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Dear Colleagues: I am not a huge New Year’s resolution guy, although I have made a commitment to try something new for the next 30 days. I was inspired by Matt Cutts’ TED Talk, Try Something New for 30 days. The goal in the next 30 days is to challenge myself to get out of…
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As I have indicated in a recent post (click here), I have been reading Philip Yenawine’s book, Visual Thinking Strategies: Using Art to Deepen Learning Across School Disciplines. At the end of chapter 4, he has a wonderful quote from a student about the value of Visual Thinking Strategies (VTS) in her sixth grade experience…
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When children are young, they ask WHY with almost every new experience they encounter. If you’re a parent, an early childhood educator or someone who works closely with young children you understand their world extremely well. Most likely, you have lived through countless WHYs and have tried your best to provide answers to the plethora…
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In the October 2013 issue of Harvard Business Review, Anita Elberse interviewed Sir Alex Ferguson, the famous and accomplished coach and manager of Manchester United, the English football (soccer) club considered by many to be one of the most successful sport’s franchises in the world. Her interview, Ferguson’s Formula, covers Sir Ferguson’s eight principles or…
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The new edition of Educational Leadership, produced by Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD), is devoted to the question: How do we help our students achieve mastery in their learning? Getting Students to Mastery is an excellent compilation of articles written by a group of compelling educators, thinkers and writers. I want to focus…
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