Tuesday, January 28, 2020

What can educators learn from Kobe?

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I need to say right up front that Kobe was not my favorite basketball player.  It may be my age, but I always was, and always will be, a ...
Wednesday, January 15, 2020

Students as Curriculum Designers? Why not ask the experts?

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I was asked this week about some ways to empower students.  It seemed pretty simple at first, but upon reflection, I wondered if some of t...
Sunday, August 12, 2018

A - F rankings, Why I still don't agree with them, but now I feel guilty about it!

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About a year and a half ago, somewhat out of frustration, I posted the blog below about my own kids' experience at schools that somehow ...
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Thursday, January 5, 2017

What my kids have learned from going to an “F” school!

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Tonight, just for fun, I asked my youngest daughter (4 th grade) if she had to give her school a grade what would she give it.   “An A+!” ...
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Thursday, October 20, 2016

Why I Write....National Writing Day

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Eight years ago the National Council of Teachers of English  (NCTE) began the National Day on Writing in an effort to promote one of the mos...
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Sunday, May 29, 2016

Why Destination Imagination is a lot like Mardi Gras.!!..You Had To Be There

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Trading Pins from around the world is a big deal! I am headed home from five days at the Global Finals for Destination Imagination a...
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Wednesday, March 2, 2016

Shadow a Student Challenge!!

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Since I graduated from Lewis-Palmer High School, Monument, CO in 1989, my visits to high school have tended to be limited to brief classroo...