakers. Throughout the next two books, the … [Read more...]
Wikipedia Steps on Women Writers in Stepping Towards the Scholarly
May 7, 2013 by Leave a Comment
A short-lived category sub-set in a Wikipedia entry set off a feminist firestorm at the end of April. In an editorial for the New York Times titled "Wikipedia's Sexism," the writer Amanda Filipacchi noted the removal of women writers from the … [Read more...]
The Bullied Teacher
May 6, 2013 by 2 Comments
Bullying has received increased attention the past few years. Administrations have placed harder and clearer rules against student bullying, clubs and organizations have formed in schools to address bullying, and legal actions have taken place … [Read more...]
