This is an interesting time of year for teachers. We are exhausted from fighting on behalf of our convictions of what best practices look like. We are exhausted from trying to implement a method that is still taking form in our classrooms and in the world. And yet, if we are not too exhausted, we […]
Eric posted this today. As I read it, I reflected that in it lies the core defining principle for everything I personally have tried to do in education: “. . . educators might stop worrying about how to transmit information, and concentrate instead on how to make learning enjoyable, because only when going to school
John Piazza makes a subtle but great point below. I am going to change my rules poster to reflect what he says: Ben, I just heard about a helpful practice on our Latin Best Practices list, from a fellow Latin teacher, Corrado Russo, a member of this PLC. When he wants to check comprehension, instead
