• Public Performance: Does it Motivate Students to Learn?

    October 6, 2013

    An interesting article appeared in the September issue of Phi Delta Kappan about the value of public performance in motivating students to pursue learning outside of school.  The article, Learn More Show What You Know,: Can the Prospect of Public Performance Motivate Student Learning  was written by David Bergin and colleagues from the University of Missouri.  They report…

  • A call to action: “Now or Never”

    September 29, 2013

    There is a MUST read piece by David C. Berliner in the October edition of Educational Leadership.  In a short and simple reflection, Now or Never, he asks very compelling questions.  Here are a string of questions he asks that are his attempt to get teachers to “step to the plate,” be part of the…

  • Honoring Wonder: A Classroom Story

    September 10, 2013

    One of the gifts that has emerged from the core of my efforts to initiate my action research project exploring the inquiry based classroom is the huge presence of “wonder.” Perhaps it has a lot to do with the age of my students, or it may just be this unique and wonderful group of students…

  • Three Important Findings from 45th Annual PDK/Gallup Poll

    September 7, 2013

    Educational policy makers and Washington bureaucrats need to pay attention to the American people they represent.  The 45th annual PDK/Gallup poll, Public’s Attitudes Toward Public Education, send a clear message that the American people do not understand or support the very initiatives that are driving our public and public charter schools.   Here are three pieces…

  • Inspiration: A Student Finds His Outside of School.

    September 7, 2013

    Jake Andraka shares a wonderful story about how he came upon an innovative approach to detect pancreatic cancer.   His desire to learn about pancreatic cancer came from an experience that had personal meaning.  A close friend, “an uncle to me,” had recently died of pancreatic cancer.   Jake was driven to research the disease…

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