Are You a Goat or a Tiger? is the recounting by Marvin Marshall, a great advocate and thinker of positive classroom management strategies, of what is apparently an Asian folktale. It’s definitely worth a read. In addition, a free PDF … Continue reading →

This past weekend, Michelle Obama spoke at graduation of Martin Luther King Jr. Magnet High School in Nashville. You can read the transcript of her entire speech here and watch it here. However, I want to focus on the few … Continue reading →

Here are a couple of new additions to The Best Resources For Learning About The 10,000 Hour Rule & Deliberate Practice: 10,000 Hours May Not Make a Master After All is from TIME. The Complexity of Greatness: Beyond Talent or … Continue reading →

Teachers: Heroes in a crisis–but otherwise under fire is a great article from MSNBC. Here’s an excerpt: I’m adding it to Teachers Putting Children First In Oklahoma.

Dan Pink has just posted a nice and short video demonstrating the importance of asking good questions. I’m adding it to….The Best Videos Showing The Importance Of Asking Good Questions.

No One Likes To Be Changed is a useful post at The Harvard Review that includes research and examples useful to educational policy issues and the classroom. Here’s an excerpt: I’m adding it to The Best Posts & Articles On … Continue reading →

I’ve written about my frustration with many quotation sites on the Web because they don’t provide their sources. There are some out there that do, and you can find them at The Best Places To Find Quotations On The Web. … Continue reading →

The Los Angeles Unified School District’s recent vote to ban student suspensions for “willful defiance” — without having a plan in place for alternatives (the Superintendent has four months to develop such a plan) — is a complicated issue. Clearly, … Continue reading →

Social and emotional learning gaining new focus under Common Core is a very useful and interesting article published by Ed Source. I’m adding it to: The Best Social Emotional Learning (SEL) Resources The Most Useful Resources For Implementing Common Core

Educators’ Guide to RSS and Google Reader Replacements is another great post by Sue Waters. It’s probably the best review of alternatives that I’ve seen. I’m adding it to The Best Alternatives To Google Reader Now That It’s Being Shut … Continue reading →