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Posted by Chip on February 21, 2012
President Obama wants to make a bargain with the schools of America. Here’s what he said in his State of the Union Address to Congress:
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Categories: Education Reform, Teachers & Teaching |
Tags: Arne Duncan, Carol Burris, Education Reform, Jon Stewart, Obama state of the union, teacher bashing, Valerie Strauss | 
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Posted by Chip on February 15, 2012
Today’s the last day to get the “early bird” discount for the March 28th workshop with Parker J. Palmer at Wellesley College (near Boston).
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Categories: Teachers & Teaching |
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Posted by Chip on February 3, 2012
Days have begun to have more daylight, the hint of spring to come. But in school, days often seem longer in February to students and teachers. A tedium can come with drab days, unpredictable weather, too much indoor recess and the flu. What to do?
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Categories: Seasons of the School Year, Teachers & Teaching |
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Posted by Chip on December 28, 2011
It’s a simple act of hospitality—offered by teachers at their classroom doors the first week of January—and yet it holds enormous power, this friendly greeting.
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Categories: Seasons of the School Year, Teachers & Teaching |
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Posted by Chip on November 29, 2011
Principals in New York State are standing up and speaking out for teachers and students everywhere, and it’s time for the rest of us to add our voices. Read this article from the New York Times about the open letter written by Dr. Sean Feeney and Dr. Carol Burris, both principals in New York State.
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Categories: Education Reform, Parent Questions & Concerns, Teachers & Teaching |
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Posted by Chip on November 15, 2011
By mid-November the rhythms and patterns of the school schedule and classroom life have settled into a reasonable degree of daily predictability. This can produce a shared feeling of comfort in the classroom, akin to pulling on an old sweater on a chilly day.
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Categories: Seasons of the School Year, Teachers & Teaching |
Tags: Book of Learning and Forgetting, Frank Smith, school life, school year | Post a Comment »
Posted by Chip on November 9, 2011
A recent article by Tina Barseghian on Mind Shift does a great job of focusing attention on the “praise for achievement vs. praise for effort” debate of great interest to Responsive Classroom practitioners.
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Categories: Books, Teachers & Teaching, Thinking Developmentally |
Tags: Center for Courage and Renewal, Mind Shift, mindfulness, Parker Palmer, Paula Denton, Power of Our Words, Responsive Classroom approach, Tina Barseghian | Post a Comment »
Posted by Chip on October 30, 2011
The idea of spending more time thinking about and attending to children’s strengths and positive attributes at each phase of their development can provide a refreshing perspective on our jobs as parents and educators.
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Categories: Children's Positive Attributes, Teachers & Teaching, Thinking Developmentally |
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