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Author Archives: Abner Oakes
Tuesday Tidbits, November 2, 2010
Hope that everyone voted. Will be very interesting to see what tomorrow’s news brings. OK: Not so much tidbits this Tuesday – more of a music post. Music makes you smarter! In so many words that was on the cover … Continue reading
Posted in Classroom, School, School district, Teaching
Tagged band, music education, music study, National Association of Music Education, orchestra
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Just what is differentiated instruction?
Debbie Collins from Albemarle County Public Schools is a saint; the Director of Elementary Education and Facilitator for Gifted Services at that Virginia district, Debbie is very, very busy, but she still agreed to be my first guest blogger, helping … Continue reading
Tuesday Tidbits, October 26, 2010
Yup – almost Halloween. Scary! Sean Slade from the Healthy School Communities was the guest blogger for Valerie Strauss’ Washington Post blog Answer Sheet back in August; see his post about social and emotional learning. He writes about the school … Continue reading
Expeditions and exhibitions – big chances for students to show their stuff
For ten years I worked for Modern Red SchoolHouse (MRSH), one of the original Comprehensive School Reform designs under the aegis of New American Schools. One of the most powerful parts of that design, which often got short-shrift during implementation … Continue reading
Tuesday Tidbits, October 19, 2010
Been thinking about non-fiction books that aren’t about schools but say a lot about kids and adults and education, and these three come to mind: Alex Kotlowitz’s There Are No Children Here and the late Michael Dorris’s The Broken Cord … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Parents, School, School district
Tagged absenteeism, Baltimore schools, divergent thinking, fitness, Ford Sayre, non-fiction, Sir Ken Robinson, skiing
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From Dan Meyer: Math class needs a makeover
Hat tip to Bob Scribner for this link. See Dan Meyer’s TED talk; he’s a wonderfully provocative blogger and full-time mathematics teacher. I very much like his five points about mathematics teaching (really any teaching) at the talk’s end: Use … Continue reading
Posted in Teachers, Teaching
Tagged dan meyer, mathematics, National Mathematics Advisory Panel, teaching, ted
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