by lindanathan | Mar 13, 2012 | Arts Education, Family/School Involvement, Professional Development, Teaching and Learning
Last Thursday we hosted Instructional Rounds (IR) at BAA. Instructional rounds are the new buzzword in education, largely defined by Lee Teitel and Richard Elmore at Harvard. The purpose of the rounds is to analyze and improve teaching and learning practices at the...
by lindanathan | Mar 7, 2012 | Arts Education
Last night I had the opportunity to speak to a group of emerging young educators at Stonehill College in Easton, Massachusetts. Stonehill Professor Karen Anderson (the wife of a Boston Public Schools science educator- small world!) assigns “The Hardest Questions...
by lindanathan | Mar 6, 2012 | Arts Education, Family/School Involvement, Professional Development, Teaching and Learning
I had to blog about Confessions of a ‘Bad’ Teacher from this past Sunday’s New York Times… everyone needs to read this article so we can stop and think about how our federal and state policies are affecting teachers and kids in our classrooms....
by lindanathan | Feb 29, 2012 | Arts Education, International
I recently traveled to Haiti with other Barr Foundation Fellows. I hope you will read my reflections on this amazing experience (though I do admit- they are long!) I look forward to hearing any comments or questions!
by lindanathan | Jan 18, 2012 | Arts Education, Teaching and Learning
In mid-December, I spent some time in San Diego and LA, visiting schools and speaking with educators. One of the most gratifying parts of this trip was reconnecting with a former graduate student of mine from the first year I ever taught my class, “Building A...
