I was reading a blog post (it is private on a district domain, so I can’t share!) by educator Anna Sage, who made such an eloquent connection between the education and medical fields with a distinct focus on innovation. She shared that during a recent visit to the dentist […]
Day: October 28, 2022
Finding and Exploring 15 Minute Cities
City Access Map is an interactive map that anyone can use to find and explore the walkability of cities around the world. Specifically, City Access Map lets you explore cities in which residents can access needed services within a fifteen minute walk. City Access Map calls these cities 15 Minute Cities. […]
Managing the Sunday Scaries as a Teacher
It’s Sunday night, and as you eat dinner your mind drifts to the stack of papers on your desk that need to be graded, the emails from parents waiting in your inbox, and your lesson plan for tomorrow morning that could use another glance. You have to be at school […]
Initiating Change in a New Environment – George Couros
I have said this many times, and I still believe it to this day; some of the best things that have happened to me are not going to something but leaving something. I believe this because it allows you to look at what wasn’t working or consider something new to try as […]
Let’s Try Plan B. Telling Parents The Truth? – Eduwonk
Too many “stakeholders” are treating pandemic education impacts as a public relations crisis rather than an educational disaster. In The 74 I take a look at the NAEP results. As you may have heard, they’re not good! In particular, the rising number of students at the “below basic” level – which even hardened […]