Teaching and assessing character: Part 2
Since finishing up Paul Tough’s How Children Succeed (now #6 on The New York Times list of hardcover nonfiction best sellers) I’ve thought a lot ab...
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English teachers: Follow David Coleman
If you’re an English teacher right now, you might be noticing that there’s a lot going on. If you teach fiction, people might be telling you to tea...
Teaching and assessing character: Part 1
Reading How Children Succeed has gotten me interested in how teachers could teach, build, assess, and grade students on their character skills. The first step ...
I recommend How Children Succeed, by Paul Tough
If you’re a teacher in an underfunded urban high school, it’s sometimes difficult to keep hope alive. No matter how hard you work, failure is all a...
Article of the Week: Next Steps
Several years ago, English teacher Kelly Gallagher noticed that his students didn’t know much about their world, so he began assigning the Article of the...