Originally titled “Praising and Loving Students,’ this ASCD on-line article asks all of us to recognize and support every student as a member of the community for doing no more than crossing the threshold into the school and the classroom
Learning is an accomplishment of attention and effort that can take place in an auditorium filled with 2,000 people, or at a corner table in a library. It takes place with a teacher, or a coach, or with peers, or when you are alone. Learning is always a personal experience for the learner.
For many troubled students, adults have represented danger and uncertainty. Let’s change that.
I am old enough to have been there at the beginning of special education, and fortunately, I completely missed the euphemism of “special.”
A framework for finding traction with students who may only seem to be totally shut down
How teams of teachers can work together to identify strengths and share strategies
All students benefit when regular education teachers and special educators work together.
A satirical look at how schools could function if we just wished our teachers and students would do what they were told to do, This is an edited version “Schools that Work and Work Don’t Work”: found on my blog
It is not a version of grit to passively accept boredom. It is not a version of grit to be passive. For teachers or for students: it’s a version of submission.
The nuts-and-bolts of giving directions so that students are most likely to find their entry into the task