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The end of the school year presents us with an opportunity for reflection at Envision Schools. We take a final measure of students' progress throughout the school year, celebrate the many Envision ...
Brainology SCHOOL MATTERS Brainology Transforming Students' Motivation to Learn Carol S. Dweck Winter 2008 This is an exciting time for our brains. More and more research is showing th...
Franki: Pat and Katie, you've both done so much work in learning how best to support struggling readers. Can you share any new learning or thinking you have about this topic? Pat: Sure. I'll go ah...
The Medium Is the Medium Recently, book publishers got some good news. Researchers gave 852 disadvantaged students 12 books (of their own choosing) to take home at the end of the school year. They...
It's Easy… Which path will you take? Image from http://bit.ly/pASkSU As educators, we are often faced with an opportunity to take the easy road or the hard road. The easy road often works for u...
Evolutionary Lessons for PLC Principals When Theodore Roosevelt lost his final race for the presidency in 1912, he was crushed. A bold and determined man who had conquered in nearly every person...
10 Ways to Be a Light-Hearted Teacher While browsing on the internet I found the article "10 Ways to Be a Light-Hearted Parent" by Gretchen Rubin. I absolutely loved the article and I immediately ...
Sixteen Qualities Of A Good Teacher Photo by Moving Mountains Trust Good teachers are rare, and few people, including school administrators who hire teachers, know what it takes to be one. Altho...
David B. Cohen, who teaches at the upscale Palo Alto High School in CA, summed it up nicely: What I wish people would realize is that "good" schools with high test scores don't think of their inst...
