Light to the Future, or Keeper of the Flame?: The Role of a School
Schools need to be a light to the future and progressive in thought and principles. "Saying No to School Laptops: Programs to Give All Students Computers Come Under Fire Over Costs, Inappropriate Use...
View ArticleVacationland: What's Wrong With This Picture?
Maine is committed to moving all schools forward. No question about it -- Maine is a wonderful place to live.read more
View ArticleThe Choreography of Calculus: Using the Arts to Comprehend Content
How have you and your students used artistic expression to better understand academic subjects? I recently attended the Juice Conference here in Maine on the effort to power up the state's creative...
View ArticleEmotional Engagement in Education, Part One: Should Teachers Care About...
Projects that involve students in the real world, such as working to fight a deadly disease, do more than just teach facts. This is the first post in a three-part entry.The answer is, "Yes, yes, yes,...
View ArticleBuilding a Legacy: Innovations Shouldn't Necessarily Become Institutions
Will your classroom or program pass the hit-by-a-truck test -- and is that a good thing? I spent the weekend extending a stone wall I have been working on over the years. Now, before you get too...
View ArticleTeachers Need to Share Their Stories
School communities surely benefit when teacher share their rich life stories with colleagues and students. I am going to connect a couple of dots here in thinking about personality and teaching. Stay...
View ArticleLearners Thrive with a Public Audience
Presentation spectators who are not teachers or parents can inspire learners to go that extra mile. I drove over to Bates College, in Lewiston, Maine, this morning. I had been invited to see a set of...
View ArticleTwo Decades of Wisdom on School Leadership
When I think back to middle school, which was Junior High back in the day, two things stand out about my principal, whom I'll call Mr. G. I don't ever remember seeing him smile, but I vividly recall...
View ArticleThe Shallop Project: A Summer Learning Adventure
A Maine high school takes on the project-learning task of building a replica of a 16th-century ocean vessel. Bath, Maine, has long been known as the City of Ships. More than 400 years ago, this was...
View ArticleFive Practices that Transformed My Teaching
Blogger Gaetan Pappalardo shares some life-changing lessons from an internship at Center for Teaching and Learning. "It's nice to be considered" encapsulates the philosophy of The Center for Teaching...
View ArticleHow More Social and Emotional Learning (and Less Academics) Actually Builds...
Elementary school principal Scott McFarland explains why helping children relax and self-regulate also helps them become better students. With all of the high-stakes testing in our schools, and the...
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