Congratulations, Mr. Neil Diamond on your induction to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Time to dust off the sequins for what is sure to be a bombastic induction ceremony! Today my students have one foot into the holiday …
Marissa Perez is 15 years old. She is a student in my creative writing class. The quotation below is her response to the first assignment I gave the class. My assignment was, “articulate an emotional state”. As a teacher, I …
I was diagnosed with ADHD and Dyscalculia when I was about six. I’ve always had what felt like a million thoughts bouncing around in my mind, and when I was younger, I had so much trouble organizing my thoughts that …
Growing up with a Nonverbal Learning Disorder can often be a challenge because I sometimes do not understand things as easily as other people do. I am hoping to get a job at Petco, once I turn eighteen, but I …
A recent article in the New York Times made mention of a few interesting points about teacher quality. The article reported on a multi-million dollar study funded by the Gates Foundation to determine how accurate students’ impressions of teacher quality …
You may be familiar with the rash of new cell-phone apps designed to collect data from users. This kind of data collection can be very useful in conducting studies of human behavior. For example this new study used information gathered …
Just when I think I have found a great multimedia resource for my class posted on Youtube a commercial pops up, too often consisting of Viking hoards questioning the contents of my wallet. Not exactly the best classroom practice if …
A number of recent studies reported on in an article in the New York Times offer some intriguing revelations about the way the brain functions while solving problems. For one thing, researchers found that the pleasure associated with problem solving …
Ellen Condliffe Lagemann in her book,An Elusive Science: The Troubling History of Education Research, provides her readers with a comprehensive discussion of the history of educational research and scholarship from its humble beginnings to the present day. Her …
A recent article in the New York Times highlights a growing trend to weed behavioral factors out of the grading system and attempt to evaluate students purely on the basis of how well they have mastered the material. This trend …
One of the literature classes offered by the English department at Eagle Hill School, where I teach, is Reading About Learning Differences, in which students read, discuss, and write about memoirs penned by individuals with distinctive ways of learning and …
You do not want to be like the White Rabbit from Alice in Wonderland always saying “I’m late. I’m late for a very important date. No time to say “Hello.” Goodbye. I’m late, I’m late, and I’m late.”
How to …
Most of us have fond memories of field trips; it was giddy fun just to be out of the class room for the day. Even more fun than the bus ride was the heady thrill of browsing the museum gift …
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