July 19, 2014 14 “I’m bored…..” The Importance of Unstructured Play Oh, those dreaded words – they can make a parent’s heart lurch. Kids eagerly await summer [...]
July 3, 2014 0 Reflecting on the Year – A Way to Avoid Burnout During our “time off” in the summer, the most important thing we can do to improve as [...]
March 29, 2014 2 The Praise Problem This is a guest blog by the Teaching Experiment’s editor, Kenza Moller. Kenza is a psychology major who [...]
March 18, 2014 0 El Problema con las Pruebas Estandarizadas This blog post was translated by Gabi Geraldez and edited by Lynn Snuffer and Odile Grullon. Thank you so [...]
March 8, 2014 5 The Problem with Standardized Testing One day, as I was explaining the philosophy of our school to an interested parent, she asked me, “Do [...]
March 4, 2014 9 Giving Up Grades – Part 2: An Example Last Monday, Ylonka – our 7th grade Spanish Language Arts (Lenguaje) teacher – came into my [...]
February 25, 2014 2 Giving Up Grades A few weeks ago in the secondary Language Arts department we were struggling with our students’ lack of [...]
February 19, 2014 0 Democratic Parenting After reading this blog post on the difference between authoritarian, democratic, and permissive parenting [...]
February 9, 2014 0 The Green Experiment Part 3: School and Community Garden This is the third installment by guest blogger Laura Tejeda, explaining how our school began its sustainable [...]
January 30, 2014 3 Bring Back the Belt? Someone posted the image above on their Facebook wall the other day, along with the statement “bring [...]