Every teacher engages children with questions. Most questions are in the form of a two-way conversation to ascertain if the children understand important facts. But if that is not all a teacher wants to know, better investigative questioning is required. Continue reading
Kindness Is As Kindness Does
Kindness is not a school subject or curriculum. While we do not teach kindness, we can and should model it for children and celebrate it when we see it. We can grow kindness even though we do not teach it. Continue reading
Should I Know or Just Google It?
I know it and I know what it means are two different levels of knowledge and understanding. In the age of Internet, schools are increasingly essential for the development of contemporary understanding of information. Continue reading
Gone: Three-sport Athletes and Bench Jockeys
Specialization and elitism have made being a three-sport athlete or a bench jockey very difficult in high school athletics. When so many athletes and families seek a competitive advantage, they crowd all others from the team bench. Continue reading
Being Taught By an Unprepared Teacher Is a Mathematical Certainty
Professional teacher preparation can no longer by assumed by a license to teach. Political pressure to put an adult in every classroom does not mean a prepared teacher in every classroom. Continue reading