Make every child the brightest star
I recently received an email from Jack, one of my students, who said that he graduated from...
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I recently received an email from Jack, one of my students, who said that he graduated from...
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As a university-based teacher educator, I engage aspiring public school teachers in my classes in...
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I graduated from college with a degree in parks, recreation, travel, and tourism not long before...
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Most teachers have at one time or another rallied their students to collect canned foods around...
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Years ago, one October morning, my 5th graders found their desks rearranged into three distinct...
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Nearly 30 years ago (ouch), the unforgettable Earl Widley (not his real name) slumped over a...
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When I was growing up in the late 1930s, school was serious business. It was a place of work —...
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Labor Day, 1979. I was at my parents’ house, sharing lesson plans and ideas for my first day as a...
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When I was 8 years old, school was a struggle for me. I remember sitting in a formal meeting with...
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I’ve never liked singing “Happy Birthday” — I think it’s a cheesy, awkward song. But to children,...
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While in grad school, I was introduced to Ray Rist’s work on the association between children’s...
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If you drove through Morgantown, West Virginia, and took a wrong turn at the roundabout, you would...
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