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" I think this country is full of geniuses, guys and gals so bright they make your average card-carrying MENSA member look like F**ko...

The Market Lie: We need to infuse U.S. public schools with competition. We must free up the education market with charters, vouchers, and o...

An ancient instructional secret: teach to the eyes. Once the bell has rung, don't scan the room with your eyes. Don't look furtive...

"Soy un aventurero en busca de un tesoro" - Paulo Coelho, La Alchemista

By Amanda Ripley Before the Air Force technician George Deneault flew combat missions, he had to practice—a lot. “You can’t fool around o...

"Too much sanity may be madness. And maddest of all, to see life as it is and not as it should be.” -Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Do...

I save the notes. Each school year teachers receive gift cards, socks, ties, embroidered sweaters, college paraphernalia, sports paraphernal...

"Musicians stood onstage noodling on their instruments with the languid air of outfielders warming up in the sun."   "We ...

“Learn the rules like a pro, so you can break them like an artist.”  - Pablo Picasso

"Getting people to do the current thing is fine. Getting people to do the right thing is essential."  - Todd Whitaker Flippe...

I've taught in four different countries.  My assignments have been varied: poor urban schools in the U.S, poorer rural schools in the Do...

Years ago when I lived in the hardscrabble town of Villa Altagracia in the Dominican Republic, I used to eat at Beatriz' house with the ...

 Teachers have little control over what happens to them, but they  do control their response. Teachers are stewards of the content and tone ...

Carlos is a third grader. His family moved from Guanajuato, Mexico to Detroit when Carlos was in kindergarten. His parents often return to M...

"Accountability breeds response-ability" - Stephen Covey As it is the date of Stephen Covey's death,  it is most appropri...

Our character is basically a composite of our habits. Because they are consistent, often unconcious patterns, they constantly, daily, e...

It's a 7:45 a.m. staff meeting on a dark February mid-week morning. A table of danishes and coffee greats us as we enter the school libr...

"Laws control the lesser man.... Right conduct controls the greater one." Mark Twain We all like to be treated with respect. ...

Todd Whitaker, author of What Great Teachers Do Differently , believes that expectations are more important than rules in a classroom. Clea...