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Parenting has changed, huh? Let's see . . . take me back . . . when was parenting "great"?  Was it in the early 1900s when kids were working, earning? …

The first year I taught kindergarten—my first year out of college—I had two classroom parents die.  Another child would barricade himself in the bathroom and refuse to leave when his…

First, it is super to debut a guest post on TII. This work matters and is changing conversations for education and ambitious teachers. "Tag Parents, You're It." It is probably…

When I was a child, my mother would take me to swimming lessons at the local pool. After she dropped me off, I would watch through the changing room window for…

Reposted from https://hawkhopesblog.wordpress.com/2018/11/15/unteaching-and-unlearning-is-intellectual/ The “apprenticeship of observation,” introduced by Dan Lortie (1975) provides a lens through which we can consider why preservice teachers (and the general public) may feel they know…

We know students don't really read the assigned reading, right?  There are loads of reasons for that.  Textbooks are cost prohibitive, the reading is cumbersome, too long, irrelevant from the…

Build relationships, you say.  Teach the behavior I want to see, you say.  Build community, you say. Haven't I been doing that?? Often, the draw to visible behavior management systems…

Even the youngest of children are more perceptive than you think. They are watching. They are listening. They will mimic the people in their surroundings. Be an example. Young children…