by dwalker | Jul 2, 2010 | Blog
If we think about our earliest experiences with language, we first developed spoken language by listening to others, trying to name objects and ask for things you wanted, and eventually engaging in short conversations while you built some command over the spoken...
by dwalker | May 21, 2010 | Blog
An important sub-domain of student literacy development is academic dialogue, used to help students verbalize and solidify their learning. Academic dialogue provides an opportunity for students to check their own understanding of new concepts and vocabulary, and to...
by dwalker | Mar 19, 2010 | Blog
Several years ago I wrote an invited article for the Wesleyan Graduate Review. It was entitled “Teaching and the Process of Invention,” using the metaphor of an inventor to describe what teachers do to reach all their students and help them succeed. In revisiting...
by dwalker | Jan 19, 2010 | Blog
Our current political environment invites criticism of those in local, state and national leadership roles. There is a great deal of conjecture about the reasoning for various leadership decisions and about hidden agendas. Sometimes negative intentions are ascribed...
by dwalker | Nov 6, 2009 | Blog
With a new administration in the White House there has been a lot of talk about turning around schools, with a number of schools highlighted for making hard-won gains. These case studies of turn-around schools, some but not all of which are charter schools, often...
