I have been in education for over 15 years, with 14 of those years spent teaching in the classroom. When I first began teaching, I saw a sense of pride and determination in my students. Most were focused on doing well, pushing themselves to improve, and caring deeply about their progress. Now, in my 14th … More Let’s Build A Thriving Society
We tend to overcomplicate learning and education. We also think that learning is some linear process that needs to fit within a certain time frame. The truth is that learning is nothing more than habit-forming actions. We learn by doing, but if we only do something once or twice, we will never really know or … More The More You Do It…
“Students are showing poor academic progress! (Whatever that means). “Students are behind!” “Students are not showing good academic achievement!” These are things that I hear all the time in education. What I find even more disturbing is how teachers and school districts propose they fix poor student achievement. I have heard it said that focusing … More Stop Fixing Academics With Academics
Reading, language arts, and math are the focus in lower and upper elementary grades. This doesn’t mean history and science are not taught but are not considered core subject matter. State and national assessments focus on the three core subjects. Science starts being assessed in fifth grade and then again every two years. Schools put … More The Key To Academic Success
There seems to be this attitude in America that education starts in the classroom at school with the start of preschool or kindergarten. I cannot express how inaccurate and devastating this belief is to children’s academic and emotional growth. Education starts the moment children enter into the world. That means that education starts at home … More Dear Parents, Education Starts With You!
“Five percent of the people think; ten percent of the people think they think; and the other eighty-five percent would rather die than think” (Thomas Edison). We live in a world where technology has taken over the mind of man. Thinking is no longer something we do, but rather something we avoid. We would rather … More ChatGPT Will Bankrupt Education
Why are your students struggling to meet academic goals? Why is your class struggling to follow the expectations? Why is the school culture struggling? How can you be more intentional in the classroom? How can you help your students better understand the content? How can you help your teachers be great at what they do? … More Reflection Is Key
At the beginning of every year, teachers go through content standards and lesson plans and figure out how they are going to get through all the required content standards for that school year. Elementary teachers who teach all subjects have hundreds of content standards to get through throughout the year. High school teachers who teach … More CONTENT
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