OK, I hate to be a name-dropper BUT… I had a little e-mail exchange with Rick Stiggins the other day. I wrote to ask him about what he says in his presentations with regard to the role of experiencing success in building successful, motivated students. He is particularly eloquent on that topic. He pointed me [...]
I was inspired by my good friend Jonathan Grubb to write about the books that have inspired me. OK, I have a confession to make: I wrote this synopsis quite a while ago to use with the various groups with whom I work. Is that cheating? Whether it is or not, this is a [...]
We have known for a long time that we want to have district common assessments so that teachers can use the information. As it says in the Instructional Model, which is more idealistic than descriptive sometimes, “Teachers work in teams to review student data on achievement. They use this information to make decisions [...]
I have often asked the groups I work with to identify the one thing they are going to focus on in their work. Here’s what I would say if you asked me.
If I had to distill all the things we are trying to do in Student Achievement to the one most important thing, I would [...]
I became addicted to food shows when my next door neighbor was a producer for the Food Network. (The Christmas Cookie special was filmed at her house a few months after we moved in. It took my husband and me most of the day to figure out why she was having Christmas decorations delivered in [...]
