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 | Feb 15, 2011 | Arts Education
Who cares about a blizzard? It certainly didn’t stop Ms. Brown and Ms. Sullivan’s 20 students and their culminating publishing party. They were ready! Imagine students seated around tables pushed together in a large rectangle. Above the white board is a large word...
by admin | Oct 29, 2010 | Books, Professional Development, School Visits
What a whirlwind two-day trip to Milwaukee! I hadn’t been there since 1977, when I studied at UW Madison and forgot how friendly people are in the Midwest. I visited Milwaukee at the invitation of Christina Ratatori, who is a dance teacher in the public schools...
by admin | Jul 20, 2010 | Books
I had a great time last week participating in Teacher Magazine’s online bookclub discussion about The Hardest Questions Aren’t on the Test. Thank you so much to all the participants and thank you to Anthony Rebora, Managing Editor of teachermagazine.org, for...
