Ruminations on teaching, learning, and the science of getting better.
Photo by Ben White on Unsplash A while ago, I wrote about my nephew—how he was coming home from school telling his mother he was “stupid” because he was struggling with reading in first grade. I was happy to work with him. This is what I do. And I wasn’t worried. I knew he wasn’t stupid. But I... Continue Reading →
Photo by Kelly Sikkema on Unsplash I remember the first time I heard the term “playlist” used in an educational context—it was in an audiobook I was listening to on the treadmill. The author talked about this new charter school called RocketShip in the Bay Area. He described how the teachers used playlists to personalize the learning and... Continue Reading →
“Attempt—Fail—Analyze—Adjust” these words have formed a mantra for me ever since I first heard and saw them during my training as a Read Right™ consultant. Dr. Dee Tadlock drew them as a cycle and explained that that is how brains learn a process. I’d never heard it put that way before, and it struck... Continue Reading →
Sharing our thinking about literacy learning
thoughts on education by Grant Wiggins
Change for the better
Reflections on Teaching English Language Arts
In everything that my students and I do together, we strive to find ways to use reading and writing to make the world outside of our classroom a better place for all of us to be
Advancing the Theory and Practice of Self-Determined Learning
Complicating the canon
Mercedes Schneider's Blog: Mostly Education, with a Smattering of Politics and Pinch of Personal
My world, its ups and downs
