How to Unleash Creativity

“Most people are born creative,” say Tom Kelley (University of California/Berkeley and University of Tokyo) and David Kelley (Stanford University) in this thoughtful Harvard Business Review article. “As children, we revel in imaginary play, ask outlandish questions, draw blobs and call them dinosaurs.” But as the years pass, formal education takes its toll and many people no longer see themselves as…

Eighty-Six Things I Learned at P.S. 86 (Hallie Fox)

Arming Educators Is a Bad Idea! Thoughts from a School Principal

The 8 Aspects of Teacher Learning

Posted by Sr Geralyn Schmidt on Dec 20, 2012 in Less Teacher, More Student, …

Second-Language Learning

To Keep Them Safe

by Jerry Dempsey

It is our fundamental task as a human race to support and keep our children safe.  As parents, teachers, leaders, or citizens, we all bear the burden to protect the young and create a world which tries to save them from pain, loss, and especially, death.  Random accidents or acts of violence make this a daunting and, sometimes, impossible task.  However, for the very young, we have created…

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A second-grade teacher in Providence, R.I., has issued a very public resignation that is making its rounds online.

"I've had it, I quit," Stephen Round says in his…

New Factors for College-Bound Students to Consider

In this ASCA School Counselor article, Don Fraser of the National Association for College Admission Counseling suggests that high-school counselors research the following criteria for students to help them become more savvy consumers of higher education:

• Academic services available – The level and sophistication of support for struggling students is important, even if…

Social Media in Education

What does leadership mean?

By Peter DeWitt on December 17th,…

Five Pointers for Accommodating Students with Asperger Syndrome 

In this Kappan article, Minnesota teacher Martha Palm describes how she learned to accommodate Tom, a boy with Asperger syndrome, in her combined 4^th-5^th grade gifted classroom:

• Go visual. For example, Palm posted each day’s schedule on the wall, and found that Tom went straight…