Which teaching model best serves students in a pandemic? This year has shown that there is not a one size fits all model for teaching in a pandemic and that no matter which learning model you have chosen there are
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The Kids Will Be Okay
When you’ve been in education long enough, you learn a valuable lesson: Adults will frustrate and disappoint you far more than any kid will. Right now, I am really disappointed in a lot of adults. We are being flooded with
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Enemy, Obstacle, Trap, Puzzle, Lie, Truth
Can you find the six title words in the puzzle above? A book I finished last week provides insights I’d never considered before about how to view problems. In the novel The Nix, Nathan Hill tells the story of a
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The Power of Music
“Music education opens doors that help children pass from school into the world around them – a world of work, culture, intellectual activity, and human involvement. The future of our nation depends on providing our children with a complete education
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Bringing the Inside Classroom…Outside
The first two rounds of COVID immunization have been given out and all eyes are on the levels. With the governor mandating in-person testing, districts that have not returned to school will most likely return to some form of in-person
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Caption This…
The third quarter is always the longest, and this year has been longer than most by about a decade. Participation is way down and classes seem to go on forever. And it’s my job to do something about it. So,
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The New, New Normal
It has been almost a full year since our school closed for Spring Break last year and COVID quarantine began. In that time, I have mastered Zoom (most days), digitized all of my files, loaded my entire life onto Google
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Why is Student Growth Different This Year?
“Teachers are working so hard teaching virtually, but the students’ test scores showed that they did not make the growth we were expecting,” my principal said. “Why do you think that might be?” She asked me. At this point, I
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A House Divided
“A house divided against itself, cannot stand.” When Lincoln uttered this quote in his famous “House Divided” speech, it wasn’t the first time the sentiment had been expressed. Variations of the quote and the idea behind it are scattered throughout
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February: Black History Month 2021
In the voice of Bishop T.D. Jakes, “Get Ready! Get Ready! Get Ready!” February is Black History Month, and we all know that Black history is American history. Whether you are teaching online, in-person, or hybrid, the events of 2020
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