In Case You Missed It
Didn't get a chance to catch up with ASCD, last week? No worries--here are some of the week's highlights:
- How do you build reflection, positive thinking, nutrition, and exercise into a hectic school routine? Mike Anderson on putting personal balance back into the teaching profession.
- Sara Schmidt says it's not education, unless it considers the whole child.
- Bueller parents, anyone? Jason Flom asks if you recognize any of these characteristics in the parents you commonly come across, and offers some suggestions for relating to more difficult types.
- Steven Weber on clear learning targets: "Classroom teachers should have a great amount of flexibility when it comes to 'how' to teach key concepts and skills, but 'what' to teach should be clearly defined by the team."
- Mike Fisher is seething over the LA Times' announcement of a forthcoming database linking individual LAUSD teachers to their students' standardized test data.
- A new school year means new opportunities for graduate students to start their own ASCD Student Chapter.
- Multiple intelligences expert Thomas Armstrong now has his own sectionon ascd.org.
Add your own highlights in the comments, and check this spot for our regular, weekly digest of ASCD activities.
