by admin | Sep 9, 2011 | Arts Education, Interdisciplinary Learning, Literacy, Professional Development, Teaching and Learning
Each year as we begin a new school year we return to these essential questions: What makes great teachers possible and how can school leaders support good teachers? Most teachers begin their careers in the classroom, with the door shut, and develop their skills alone....
by admin | Aug 8, 2011 | Arts Education, Interdisciplinary Learning, Teaching and Learning
Many of you know that I returned to Argentina in July 2010, and that my book was published in Spanish there (“Las Preguntas Fundamentales no Están en el Examen.”) Argentina is determined to use the arts as a mechanism to challenge and change both school...
by admin | Jun 29, 2011 | Arts Education, Interdisciplinary Learning, Teaching and Learning
Many of my teachers will tell you that I have driven them nuts (justifiably) asking, “When are we going to do puppets?” For years, I’ve gone on and on with whomever would listen about why I love puppets. From a Surdna Fellow artist-teacher who gave a puppet and...
by admin | Jun 15, 2011 | Professional Development, Teaching and Learning
I recently joined a prestigious group of educators and authors, contributing a chapter to a new book titled Burned In: Fueling the Fire to Teach. Edited by Audrey A. Friedman and Luke Reynolds and published by Teachers College Press, this inspiring book asked veteran...
by admin | May 10, 2011 | Professional Development, Teaching and Learning
And so the traveling continues…Heading out West today to Ashland, Oregon to give the keynote address for the Oregon Small Schools Leadership Institute, which takes place tomorrow (Wednesday, May 11, 2011). The institute is hosted by the Oregon Small Schools Network...
by admin | Mar 31, 2011 | Teaching and Learning
Something seems amiss in all of the teacher and union bashing in the news these days. That talk about earning too much money, bloated benefits, not working hard enough, not caring about the kids. And then how the union protects us, especially the really bad ones. I...
