Image: Forest Whitaker from Red Carpet Treatment on Reuters Blogs
When I was a kid, the only way that I saw movies was from
the backseat of my family’s car. At the drive-in. And, it wasn’t my
reality to think I would be acting in movies, so receiving this honor
tonight tells me that it’s possible. It is possible [...]
Hmmm…do we really want this to happen? There has to be another way!
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After re-reading some of the responses to my posting, Parents protest ‘time out’ cage in classroom, I get a sense that the consensus is for a shift towards more parental involvement at school.
What does this mean? More parent-led activities? Higher attendance at parent-teacher interviews? A combination of the two?
Research shows that a connection between school [...]
Image: Photo of Barack Obama from my.barackobama.com
Teaching Our Kids in a 21st Century Economy. A speech by Senator Barack Obama, in October 2005 at the Center for American Progress (Go here for a text version)
He talks about Jonathan Kozol’s new book – Shame of a Nation. It seems to me that Mr. Kozol has been [...]
Our Deepest Fear
by Marianne Williamson from A Return To Love: Reflections on the Principles of A Course in Miracles
“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who [...]
Parents protest ‘time-out’ cage in classroom
(Last Updated: Friday, February 9, 2007 | 3:09 PM ET CBC News)
A Shawinigan, Que., teacher who put a nine-year-old student in a lattice cage for misbehaving will not face any disciplinary measures, school board officials said Friday.
The boy’s parents discovered their son, Félix, had been kept in a makeshift [...]
Schools as professional learning communities: Collaborative activities and strategies for professional development by Sylvia M. Roberts and Eunice Z. Pruitt
The notion of professional learning communities excites me. I am jazzed about how people learn, especially with how we learn in relationship and collaboration with others who share our passions. The idea of a small [...]
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