We’ve all been in a situation where panic envelops us.What’s wrong with me? Why can’t I do this? Why is (fill in the blank) doing this to me?At some point in the process, we have to make a decision. Either we continue down that road of questioning--frustration ……
Posted Monday, June 25, 2018
Our conversation started out in a dreamy sort of way:Two English teachers huddled around a table in the library, musing about a world where students gush and gab about literature the way they gush and gab about Netflix.“There’s a small group of them,” the other English ……
Just like its name would suggest, active learning is merely the act of engaging students in the learning process. Rather than passively receiving information, with this type of instruction, students are thrust into the center of the work. They play the role of doers, thinkers, explorers, and ……
This past Monday, Upper Arlington High School library/?media specialist Judy Deal uttered a phrase close to my heart.“Words matter,” she said, speaking to Language Arts teacher Melissa Hasebrook’s Community School English class.But she wasn’t talking--as I often do……
Sue Monk Kidd, the author of The Secret Life of Bees, said, “Stories have to be told or they die, and when they die, we can’t remember who we are or why we’re here.”UAHS graduate Blake Haxton has quite a story to share and even though he has shared it through TED ……
There’s something magical about conversations between strangers: the buzz growing into fervor, the walls melting into mush.It often starts off in a rigid way--vulnerability held hostage to discomfort--but as time ticks on, and conversations persist, change invariably happens.The ……