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 →
When Personalized Learning is Too Impersonal
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 →
The Rocket Fuel of Learning
“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 →