08 Oct Reflection: NBC Education Nation 2011
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...
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06 Oct A Teacher’s Perspective: Education Nation 2011
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...
13 Sep What Happened to the “Fun” in Fundamentals?
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...
29 Aug Seeing the Forest AND the Trees – Why do we educate our youth?
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...
22 Aug Increasing Access to Health Care in Rural America
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...
21 Aug The 10,000 Hour Rule – Excellence and the Teacher Retention To-Do List
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...