December 6, 2013 9 Fall Down 7 Times, Get Up 8 I’m trying to put my finger on what makes Debbie Silver’s book, Fall Down 7 Times, Get Up [...]
December 4, 2013 6 #nerdlution I subscribe to the Nerdy Book Club blog which I read with my coffee tea every morning. It’s all about [...]
November 10, 2013 0 This Is What Matters I’m completely frustrated with the whole standardized test movement. When I read this article about [...]
November 5, 2013 4 Anchor Charts – Good Teaching at ALL Levels When I talk to teachers about anchor charts and the need for them in the classroom, I tend to get one of two [...]
September 29, 2013 10 What is Intelligence? Last week we were informed that the Dominican government had chosen TCFL as one of the top 100 schools in the [...]
September 22, 2013 0 Softening the Heart Flickr photo by BK. I have hereditary hearing loss – my Dad is almost completely deaf and my [...]
September 4, 2013 1 Taming the Classroom Library “Aaaaargh!!!!” That’s me screaming and pulling out my hair as I face my disorganized [...]
August 28, 2013 4 Bullying – What Schools Can Do Scenario 1: Jane is an average girl in seventh grade – she does well in school; is cute but not [...]
August 9, 2013 0 Consequences of Bullying Jonah Mowry, the boy in the YouTube video above, is only one of the many people whose lives have been [...]
August 2, 2013 1 Bullying on Television I have never had cable television at home and therefore have never watched much TV. But a few weeks ago, our [...]