Fads and Fetishes; Choices and Committments
“These people drop every ball they pick up.” –A Beloved Former Colleague, speaking about our administration
How many ideas do you think there are for improving the academic achievement of low-income, minority students?
Nevermind…It’s too many. Let’s make it smaller. How many ideas do you think there are for doing vocabulary work before a difficult reading? (Then multiply these ideas by a differentiation factor.)
How many ideas are there about the best student data to track and how to track it? (Dear Lord, how we go round and round on this one…) How should students be grouped? How often should I call parents, since they’re the