Recently, I read a book by Michele Borba called Unselfie, which stated that our children are currently experiencing an “Empathy Epidemic” in the US “impacting their future health, wealth, authentic ...
During my recent trip to Reggio Emilia, Italy to participate in an intensive study on the Reggio Children approach, it became visibly crystal clear the powerful learning moments as written ...
I love working with Ilearn Charter Schools. The entire faculty and administration are committed to excellence, professional learning and placing students at the center of their decision making. The new ...
It was a small but mighty group at the Rowan University technology campus on Thursday. Educators shared their insights and next steps for implementing a sound and well ...
Rutgers Center for Literacy Development will be holding their 52nd Annual Conference on Reading and Writing on October 25, 2019. During this Conference there will be Onsite Professional Development and ...
There are 125 sheep and 5 dogs in the flock. How old is the shepherd? Wait a minute? What? When presented with this problem, 75% of 8th graders answered with ...
As I listened to stories of 100 languages of children, observed the interactions between the Reggio educators and documented my take away learning from today’s powerful teachings, I came away ...
Developing TDQ based on the lyrics of “Shallow” Thoroughly enjoyed facilitating a Close Reading Workshop at Dover School District. Teachers collaborated on developing Text Dependent Questions and learning a host ...
Back in the mid 90’s shortly after I completed my Master’s degree in PreK – 8 Elementary Education at Fordham University, I learned about the Reggio Emilia Approach in a ...
Is the Tier 1 in your RTI (Response to Intervention) Framework meeting the needs of 75-85 % of your students? How do you know? What does your tier 1 look ...