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When I think about the early years of my teaching career, I taught the way I was taught by those who came before me. I remember experiences where teachers lectured to deliver content, problems were given to be solved, and tests were taken to determine whether I learned. That was how I was taught from…
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Purpose Built Schools-Atlanta, in collaboration with Purpose Built Schools (a part of the Purpose Built Communities organization) and the Center for Teaching, has launched a Master Teacher program as a way for experienced teachers who are identified as being superb at what they do take on leadership responsibilities within the school, extending and expanding their expertise.…
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In his book, The Number Sense: How the Mind Creates Mathematics, Stanislas Dehaene explores the research behind our understanding of numerosity. He looks at research over the past 100+ years that suggests animals have an innate understanding of numbers. He then goes on to explore and explain the acquisition of number sense in humans from…
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Over the past few months I have been working with school leaders in a variety of capacities. It has been a rewarding and rich summer of learning. A Westminster colleague, Thad Persons, and I ran a 3-day institute on leadership for about 15 educators who were either in new leadership roles or who wanted…
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This week is an opportunity to #thankateacher on Twitter during #teacherappreciationweek. At Westminster School in Atlanta we have a corp of highly dedicated and inspiring teachers working with our pre-1st through 12th grade students. When students excel in a theatrical production or concert, compete on the athletic field, write for a student publication, design a…
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