When praise goes wrong
I fancy myself a bit of a writer. It started way back in high school when I wrote for the school paper. I wrote short […]
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Should schools be run more like businesses?
Perhaps you have heard it said that schools should be run more like businesses–that public schools are soft, undisciplined, ineffective and would do well to […]
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Who has the most power: teachers or learners?
Once, when I was doing my student teaching, I created a test for a “Business Communications” unit. Now you have to understand that this was […]
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3 Reasons to Celebrate the Common Core State Standards, and 3 to Be Cautious
By Rita Platt The debate about the pros and cons of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) is raging! At this point most of the […]
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How to use your fear of loss for fun and profit
“Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose.” — Steve […]
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Don’t Throw Out Your Leveled Libraries Yet! Text Complexity and Helping Students Learn to Pick “Just-Right” Books
By: Rita Platt Recently I was at a meeting for reading specialists when the concept of level-appropriate texts came up. Much to my surprise several […]
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