No Fretting
We must not fret if a story doesn’t get out on the main highway for a wonderful ride. Some stories just aren’t destined for greatness. Sometimes we just barely plug along, with no laughs at all, no sparkles, no cute
Report from the Field – Craig West
This is from Craig in Los Angeles: Hey Ben, Today for the first time I was able to write "no ingles" on the board, in a very non-authoritarian way, and students willingly stood up to the challenge, and even got onto each
A Radical Statement That Makes Perfect Sense
I recommend that we read the second sentence of what Claire said below (in red) carefully. It is a reference to the idea put forth in some research that in education curriculum and instruction and assessment must mirror each other.
¡Qué bueno!
I was just thinking how much better school would be for kids if they had even one class during their long days that allowed them to just relax and learn without effort, a place where they could feel good, and
The Soto Initiative – 3
Laura Avila has written:
The Soto Initiative – 2
I don't know when grading first happened in schools but I suspect that it was connected in some way to ranking people who wanted to be there, or who in some way cared about the grade, to whom the grade
The Soto Initiative – 1
Darcy Soto has thrown down the glove on assessment by going full on 100% jGR. That is radical. To read the entire thread on this vital and emerging topic after a hiatus of about four years here, click on: http://www.benslavic.com/blog/jgr-how-much-weight-should-it-get-a-suggestion/comment-page-1/#comment-80544 In response
Invisibles Level of Questioning 5
In exchanging emails with Jeff Easthon in Illinois, who totally gets the Invisibles, I was surprised to learn that he is staying with Matava story scripts this year as his main CI delivery option. He explained to me that for
Before It’s Too Late
In a discussion initiated by Elena yesterday about the idea of breaking the ice with the kids, getting to know them as human beings first before trying to teach them anything, jen said: …I did this after trying to do this
Word Wall vs. List
In their comments here yesterday, Nathaniel and Laura have cast a big searchlight on what might be the first "big topic" of our year together here on the PLC. The two questions Nathaniel poses at the end of his comment below are