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After nearly fifteen years of teaching science in a variety of independent schools, a division director, department head or principal never completed a formal evaluation of my teaching. What I mean by that is, I never had an administrator observe a sequence of classes knowing what my goals for the lessons were, give me targeted…
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Tan Le tells a beautiful and somewhat haunting story about her journey as an immigrant to the United States. Our lives are much more than memories. She talks about her life as a jigsaw puzzle. In her talk, she assembles all the pieces of the jigsaw into a memorable story of her life. It is…
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During the NAIS Annual Conference 2012 (Innovate, Imagine, Invent, Inspire, Dream) artists were recording the thoughts and actions of the speakers through a colorful, playful and visual media. Below are pictures of some of the artistic mind maps they captured. I wish NAIS would have captured or shared these in the sessions as they were…
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This article in Education Week, Growing Gaps Bring Focus on Poverty’s Role in Schooling, alerts us to research that says without changing the poverty issues in the US, we cannot hope to make an impact on closing the achievement gap that plagues us. The fractious debate over how much schools can counteract poverty’s impact on…
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I never get tired of reading the thoughts and ideas that Carol Ann Tomlinson shares with the educational community about how to meet students’ needs. Having seen her in action as a presenter, she is very captivating and convincing. The books and articles she has authored, many of which I have read, are scholarly, well-written,…