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08 Oct Reflection: NBC Education Nation 2011

Posted at 03:40h in Education

I recently attended NBC’s Education Nation Summit in New York City with other Hope Street Group Teacher Fellows. Rather than give a summary of all of the events, I want to touch on parts of the conference that stood out and how the event inspired...

06 Oct A Teacher’s Perspective: Education Nation 2011

Posted at 03:50h in Education

I was both grateful and honored to have the opportunity to participate in NBC’s 2011 Education Nation Teacher Town Hall and Summit. I cannot possibly summarize all the topics covered during the event, nor do I find the value of such an exercise in this...

13 Sep What Happened to the “Fun” in Fundamentals?

Posted at 03:51h in Education

My son said to me last night that he didn’t want to go to school tomorrow. As he is 11 and just started middle school, I ran the myriad of thoughts that any normal mom would – maybe it’s the new schedule, perhaps it’s a...

29 Aug Seeing the Forest AND the Trees – Why do we educate our youth?

Posted at 18:17h in Education

What, as a teacher, am I trying to be effective at? Last week I visited a former student of mine in the hospital. He had just woken up from a week-long coma. Several of his friends, also my former students, claimed that his head and brain...

22 Aug Increasing Access to Health Care in Rural America

Posted at 18:02h in Health

After using an “all hands on deck approach,” the White House Rural Council was able to produce a package of new job initiatives that were announced at the White House Rural Economic Forum. The Council’s recommendations, which leverage existing programs and funding, include making HHS...

21 Aug The 10,000 Hour Rule – Excellence and the Teacher Retention To-Do List

Posted at 17:57h in Education

So, what’s the big deal with retaining teachers? Recently, I found myself skimming through the oh-so-trendy but undeniably fascinating Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell. The excerpt I found most intriguing proposed the following: becoming great at something takes a significant amount of time, which Gladwell frames in...