A new idea: shared poetry
by on 29. NOV, 2011 in EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION, EDUCATION PHILOSOPHIES, EDUCATIONAL LANGUAGE,FRED ROGERS, TALKING THE TALK, THE INFLUENCE OF TEACHERS, INNOVATION, MEDIA, PARENTING, TEACHINGIf you live in or around NYC, John will be appearing in conversation with Randi Weingarten — the topic is “Unions and the Future Of Our Schools” — on Wednesday, December 14. Click here for tickets and info.
Stop reading right now If you are a strong ‘back to basics,’ no-frills education person, because this column is about as far away as humanly possible from your notions of what should be happening in schools.
However, if you teach in high school or middle school — or if you are worried about the narrowing of the curriculum — please stay with me.
In a given month, between 30,000 and 40,000 people read this blog; I am hoping that at least a few of you are HS or MS teachers who are committed to the arts. Or perhaps non-teachers who share that