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69 Sonnets: From the Author
This is my introduction to my upcoming volume 69 Sonnets. It seems like nobody does these anymore. I was sharing poetry with some folks...


A Veteran Teacher's Tips for Mentoring Incoming Teachers
For me, the concept of being a mentor teacher, truly in significant support of an incoming teacher, is a very personal matter. When I...


Vygotsky, Bandura & PBL
In my classroom at Media Arts Collaborative Charter School (MACCS), on any given day, you will see students in groups at tables perusing...

Content Area & Disciplinary Literacy: The Value of PBL
It could be argued that in many content areas, such as science and social studies, a failing of instruction has ever been that they have...


Quantitative Vs. Qualitative Data: When to Use What
No Child Left Behind was not entirely an evil piece of legislation. There are good things that came from it. There had been a time in...


Student Voice & Chunking
I had one of my greatest successes ever in 2016 in the realm of writing. At my school 33% of my students have IEPs, and they have...


On Literacy: No Child Left Behind to Every Child Succeeds
On December 15, 2010, President Barack Obama signed the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) into law, replacing its predecessor, No Child...


Helping You Help Your Child: Brain-Based Strategies for Reading & Learning at Home By Michael D
Parents, I have some excellent news for you. Ready? Basically, it's this. Any child can be made successful in any learning environment....

The Hypothesis of Multiple Aptitudes
Abstract For decades, Howard Gardner’s Theory of Multiple Intelligences has been embraced by the educational community. It has been the...


Brain-Based Social Studies Literacy
As we learn more about how the brain works, through the miracle of modern science, it becomes incumbent upon Any teacher worth their...
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