Friday, December 21, 2012

Governor McDonnell, Keep Guns out of Our Schools

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Dear Governor McDonnell, During a recent radio interview, you suggested arming and training school officials so they could respond in...
Sunday, December 16, 2012

Positive Referrals

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Two years ago, when I first became an assistant principal, I instituted positive referrals, an idea that I unabashedly admit to stealing fro...
Sunday, December 9, 2012

A Lesson I Learned From a Sleeping Student

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During my early years of teaching, I had a student (I’ll call him John) who often put his head down in my class. I had...
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Sunday, December 2, 2012

What Educators Can Learn From Gordon Ramsay

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What can we learn from Gordon Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares? Watching the BBC America version of Kitchen Nightmares ...
Thursday, November 29, 2012

Should Students Evaluate Their Teachers

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“I don’t like history. I never will. But I liked this class.” “You’re loud (in a good way).” “Too much lecturing.” “The homewor...
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Sunday, November 25, 2012

Creativity Matters and What We Can Do About It

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Yesterday, Eric Sheninger posted a blog entitled Creativity and Why it Matters . The Adobe Education study suggests creative thinking shoul...
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Friday, November 23, 2012

My 2012 Edublog Nominations

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After much deliberation here are my edublog nominations. My professional life has been greatly influenced by all of these amazing teachers, ...