As regular readers know, each month I interview people in the education world about whom I want to learn more. You can see read those past interviews here. This interview, though, is an extra edition that I wanted to publish in coordination with Rethinking Schools’ (one of my favorite periodicals) twenty-fifth anniversary! Stan Karp from [...]

Two days ago, The New Yorker Magazine published a lengthy and important article on “coaching” and featured the instructional coaching program at the Albemarle County School District in Virgina. Since that time, I’ve written two related posts (Now, This Is What I Call Professional Development! and “Coaching: The New Leadership Skill”, and am now ...

As regular readers know, each month I interview people in the education world about whom I want to learn more. You can see read those past interviews here. Today, I genuinely feel honored that two educators I have long admired have agreed to answer questions about the upcoming Save Our Schools March and Call To [...]

As regular readers know, each month I interview people in the education world about whom I want to learn more. You can see read those past interviews here. Anthony Cody is a teacher and coach for novice teachers in Oakland, California. He writes the blog, Living In Dialogue, which is hosted at Teacher Magazine and [...]

I usual only do one “Interview of the Month” (hence the name “Interview of the Month”). However, this month I’m publishing two. Diane Ravitch, education historian and author of the bestselling book The Death and Life of the Great American School System: How Testing and Choice Are Undermining Education agreed to answer a few questions: What [...]

Interview 11 of Twittering for Education I gather weekly with educators who envision the ideal school. We collaborate online for what we believe would be the environment students should learn. I believe we learn through models of schools that demonstrate innovative practices. In 1989 such an innovative school did exist, the Saturn School, and my ...

Each month I interview people in the education world about whom I want to learn more. You can see read those past interviews here. This month, Washington Post journalist Valerie Strauss, who writes the increasingly well-known “The Answer Sheet” blog at the Post, agreed to answer some questions. “The Answer Sheet” is becoming the “go [...]