“We Murder to Dissect”
Rest of the world take note: The language ARTS are dead Each year they are valued less and less They want us to teach social studies instead It doesn’t matter that literature is life Or that it...
View Article“Texts” vs. “Books”
One of the interesting things you notice if you’ve been in education a long time is how the language we use shows how we have shifted our thinking. I couldn’t help noticing a few years back when I was...
View ArticleFirst Do No Harm: The Damage of Low Expectations
I had a student once, let’s call her Leah. She was a transfer during the first few weeks of school. We were alerted that she had some “problems.” I always begin the year with a study of word stems,...
View Article“Learning is the only thing for you.” ~T. H. White, The Once and Future King
“It is one of our greatest experiences, as advanced educators, to know the motivational content of our subjects, and to deliberately inspire our students with the love of content that they would have...
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