Job Readiness vs. College Readiness

I caught this segment on PBS Newshour this week.  It has a lot to say about what our educational goals for our students should be, as well as relevance in the curriculum.  I mean... how many times have students asked their math teachers, "When am I ever going to use this?"?

Check it out by clicking here.

Teaching Mindfulness

"When we look at low performing schools it's not that these children are unable to learn, it's that very often they are unavailable to learn."

Click here to see this innovative program to still the mind for learning.

Fostering Grit

How do we help develop persistence in our students?  This article, by Andrew Miller,  (click here) suggests some interesting ideas to promote grit.

Like Driving in the Fog

Interesting NPR radio segment regarding the Common Core movement via  the "Race to the Top".  One of the interviewees is a North Carolina administrator.

Click here to hear the five-minute story (or read the transcript).

Assumptions Can Be Dangerous... and Wrong!

Click here to read all about it.

12 Rules The Best Teachers Live By

Enjoy this great article from The Huffington Post.

I especially espouse rule #12.  Check it out by clicking here.

A Student's Perspective

I have always defined schools as communities of learners... not where young people learn from older people, but where all people learn form all people.  This video is a good example of blurring the arbitrary lines between the "student" and the "teacher".

Click here to see a video worth watching.