Monthly Archives: September 2010
“As teachers we need to know what interests [students], what they love so as to turn such interests into education growth in knowledge and positive attitudes.” -Bruce Hammonds
Why is an abstract, multi-media piece of art posted in today’s blog about differentiated instruction? Keep reading…
Yesterday, as I began my workday and was pondering how to answer middle school and high school teacher requests, my mind was elsewhere.…
Have you heard this saying, “If you fail to plan, then you plan to fail?” Or this one, “Bad planning on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part.” Maybe Winnie-the-Pooh (as written by A. A. Milne) said it best, “Organizing is what you do before you do something, so that when you do it, it is not all mixed up.”…
“Occasionally in life there are those moments of unutterable fulfillment which cannot be completely explained by those symbols called words. Their meanings can only be articulated by the inaudible language of the heart.” -Martin Luther King, Jr.
Several teachers have written me asking about the scheduling of readiness groups and the vigor with which the readiness groups should be taught.…
“Every piece of the puzzle that doesn’t fit gets you closer to the answer.” – Cynthia Copeland Lewis
“Doctors and scientists said that breaking the four-minute mile was impossible, that one would die in the attempt. Thus, when I got up from the track after collapsing at the finish line, I figured I was dead.” …
