Ode on a Boring Inservice
Low Song By John Wolfe (Composed and Revised during the October 5, 2010 Managing Projects& Setting Priorities Staff Training Session, 10:00 to 11:30) […]
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Articles by: Rita Platt
Don’t EVER Say That Again! Our List of the Worst Buzz Words in Education
By John Wolfe and Rita Platt We HATE some of the latest buzz-words in education. Don’t get us wrong, we love teaching and learning. We […]
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Zealous Supporters and Detractors of the Common Core State Standards are Both Wrong
By John Wolfe and Rita Platt A new poll has come out that suggests the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) are losing teacher support. That […]
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AR Killed My Dog and Now It’s Coming for YOU! A Defense of Accelerated Reader and a Plea for Less Drama
By Rita Platt With John Wolfe Well, I’ve done it. I’ve had a Twitter-feud. You know you’re not going to change anyone’s mind by arguing […]
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Fighting Tenure? Really? Like That’s Gonna Help Anything
The internet is abuzz with talk about teacher tenure. Not only is Twitter alive with #WithoutTenure, Whoopi Goldberg and Bill Maher have recently weighed in with uninformed opinions. But, […]
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Increasing Student Motivation: A Teacher Toolkit
Aggregated by Rita Platt When it comes to teaching and learning, motivation is the name of the game. The best teachers are good salesman, only […]
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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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Beyond the Kidney-Shaped Table: The New Role of the Specialist
By Rita Platt “Most people think of leadership as a position and therefore don’t see themselves as leaders.” ~Stephen R. Covey […]
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5 Things I Finally Understand About Teaching and Learning
By Rita Platt What is your philosophy of education? This was the question that the professor asked us in my second year of my teacher […]
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