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Honoring Diversity

Many years ago, when I was teaching at a small liberal arts college, and suggested introducing a…

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Student Voice

I can't stress enough how important it is to encourage student voice. When students are allowed to…

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Classroom 101: Relevance

I’ve said this many times in many ways but I believe it bears repeating. The inescapable truth is…

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Classroom 101: Respect

How is it that we expect to command respect from a group of strangers who have never met us, know…

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Classroom 101: Being Human

Yesterday as I was wrapping up a class on content literacy writing strategies, one of my credential…

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Writing From the Heart

When I was hired to teach at-risk students in the poverty-stricken, gang-infested former murder…

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Secret Hook: Reeling Students

Dwayne. He was my most memorable student in the South Bronx high school where I taught freshman and…

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Student Engagement: Why Are We Learning This?

I've had some questions both here on the blog and in my classroom about the challenge of getting…

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Students, Teachers, and Know-it-Alls

I came home furious the other day after class. It infuriates me when student teachers, who have…

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