#KyEdChat: Join the Conversation!

#KyEdChat: Join the Conversation!

What are you doing on Thursday nights at 8 pm Eastern? If you’re an educator, or just interested in education, consider joining #KyEdChat on Twitter. It’s a weekly, Kentucky specific, conversation about all things education, from the nuts and bolts of...
New Neighborhoods for Improved Learning?

New Neighborhoods for Improved Learning?

I was intrigued by a recent feature on National Public Radio online called,  “A ‘Whom Do You Hang With?’ Map of America”, which highlighted several websites or individuals who are mapping the United States, not by political and geographic boundaries, but by some of...

Leadership and the Common Core: English Language Arts

School leaders face a significant challenge in implementing new reforms, which seem to come with increasing frequency.  While the Common Core Standards hold promise for shaping a deeper, more thoughtful curriculum for students in English Language Arts (and...

Strategies Are Only As Good As the Learning They Support

Teachers love getting new strategies and when I provide teacher professional development I like to please my customers, but I am disappointed when I overhear teachers planning to immediately use a strategy I have provided and there is no mention of how it will enhance...