The Soul of Education

A short time ago, we lost one of the clearest and most courageous voices in the field of education. Rachael Kessler, author of  The Soul of Education: Helping Students Find Connection, Compassion, and Character at School and a leader in the field of social and emotional learning, passed away at the end of January. JOIN [...]

How Children Learn to be Skilled Academic Partners

One way I often model and practice what it means to be a strong learning partner is by having a “game” period where children play checkers, chess, mancala, pick-up sticks, partner card games with each other followed by the partners filling out a “partner reflection sheet” to comment on what they learned from playing with [...]

Cultural Equity Issues in Education – Part 3

If you are an African American educator or teaching in a predominately African American school, it would be great for you to post a comment to this blog! JOIN THE CONVERSATION! Ask Chip a question or share your own thoughts! —If you’re reading this entry on the blog site, click “Post a Comment” or the [...]

Cultural Equity Issues in Education – Part 2

If you are teaching in a two-way immersion Spanish-English school setting, it would be great to hear your input on this piece. Work by Iliana Reyes and her colleagues at the University of Arizona on Mexican-American children’s development is extremely instructive. Their research looks at how children learn languages, something that anyone who teaches children [...]

Cultural Equity Issues in Education – Part 1

How children see the world and how they think and act at school is affected by their developmental differences, but also by the family cultures and values they bring to the classroom. JOIN THE CONVERSATION! Ask Chip a question or share your own thoughts! —If you’re reading this entry on the blog site, click “Post [...]