Reclaiming Thinking for Our Practice

For my May post I have invited friend and colleague Marjorie Larner to share part of the draft introduction of a new book she is working on.  Margie is the author of, Pathways (Heinemann, (2004) and Tools for Leaders (Scholastic, 2007).  Both these books have been...

Culture Club- An Assignment Reflection

I talk about culture all the time, mostly in the context of literacy, but also in relation to college-going, school climate, and the arts. I’ve never been hard-pressed to offer a suitable definition for culture in any of these scenarios, but when you remove the word...

Never Too Cool for School

Several months ago I wrote an entry called Leading Out Loud. I spotlighted several important (and sometimes underestimated) ways teachers can walk as leaders in their day to day work. In that entry, I promised to revisit each of the recommendations, and so that is...