The act of kindness, Thursday Appointment
20-year-old filmmaker wins award for powerful 1-minute film about marriage Lesson plan Read the text and watch the movie. Make a script for a similar
Good News About the Planet, for a Change
We all need good news! Just read this post by Diane Ravitch. I think it is a task students will enjoy! Lesson plan In 2021,
What can you stop doing?
Interesting question I just read this dialogue on LinkedIn. Will Richardson has Keynoted at our school and he can always bring new interesting challenges to
How will 2022 reshape K–12 education?
And how can we influence the outcome? This article written by Thomas Arnett takes a closer look at what options we have when it comes
Dyslexia
Dyslexia is a learning disorder that involves difficulty reading due to problems identifying speech sounds and learning how they relate to letters and words (decoding). Also
The brain-changing benefits of exercise
What if I told you there was something that you can do right now that would have an immediate, positive benefit for your brain including your mood
What the papers say about Johnson’s No 10 crisis
Competence aims after Vg1 programme for general studies and English 1 vg2 Read and compare different factual texts on the same topic from different sources
The Coming Storm
Lesson plan Read the text below and listen to episode 1. The Dead Body. Practice taking notes while listening Compare notes with your shoulder partner
Alternative Math
Alternative Math is a short film from IdeaMan Studios that sees a well-meaning maths teacher come under fire when she fails a young boy who gives some
The Year in Pictures 2021
In this lesson, students will explore a visual story of the past 365 days and reflect on the power of photojournalism. Source: New York Times
Lead by leading
Managers have to wait for permission, because management requires authority. But in every area of our lives, if we choose to lead, we can lead.
Why Education Is About To Reach A Crisis Of Epic Proportions
Almost half of teachers are thinking about leaving their jobs. Where does that leave America? I just read this article in Forbes and it made
Don’t break that chain
This is how to become a little bit better every single day. Sound advice from Daniel H. Pink this week. The newsletter is here. I
Cheat (or learn from) math problems with Mathway
Mathway is a Web calculator that not only solves math problems for you, but also shows you how it got to the answer with step-by-step directions.
Teaching the film Belfast, set at the outset of the Troubles in 1969.
Belfast,’ a memoir of Protestant boyhood in Troubles-torn Northern Ireland, gives a child’s-eye view of Catholicism “Belfast,” a memoir of Kenneth Branagh’s early Protestant childhood