Get the most out of your professional development. How often have you left PD workshops motivated and inspired, only to return to your routine the next day? Your notes end up at the bottom of a pile because you are overwhelmed with daily tasks. You plan to find time...
I reflect a lot about the state of education. I have experienced a great deal of anger and disbelief about decisions made over individuals rather than with. Teachers are fed up with their working conditions and never being heard. Home-educating parents...
I experience resistance to anything forced upon me. On Sunday evenings, I experience the grief of switching from the freedom of the weekend to the restrictions of the weekday (and, at times, both). Many adults are finding newfound flexibility in working...
If classrooms are meant to be learning spaces, why are we endlessly testing?⠀ ⠀ Why aren't students granted adequate time to discover and develop ideas, thoughts, and concepts at their own pace?⠀ ⠀ Why do the adults in the school system decide when and how a student...
It's not good enough to say we will modify, adapt, and accommodate. Standards are created for one type of person/learner. Period. We have been twisting ourselves backwards and upsidedown for decades and calling it unfair when it's truly deeper than that. It's...
Can you imagine if we handled life experiences the way conventional education handles students?⠀ ⠀ After attending a hockey game, you are required to write an essay about what you observed.⠀ ⠀ After grocery shopping, you must take a multiple-choice exam about items...
How are you honoring the child in your learning environment? As much as it appears that educators, parents, and students are sometimes at odds, the reality is, we all want the same thing. ⠀ We're simply not communicating it well.⠀ ⠀ What do we want?⠀ ⠀ We want...
When inspiration drives learning, motivation is unnecessary.⠀ ⠀ Education often focuses on external motivation to get children to complete set tasks and achieve pre-identified goals.⠀ ⠀ What if, rather than coaxing a student to do what they don't necessarily what to...
It's not good enough to say we will modify, adapt, and accommodate. Standards are created for one type of person/learner. Period. We have been twisting ourselves backwards and upsidedown for decades and calling it unfair when it's truly deeper than that. It's...
Can you imagine if we handled life experiences the way conventional education handles students?⠀ ⠀ After attending a hockey game, you are required to write an essay about what you observed.⠀ ⠀ After grocery shopping, you must take a multiple-choice exam about items...
How are you honoring the child in your learning environment? As much as it appears that educators, parents, and students are sometimes at odds, the reality is, we all want the same thing. ⠀ We're simply not communicating it well.⠀ ⠀ What do we want?⠀ ⠀ We want...
When inspiration drives learning, motivation is unnecessary.⠀ ⠀ Education often focuses on external motivation to get children to complete set tasks and achieve pre-identified goals.⠀ ⠀ What if, rather than coaxing a student to do what they don't necessarily what to...