by dwalker | Mar 7, 2014 | Blog
When my son was in middle school, I remember his seventh grade class moving from one subject and one room together, directed by the teacher, and following a painted line on the floor. To not stay within the line meant a reprimand or even worse, a discipline...
by dwalker | Dec 18, 2013 | Blog
The graphic shown below, re-tweeted by Mike Paul from Jonathan Brubaker caught my fancy. I liked both the illustrated impact of educational technology from substitution to redefinition, speaking to the power of technology to foster change in classroom practice, and...
by dwalker | Nov 7, 2013 | Blog
Last month I posted a blog entitled Parent Engagement Revisited, part on an occasional series on how to engage parents in the school and in their child’s education. A webinar I participated in earlier this week made me return to this subject. The webinar was...
by dwalker | Oct 11, 2013 | Blog
In June, I posted a blog about college going and parent engagement. The posting explored several related topics: fostering student aspirations, involving parents in promoting college going, and ensuring responsiveness to parent and student needs. It also pointed to...
by dwalker | Sep 11, 2013 | Blog
Looking back over past blog posts, I have written about implementing the Common Core State Standards as well as supporting teacher efforts to make classroom instruction more challenging and engaging. But an article I read today in Education Week, entitled Taking a...
