One of the books I’ve been in and out of a lot the last few months is Leading Good Schools to Greatness: Mastering What Great Principals Do Well (Gray & Streshly; 2010). It initially was a text for my own leadership learning at Marian, but I recognized its value immediately and infused it into the […]
I live in a world of language. Writing, writing, writing. I am sustained by a world of images and objects, moving and still. I think in pictures and frequently use storyboarding to organize ideas. As I’ve written about in other posts, digital imagery and video are a source of inspiration for me and something I […]
When our now grown son and daughter were in high school, they used to kiddingly refer to me as “Band Overlord.” They were both band kids (trumpet and bassoon, respectively), and I was the extremely enthusiastic president of our public high school’s band booster organization. With our fellow band parents, my husband and I made […]
As part of CTL’s book study for the Focus in High School Mathematics Reasoning & Sense Making (FOCUS), this is the sixth in the series of those blog posts. Last time we looked at what the authors suggested for those Reasoning Habits that assists students in understanding and using the mathematics needed for the 21st century […]
The degree to which middle and high schools within a given district sync their transition efforts can make or break an adolescent’s chance at success during this critical…
The Common Core State Standards are the subject of debate: how do teachers encourage creativity while addressing the standards?
I was intrigued by a recent feature on National Public Radio online called, “A ‘Whom Do You Hang With?’ Map of America”…
