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Sunday, December 22, 2013

teacherken at Daily Kos 12-22-13: the Nation's Progressive Honor Role for 2013

Daily Kos: the Nation's Progressive Honor Role for 2013:







the Nation's Progressive Honor Role for 2013
is something everyone here should read and ponder. The Progressive Honor Roll of 2013 is authored by John Nichols, and is subtitled We celebrate these heroes both for their accomplishments of the past year and their determination to do even more in 2014. There are those whom we would expect to appear on such a list:  Elizabeth Warren as Most Valuable Senator and Bernie Sanders for his budget propo

teacherken at Daily Kos This Week 12-21-13
teacherken at Daily Kos:teacherken at Daily Kos This WeekTeaching as a relationship of trustParker Palmer has been my guide in many things, especialy in the importance of relationship in teaching.  In his seminal work, The Courage to Teach: Exploring the Inner Landscape of a Teacher's Life, he describes teaching as a series of overlapping relationships - between teacher and students, among the stu