Post Tagged with: "Rita Platt"

The internet is abuzz with talk about teacher tenure. Not only is Twitter alive with #WithoutTenure, Whoopi Goldberg and Bill Maher have recently weighed in with uninformed opinions.  But, […]

By Rita Platt I believe in the good old fashioned 5 paragraph essay for teaching elementary school students. There. I said it. It may not […]

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 […]

By Rita Platt and John Wolfe These days it is almost impossible to escape the phrase “college and career ready.”   It is the new battle […]

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 […]

By Rita Platt The debate about the pros and cons of the Common Core State Standards  (CCSS) is raging! At this point most of the […]

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 […]

By: Rita Platt The “Flipped Classroom” is all the rage these days. Educational journals, blogs, and chat rooms, are flooded with the concept of “flipping.” […]

By Rita Platt “Most people think of leadership as a position and therefore don’t see themselves as leaders.” ~Stephen R. Covey         […]

By Rita Platt & John Wolfe The amazing processes of reading comprehension may never be as invisible as when students first start reading informational texts. […]