Problems of Practice We need to change the way teachers work in the United States. Right now we have a model for their work that does not radically improve student learning. A simple analysis tells us that we have to … Continued
The US Department of Education, in partnership with the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards and ASCD, is developing public awareness of the importance of teachers as leaders through their Teach To Lead program. Teacher Leaders For many years, teachers … Continued
If we are to provide an equitable education to every child, we need to disrupt current systems of education in order to restructure for collective success. Especially as we come out of the Pandemic, we must call for a group … Continued
The United States enacted laws to educate Indians in boarding schools in 1819. This unfortunate use of education has developed into an international embarrassment as both Canada and the US used these boarding schools to wipe out tribal identity. Starting … Continued
Saturday marked the first celebration of a new federal holiday, Juneteenth, as the official end of slavery. It would be powerful to use this holiday as a remembrance of past wrongs and add to it a hope for future rights, … Continued
Teaching and learning have a long term relationship. For most of the time they have been together there has been a natural connection—learning looks for teaching and teaching springs up when learning is needed—through questions about our world. When we … Continued
Education is not a stand-alone profession. It is a craft of learning practiced by dedicated professionals. When our students want to learn, it is easily practiced, but we also practice our craft when children arrive depressed, isolated, intimidated by parents … Continued
The arts help students learn because they offer a natural learning pathway from thinking to doing. When we use drawing to give life to history, or poetry and drama to give life to English, or painting to color in histograms, … Continued
Retaining teachers in K-12 schools has become harder. In recent research (EdWeek’s Cover Story: “Retaining Great Teachers in a Time of Turmoil,” May 5, 2021, p. 5-8), the difficulty in retaining teachers can be examined from a survey of the … Continued
There are so many schools that are ready to take the next step after the pandemic. They are ready to re-open, ready to receive children, and ready to make learning a good thing again. Pandemic Affects Us So the pandemic … Continued