Post Tagged with: "motivation"

By Rita Platt and John Wolfe Assigning students carefully prepared homework is a gift we give them. In American schools there are a wide range […]

On my desk sits a rectangular, pewter paperweight.  Inscribed on it is a quote generally attributed to Robert Schuller, an American pastor and motivational speaker: […]

There’s a lot of noise out there. No doubt you’ve heard it by now.  The advice.  The questions.  The expectations.  The clichés about graduating, moving […]

Aggregated by Rita Platt When it comes to teaching and learning, motivation is the name of the game.  The best teachers are good salesman, only […]

I once asked someone who had worked incredibly hard, and reached a measure of success, how he did it.  What motivated him day after day […]

“It’s making a difference in the world that prevents me from ever giving up.”—Deborah Meier. At the turn of the twentieth century, at the height […]

I fancy myself a bit of a writer.  It started way back in high school when I wrote for the school paper.  I wrote short […]

Perhaps you have heard it said that schools should be run more like businesses–that public schools are soft, undisciplined, ineffective and would do well to […]

“Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose.” — Steve […]

By: Rita Platt Recently I was at a meeting for reading specialists when the concept of level-appropriate texts came up. Much to my surprise several […]