The Difference Between Testing and Teaching

The Difference Between Testing and Teaching

It will take longer than 40 minutes to write this blog. It will take longer than 90 minutes to write this blog. In fact, I’ve been working on this blog for something like 23 years, when high-stakes testing first found its way into education policy and into my ELA...
Three Focus Areas for School Leaders

Three Focus Areas for School Leaders

A principal I know has reported that in the first four weeks of school this academic year, he has averaged being called out of his building to meetings close to two days per week. At that rate of disruption to the critical work of being a hands-on leader, a principal...
Subject-Centered vs. Relationship-Centered Approaches

Subject-Centered vs. Relationship-Centered Approaches

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...